CREAMLINE head coach Sherwin Meneses had the luxury of fielding all 14 players in his match day squad en route to a 25-12, 25-21, 25-19 sweep of winless Nxled in the 2024-25 PVL All-Filipino Conference.
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Excluding liberos Ella de Jesus and Denden Lazaro-Revilla, the rest of the Cool Smashers made scoring contributions in the one-hour, 35-minute contest led by reigning Reinforced Conference MVP Bernadeth Pons’ 13 markers.
As a result, Creamline rose atop the team standings at 6-0 with a 16-game win streak dating back to last year’s import-laden play.
Meneses, meanwhile, is left with a familiar yet good problem for the rest of the conference: finding the best player rotations in a squad full of stars.
“Masaya kami at ‘yung mga players nagde-deliver lagi kapag pinapasok sila. Magagamit namin sa mga future games namin na makalaro lahat ng players namin,” Meneses said.
“Blessing lang din sa Creamline ‘yung talagang manalo ng maganda na napapakita ng mga players namin ‘yung strengths nila palagi. Sa next games, focus kami kung sino ‘yung tamang combination na maglalaro.”
Armed with the league’s deepest arsenal of scorers, Meneses is pleased by how each one of his champion Cool Smashers continue to make the most of their respective growth spurts in the team — may it be as a regular starter or a second-unit option.
“Lahat naman ng player, nagma-mature naman yan eh. Sa una lang naman medyo mahirap kasi syempre iba-ibang sistema, pero as of now, tingin ko pwede na silang mag-isa,” Creamline’s champion mentor said.
“Kami (as coaches), naka-guide lang naman kami palagi sa kanila kasi siyempre, mas lamang ‘yung nasa labas na nakikita nila ‘yung pagkakamali. Lagi lang kaming naga-advice at tumutulong sa mga gagawin nila (para manalo).”
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