ILOCOS NORTE -- Petro Gazz eased past Perlas with a dominant 25-17, 25-18, 25-17 win to bolster its Final Four drive while dampening the Spikers' own semis aspiration in the Premier Volleyball League Open Conference at the PCV Socio-Civic Cultural Center in Bacarra here, Friday.
After breaking away midway in the first two sets, the Angels came out firing from the first technical timeout in the third, picking five of the next six points to turn a tight 8-7 game into a 13-8 spread then sat on a 16-9 cushion in the second break on their way to posting their third straight victory and fourth overall against a loss for solo third.
"Maganda kahit papaano nakakakuha ng momentum na tuloy tuloy. But then again, yung gusto naming makita na galaw namin hindi pa namin nakukuha talaga," said Petro Gazz head coach Arnold Laniog.
"Kailangan pa namin trabahuin talaga. Everytime na nananalo maganda yung result but the game itself parang kailangan pa naming manalo para pagdating doon sa mga future games namin na makatapat namin yung top teams mas prepared kami," he continued.
Gretchel Soltones led Petro Gazz with 17 points anchored on five service aces and 11 attacks, the last finishing off the Spikers.
Protecting the net for Petro Gazz was Ria Meneses, who registered a season-high 10 blocks for 15 points.
The Spikers, who snapped a two-game skid in a delayed stint earlier this week with a four-set victory over Cignal HD last Thursday, dropped to 1-3 and remained too far behind the contenders at eighth.
Sue Roces and Roma Doromal paced Perlas with seven and six points, respectively.
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