Connect with us

Hi, what are you looking for?

Tiebreaker Times

News

Philippines falls to Olympic champions China


Facing the best team in the world, the Philippine Women’s National Volleyball Team succumbed to China and fell out of the Asian Games quarterfinals, 15-25, 9-25, 7-25, in Jakarata, Indonesia.

The Chinese needed only 59 minutes in notching the victory—the first set, where the Filipinas posed some semblance of resistance, lasted for 22 minutes and the next two sets were over in 19 and 18 minutes, respectively.

The Philippines played admirably in the first set in the face of the taller, more experienced Chinese. Jaja Santiago and Alyssa Valdez found ways around the thicket of Chinese arms at the net. However, behind the effort of 2016 Olympics MVP and Best Outside Spiker Zhu Ting, China pulled away late.

Zhu, played limited minutes, and had five kills and four digs.

Gong Xiangyu led the Chinese with 11 hits, four blocks, an ace and six digs while Liu Xiaotong had eight kills, one block, also an ace and three digs.

There was no silver lining for the Nationals after that. China strutted their world-class form in the second set and struck early in the third frame to cruise to the win. The Philippines scored mostly off China’s errors in the latter sets.

Santiago led the Philippine squad with 12 hits, three blocks, and ace and two digs.

The Nationals move on to the classification phase where they can vie for a place as high as fifth.

#ReadMore  Wait for Jia De Guzman's PWNVT return all worth it
Written By

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.


You May Also Like

DLSU

The 2024 Spikers’ Turf Invitational Conference is set to ignite the men’s volleyball scene with 10 teams battling for supremacy from October 16 to...

News

Creamline’s heart and soul, Alyssa Valdez, could not help but be emotional after what she had witnessed at the conclusion of the 2024 Premier...

News

The Creamline Cool Smashers would not be denied this time around. After a narrow miss in their first attempt, Creamline achieved what no other...

News

Once upon a time, MJ Perez and Dawn Catindig were hand in hand, facing off against head coach Shaq Delos Santos, Ces Molina, and...

News

After numerous near misses, Cignal finally secured its spot in the Final by dethroning the reigning champion Kurashiki, 25-23, 19-25, 25-23, 22-25, 15-11, in...

Alas Pilipinas

Dawn Catindig and Vanie Gandler returned for Cignal on Monday night but were unable to prevent a four-set loss to Creamline. Despite the addition...

NCAA

Creamline moved closer to the coveted grand slam after taking down Cignal in four sets, 25-18, 29-27, 17-25, 25-20 to secure a spot in...

Alas Pilipinas

Gel Cayuna expressed her gratitude for her consideration in the Alas Pilipinas pool but emphasized that her current focus remains on Cignal’s ongoing campaign...

Advertisement