Creamline Cool Smashers win PVL All-Filipino Convention title. –PVL PHOTO
MANILA, Philippines — After ruling the 2023 Premier Volleyball League All-Filipino Convention, the Creamline Cool Smashers will banner the Philippine ladies’s volleyball staff within the thirty second Southeast Asian Video games in Cambodia in Could.
There shall be no relaxation for Creamline even coming off a hard-fought PVL Finals sequence towards Petro Gazz as seven of their gamers shall be a part of the nationwide staff, which is eyeing its first medal because the nation’s bronze end in 2005.
“We dedicated to assist the nationwide staff within the SEA Video games. That’s our subsequent precedence of our staff, assist the nation win a medal. With seven gamers from Creamline, we hope to assist the nationwide staff,” stated Creamline coach Sherwin Meneses, who will work with Brazilian coach Jorge Souza de Brito.
Alyssa Valdez, who missed PVL’s first convention attributable to a proper knee damage, is a part of the line-up for the fifth straight biennial meet.
Three-time MVP Tots Carlos will play her first SEA Video games, whereas Finals MVP and Finest Setter Jia De Guzman returns within the regional event after skipping final yr’s version in Vietnam.
Creamline Cool Smashers’ MIchele Gumabao. –PVL PHOTO
Jema Galanza, Michele Gumabao, Celine Domingo, and libero Kyla Atienza have been additionally known as up for the nationwide staff, which positioned fourth within the final two editions.
“We have now seven gamers, so a minimum of we are able to additionally share to them our tradition, the happy-happy mentality. Hopefully we are able to carry that and contribute to the nationwide staff,” stated Gumabao. “So we’re simply prepared for the problem and to have the ability to work with a brand new set of coaches and teammates.”
“It’s additionally good for us to expertise this excessive stage of competitors,” she added.
The federation has but to reveal the complete line-up for this yr’s SEA Video games.
Creamline represented the nation within the AVC Cup for Girls the place it positioned a good sixth. The Cool Smashers additionally noticed motion within the Asean Grand Prix, ending up in final place among the many 4 Southeast Asian groups.
The ladies’s volleyball nationwide staff will prepare in Japan subsequent month.
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