SANTA ANA, Cagayan — Creamline 1’s Sisi Rondina and Bernadeth Pons set in motion their bid for a back-to-back women’s title romp in the BVR on Tour by winning two straight-set matches Thursday here.
Rondina and Pons hammered out a 21-9, 21-11 victory over Sta. Lucia 1’s Jackie Estoquia and DM Demontaño, right after opening their Pool A campaign with a 21-14, 21-13 conquest of Biogenic’s Roma Joy Doromal and Heather Guino-o.
Creamline 2’s Dij Rodriguez and Dzi Gervacio, first leg’s third placers, also posted a 2-0 record in Pool B.
Rodriguez and Gervacio overcame a slow second set start to repulse Sta. Lucia 2’s Bang Pineda and Chay Troncoso, 21-12, 21-13, and later withstood first set struggles to defeat PLDT’s Ella and Iza Viray, 22-20, 21-10, to seize the solo lead in their bracket.
The Viray twins emerged victorious in their Pool B opener, needing 42 minutes to carve out a 21-16, 16-21, 15-9 triumph over Black Mamba Army 1’s Nene Bautista and Jeannie delos Reyes.
Bautista and Delos Reyes rebounded with a 21-19, 21-16 conquest of Toyota Tuguegarao’s Nicole Tiamzon and Jho Maraguinot for a 1-1 card.
Pineda and Troncoso came through with a 21-17, 21-12 triumph over Eastern Perlas Spikers’ Mich Morente and Jules Samonte to enter the win column. Morente and Samonte, who pulled off a 23-21, 21-19 squeaker over Tiamzon and Maraguinot, fell to 1-1.
Estoquia and Demontaño, who scored a 21-18, 21-7 romp of Delimondo’s MJ Ebro and Bianca Lizares to open their Pool A stint, now hold a 1-1 record.
Ebro and Lizares prevailed over Black Mamba Army 2’s Jem Gutierrez and Audrey Paran, 21-9, 21-18, for their first win in two matches.
In a rematch of men’s semis, Creamline 1’s Krung Arbasto and Jude Garcia reasserted their mastery of EVI Construction’s Doy Barrica and KR Guzman, 21-12, 21-14, to open their quest for a second consecutive championship in style in Pool B.
Barrica and Guzman swept Army 1’s Joel Villonson and Randy Fallorina, 21-13, 21-11, to rise to a 1-1 record in their bracket.
Villonson and Fallorina, who topped Orchard Fresh’s Rhenze Hu and Benjaylo Labide, 21-18, 24-22, in their first match, dropped to 1-1.
In the other Pool B match, DeliRush 2’s Nichol Jundana and Jeffer Guerrero turned back Hu and Labide, 21-19, 21-15.
In Pool A, Negros Occidental Beach Volleyball Club’s Deanne Neil de Pedro and Eljhay Ronquillo fashioned out a 24-22, 21-19 win over Army 2’s Jason Uy and Josh Barrica, while Tuguegarao’s AJ Pareja and James Pecaña overcame Creamline’s Ranran Abdilla and Romnick Rico, 24-22, 16-21, 8-15.
Uy and Barrica defeated DeliRush 1’s Evan Laraya and Joven Camaganakan, 21-11, 21-15, while Laraya and Camaganakan later sent Abdilla and Rico reeling to their second straight defeat with a 22-20, 19-21, 13-15 win.
The BVR on Tour Santa Ana is sponsored by Puso Pilipinas, Smart Sports, Santa Ana LGU, Tuguegarao LGU, Board Member Aj Ponce, Congressman Junjun Nolasco, TikTok Philippines, EVI Construction, Savepoint Plus, Xentro Mall, Toyota Tuguegarao, Ibuprofen Paracetamol Alaxan FR, Summit Natural Drinking Water, Enervon and Enervon Activ, and supported by the Philippine National Volleyball Federation.
