Jema Galanza bounced back from a rough season debut and steered Creamline to a dominant three-set victory over Cignal on Thursday night.
Coming off a six-point outing in the Cool Smashers’ opening day win over Petro Gazz, Galanza bounced back. She fired 13 points in their 25-16, 25-21, 25-15 win over the HD Spikers at the Filoil EcoOil Centre.
The native of Laguna said that she used her debut performance as motivation to recover. Galanza also admitted that she looks to be more consistent moving forward and work on everything she lacks during practices.
“Syempre yun naman po talaga yung goal namin. Kumbaga, hangga’t maari maging consistent ako, ma-less pa yung error ko at ng team,” said the 2019 PVL Open Conference MVP.
“Sa training din naman po namin lumalabas yun kung ano yung tine-training nang husto, yun ang lalabas,” she added.
Besides working on being consistent, Galanza said that she plans on being more vocal inside the court especially now that their team captain Alyssa Valdez has yet to return to action.
Valdez is still recovering from a right knee injury she sustained last December.
“Sabi naman ni coach, wala naman din kasing kailangan baguhin kasi yung ginagawa namin sa training, pare-parehas lang kami. Siguro ngayon, kailangan ko lang i-mindset talaga na habang wala pa rin si Ate Ly, leadership talaga yung kailangan ko i-labas on the court, and kahit hanggang labas diba,” said Galanza.
“Kung maari. And ayaw ko rin i-pressure yung sarili ko kasi mabigat talaga kapag yung pressure. Basta kailangan lang i-enjoy and ‘di naman din nawala yung leadership ni Ate Ly sa game namin kasi lagi siyang nandyan, bumubulong sa’min, sinasabi kung ano yung kailangan namin gawin so ‘di naman siya mabigat dalin,” she added.
Creamline will next face Choco Mucho on February 14, Tuesday at 6:30 PM.
