PLDT too good for Capital1

MANILA, Philippines — PLDT vented its ire on Capital1 Solar with an unforgiving 25-13, 25-15, 25-16 victory yesterday that kept the former inside the magic four in the Premier Volleyball League All-Filipino Conference at the Filoil EcoOil Arena.

Savannah Davison played like a cannonball and dropped a match-best 22-point effort that she laced with 19 bazooka kills as she powered the High Speed Hitters to their third win in four outings, good enough to keep it in the top four.

Davison later said she could be better.

“I always think there’s room for improvement, you know when you look at how many attempts I had, I could definitely do better in terms of keeping the ball on the court,” said Davison.

The result was PLDT’s response to its stinging 25-16, 25-23, 25-21 defeat to Petro Gazz last week.

“‘Yung lesson dun kailangan namin i-recover agad,” said PLDT coach Rald Ricafort.

Ricafort praised his bench, headed by Erika Santos’ six hits, for stepping up when needed.

Interestingly, the win came at the expense of PLDT’s former mentor Roger Gorayeb, who is now with Capital1. The Solar Spikers dropped to 1-3.

In the second game, Petro Gazz turned back Akari, 25-21, 25-23, 25-17, to hike its record to 3-1. The Chargers stumbled to 1-3.