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Alas Pilipinas Women falter vs. Vietnam to end dream run in AVC Nations Cup with silver
Alas Pilipinas Women's fairytale run at the 2025 AVC Women's Volleyball Nations Cup ended with a silver medal after they fell to Vietnam, 25-15, 25-17, 25-14 in the championship round on Saturday at the Dong anh Gymnasium in Hanoi, Vietnam.
The Filipinas simply had no answer to the tandem of Bich Tuyen and Tran Thi Thanh Thuy as the hosts, who dropped just one set throughout the tournament, turned the game into a one-sided affair to claim their third straight title.
The Filipinas, meanwhile, capped off their campaign at second place but with plenty of lessons moving forward.
Tuyen led the way with 20 points anchored on 16 attacks, two blocks and two aces while Thuy, famously called T4, tallied 17 markers on 13 attacks, three blocks, and one ace as they defended their home turf.
T4 and Tuyen wasted no time making their presence felt as they sent Vietnam to a 16-8 lead in the opening set before T4 wrapped it up with back-to-back hits from the open.
Alas kept it close early in the second set with Bella Belen tying things up at 10-all. But the reigning champions were quick to retaliate, answering with a pivotal 11-3 rampage — a stretch that saw the hosts unloading two aces from Tuyen to create a 21-13 lead.
World no. 28 Vietnam refused to look back since then as they pulled away for good in Set 3.
T4 soared from the pipe and punished Alas' floor defense to send Vietnam to a 14-7 cushion while another Tuyen and T4 took turns to put the punctuation in what has been a dominant showing from the hosts.
No Alas player managed to reach a double-digit mark with Alyssa Solomon churning out eight points while Shaina Nitura, who was injected late in their comeback attempt, finished with six markers.
Tournament recap:
—JKC, GMA Integrated News
