Isa Molde of United Auctioneers-UP blocks the spike of Patty Orendain of Generika-Ayala during their Chooks to Go-Philippine Superliga (PSL) Invitational Conference game last night at the Smart Araneta Coliseum. The Lifesavers won, 25-22, 25-9, 23-25, 25-16. Roman Prospero Games Tomorrow:
Generika-Ayala gave newcomer United Auctioneers-University of the Philippines (UA-UP) a baptism of fire as it tallied a 25-22, 25-9, 23-25, 25-16 victory to kick off its Chooks to Go-Philippine Superliga (PSL) Invitational Conference campaign on a high note last night at the Smart-Araneta Coliseum.
The Lifesavers blew hot and cold in the first three sets before getting their acts back in the fourth to dispatch the Lady Maroons in one hour and 44 minutes in this prestigious club tourney bankrolled by Isuzu, UCPB Gen and SOGO Hotel with ESPN5, Hyper HD and Aksyon TV as broadcast partners.
Generika-Ayala caught fire in the fourth set with a 14-5 start before pulling away with a 22-15 spread, mostly coming from UA-UP’s errors, until Patty Orendain nailed the game-winning hit.
Ranged against her collegiate squad, skipper Angeli Araneta was impressive for Generika-Ayala as she unloaded 26 points built on 23 kills, two blocks and an ace.
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Orendain chipped in 18 hits off 16 spikes and a pair of blocks including 20 digs while Ria Meneses added 11 markers.
“We were able to balance the ‘play-all’ rule in the first two sets but I don’t know what happened to our team in the third set that was our best seven. They did not jell well,” said Generika-Ayala head coach Sherwin Meneses, who was impressed with the performance of libero Kath Arado.
“We still need to improve our blocking because we are not tall enough but our floor defense was good.”
The Lady Maroons put up a gallant stand despite losing ace hitter Tots Carlos for the rest of the conference to shin injury.
Isa Molde led UA-UP in its PSL debut as she finished with 15 points on top of 13 digs while rookie Magsarile had a good performance with 11 hits.
Setter Ayel Estrañero was also instrumental with 23 excellent sets laced with 16 digs.
Earlier, all the 10 teams paraded in an Indonesian-inspired opening ceremony to kick off the mid-season conference that also has Senoh, Asics, Mikasa, Mueller and Grand Sport as technical sponsors.
