Creamline decimates sister team Choco Mucho out of contention to fuel PVL 5-peat bid

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Creamline flexed its championship-caliber strength yet again at the expense of sister team Choco Mucho as the Alyssa Valdez-led squad marks a PVL All-Filipino finals return against worthy rival Petro Gazz

MANILA, Philippines – Creamline, the undisputed gold standard in the Premier Volleyball League, opened another chapter to its championship-filled lore with an All-Filipino finals-clinching rout of sister team Choco Mucho, 25-19, 25-15, 25-15, at the Araneta Coliseum on Thursday, April 3.

With their 17th win over the Flying Titans in 18 meetings in the bag, the Cool Smashers marked their seventh straight finals appearance to continue their untouchable record bid for five All-Filipino Conference titles in a row.

Creamline now returns to the bright lights of the finals against mighty Petro Gazz, arguably the only team with a realistic chance to topple the lofty golden dynasty under the leadership of reigning conference MVP Brooke Van Sickle and two-time MVP Myla Pablo.

Kyle Negrito steered the championship-caliber offense in the semis wrap-up win with 17 excellent sets, helping four players to double-digit scoring, namely Bernadeth Pons (14), Tots Carlos (13), Alyssa Valdez (11), and Pangs Panaga (10), in just a three-set span.

As it has always done in a majority of its clashes with its younger sister team, Creamline flexed its dynastic strength from the get-go despite having an unhealthy reigning conference Finals MVP Jema Galanza in the last few weeks of the five-month tournament.

Taking momentum from a second-set beatdown for the 2-0 lead, the Cool Smashers bullied their way back up from a 12-11 Choco Mucho lead in the third with a massive 7-0 swing, capped by a Bea de Leon block point for the insurmountable 18-12 lead.

Points came few and far in between from then on for the listless Flying Titans as Michele Gumabao-Panlilio kill bomb set match point, 24-15, before a Sisi Rondina error gifted the win for the women in pink.

No Choco Mucho player even breached double-digit scoring in the blowout loss as Isa Molde led with 9 points, while Rondina was silenced to just 7 markers. – Rappler.com