Philippine males’s volleyball workforce within the SEA Video games 2023. –CAMBODIA 2023
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine males’s volleyball workforce kissed its medal hopes goodbye because it fell to host Cambodia, 18-25, 18-25, 17-25, within the thirty second Southeast Asian Video games earlier than an ecstatic dwelling crowd on Thursday night at Indoor Olympic Stadium in Phnom Penh.
Even earlier than the opening ceremonies on Friday, the Filipino spikers have already bombed out of podium competition as they couldn’t cease Pin Sarun and the Cambodians, who earned their second straight win in Pool A to hitch defending champion Indonesia within the semifinals.
Following an 18-25, 18-25, 23-25 loss to Indonesia on Wednesday, the rebuilding nationwide workforce misplaced its second Group A match and missed the semifinals for the second straight time since its historic silver medal end in 2019.
Sarun led the cost for Cambodia, which bagged a breakthrough bronze medal final 12 months, as he dealt the injury to the guests with 13 factors together with the final two kills within the third set that despatched the house crowd right into a wild celebration after the 77-minute match.
Mouen Menglaiy additionally shattered the hopes of the Filipinos as he poured 5 of his 12 factors within the third set as Cambodia superior to the semifinals for the second consecutive biennial meet with a 2-0 document in Group A, following a 25-14, 25-19, 25-20 win over Singapore on Wednesday.
“I do know it is a laborious sport you performed Cambodia it’s the (bronze medalist) within the SEA Video games and we performed (in entrance of a whole lot of their followers) of their dwelling. However I believe in the present day our workforce performed higher than yesterday,” stated nationwide workforce coach Sergio Veloso.
Setter Suon Channaro paced the Cambodians’ offense, outplaying the Filipinos in attacking, 38-24. Phol Ratanak and Kuon Mother have been additionally instrumental with eight and 6 markers, respectively. The host will wrap up its Group A marketing campaign on Saturday towards Indonesia, which additionally earned its second win earlier towards Singapore, 29-27, 25-8, 25-10.
Jade Disquitado, the youngest member of the Philippines at age 18, was the lone shiny spot for the rebuilding workforce with eight factors, scoring 5 within the opening set.
The Philippines’ closest likelihood towards Cambodia was when Lloyd Josafat nailed a block to tie the second set at 2-2. Nevertheless, the house workforce caught hearth and scored seven straight factors for a 12-5 lead from Disquitado’s back-to-back errors and by no means appeared again to take a 2-0 match benefit.
Disquitado and Jay Rack De La Noche saved the Cambodians inside two halfway third set, 10-12, however Menglaiy continued to torch the Filipinos as he was almost unstoppable within the body earlier than Sarun placed on the ending touches.
Filipino-American Reverse Spiker Steve Rotter completed with seven factors however dedicated a few assault and repair errors within the match, whereas Spikers’ Turf reigning MVP Jau Umandal, the lone holdover of the historic 2019 workforce, was restricted to only 4 factors after a scoreless third set.
“Kulang kami sa finish sport. Yung error namin ng early lumalabas. Kami nahihirapan sa finish sport dahil dumadami error namin,” stated Umandal.
“Yung purpose pa rin namin manalo pa rin sa Singapore. Sturdy end. Wala na kami sa prime two pero kailangan namin makuha yung panalo kahit sa rating match lang kagaya nung 2022 SEA Video games. Wala kami sa prime 2 pero prime (5) pa rin kami.”
The rebuilding Philippine nationwide workforce is relegated within the classification match for fifth to eighth locations however it is going to finish its Group A marketing campaign towards the winless Singapore on Saturday at 6 p.m.
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