AKARI avoided a meltdown against Gerflor, 25-20, 22-25, 27-25, 25-27, 15-12, to take its first win on the final day of prelims in the 2023 PVL Invitational Conference on Tuesday at the PhilSports Arena.
Faith Nisperos led Chargers with 18 points on 17 attacks and one block.
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As the bottom two teams in Pool A, Akari (1-3) and Gerflor (0-4) will be relegated to the classification phase together with the losing side in today’s Chery Tiggo-PLDT knockout match.

“We came from three losses kasi what we did was we really committed na whatever happens, we have to win. There’s more polishing to do but I’m really happy that we finally won a game,” Nisperos said.
Akari looked on its way to its first victory in the fourth frame with a 19-12 lead, but Gerflor clawed its way back to force a fifth set.
Rookie Alyssa Bertolano led Gerflor anew with 14 points.
Gerflor will face Foton in the battle for eleventh place as Akari waits for its opponent in the battle for ninth.
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