Creamline Cool Smashers’ Tots Carlos in a match against Galeries Tower High Risers at the All-Filipino PVL conference. –Marlo Cueto / Inquirer.net
The image of Creamline of invincibility took a blow last week. But although this first defeat put a breach on the appearance of the exterior team, it also had the cool smashers recognized what they have to do before the direct elimination of the PVL All- conference Filipino.
“I think we all know what our shortcomings are. I think it’s good to experience (a loss) before direct elimination matches, “said Tots Carlos, referring to a five sets defeat against the 19 -game Creamline victories sequence of this Ground.
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The cool smashers sometimes seemed vulnerable Thursday before making a second dramatic set against Galeries Tower on the way to a victory of 25-15, 26-24, 25-19 seeds entering the qualification phase.
“The coaches always say that we learn losses,” added Carlos after losing 18 points on the Highrisers. “But we must not forget that we still have more important games, so this is what we will focus on.”
The full-filino queens in title enter the next round as No. 1 after a 10-1 file, and as a reward, the cool smashers will have the lightest assignment of the KO scene.
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The victory of Creamline also sealed the second place of Petro Gazz, even if the angels beat the lower basin at the time of the press.
Despite a socket of 30-28, 25-21, 23-25, 18-25, 16-2014, the high-speed strikers, the cool smashers always resemble the electric team that has just passed a bump on the road.
The Tower galleries pushed the cream in the second set after taking an advance of 16-9.
But Alyssa Valdez took matters into hand to grab a finishing kick of 15-5 on the set.
“We have undergone various losses (in other conferences, but they were actually something I can say, at the end of the day, like real alarm clocks,” said Valdez after contributing 16 points.
Giant alarm clock
“We were humiliated by this loss,” she added. “We would say that we still have so much to improve as a team, so it was a good loss for us if it makes sense.”
And associated with the push in one direction by the Highrisers, it is frightening to think of what a giant awake in cream could move deeper into the playoffs.
“We must always improve our system, the minor details that will help us at the end of the game and mostly import in tight games,” said Valdez.
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“Happy to be classified n ° 1,” said coach Sherwin Menesses. “But this time, we cannot relax because the next match will be a KO, so this is the part where we should give 110%.”
