Cocolife bucked a lethargic start to overcome the gallant stand of University of the East (UE)-Cherrylume, 22-25, 25-13, 25-22, 25-18, in the Chooks to Go-Philippine Superliga (PSL) Invitational Conference yesterday at the FilOil Flying V Centre in San Juan City.
Despite missing ace libero Denden Lazaro who is on vacation with her family, the Asset Managers managed to weather the hard-fighting Iron Lady Warriors to gain their first win in Pool B of the tournament bankrolled by Isuzu, UCPB Gen and SOGO Hotel with ESPN5, Hyper HD and Aksyon TV as broadcast partners.
After finding themselves down in the fourth set, Juliet Catindig came through with some big hits to help the Iron Lady Warriors turn a 12-19 deficit into 16-20.
But three straight errors doomed UE-Cherrylume’s chances, allowing Cocolife to inch closer to set point, 23-16, en route to the victory.
