F2 Logistics draws first blood in brewing rivalry with Creamline
Years of competing — and doing much of the following — in various leagues, F2 Logistics and Creamline finally crossed the line on Tuesday night and brought the English Premier League Volleyball (PVL) and What to expect from this brewer’s competition going forward.
And as far as that rivalry is concerned, the score is 1-0 for the Cargo Movers, who see themselves as a legitimate threat to Cool Smashers’ Triple Crown bid.
Putting aside tough losses in the first two sets, Cargo Movers put together a 22-25, 23-25, 25-20, 25-19, 15-11 win over Cool Smashers, taking on Creamline first. its. The conference went missing in front of nearly 10,000 raucous, boisterous souls at the Smart Araneta Coliseum in Cubao, Quezon City.
Lindsay Stalzer, Kim Kianna Dy and Kalei Mau have never lost a fight and the desire to bring Cargo Movers win the first encounter between these two long-standing and proud brands, stepping up in the final three sets does not. less than a classic match like F2 won for the third time in a row after opening with two defeats because of manpower problems.
The two teams are always the subject of hypothetical competitions when both are champions in different tournaments. When all the club teams stood under the PVL banner, the two teams never had a chance to remove it due to either Cargo Movers’ absence or both teams being placed in different groups. wait.
“Everybody was so excited, all the players on both sides, they were [putting on a] show, hit, hit, hit, hit, hit, exchange spikes strongly,” said F2 Logistics coach Benson Bocboc.
Objection denied
F2 win allows idle Chery Tiggo to share the lead with Creamline, even if Petro Gazz’s 3-1 record trails behind the tournament earlier in the day rejected the PLDT’s appeal for a key point in the 19-25, 25-21, 25-20, 27-25 loss to be reversed.
The High Speed Hitters will play with a 1-4 record in their last three games and will need nothing more than a sweep to stand a chance of going outside.
Creamline looked so easy despite narrowly winning the first two sets, only for the Cool Smashers to be stunned by F2’s strong performances on both sides of the ball starting in the third set.
Choco Mucho, with longtime coach Oliver Almadro stepping down before the game, had a 26-24, 25-10, 25-17 win over UAI-Army in the first game to return to the semifinals. INQ
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