Alas Pilipinas Men fall to Indonesia to finish 4th in SEA V. League Leg 1
The Filipinos wrapped up their run with a 2-2 card similar to Vietnam, but will finish just outside the podium due to the latter holding a superior sets-won points.
Indonesia will bag the silver place with a 3-1 card as Thailand captured its third straight gold medal.
Leo Ordiales was among the bright spots for the Philippines, finishing with 12 points and two digs while his National University teammates Buds Buddin and Jade Disquitado each finished with six markers.
The troika connived as Alas kept the game close early in Set 3 with Ordiales even tying things up at 7-all. But the Indonesians, the reigning three-time SEA Games champions, slowly pulled away with Fazza Fauzan Rama denying Disuitado to bring his side to a 15-8 cushion.
That sparked the breakaway for Indonesia as Natanael Jasen took advantage of an overpass from the Philippines to make it a sizable 23-14 advantage.
Rama then unleashed one from the opposite side to clinch the match point at 24-16 before Arnez Arabi Boy soared above the single block of Disquitado to finish it off from the right wing.
Boy paced Indonesia with 21 points anchored on 15 attacks, four aces, and two blocks while Rama and Septian Fahri chipped in 11 and seven markers apiece as they claimed their third silver finish in a row.
Alas, meanwhile, failed to extend its podium streak after seizing back-to-back bronze medals last year.
—JMB, GMA Integrated News
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