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Creamline outlasts PetroGazz, one win away from PVL crown

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Camille B. Naredo, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Creamline" s="" Alyssa="" Valdez="" attacks="" the="" defense="" of="" Aiza="" Maizo-Pontillas.="" PVL="" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/sports/04/06/2022-pvl-creamline-vs-petrogazz-alyssa-valdez.jpg"/><figcaption>Creamline&#x27;s Alyssa Valdez attacks the defense of PetroGazz&#x27;s Aiza Maizo-Pontillas. PVL Media.</figcaption></figure></div>MANILA (UPDATED) -- The Creamline Cool Smashers displayed veteran poise down the stretch of an extended fourth set, as they outlasted the PetroGazz Angels in Game 1 of the Premier Volleyball League (PVL) Open Conference Finals.In front of a crowd of over 13,000 fans at the Mall of Asia Arena on Wednesday night, the Cool Smashers seized a 25-16, 23-25, 25-12, 32-30 victory to take a 1-0 lead in the best-of-3 series.Creamline is now one win away from regaining the Open Conference crown that they ceded last season to the Chery Tiggo Crossovers.Alyssa Valdez and Tots Carlos were on fire for Creamline, scoring 26 points each while Jema Galanza added 17 markers. As a team, the Cool Smashers unloaded a whopping 76 kills to only 41 for the Gazz Angels.&quot;Sobrang ganda ng game. Both teams, deliver &#x27;yung mga key player nila. Talagang breaks lang &#x27;yung napunta sa amin. So, happy kami kasi nakuha namin &#x27;yung Game 1. Importante naman is manalo ka,&quot; Creamline coach Sherwin Meneses said.After being outgunned in the opening set, the Gazz Angels roared back into contention in the second. Trailing 17-11 after an Alyssa Valdez hit, PetroGazz used their net defense and pounced on the Cool Smashers&#x27; errors to climb out of the hole. The Gazz Angels trailed by just a point, 23-22, after Myla Pablo committed an attack error. But Carlos left the door open for PetroGazz when she committed a service error to start the next rally, and Remy Palma scored back-to-back aces to tie the match at one set apiece.Creamline bounced back in splendid fashion in Set 3, where they uncorked 20 kills to rout the Gazz Angels. But PetroGazz, determined to push for a decider, went hit for hit with the Cool Smashers in the fourth set. They also got great contributions from Jonah Sabete, who scored clutch hits when Grethcel Soltones exited late in the frame due to injury.It was Sabete who put the Gazz Angels at set point, 24-22, before Valdez unleashed a crosscourt hit and Carlos fired an ace to force a deuce. The two teams went back-and-forth from there, with Creamline saving four more set points before a Valdez hit shifted the lead back in their favor, 29-28.Aiza Maizo-Pontillas knotted the count at 29 through a down-the-line hit, but Valdez again scored off the PetroGazz blockers to give Creamline a second match point. They couldn&#x27;t make the most of the opportunity, however, with Valdez sending an attack long in the next rally. It was Carlos who gave Creamline another match point, via another crosscourt hit, before Seth Rodriguez committed an attack error that wrapped up the victory for the Cool Smashers. &quot;&#x27;Yung team naman namin, siguro naging advantage din &#x27;yung sinasabi talaga na chemistry. Talagang malaking advantage &#x27;yun,&quot; said Meneses. &quot;Kasi medyo maingay, so kahit hindi mag-usap ng kaunti, talagang &#x27;yung chemistry, andoon naman.&quot;Jia De Guzman earned Player of the Game honors with 39 excellent sets, 15 digs, and four points including three kill blocks. The Gazz Angels got 13 points from MJ Phillips, including a game-high six blocks. Soltones had 12 points before exiting due to injury, and Sabete finished with 11 points. PetroGazz scored 27 free points off Creamline&#x27;s errors, while committing just 12 miscues of their own.Game 2 of the series is on Friday at the Ynares Center in Antipolo.

The Creamline Cool Smashers showed their composure in a marathon fourth set to outlast the PetroGazz Angels and move within a win of the PVL Open Conference crown. 

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Creamline outlasts PetroGazz, one win away from PVL crown

Camille B. Naredo,

ABS-CBN News

Published Apr 06, 2022 08:27 PM PHT

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Updated Apr 06, 2022 09:30 PM PHT

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