Creamline waylaid winless Galeries Tower, 25-9, 25-11, 25-15, for its second straight win in the PVL Reinforced Conference on Saturday at Capital Arena in Ilagan City, Isabela.
Courtney Schwan led the Cool Smashers’ domination with 14 points on a 12-of-23 attacking clip, while Alyssa Valdez had 10 points as a starter in the first two sets and also tallied five excellent receptions? ‘You can tell that we respected our opponent because when you respect your opponent, you play the full of your ability. Even if you’re winning a lot, you keep going and you keep pushing,’ said the American import. ‘I also wanna say a really good job to [the second stringers] because they played very well. They played phenomenally.’
The Cool Smashers coach Sherwin Meneses had the chance to field his bench players for extended action with Rose Vargas leading the bench mob with eight points, as Rhea Villarete paced the team with 10 excellent sets.
Tots Carlos only played in the first set and fired five points. Pangs Panaga also scored five, while Michele Gumabao, Mich Gamit, and Sheena Toring added four each.
‘It was a good timing for the second stringers, they played well. In training, they always give their 100 percent, so they deserved this playing time,’ Meneses said in Filipino. Creamline improved to a 2-1 record, tying its previous victim, Petro Gazz, in Pool B before facing unbeaten ZUS Coffee (2-0) on Thursday at FilOil EcoOil Centre at 6:30 p.m.
Galeries dropped to 0-3, tied with Chery Tiggo EV as they clash for their first win also on Thursday at 1:30 p.m.
No one scored in double figures with rookie Jean Asis leading the way with seven points, while Montenegrin Jelena Cvijovic had six points.