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Army ends dry spell against Air Force


The Philippine Army Troopers finally took a match from rivals Air Force Jet Spikers in the Premier Volleyball League, surviving a tight five-setter in the Open Conference elimination round, 25-20, 23-25, 17-25, 25-22, 16-14, at the FilOil Flying V Centre.

Army have claimed their first win over Air Force since the PVL started their men’s division in 2015. According to head coach Sgt. Rico De Guzman, this was a crucial milestone for his team.

“Siyempre, magandang pantaas ng confidence ‘to ng mga tropa kasi nga ilang beses na rin namin silang hindi natatalo dito. Hopefully, magtuloy-tuloy ‘to para sa amin,” said De Guzman.

Veteran open hitter Benjaylo Labide powered the Troopers with 20 points, eight digs, and a solid 14-for-26 reception clip. University of Santo Tomas standouts Romnick Rico and Manuel Medina each tallied 11 points.

The Troopers take on Reinforced Conference champs Cignal HD Spikers (2-0) on Wednesday at the FilOil Flying V Centre.

National Team mainstay Ranran Abdilla provided 17 points for Air Force while NU standout Edwin Tolentino added 16.

Air Force (2-1) will to get their title defense back in track against Café Lupe (0-3) July 15, also at the FilOil Flying V Centre.

The Scores

Army (3) – Labide 20, Medina 11, Rico 11, Torres 9, Sumagaysay 8, Reyes 6, Tajanlangit 3, Barrcia 2, Carodan 2, Uy (L).

Air Force (2) – Abdilla 17, Tolentino 16, Labrador 12, Malabanan 10, Jeruz 9, Mojica 4, Avila 0, Inaudito 0, Chavez (L).

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Miguel Luis Flores fell face first into sports writing in high sch9l and has never gotten up. He reluctantly stumbled into the volleyball beat when he started with Tiebreaker Times three years ago. Now, he has waded through everything volleyball - from its icky politics to the post-modern art that is Jia Morado's setting.


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