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PVL: Kingwhale clinches finals berth with 5-set win vs Creamline

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<p>Kingwhale-Taiwan squeezed its way past Creamline in 5 sets to book the remaining finals berth in the Premier Volleyball League (PVL) Invitational Conference at Filoil EcoOil Arena in San Juan on Friday.</p><p>Kingwhale fought off Creamline’s comeback, 25-15, 17-25, 25-22, 24-26, 15-5, to hand the Cool Smashers&#x27; only defeat in the semis.</p><p>Despite the loss, the Cool Smashers, who have already qualified for the finals, will represent the Philippines in the Asian Women&#x27;s Volleyball Championship this month.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/08/10/22/pvl-more-maturity-needed-for-pldt-says-coach">PVL: Potential is there, but more maturity needed for PLDT, says coach</a></li></ul><p>It was Kingwhale&#x27;s third straight victory after dominating the Army and fighting off PLDT.</p><p>The win eliminated both PLDT (2-2) and Cignal (1-2) from reaching the finals.</p><p>The two squads will face off in a one-game PVL Invitational title joust this coming Sunday.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/08/07/22/ph-natl-team-withdraws-from-pvl-invitational">PH nat&#x27;l team withdraws from PVL Invitational</a></li></ul><p>But before its rematch with Creamline, Kingwhlae will still have to take on the HD Spikers in a non-bearing game on Saturday.</p><p>Creamline suffered a double whammy as Alyssa Valdez sustained a hurt ankle after accidentally stepping on De Carvalho’s foot during a landing.</p><p>Chen Li-Jun led the Taiwanese with 17 points.</p><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/GJCvupnd-PE?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

Kingwhale-Taiwan squeezed its way past Creamline in 5 sets to book the remaining finals berth in the PVL Invitational Conference on Friday. 