BY KRISTEL SATUMBAGA-VILLAR
AT A GLANCE
Jema Galanza returned to Creamline duties with a bang as the Cool Smashers blasted the Farm Fresh Foxies, 25-15, 25-13, 25-19, ahead of their finals stint in the Premier Volleyball League Invitational Conference at the Philsports Arena in Pasig City on Wednesday, Sept. 11.
Jema Galanza returned to Creamline duties with a bang as the Cool Smashers blasted the Farm Fresh Foxies, 25-15, 25-13, 25-19, ahead of their finals stint in the Premier Volleyball League Invitational Conference at the Philsports Arena in Pasig City on Wednesday, Sept. 11.
Galanza, fresh from her stint with the national team, came off the bench in the second set and delivered 13 points built on 11 kills and two blocks to lead the Cool Smashers to a four-game sweep of the preliminaries.
They await the winner between Cignal and defending champion Kurashiki Ablaze for the winner-take-all finals.
Creamline refused to slow down even after winning the Reinforced Conference, exposing Farm Fresh sluggish plays by pumping in 51 attacks, five blocks and three aces.
So weak were the Foxies particularly in their defense that they laid a big fat egg on blocks despite 35 tries. No player also managed to land a single ace.
Everybody contributed a little of everything for Creamline with recently crowned Reinforced Conference and Finals MVP Bernadeth Pons posting eight points, Michele Gumabao adding seven, and Lorie Lyn Bernardo chipping in six points.
Japanese import Asaka Tamaru scored 10 points in a losing cause for Farm Fresh, which finished with a 0-4 card.
