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Akari team captain Michelle Cobb

Kennedy Caacbay

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:950px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/PVL 2024 Akari vs. Farm Fresh - Mich Cobb-0370.jpg" style="width:950px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left"><span contenteditable="true" id="isPasted">Akari team captain Michelle Cobb. <em>Photo from PVL Media Bureau</em></span></span></span></span></div><p>MANILA – Akari captain Michelle Cobb is hopeful that her team <span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(65, 65, 65);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">will peak at the right time.</span></p><div><span id="isPasted">This, after the Chargers collected their breakthrough win in the 2024 Premier Volleyball League (PVL) All-Filipino Conference.</span></div><p>&quot;Hindi ko rin kasi tinatanim sa isip ko na okay na kami kasi every training kasi may natutunan akong bago lalo na sa mga new players namin. So for me, ongoing process yan all the time and sana yung peak namin hindi ngayon kundi sa dulo,&quot; Cobb said after a 25-19, 25-15, 25-22 sweep of Farm Fresh on Tuesday.</p><p>(I&#x27;m not keeping in mind that we are settled because, in every training, I&#x27;m learning something fresh from my new teammates. So for me, it&#x27;s an ongoing process all the time and I&#x27;m hoping that we will reach our peak not now, but in the end.)</p><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/2024/3/5/michelle-cobb-steers-akari-past-farm-fresh-to-enter-win-column-2027">PVL: Michelle Cobb steers Akari past Farm Fresh to enter win column</a></div><p>Cobb pulled the strings for the Chargers with 16 excellent sets, on top of two blocks and an attack, emphasizing her all-around gameplay <span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(65, 65, 65);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">at the PhilSports Arena in Pasig City.</span></p><p>A winning mindset played a role in Akari&#x27;s straight-sets win against the Foxies, said Cobb.</p><p>&quot;I think, as a training din naman kasi, nakikita na kumbaga may goal &#x27;yung bawat isa and I think dun din nagbunga &#x27;yung mindset na yun today.&quot;</p><p>(I think, as a training, we saw that everyone had a goal and that mindset bore fruit today.)</p><p>The 5-foot-4 playmaker is also wishful that the Chargers will learn from each other and will bring this momentum to count victories this conference.</p><div><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">PVL: Cignal turns back Akari in 4 sets for first win</a></div><p>&quot;[I] guess &#x27;yun, marami pa kami matututunan sa bawat isa na pwede naming maayos pa and para mas manalo pa kami in the future games,&quot; the La Salle product concluded.</p><p>(I guess that we will still learn from each other whichever we can fix to win future games.)</p><p>Meanwhile, Grethcel Soltones, who provided the offense department with 16 points built on 13 attacks and two aces, said they could not afford to be distracted as they attempt to replicate the victory in their upcoming games.</p><p>&quot;&#x27;Yun nga, parati kong nire-remind sa teammates ko, lalo na &#x27;pag nasa loob ng court, na focus lang talaga kasi once na mawala man kami, I mean, may distractions, du&#x27;n kami nagsisimula magwatak-watak,&quot; said <span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(65, 65, 65);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">Soltones. </span>&quot;So ayun, focus lang talaga kami sa goal namin as a team.&quot;</p><p>(I always remind my teammates, especially inside the court, that we should focus because once we get distracted, that&#x27;s when we get scattered. We should focus as a team.)</p><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO:</strong></div><div><ivs-player data-ivs-key="e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603" data-ivs-spid="3001339" data-ivs-vid="2978830"></ivs-player></div><script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/loader.js"></script>

<p>"So for me, ongoing process 'yan all the time and sana yung peak namin, hindi ngayon kundi sa dulo."</p>

"So for me, ongoing process 'yan all the time and sana yung peak namin, hindi ngayon kundi sa dulo."

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PVL: Michelle Cobb wants Akari to peak at the right time

Kennedy Caacbay,

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Published Mar 06, 2024 05:14 PM PHT

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