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| The Petron Blaze spikers celebrate their victory after winning the Philippine Superliga All-Filipino Conference title on Thursday at the Filoil Flying V Center in San Juan. (Photo courtesy of PSL) |
MANILA - Newly crowned Philippine Superliga (PSL)
All-Filipino Conference champion Petron will compete in the Macau Invitational
Women's Championship in September.
Petron won the title on Thursday after sweeping the best-of-three
series against F2 Logistics at the Filoil Flying V Center in San Juan. Led by
Most Valuable Player Aiza Maizo-Pontillas, the Blaze spikers won Game 1 (25-23,
25-21, 25-19) and Game 2 (26-24, 24-26, 26-24, 23-25, 15-11).
“For winning the All-Filipino, it is only fitting that we appoint
Petron as our representative in the Macau tournament,” said PSL president Ramon
Suzara in a statement issued Friday.
“We are very confident that Petron will be very competitive based on
how it fared in the finals series against F2 Logistics. I’m sure they will play
hard and make the country and the league very proud," added Suzara, one of
the top officials in the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC).
He said the Macau tournament "could help boost the development of
the sport in the Philippines" and will serve as Petron's preparation for
the Grand Prix.
Aside from Petron, club teams from China, Hong Kong and the host
country are joining the Macau tournament, to be held on September 23-25.
Petron also represented the Philippines in the 2015 AVC Asian Women’s
Club Championship in Phu Ly, Vietnam. (Jean T. Malanum/PNA). posted by Becky D. de Asis-The Redline News
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