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Cignal HD's Vanie Gandler

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<div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">MANILA -- Vanie Gandler is quickly proving that her stellar rookie season in the Premier Volleyball League (PVL) is no fluke.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">In Cignal&#x27;s first game of the 2024 All-Filipino Conference last Saturday, the former Ateneo star spiker picked up right where she left off, tallying a game-high 19 points on 17 attacks, one ace, and one block to help the HD Spikers edge the reloaded Akari Chargers in four sets.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">In a team bannered by veterans like former PVL Most Valuable Player Ces Molina and top off-season recruit Dawn Macandili-Catindig, it was the young Gandler who quickly proved her worth from the get-go, despite being rested in the game&#x27;s waning moments.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">&quot;It feels good, of course, because our preparation time was very short, but I&#x27;m happy that the team was able to come together,&quot; said the Cignal rising star after their 21-25, 25-18, 25-12, 25-18 victory over Akari at the Smart Araneta Coliseum.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">&quot;After the first set, it&#x27;s normal first-game jitters. but I could see how much we all want it.&quot;</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/2024/2/24/pvl-cignal-turns-back-akari-in-4-sets-for-first-win-2007"></a><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/2024/2/24/pvl-cignal-turns-back-akari-in-4-sets-for-first-win-2007">READ: Cignal turns back Akari in 4 sets for first win</a></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">For her standout performance, Gandler was awarded by the newly-formed PVL Press Corps as the 2024 season&#x27;s first Player of the Week for the period of February 20 to 24.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">She edged out Creamline&#x27;s Tots Carlos, PLDT&#x27;s Savie Davison, Chery Tiggo&#x27;s Mylene Paat, Petro Gazz&#x27;s Nicole Tiamzon, and Choco Mucho&#x27;s Mars Alba for the weekly award deliberated upon by reporters regularly covering the PVL beat.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Showing that she has a mindset of a veteran, the 23-year-old Gandler is bracing for bigger challenges in the future as she carves a path to stardom.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">&quot;Personally for me, now that I&#x27;ve played two conferences, I know that the teams are going to really scout me more, so I really have to think outside the box and level up from here,&quot; she continued.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">&quot;As a team, I&#x27;m sure teams are also gonna scout us. 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<p>Vanie Gandler is quickly proving that her stellar rookie season in the Premier Volleyball League (PVL) is no fluke.</p>

Vanie Gandler is quickly proving that her stellar rookie season in the Premier Volleyball League (PVL) is no fluke.

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Cignal HD's Vanie Gandler is PVL Player of the Week

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Published Feb 25, 2024 01:46 PM PHT

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