After suffering its first setback, Petron stormed back with a masterful conquest of Foton, 26-24, 22-25, 25-19, 25-21, in the final round of the Belo Philippine Superliga (PSL) Invitational Conference last night at the FilOil Flying V Center in San Juan.
Veteran Aiza Maizo-Pontillas led the way while Frances Molina, Mina Aganon and Mika Reyes chipped in significant contributions for the Blaze Spikers, who are bracing for an all-out war against Kobe Shinwa Women’s University in the final day of this prestigious women’s club tournament.
The Japanese squad, which clobbered the Tornadoes in four sets late Thursday, is still clashing with Cignal as of press time.
Maizo-Pontillas registered 15 kills while Molina, Aganon and Reyes conspired for 35 points to supply the firepower for Petron, which suffered a heart-crushing four-set loss to Cignal also late Thursday.
Meanwhile, Cocolife blew hot and cold before finding its rhythm in the fifth set to overcome Sta. Lucia, 25-23, 23-25, 25-17, 12-25, 15-11, in the classification battle for 4th to 6th places.