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Sisi Rondina and the Choco Mucho Flying Titans during the PVL All-Filipino Conference battle for bronze match vs Akari Chargers. –MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.net Sisi Rondina got tired of seeing Choco Mucho flame out the past several games that wiped them out from the championship picture.
On Thursday night, the fearless hitter made sure the Flying Titans remained in the hunt for at least a podium finish. SCHEDULE: 2025 PVL All-Filipino Finals – Creamline vs Petro Gazz “I really missed this feeling. We haven’t experienced this since the semis,’’ said Rondina after delivering the killer blows to the Akari Chargers, 25-18, 25-22, 27-29, 25-19, to forge a winner-take-all battle for third in the PVL All Filipino Conference.
The fearless Choco Mucho hitter bludgeoned the Chargers with 25 attacks out of her 26 points as the Flying Titans equalized their series after two games. The victory was indeed a breakthrough after four consecutive setbacks since the four-team, single-round semifinals and their first against the Chargers in their last two meetings, which were both decided in five sets. “We were really down after that successive defeats in the semis.
We knew we had the chance (to contend in the Finals). What’s important now is we finally recovered and we hope that we can sustain this,’’ said Choco Mucho coach Dante Alinsunurin. Choco Mucho Flying Titans’ Royse Tubino during the PVL All-Filipino Conference battle for bronze match vs Akari Chargers.
–MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.net Royse Tubino backstopped Rondina with 17 points, 15 of them attacks, and had 17 digs while Isa Molde added 12 for the Flying Titans, who are looking for their third podium performance in the league. Right out of the gate, the Flying Titans never wavered in pummeling the enemy for long stretches with Molde returning the smash of Eli Soyud on the Akari floor at set point.
READ: PVL: Akari pulls off reverse sweep vs Choco Mucho, nears bronze Choco Mucho kept on pressing again in Set 2 and even though the Chargers knotted the count at 22, the Flying Titans concluded the frame with successive attacks courtesy of Cherry Nunag and Tubino. “I told my teammates that we can steal this series, we just have to work harder. We shouldn’t stop and think about what happened to our team,’’ said Rondina.
The Flying Titans seized the lead after two sets during their series opener before the Chargers reversed the outcome by taking the last three sets. It seemed headed to that direction once more after the Chargers came charging back in Set 3, averting a possible sweep. The Flying Titans wasted a couple of match points on Rondina’s spikes, letting Akari to gain foothold and grabbed the set on back-to-back Ivy Lacsina crosscourt hits.
Choco Mucho Flying Titans’ star Sisi Rondina. MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.net This time, Choco Mucho refused to blink.
Forging ahead by as many as seven points in Set 4, the Flying Titans never let go as Tubino and Rondina alternately battered the Chargers with an assortment of bombs to prevent a deciding frame. Tubino scored five straight points capped by an ace for a 21-14 Choco Mucho advantage as they effectively extinguished an incessant comeback assault from the other side. Rondina hammered Akari twice, the last one to the back row that Justine Jazareno chased to no avail at match point.
“Despite of our shortcomings, we continue to think of the positives in our team,’’ said Rondina. Soyud paced Akari with 16 points while Ivy Lacsina and Grethcel Soltones contributed 15 apiece. Subscribe to our daily newsletter By providing an email address.
I agree to the Terms of Use and acknowledge that I have read the Privacy Policy . Game 3 of their bronze-medal face off is set Saturday at the Philsports Arena..
