Tag: volleyball
Once on the rise, PH men’s volleyball could get needed charge from VNL – rezal404
National team players mingle with sports and government officials including Philippine Sports Commission Chair Richard Bachmann, PNVF president Ramon Suzara, Pasay City Mayor Imelda Calixto-Rubiano and Senior Deputy Executive Secretary Hubert Guevara. —RICHARD A. REYES Marck Espejo felt it. Jao Umandal, too. In 2019, after a historic run by the national volleyball team in the…
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Development of young talents vital to PH volleyball success, says Slovenian star – rezal404
Philippine men’s volleyball team in the SEA Games 2023. -CAMBODIA 2023 MANILA, Philippines—Slovenian spiker Rok Možič believes the Philippine men’s volleyball team should continue developing young talents. When asked for advice on the Philippine men’s program, Možič said the team needs to be patient on its progress. “The most important thing is how you work…
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Champion coach Dante Alinsunurin hopes to see men’s volleyball continue to rise – rezal404
NU Bulldogs coach Dante Alinsunurin after winning the UAAP Season 85 men’s volleyball title. -UAAP PHOTO MANILA, Philippines — National University may have dominated the UAAP Season 85 men’s volleyball tournament en route to a historic ‘three-peat’ but coach Dante Alinsunurin believes the return of their division was an achievement for all the male volleyball…
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On Mother’s Day, La Salle Lady Spikers become new UAAP volleyball queens – rezal404
Angel Canino and the La Salle Lady Spikers celebrate the UAAP Season 85 women’s volleyball championship. UAAP PHOTO Down two sets, La Salle dug into its seemingly bottomless pit of courage and resolve to put a glorious end to a UAAP women’s volleyball season that started with the Lady Spikers way out of the championship…
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PH men’s beach volleyball team enters semis in SEA Games 2023 – rezal404
Philippine men’s beach volleyball team. -PNVF PHOTO MANILA, Philippines—The Philippine men’s beach volleyball team advanced to the semifinals round of the 32nd Southeast Asian Games after sweeping the winless Laos on Sunday at Otres Beach in Preah Sihanouk, Cambodia. Licking the wounds of their first loss to Vietnam on Saturday, the quartet of Alnakran Abdilla,…
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La Salle dethrones NU for UAAP women’s volleyball crown – rezal404
La Salle Lady Spikers clinch the UAAP Season 85 women’s volleyball championship. -UAAP PHOTO MANILA, Philippines–On the day six of its standouts were crowned as season’s best, La Salle claimed the one that truly mattered. The top-ranked Lady Spikers showed tremendous fight in the clutch to crawl back from an early two-set deficit and hack…
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PH women’s beach volleyball team bows out of medal race; men’s team shoots for semis – rezal404
Philippine women’s beach volleyball team. -PNVF MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine women’s beach volleyball team kissed its medal hopes goodbye as Bernadeth Pons and Dij Rogriguez absorbed a heartbreaking 24-22, 13-21, 13-15 loss to defending champion Thailand in their golden match in the 32nd Southeast Asian Games on Saturday at Otres Beach in Preah Sihanouk,…
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Philippines bows to Vietnam in women’s volleyball, in must win vs Singapore – rezal404
Philippine women’s volleyball team in the SEA Games 2023. -SMM VOLLEYBALL PHOTO MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine women’s volleyball team was sent crashing back to earth by reigning silver medalist Vietnam, 20-25, 17-25, 19-25, absorbing its first defeat in Group B in the 32nd Southeast Asian Games on Wednesday at Indoor Olympic Stadium in Phnom…
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PH women’s volleyball team ‘taking it one game a time’ as Alyssa Valdez sits out opener – rezal404
National team skipper Alyssa Valdez. MANILA, Philippines — Despite sitting out in a game in the Southeast Asian Games for the first time, Alyssa Valdez is proud of her teammates for pulling off a 25-5, 25-5, 25-5 demolition of Cambodia on Tuesday evening at Indoor Olympic Stadium in Phnom Penh. In her five SEA Games…
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Philippines destroys Cambodia in women’s volleyball opener – rezal404
Philippine women’s volleyball team in SEA Games 2023. -PNVF PHOTO MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine women’s volleyball team showed no mercy as it blasted Southeast Asian Games first-timer Cambodia with a masterful 25-5, 25-5, 25-5 rout to open its Group B campaign on Tuesday at Indoor Olympic Stadium in Phnom Penh. Team captain Alyssa Valdez,…
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