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Volleyball: PH bows out of gold medal contention in Thai tilt

Volleyball: PH bows out of gold medal contention in Thai tilt

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The Philippine team celebrates a point against the Royal Thai Army. Photo courtesy of the SMM Volleyball page on Facebook

Rebisco-Philippines bowed to the Royal Thai Army in four sets in the semifinals of the 2019 Thailand Open Sealect Tuna Championships, putting them out of gold medal contention on Monday at the Wee Sommay Gymansium in Sisaket.

Despite the best efforts of the Philippine team, the Royal Thai Army came away with a 25-19, 25-21, 19-25, 25-19 triumph.

Trailing for almost the whole second set, Rebisco managed to reach striking distance as Marck Espejo displayed his defensive prowess. The multi-time UAAP and Spikers' Turf MVP blocked two consecutive attacks from Army which developed into a 3-1 spurt, trimming the deficit to two, 19-21.

Bryan Bagunas tried to will his team back scoring off a kill, 21-23. But two errors from Ranran Abdilla in the previous possessions proved costly for the Nationals as Chakkit Chandahuadong finished the set with two emphatic kills.

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Playing with a sense of urgency, the Nationals went on an outburst and entered the second technical time out of the third frame with a 16-11 advantage. They never lost hold of the lead from there with Bagunas and Abdilla delivering the set-clinching kills.

The Thais proved to be too much as they led by as much as six points in the fourth set and never gave the Filipinos a chance to close in.

Rebisco will face the loser of the match between the Royal Thai Air Force and the Thai-Denmark Saraburi in the battle for third place on July 9 at 10 a.m.

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