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Alas Pilipinas Women repeat over Indonesia to claim 4th straight SEA V. League bronze
The Alas Pilipinas Women stood their ground in the endgame to complete a 25-17, 25-17, 28-16 win against Indonesia and capture the bronze medal in the 2025 SEA V. League Leg 2 on Sunday in Vietnam.
The win allowed the Filipinas to seize the country's fourth straight third-place finish as the Indonesians settled for fourth place for the fourth time in a row.
The victory, however, wasn't without a scare as Alyssa Solomon had to be stretchered off the court after suffering an apparent left knee injury while attempting to save a Megawati Pertiwi attack, with Alas leading 17-11 in Set 1.
But the Filipinas powered through and closed out the opening frame before dominating Set 2 behind Eya Laure, Bella Belen, Angel Canino, and Shaina Nitura, who stepped in for the injured Solomon.
Alas then had a slow start to the third set with Devega Salsabila bringing the Indonesians to a 14-10 cushion before another kill from her made it a 16-13 lead.
Belen then led a 4-2 rampage to cut the deficit to a solitary point, 17-18, but Indonesia clinched a crucial 22-20 lead following a strong open kill from Mediol Yoku.
Laure converted three straight attacks to tie things up at 23-all, but her service error saw Indonesia take the set point. Belen breathed life into Alas by scoring two consecutive points, including a hammer from the left wing that sent Alas to the match point at 25-24.
Indonesia would force another deadlock and even took another set point after a service ace from Putri Agustin, 26-25.
Belen and Canino, however, delivered the next two points before Salsabila went wide on her final attack as Alas completed the hard-fought sweep.
—JKC, GMA Integrated News
