PH males’s volleyball finishes tenth place in AVC Cup after loss to Chinese language-Taipei

Marck Espejo in opposition to Taiwanese defenders within the AVC Problem Cup for males match. –AVC PHOTO

MANILA, Philippines—The Philippine males’s volleyball nationwide workforce crashed to tenth place within the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) Cup for Males after bowing to Chinese language-Taipei, 25-22, 25-17, 26-28, 25-22, in Taipei on Saturday.

The Philippines was unable to bounce again from its five-set loss by the hands of Mongolia on Friday, 17-25, 23-25, 25-23, 25-22, 15-12.

Taipei confirmed its dominance within the second set when it buried the Philippines to a 2-0 deficit.

Already main by 5, 15-10, the house bets went on an 8-5 rally to take the insurmountable 23-25 benefit over Sergio Veloso’s wards.

The Philippines managed to intestine out an prolonged third set win. With the rating tied at 26-all, Josh Umandal transformed a kill for the Nationals, adopted by a service error by Taipei to take the third set, 28-26.

Nevertheless, Taiwan denied the Philippines of the match’s ninth-place honors after shutting the door on the Nationals, 25-23.

Happily for the Veloso-mentored squad, the Philippines will go residence with constructive information.

After their early wins within the AVC Cup, the Nationals jumped within the FIVB World rankings, leapfrogging from No. 167 to No. 56, globally.

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