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Beach volleyball: Creamline's Rondina, Pons continue perfect run in BVR

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Creamline 1" s="" Sisi="" Rondina="" and="" Bernadeth="" Pons="" celebrate="" a="" point="" against="" Sta.="" Lucia="" during="" their="" BVR="" on="" Tour="" second="" leg="" Pool="" A="" match="" Thursday="" in="" Santa="" Cagayan.="" src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2021/sports/10/28/bvr-on-tour_sipons.jpg"/><figcaption>Creamline 1&#x27;s Sisi Rondina and Bernadeth Pons celebrate a point against against Sta. Lucia 1 during their BVR on Tour second leg women&#x27;s Pool A match Thursday in Santa Ana, Cagayan. BVR PHOTO</figcaption></figure></div>Creamline 1&#x27;s Sisi Rondina and Bernadeth Pons opened their bid for back-to-back BVR on Tour crowns with two straight-set triumphs on Thursday in Santa Ana, Cagayan.Rondina and Pons hammered out a 21-9, 21-11 victory over Sta. Lucia 1&#x27;s Jackie Estoquia and DM Demontaño, right after opening their Pool A campaign with a 21-14, 21-13 conquest of Biogenic&#x27;s Roma Joy Doromal and Heather Guino-o.Creamline 2&#x27;s Dij Rodriguez and Dzi Gervacio, first leg&#x27;s third placers, also posted a 2-0 record in Pool B.Rodriguez and Gervacio overcame a slow second set start to repulse Sta. Lucia 2&#x27;s Bang Pineda and Chay Troncoso, 21-12, 21-13, and later withstood first set struggles to defeat PLDT&#x27;s Ella and Iza Viray, 22-20, 21-10, to seize the solo lead in their bracket. The Viray twins emerged victorious in their Pool B opener, needing 42 minutes to carve out a 21-16, 16-21, 15-9 triumph over Black Mamba Army 1&#x27;s Nene Bautista and Jeannie delos Reyes.Bautista and Delos Reyes rebounded with a 21-19, 21-16 conquest of Toyota Tuguegarao&#x27;s Nicole Tiamzon and Jho Maraguinot for a 1-1 card. Pineda and Troncoso came through with a 21-17, 21-12 triumph over Eastern Perlas Spikers&#x27; Mich Morente and Jules Samonte to enter the win column. Morente and Samonte couldn&#x27;t build on a 23-21, 21-19 squeaker over Tiamzon and Maraguinot and fell to 1-1. Estoquia and Demontaño, who scored a 21-18, 21-7 romp of Delimondo&#x27;s MJ Ebro and Bianca Lizares to open their Pool A stint, now hold a 1-1 record. Ebro and Lizares prevailed over Black Mamba Army 2&#x27;s Jem Gutierrez and Audrey Paran, 21-9, 21-18, for their first win in two matches.In a rematch of men&#x27;s semis, Creamline 1&#x27;s Krung Arbasto and Jude Garcia reasserted their mastery of EVI Construction’s Doy Barrica and KR Guzman, 21-12, 21-14, to open their quest for a second consecutive championship in style in Pool B.Barrica and Guzman bounced back by sweeping Army 1&#x27;s Joel Villonson and Randy Fallorina, 21-13, 21-11, to rise to 1-1 record in their bracket. Villonson and Fallorina, who topped Orchard Fresh&#x27;s Rhenze Hu and Benjaylo Labide, 21-18, 24-22, in their first match, dropped to 1-1.In the other Pool B match, DeliRush 2&#x27;s Nichol Jundana and Jeffer Guerrero turned back Hu and Labide, 21-19, 21-15.In Pool A, Negros Occidental Beach Volleyball Club&#x27;s Deanne Neil de Pedro and Eljhay Ronquillo fashioned out a 24-22, 21-19 win over Army 2&#x27;s Jason Uy and Josh Barrica, while Tuguegarao&#x27;s AJ Pareja and James Pecaña overcame Creamline&#x27;s Ranran Abdilla and Romnick Rico, 24-22, 16-21, 8-15.Uy and Barrica defeated DeliRush 1&#x27;s Evan Laraya and Joven Camaganakan, 21-11, 21-15, while Laraya and Camaganakan later sent Abdilla and Rico reeling to their second straight defeat with a 22-20, 19-21, 13-15 win.Pool play action resumes at 8 a.m. Friday.

Creamline 1's Sisi Rondina and Bernadeth Pons opened their bid for back-to-back BVR on Tour crowns with two straight-set triumphs on Thursday.