Akari survives Nxled in 4 sets
MANILA, Philippines — Akari overcame a serious challenge put up by sister team Nxled and escaped with a 21-25, 25-20, 26-24, 25-18 victory yesterday to spring back to life in the Premier Volleyball League All-Filipino Conference at the PhilSports Arena.
Ivy Lacsina and Faith Nisperos fired 17 and 15 points, respectively, in carrying the Chargers to their fourth win against the same number of defeats and back in the thick of things.
Also coming through was Eli Soyud, who chipped in 15.
It somehow took the sting out of the 25-22, 25-16, 25-15 setback the franchise suffered at the hands of rival PLDT Saturday.
Akari, which was already without veteran spiker Grethcel Soltones due to a hand strain, somehow got unnerved in the opening set when setter Michelle Cobb was stretchered out after hurting her neck.
But the Chargers fought through it and battled back from deficits in the second and third sets before dominating the fourth and last one.
The Chameleons had all the chances to pull off an upset but errors, a maze of it with 27, hastened their downfall.
They stumbled to their seventh straight defeat.
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