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Philippines and Australia battle in the AVC Challenge Cup for women in Manila on May 23, 2024. Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News

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AVC Challenge Cup

Kennedy Caacbay

ABS-CBN News

<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib fr-fil" style="width:950px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/171650626645120240523-avc-philippines-australia-MD-0745.jpg" style="width:950px" class="fr-fic fr-dib fr-fil"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Alas Pilipinas. <em>Photo by Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News</em></span></span></span></div><p>MANILA <span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">–</span> Alas Pilipinas captain Jia de Guzman was ecstatic to see the national team thrive despite little preparation for the 2024 AVC Challenge Cup.</p><p>The team dismissed Australia in four sets, 22-25, 25-19, 25-16, 25-21, on Thursday, notching their first win in Pool A in front of 4,945 fans at the Rizal Memorial Coliseum in Manila.</p><p>&quot;It feels great knowing especially that we didn&#x27;t have a lot of preparations coming here today. As in, going to this game, sabi namin, &#x27;Regardless of what happens, as long as we leave our best on the floor, okay kami sa kung ano man ang result,&#x27;&quot; De Guzman said. &quot;Thankfully, the win went our way.&quot;</p><p>De Guzman enabled her hitters in De La Salle University star Angel Canino and Chery Tiggo ace Eya Laure, who put up 17 points each, while former PVL MVP Sisi Rondina added 16.</p><p>However, the seasoned playmaker turned away credit and said the win was a result of &quot;total team effort.&quot;</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/2024/5/23/alas-pilipinas-triumphant-in-first-assignment-in-avc-challenge-cup-1946"><strong></strong>READ: Volleyball: Alas Pilipinas triumphant in first assignment in AVC Challenge Cup</a><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/2024/5/22/vietnam-australia-triumphant-on-day-1-of-avc-challenge-cup-2113"></a><br/><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/2024/5/22/vietnam-australia-triumphant-on-day-1-of-avc-challenge-cup-2113">READ: Volleyball: Vietnam, Australia triumphant on Day 1 of AVC Challenge Cup<strong></strong></a></div><div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib fr-fil" style="width:950px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/171650636521220240523-avc-philippines-australia-MD-0749.jpg" style="width:950px" class="fr-fic fr-dib fr-fil"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Alas Pilipinas&#x27; Jia de Guzman dives for the ball in AVC Challenge Cup bout vs Australia. <em>Photo by Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News </em></span></span></span></div><p>&quot;It wasn&#x27;t just me, it was a total team effort talaga. I can&#x27;t do everything by myself so leadership-wise, it&#x27;s not just me. Dawn [Catindig], and the seniors, it&#x27;s everyone inside the court,&quot; said the Denso AiryBees star setter.</p><p>&quot;It wasn&#x27;t easy for me to distribute the ball as I did if hindi pumasa ng maayos ang teammates ko, so I have to give credit to the floor defense and the net defense of the team kasi we are trying to stick to a system talaga para maging madali ang buhay namin especially going against Australia,&quot; De Guzman added.</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/2024/5/22/kazakhstan-india-off-to-strong-start-in-avc-challenge-cup-1528"><strong></strong>READ: Volleyball: Kazakhstan, India off to strong start in AVC Challenge Cup<strong></strong></a></div><p>Next on Alas&#x27; assignment list is India, which has already logged two wins in Pool A.</p><p>The national team skipper said the win would help them flourish as they take on other teams.</p><p>&quot;Every game for us will be a big learning experience talaga. This win is great pero marami rin kaming mapupulot na errors, lessons that can help us achieve results in the following games. We also need to rest and recover also kasi tuloy-tuloy,&quot; De Guzman concluded.</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO: </strong></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/bhi8QYkSiWs??si=0njd3G4Jbv-X8hdA&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div>

<p>"It feels great. Knowing especially that we didn't have a lot of preparations coming here today. As in, going to this game, sabi namin, 'Regardless of what happens, as long as we leave our best on the floor, okay kami sa kung ano man ang result.'" </p>

"It feels great. Knowing especially that we didn't have a lot of preparations coming here today. As in, going to this game, sabi namin, 'Regardless of what happens, as long as we leave our best on the floor, okay kami sa kung ano man ang result.'"

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Jia de Guzman deflects credit, says team effort led to big win over Australia in AVC Challenge Cup

Kennedy Caacbay,

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Published May 24, 2024 08:53 AM PHT

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