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MANILA, Philippines — Chery Tiggo fended off Farm Fresh’s repeated comeback bids and eked out a 29-27, 15-25, 25-22, 25-21 victory yesterday that propelled it to the Premier Volleyball League All-Filipino Conference quarterfinals at the PhilSports Arena.
The Crossovers completed a two-game sweep of the play-in tournament’s Pool B and arranged a best-of-three quarters showdown with the mighty Creamline Cool Smashers – the top seeds and four-peat champions – unfurling Tuesday.
“We can’t lose,” said veteran Chery Tiggo spiker Ara Galang, who delivered the goods when her team needed it the most and finished with a team-high 20 points including 16 kills.
While the 2021 bubble champions have sealed the seventh ticket to the next phase, Galang said the job is far from finished.
“We’re happy we made it to the quarterfinals but it’s not yet over. We need to still work harder and we need to win more,” she said.
The match also produced heroes in Shaya Adorador and Cess Robles, who chipped in 18 and 13 hits, respectively.
It was a heartbreaking defeat for the Foxies, who gave it everything in a bid to pull the rug from under their fancied foes and breathe life to their own quarters aspiration.
In the fourth set, the Crossovers trailed 12-14 after Farm Fresh’s Lorene Toring and Louie Romero connected on a series of well-executed plays.
But Farm Fresh just couldn’t come through in clutch situations and succumbed to pressure.
In the nightcap, ZUS Coffee remained in the quarters hunt after it stunned Cignal, 19-25, 25-23, 25-20, 23-25, 15-12. — Joey Villar
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