Top-ranked Quezon fended off a strong resistance from No. 4 Rizal St. Gerrard Charity Foundation, 25-22, 25-23, 23-25, 19-25, 15-10, to barge into the finals of the 2024 Maharlika Pilipinas Volleyball Association (MPVA) finals yesterday at the Bacoor Strike Gym in Cavite.
Rhea Mae Densing and Mycah Go came through with big hits in the crunch to survive some precarious moments.
They came into the game with a twice-to-beat advantage after topping the elims with a 14-2 mark.
Their counterpart in the MPBL, advanced to the National Finals after topping the South Finals against Batangas.
Densing erupted for 29 points on 26 hits and three blocks highlighted by four points in the deciding set, where Quezon stamped its dominance heading home after relinquishing a 2-0 set lead.
Go also poured four points in the fifth frame to finish with 24 points while Cristy Ondganan and Mary Grace Borromeo threw in 14 and eight points, respectively, in Quezon’s march to the championship dance despite being one of two expansion squads in the upstart regional league.
The Tangerines will face either No. 2 Bacoor or 1Pacman-backed No. 3 Biñan, which were still playing at press time, in the best-of-three championship series of the MPVA founded by former Senator and also MPBL chairman Manny Pacquiao.
Like Quezon, inaugural champion Bacoor needs only one win to advance albeit Biñan is out to give the former a run for its own money to force a deciding Game 2.
