Religion Nisperos. AVC PHOTO
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine girls’s volleyball workforce ended its Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) Problem Cup marketing campaign with a 25-14, 13-25, 25-18, 25-18 victory over Uzbekistan for seventh place on Sunday at Tri Dharma Petrokimia Gresik Gymnasium in East Java, Indonesia.
Religion Nisperos conspired with veteran spikers Shaya Adorador and Aiza Maizo-Pontillas to get well from a lackluster second-set efficiency and finish a two-game skid earlier than flying dwelling to the nation.
Nisperos high scored with 17 factors to cap her second nationwide workforce stint for the reason that AVC Girls’s Membership Championship in Thailand two years in the past additionally below coach Jorge Souza de Brito.
Adorador chipped in 13 factors, whereas Pontillas added 12 markers, together with the hits that helped the Philippines draw back within the fourth set.
Ezra Madrigal was additionally instrumental with 9 factors, highlighted by the match-winning assault to complete seventh out of 11 groups.
The nationals dominated the opening set however misplaced steam within the second as Tursunpulatova Malikakhon and Boymirzayeva Dilnoza led the Uzbeks’ combat again within the lopsided second set to tie the match to 1 set apiece.
Nisperos and Co. obtained their act collectively within the third to regain the lead and widened a 12-10 fourth-set benefit to 22-15 off Malikakhon’s assault error. Erika Raagas put the Filipino Spikers at match level, 24-16, however Askarova Zarnigora scored back-to-back kills to increase the sport earlier than Madrigal nailed the game-winning fast assault.
The Philippines began its marketing campaign with a rousing victory over Macau to safe a quarterfinal berth however misplaced its final Pool A recreation to host Indonesia.
The nationwide workforce then, survived India in 5 units to inch a win nearer to the semifinals however fell to also-ran Australia, which relegated the squad to the classification match.
The Filipinos obtained swept by Iran within the classification spherical on Saturday and have been despatched to the battle for seventh.
Dilnoza led Uzbekistan with 13 factors, whereas fellow center blocker Toshkenboyeva Khodisakhon added 10 markers.
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