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After leading Akari to 2-0 start, steady Ivy is week’s best

Ivy Lacsina (right) scores off a twin block by Zus Coffee on the way to 24 points in a four-set win last week. The towering open spiker bested seven others for the tournament’s first Player of the Week citation. —PVL PHOTOS Picking up from where she left off, Ivy Lacsina is playing with sustained brilliance…

Ivy Lacsina continues stellar play for Akari

Akari Chargers’ Ivy Lacsina.–PVL PHOTO MANILA, Philippines — Picking up from where she left off, Ivy Lacsina sustained her sensational play to lead the Akari Chargers to a strong start in the 2024-25 PVL All-Filipino Conference. After emerging as one of the vital pieces of Akari’s breakthrough finals appearance in the Reinforced Conference, the 25-year-old…

Thrust into vital role, Eli Soyud stepping up for Akari

Akari Chargers’ Eli Soyud during a PVL All-Filipino Conference game. -PVL PHOTO MANILA, Philippines — Eager to plug in the hole left by Oly Okaro, Eli Soyud has emerged as one of Akari’s stabilizers in the 2024-25 PVL All-Filipino Conference. Soyud has risen to the challenge of stepping up for the Chargers, who were led…

Akari turns back new-look ZUS Coffee for a 2-0 start

Akari Chargers celebrate a point against ZUS Coffee Thunderbelles during a PVL All-Filipino Conference game. -MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.net Akari rushed to a second consecutive win in the PVL All-Filipino Conference after a 25-14, 25-21, 19-25, 25-23 victory against revamped ZUS Coffee Thursday night at FilOil EcoOil Centre. “We’re doing good in the first set and then…

Akari overcomes Galeries Tower for winning start

Akari Chargers’ Ivy Lacsina, Michele Cobb, Fifi Sharma, Faith Nisperos during a PVL All-Filipino Conference game. -MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.net MANILA, Philippines — Akari recovered from a lethargic first-set loss before overcoming Galeries Tower, 28-30, 25-15, 25-16, 25-23, to kick off the 2024-25 PVL All-Filipino Conference on a high note on Saturday at Philsports Arena. The Chargers…

Creamline sweeps Akari for Reinforced crown, 9th PVL title

Creamline Cool Smashers celebrate their ninth championship in the PVL after beating Akari Chargers for the Reinforced crown. They beat the Chargers in the PVL finals on Wednesday. –MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.net MANILA, Philippines –Creamline encountered virtually no fightback in securing a ninth overall championship after sweeping first-time finalist Akari, 25-15, 25-23, 25-17, in the PVL Reinforced…

Calmed during the storm, Akari, Creamline finally clash for title

Creamline’s Bernadeth Pons.–MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.net The storm may have given the finalists of the PVL Reinforced Conference more time to gear up after the title bout was postponed on Monday. Who will be more calm entering the crown duel will be known on Wednesday when eight-time champion Creamline and unbeaten Akari finally clash for the first…

Akari, Creamline finally meet; Invitationals push through

Akari Chargers’ Grethcel Soltones against the Creamline Cool Smashers in the PVL. MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.net MANILA, Philippines–First, a power outage. Then, a tropical storm. After multiple delays, Akari and Creamline are finally ready to settle the score Wednesday night in a showdown that would very well etch their names in the annals of the Premier Volleyball…

Creamline, Akari collide for all the PVL Reinforced marbles

Creamline Cool Smashers’ Erica Staunton in the PVL semifinals game against Cignal HD Spikers. –MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.net A day removed from having their “hearts tested,” the Creamline Cool Smashers take on a foe that no one in the PVL Reinforced Conference has been able to touch all tournament long. On the heels of the most memorable—also…

Ivy Lacsina continues to shine for Akari en route to final

Akari Chargers’ Ivy Lacsina in the PVL Reinforced Conference semifinals. –MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.net MANILA, Philippines — Ivy Lacsina is bringing experience and the strength she had built from her challenging early years in the pros as she and the Akari Chargers compete in their first PVL finals. Lacsina delivered 19 points as Akari staved off PLDT…