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Rebisco drops 2nd straight game at Asian Men’s Club Volleyball Championship

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Karl Cedrick Basco, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt=" Photo from Asian Volleyball Confederation" src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2021/sports/10/09/rebisco.jpg"/><figcaption>Photo from Asian Volleyball Confederation</figcaption></figure></div><p>Rebisco-Philippines could not capitalize on its strong start, surrendering to AGMK of Uzbekistan in 4 sets, 26-24, 23-25, 18-25, 19-25, at the 2021 Asian Men’s Club Volleyball Championship in Thailand Saturday. </p><p>The national men’s team looked to bounce back from an opening-day loss on Friday, taking the tightly contested first set. </p><p>Kim Malabunga foiled an attack from the Uzbek team for a 21-18 lead in the opening salvo, but poor judgement by the Philippines allowed AGMK to knot the score at 21. </p><p>Nico Almendras took over for Rebisco in the ensuing plays, scoring an off-the-block hit and a no-block spike for a 25-24 advantage. AGMK could not force another deuce after an attack error giving the Philippines a 1-0 lead. </p><p>The match continued to be close in the succeeding frame, after the Philippines rallied down the stretch of the second set. </p><p>Jao Umandal dropped back-to-back spikes to equalize the set at 22 but an error followed by an ace from AGMK gave them a 24-22 lead. </p><p>Umandal would save one set point after a through-the-block attack but Uzbekistan punctuated the frame in the next play, 25-23. </p><p>The AGMK stepped on the gas pedal in the third and fourth sets, putting Rebisco behind almost the entire time at this point. </p><p>The Uzbek team stretched its lead to 6 in the fourth after a crosscourt hit and an error from the Philippines, 23-17. </p><p>Umandal tried to string a couple of points, but the team committed another costly error before getting blocked by the tall Uzbeks. </p><p>The Philippines dropped to 0-2 win-loss card in the regional tournament. </p><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=1676890" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

Rebisco-Philippines could not capitalize on its strong start, surrendering to AGMK of Uzbekistan in 4 sets, 26-24, 23-25, 18-25, 19-25 on Saturday.

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Rebisco drops 2nd straight game at Asian Men’s Club Volleyball Championship

Karl Cedrick Basco,

ABS-CBN News

Published October 09, 2021 03:31 PM PHT

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