The Choco Mucho Flying Titans-Philippines rallied back from two sets down to beat South Korea’s Suwon City, 16-25, 22-25, 25-19, 25-17, 15-11, in the 2023 VTV Cup on Wednesday night at the Lao Cai Gymnasium in Vietnam.
The victory, which served as the Philippine representatives’ bounceback from a meltdown against Vietnam 2 last Tuesday, has clinched a semifinal seat for them with their 3-2 win-loss slate.
From a 9-all score in the fifth set, the Flying Titans took a 10-9 lead on an attack error by Suwon City’s Yuni Choi before Cherry Ann Rondina scored back-to-back hits for a 12-9 advantage.
Yuni made up for her mistake with a scoring block to pull Suwon City to within 10-12, but a net violation by Yu-Li Jeong and another error on their side sent Choco Mucho to a matchpoint at 14-10.
Young-In Yoon kept Suwon City alive in the next possession after scoring a block against Choco Mucho, but Rondina responded with a block of her own to seal the victory for the Flying Titans.
Choco Mucho-Philippines is set to face the second-ranked team from the preliminary round in the Final Four on Friday.
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