SEA Video games 2023: PH males’s volleyball group claims fifth place, downs Singapore
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The Filipino spikers within the thirty second Southeast Asian Video games. SEA GAMES PHOTO
MANILA, Philippines—The rebuilding Philippine males’s volleyball group positioned fifth within the thirty second Southeast Asian Video games as Jayvee Sumagaysay executed the game-winning block to flee gritty Singapore, 25-23, 23-25, 25-22, 25-23, in a classification match on Monday at Indoor Olympic Stadium in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
The Filipino spikers, who matched its earlier end final yr, displayed grace beneath strain in every set to face up to the Singaporeans, led by Jordan Ryan Wong and Shergill Ajay Singh.
With Jau Umandal stepping as much as shut out the match with a 23-22 lead within the fourth set, Wong saved Singapore afloat, nailing a down-the-line spike to tie the sport however Jade Disquitado rapidly answered along with his personal kill to achieve match level.
Sumagaysay rose to the event and blocked the assault of Singh to finish the Philippines’ marketing campaign with two straight wins as Brazilian coach Sergio Veloso rushed to his center blocker and hugged him to savor their hard-earned victory.
The Philippines missed the semifinals for the second time in a row after a winless Group A marketing campaign with straight-set losses to finalists Indonesia and Cambodia in addition to Singapore.
The 18-year-old Disquitado led the cost anew for the nationals to cap his first SEA Video games expertise. Umandal, the lone holdover from the 2019 group that received a silver medal, additionally contributed to the group, whereas setter Vince Mangulabnan executed the performs and nailed a giant block on Singh to ignite their fourth set fightback from a 15-18 deficit.
Lloyd Josafat additionally drilled the essential factors as he nailed back-to-back blocks to win the third set, the place they crawled again from a 13-17 drawback.
Filipino-American reverse spiker Steve Rotter got here off the bench for the third straight sport however he nonetheless delivered the clutch hits within the third and fourth units, as beginning utility Leo Ordiales performed instrumental of their fifth-place-clinching win.
The nationwide group, which went from successful the silver medal in 2019 to being diminished to a program in disarray lower than 4 years later, survived Malaysia in thrilling 5 units, 25-19, 20-25, 25-21, 24-26, 17-15, on Sunday.
Singapore ended up in sixth place in its SEA Video games return after skipping final yr’s version. Myanmar positioned seventh after eking out a 25–22, 25–17, 23–25, 18–25, 15-13 win over Malaysia, earlier.
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