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PVL RC 2024 Akari vs. PLDT --3692

Kennedy Caacbay

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib fr-fil" style="width:900px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1725096337112PVL RC 2024 Akari vs. PLDT --3692.jpg" style="width:900px" class="fr-fic fr-dib fr-fil"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">The Akari Chargers. <em>Photo from PVL Media Bureau</em></span></span></span></div><p>MANILA <strong>(UPDATED) </strong>– Akari has captured a ticket to the 2024 Premier Volleyball League (PVL) Reinforced Conference Finals.</p><p>The Chargers ousted PLDT in five grueling sets, 25-22, 18-25, 22-25, 26-24, 17-15, in the knockout semifinal round on Saturday at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City.</p><p>The match saw an intense, tension-filled action as it went down to the wire in Set 5, with the High Speed Hitters moving a point closer to the championship series, 14-13, but saw their hopes eventually withered after an unsuccessful net fault challenge.</p><p>The PLDT coaching staff tried to raise the issue that Ezra Madrigal touched the net, and she did, but it wasn&#x27;t a net fault, according to the FIVB rulebook.</p><p>Section 11.3.2 states that &quot;Players may touch the post, ropes, or any other object outside the antennae, including the net itself, provided that it does not interfere with the play.&quot;</p><p>Since the league has ruled that the Madrigal net touch was not part of the play, the official ruled that it was not a fault.</p><p>As the challenge was put forth mid-rally, Akari was awarded a point, tying the match at 14-all.</p><p>Fiola Ceballos has put PLDT again at match point, 15-14, but Grethcel Soltones answered back with consecutive clutch hits to move closer to the triumph. PLDT&#x27;s Kath Arado dove for the ball to try and save the ball to no avail.</p><p>High Speed Hitters&#x27; import Elena Samoilenko suffered a costly attack error to concede the match to the still-unbeaten Chargers.</p><p>After the game, PVL Commissioner Sherwin Malonzo explained what happened during that dramatic sequence.</p><div><br/></div><div class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" style="display:flex;max-width:550px;width:100%;margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px"><iframe id="twitter-widget-0" scrolling="no" frameBorder="0" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" title="X Post" src="https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1829838327161503952&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fnews-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com%2F%23%2Fworkspace%2Fmonitoring%3Fitem%3Durn%3Anewsml%3Anews-workbench-api.abs-cbn.com%3A2024-08-31T07%3A31%3A43.166641%3A48683113-9e8f-4fe2-bcba-1b451e665afa%26action%3Dcorrect&amp;sessionId=b04baf74a7c2df6baf91c834cb87a4c8ec57509d&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px" style="position:static;visibility:visible;width:550px;height:1014px;display:block;flex-grow:1" data-tweet-id="1829838327161503952"></iframe></div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8"></script><div><br/></div><p>&quot;There was no fault because na-establish na &#x27;yung position, &#x27;yung dalawang paa before she turned. And then at the same time, nag-mid rally challenge si PLDT,&quot; he said. &quot;The consequence of doing a mid-rally challenge, kapag na-deny kayo or in this case, unsuccessful, puntos ng kalaban &#x27;yon.&quot;</p><p>&quot;Sa case nga kanina, babalik ako, wala na &#x27;yung action of playing the ball do&#x27;n sa net when she twisted. The play was already with Oly going to the setter. Kumbaga, wala na siyang kinalaman,&quot; Malonzo went on.</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/2024/8/10/akari-urged-not-to-be-complacent-amid-prolific-showing-in-reinforced-tilt-1817"><strong>READ: Akari urged not to be complacent amid prolific showing in Reinforced tilt</strong></a></div><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/2024/8/22/pvl-pldt-dashes-playoffs-hopes-of-undermanned-choco-mucho-1716"><strong>READ: PLDT dashes playoffs hopes of undermanned Choco Mucho</strong></a></div><div><strong><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/Nbn-urhVDys?autoplay=1&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span></strong><br/></div>

<p>Akari has captured a ticket to the 2024 Premier Volleyball League (PVL) Reinforced Conference Finals.</p>

Akari has captured a ticket to the 2024 Premier Volleyball League (PVL) Reinforced Conference Finals.

Akari overcomes PLDT in 5-set thriller to capture PVL Finals ticket

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Akari overcomes PLDT in 5-set thriller to capture PVL Finals ticket

Kennedy Caacbay,

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Published August 31, 2024 05:52 PM PHT

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Updated September 01, 2024 02:09 AM PHT

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