Tai Bierria takes cost as Cignal silences Choco Mucho’s semis bid

Cignal import Tai Bierria. –PVL PHOTO

Surrounded by a crowd predominantly rooting for the opponent and cheering her each mistake, Tai Bierria stated she summoned that high quality folks typically name pleasure. Or possibly spunk. Or daring.

The Cignal import had a much better time period for it.

“Angas. Yeah, I discovered that phrase,” Bierria stated.

The HD Spikers rode Bierria’s impressed play and flipped a disappointing first set right into a 17-25, 25-22, 25-18, 25-14 victory over Choco Mucho on Tuesday, clinching the final Premier Volleyball League Strengthened Convention semifinal berth even earlier than the fourth set started.

Due to the factors system that will be utilized to interrupt ties, the Flying Titans wanted slightly further to advance to the semifinals: A four-set victory. And their followers roared them on particularly after they clinched the opening set.

That will have been Choco Mucho’s downfall as Bierria heard the cheers that adopted each Cignal error.

“It kinda gave me slightly further angle on the court docket; such as you do one thing fallacious [and] you hear all of the cheers,” stated Bierra, who completed with a game-high 18 factors.

“Okay I’mma shut you up,” she added.

The Flying Titans have been silenced by the top of the third set. The HD Spikers took that one for a 2-1 set lead and have been by way of to the semifinals after pocketing two units. Nonetheless, Cignal made certain it could advance to the following spherical with slightly further sauce to hold over to the following spherical.

“That is tremendous particular,” Bierria after Cignal joined Creamline, Chery Tiggo and Petro Gazz within the subsequent spherical. “Contemplating how laborious we labored, it is a blessing.”

Each groups opted to go all-Filipino initially of the sport, however that didn’t gradual Bierria down. She completed with 14 kills and 4 aces to shush the Choco Mucho followers who made up a lot of the 4,000-strong crowd.

Creamline will carry a 7-1 (win-loss) document into the semifinals. The Cool Smashers’ lone loss was in opposition to the F2 Logistics Cargo Movers, who beat the Angels of Petro Gazz, 25-16, 25-22, 27-25 within the second sport.

Chery Tiggo superior with a 6-2 document whereas Cignal clinched the final seat within the subsequent spherical with a 5-3 card.

Ces Molina supplied ample assist for Bierria as she delivered 13 factors and 9 digs.

After shedding the primary set, Cignal coach Shaq delos Santos reminded his wards that they solely want two units to advance, however he nonetheless needed his wards to point out their deadly kind.

“I informed them that is our likelihood, we shouldn’t let go of this chance. And to be sincere, we’ve extra expertise than Choco Mucho,” Delos Santos stated in Filipino.

The HD Spikers wakened from that first-set crash as Bierria towed her crew to a 23-19 lead within the second set earlier than reaching set level, 24-20, with a block on the Flying Titans import Odina Aliyeva.

“We’ve had grueling practices, and that helped us in video games like this,” Bierria stated.

Choco Mucho’s hopes additional dimmed after accidents struck two of its well-loved stars. Kat Tolentino harm her proper knee after making an attempt to dig Bierria’s spike halfway within the second set earlier than Des Cheng suffered an harm on her proper pinky finger, which took her out of the sport with the HD Spikers main, 21-15.

Tolentino returned within the fourth, however by then the semifinal door had been slammed on the Flying Titans’ faces.

Choco Mucho exited with a 3-5 document.

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