Tag: PVL
PVL: Creamline beats Choco Mucho again even with most of starters out
Bernadeth Pons (middle) and the Creamline Cool Smashers celebrate a point against Choco Mucho Flying Titans. –MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.net MANILA, Philippines — Missing most of their starters didn’t stop the Creamline Cool Smashers from asserting their mastery of sister team Choco Mucho Flying Titans to start their title defense in the 2023 Premier Volleyball League (PVL)…
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Away from Creamline-Choco glare, Nxled begins PVL journey
Creamline and Choco Mucho compete in the last All-Filipino Conference in front of another huge crowd. —PVL IMAGES There can’t be a bigger game to kick off any Premier Volleyball League (PVL) conference—audience-wise, at least—than Creamline going up against sister team Choco Mucho. That’s the game that will highlight Sunday’s curtain-raiser of the All-Filipino Conference…
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Galeries eager to put up fight in debut PVL conference
Galeries Tower coach Lerma Giron during a press conference. Photo from Galeries MANILA, Philippines — The Galeries Tower Highrisers may be the newest team in the Premier Volleyball League (PVL) but they promise to be a hard-fighting team in the All-Filipino Conference. Galeries coach Lerma Giron stressed that the Highrisers entered the PVL not just…
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PVL: Sammy Acaylar says ‘time will come’ as he brings winning pedigree to Gerflor
Gerflor coach Sammy Acaylar. –PVL PHOTO MANILA, Philippines — Gerflor coach Sammy Acaylar is determined to bring his winning tradition to the new-look Defenders as he makes his professional coaching debut in the 2023 Premier Volleyball League (PVL) All-Filipino Conference on Sunday at Smart Araneta Coliseum. After a winless PVL debut and a 12th place…
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PVL: PLDT hopes new recruits provide much-needed boost for deeper run
PLDT coach Rald Ricafort. –MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.net MANILA, Philippines —Parading new recruits including Filipino-Canadian Savannah Davison, PLDT High Speed Hitters are hoping they have found the missing pieces in their bid to reach the top of the Premier Volleyball League (PVL). “She is doing okay and already adjusting to the team. She is nice and getting…
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Highrisers willing to go through birth pains in PVL debut
New PVL team Galeries Tower Highrisers. Coach Lerma Giron has a realistic view on how the debuting Galeries Tower Highrisers will fare against the talented and more established franchises in the Premier Volleyball League (PVL). But the newcomers are in no way taking it easy against their opponents with one of the league’s newest “babies”…
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PVL: Alyssa Valdez eager to unleash full potential again after injury battle
FILE–Alyssa Valdez of Creamline Cool Smashers. Marlo Cueto/INQUIRER.net MANILA, Philippines — Alyssa Valdez is excited to show her full potential for Creamline after recovering from a right knee injury ahead of their ‘three-peat’ bid in the second Premier Volleyball League (PVL) All-Filipino Conference this year. The three-time PVL Most Valuable Player missed the Cool Smashers’…
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PVL: With more experienced rookies, Chery Tiggo looks to put up good fight
Chery Tiggo Crossovers’ recruits Eya Laure and Imee Hernandez. –MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.net MANILA, Philippines — Chery Tiggo Crossovers hope that their prized recruits led by Eya Laure have adjusted to the professional play as they look to bring back the Crossovers on top of the 2023 Premier Volleyball League (PVL) All-Filipino Conference. Chery Tiggo made big…
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PVL: Faith Nisperos relishes teaming up with former rivals at Akari
Akari Chargers’ Faith Nisperos. MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.net MANILA, Philippines — Faith Nisperos is teaming up with former college rivals Fifi Sharma and Justine Jazareno in Akari’s campaign in the 2023 Premier Volleyball League (PVL) All-Filipino Conference. From playing against each other in the past three UAAP seasons, the ex-Ateneo star and a pair of champion players…
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PVL: Debuting Taka Minowa, Nxled taking it one step at a time
Nxled Chameleons’s Japanese coach Taka Minowa during the PVL press conference. –PVL PHOTO MANILA, Philippines — Taka Minowa remains patient with the progress of the Nxled Chameleons as the Japanese coach arrived two weeks before the Premier Volleyball League (PVL) All-Filipino Conference opener on Sunday. Coaching in the Philippines — the home country of his…
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