SANTA ANA, Cagayan — All the three Creamline men’s teams emerged victorious in Friday’s opener of the BVR on Tour first leg here.
Creamline 1’s Jaron Requinton and Ranran Abdilla displayed superiority in defeating Army-FSD Makati 2’s Joel Villonson and Josh Barrica, 21-16, 21-14 for a winning start in Pool A.
Equally impressive was Creamline 2’s Krung Arbasto and Jude Garcia, who held off Negros Occidental Beach Volleyball Club’s Deanne Neil De Pedro and Ehljay Ronquillo, 21-16, 21-16. They then crushed DeliRush 1’s Evan Laraya and Julius Sioson, 21-9, 21-5, for a 2-0 card in Pool B.
Requinton and Garcia, bronze medalists in the 2019 Southeast Asian Games, were part of the Philippine team, which took part in last June’s AVC Continental Cup along with Arbasto. The Filipinos won a match in the Olympic qualifiers held in Thailand.
Pemie Bagalay and Jeffer Guerrero completed Creamline’s opening day perfect run. The club’s third team outlasted Joven Camaganakan and Rhenze Hu of DeliRush 2, 21-9, 18-21, 15-13, in Pool A.
Erstwhile collegiate rivals KR Guzman and Jeremiah Barrica shone, as EVI Construction topped Army-FSD Makati 2, 21-17, 21-15; and DeliRush 2, 21-11 21-9, for its second straight win in Pool A.
PLDT went perfect in two Pool B matches, as Efraem Dimaculangan and Rancel Varga prevailed over DeliRush 1’s Evan Laraya and Julius Sioson, 21-9, 21-9. PLDT continued to dominate as they swept Tuguegarao’s James Pecaña and AJ Pareja, 21-19, 21-12.
Tuguegarao, which earlier beat Army-FSD Makati 1’s Randy Fallorina and Jason Uy, 22-20, 21-15, holds a 1-1 card in a tie with Negros Occidental Beach Volleyball Club. De Pedro and Ronquillo scored a 21-16, 21-17 win over Fallorina and Uy.
The BVR on Tour Santa Ana is sponsored by Smart Sports, Santa Ana LGU, Tuguegarao LGU, Board Member Aj Ponce, Congressman Junjun Nolasco, TikTok Phlippines, EVI Construction, Savepoint Plus, Xentro Mall, Toyota Tuguegarao, Ibuprofen Paracetamol Alaxan FR, Summit and Enervon, Enervon Activ, and supported by the Philippine National Volleyball Federation.
Pool action resumes at 8:00 AM, Saturday.
The games will be streamed live on the Smart Sports Facebook page and YouTube channel. The streaming is global so BVR fans from other countries can watch as well.
