Imus City pulled off a 20-25, 25-22, 25-23, 25-17 reversal of National University-Pasay to advance to the Philippine National Volleyball Federation Champions League men’s semifinals Friday at the Philsports Arena.
A team which was formed a week before the competition, the Cavite-based spikers played with a lot of intensity to avenge their 23-25, 29-27, 14-25, 25-27 loss to the Bulldogs in pool play.
Madz Gampong, playing against his college team, delivered the goods for Imus, which will face the winner of the quarterfinals match between Cignal and Bacolod City in the semis of the tournament supported by the Philippine Sports Commission, Rebisco, PLDT, Philippine Olympic Committee, Cignal HD, One Sports, Cignal Play, F2 Logistics and Amigo Entertainment.
Together with Ronniel Rosales, Gampong won last year’s inaugural Champions League gold for Team Dasma at the Lipa City bubble and hopes to do it again for Imus.
The other men’s semifinal pits PGJC-Navy and North Cotabato at 5:30 p.m. Saturday.
The gold medal match is on Sunday.
Imus City is the lowest-ranked team which made it to the semis, being one of the two best third-place