Nakornnonthaburi Volleyball Club gave Filipina teenage spikers valuable quality international competition as it secured a victory against Bacolod Tay Tung, 25-20, 20-25, 25-12, 25-16, to rule the Rebisco Volleyball League Invitational Finals at the Gameville Ball Park in Mandaluyong.
The Thailand-based guest team banked on a solid start before overcoming a timely response by the newly crowned back-to-back RVL national champion in the second set to reign supreme in the invitational segment of the Philippines’ biggest 18-and-under women’s volleyball tournament now on its sixth year.
Kings’ Montessori School defeated the University of San Jose-Recoletos, 25-21, 25-20, 25-22, in the bronze-medal match of the six-team invitational tournament where the top four teams in the national finals, including the University of Batangas, welcomed foreign teams Northern California Volleyball Association Club of the USA and Nakornnonthaburi.
Wisaruta Sengna dropped 32 points to become the Finals MVP after showing the way for Nakornnonthaburi (NVC), which captured its second RVL title after raising the 2019 National Finals trophy.
Rhose Viane Almendralejo showed why she is the RVL National Finals MVP as the Bacolod Tay Tung star was adjudged the same honor on top of taking the First Best Outside Hitter award in the Invitational Finals after leading her team’s runner-up finish. Bacolod Tay Tung had two more players who took the spotlight among the individual award recipients in Best Setter Jan Rose Bulak and Second Best Middle Blocker Donna Mae de Leon. Aside from the recognitions, the girls were also gifted with Mizuno shoes from Gameville-Mizuno.
NVC featured two awardees in Best Libero Jiratcha Naoprachun and Second Best Outside Hitter Chirawadi Saisaen in the tournament hosted by Gameville Ball Park and Mizuno.
Kings’ Montessori also had two award winners in Best Middle Blocker Ashley Nicole Macalinao and Best Opposite Spiker Kriska Morena Gindap.
De Leon stood tallest as Bacolod Tay Tung’s first line of defense – so much so that Ateneo de Manila recruited her to have a chance at the Blue Eagles’ roster.
On the other hand, outside hitter Marie Joy Aseo of Eastern Visayas champion Linao National High School earned a call-up from the Adamson Lady Falcons.
“RVL is a place where coaches and scouts have now come to regularly watch because of potential recruitment for volleyball scholarships in colleges,” RVL commissioner Ysay Marasigan said.*
