ALAS Pilipinas showed nerves of steel as it turned back Southeast Asian rival Indonesia, 22-25, 25-23, 25-13, 28-26, on Sunday to remain unscathed in Pool B of the AVC Nations Cup in Hanoi, Vietnam.
After a sluggish, error-prone start, the Filipinas came roaring back from an opening-set loss and a 17-19 deficit in the next to knot the count at one apiece and then dominated the third frame to seize a 2-1 set lead.
They then denied the Indonesians their determined bid to extend the duel to a deciding fifth set by taking the fourth set and the match following key hits by Angel Canino and super rookie Shaina Nitura, whose devastating spike the opposing team couldn’t handle that sealed the deal.
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