MANILA, July 14 — Newly crowned Philippine Superliga (PSL) All-Filipino Conference champion Petron will compete in the Macau Invitational Women’s Championship in September.
Petron won the title on Thursday after sweeping the best-of-three series against F2 Logistics at the Filoil Flying V Center in San Juan. Led by Most Valuable Player Aiza Maizo-Pontillas, the Blaze spikers won Game 1 (25-23, 25-21, 25-19) and Game 2 (26-24, 24-26, 26-24, 23-25, 15-11).
“For winning the All-Filipino, it is only fitting that we appoint Petron as our representative in the Macau tournament,” said PSL president Ramon Suzara in a statement issued Friday.
“We are very confident that Petron will be very competitive based on how it fared in the finals series against F2 Logistics. I’m sure they will play hard and make the country and the league very proud,” added Suzara, one of the top officials in the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC).
He said the Macau tournament “could help boost the development of the sport in the Philippines” and will serve as Petron’s preparation for the Grand Prix.
Aside from Petron, club teams from China, Hong Kong and the host country are joining the Macau tournament, to be held on September 23-25.
Petron also represented the Philippines in the 2015 AVC Asian Women’s Club Championship in Phu Ly, Vietnam. (Jean T. Malanum/PNA)
