PVL MVP Brooke Van Sickle throughout her Alas Pilipinas debut. –U SPORTS PHOTO
MANILA, Philippines — Alas Pilipinas confirmed promise with key additions, however Vietnam proved an excessive amount of in a 25-20, 25-21, 25-21 loss within the VTV Ladies’s Worldwide Cup opener on Sunday at Vin Phuc Gymnasium.
Brooke Van Sickle and MJ Phillips, whose switch of federation from the US remains to be in progress, impressed of their debut for the Philippine flag.
The Petro Gazz stars linked nicely to captain Jia De Guzman’s good playmaking, whereas Leila Cruz, who was a reserved participant in Alas’ silver medal end within the 2025 AVC Nations Cup, was a revelation for coach Jorge De Brito’s crew.
Vietnam, the three-peat Nations Cup champion, although, asserted its mastery of Alas with Tran Thi Thanh Thuy and Nguyen Thi Bich Tuyen doing the injury anew.
Alas erased an 11-18 deficit within the second set as Van Sickle’s by means of the block assault and Dell Palomata’s ace reduce it down to 2, 19-21, just for the host to regroup and take a two-set lead off Tran Thi Thanh Thuy and Vo Thi Kim Thoa’s ending touches.
Vietnam broke a 15-all impasse within the third and pulled away, 20-16. Alleiah Malaluan scored twice to trim the result in 22-19, however Thoa once more got here up clutch to seal Vietnam’s second straight win in Pool A.
Alas seeks to bounce again in opposition to Sichuan of China on Monday at 5:30 p.m.
The Philippines held an 18-16 lead within the opening set off Van Sickle’s block just for Vietnam to steal the momentum and draw first blood with a 9-2 run.
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