Baron carries F2 Logistics in Game 1

“Rachel responded to my challenges this conference.

Mary Joy Baron delivered clutch hits to lift F2 Logistics to an 18-25, 25-23, 20-25, 29-27, 16-14 victory in Game 1 of their Chooks to Go-Philippine Superliga Invitational Conference best-of-three finals series yesterday at the Filoil Flying V Centre.

With the match tied at 14 in the fifth set, Baron unleashed a quick attack before knocking down an ace to seal the victory for the Cargo Movers in this prestigious club tourney bankrolled by Isuzu, UCPB Gen and SOGO Hotel with ESPN5, Hyper HD and Aksyon TV as broadcast partners.

Game 2 is set on Saturday at the Ynares Sports Center.

Meanwhile, Cignal shut down its campaign on a sizzling note as it dominated Smart-Army, 25-15, 22-25, 25-20, 25-18, in the classification match of this midseason conference that also has Senoh, Mueller, Asics, Grand Sports and Mikasa as technical sponsors.

With Rachel Daquis at the firing end, the HD Spikers had a strong start and even a stronger finish to run away with the bronze medal.

Daquis fired 14 kills, two aces and two blocks to finish with 18 points for the HD Spikers, who went undefeated in the preliminaries before suffering a sorry straight-set loss to F2 Logistics in the semifinals.

“No, our morale didn’t go down after that loss,” said Cignal head coach Edgar Barroga, whose wards made quite an achievement despite marching with a depleted roster.

“Actually this bronze medal is just a bonus since this is our target for this conference. That loss made us more eager and to win and deliver.”

Barroga said despite the loss of stars Jovelyn Gonzaga, Honey Royse Tubino, Paneng Mercado, Chie Saet and Maica Morada, Daquis still refused to give up as she took the cudgels to make sure that the HD Spikers will remain competitive.

“Rachel responded to my challenges this conference,” said Barroga, who was the team manager when George Pascua steered the HD Spikers to the finals last year.

“I am very satisfied with her performance, especially in this last game.”

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