PVL RC 2024 Finals Creamline vs. Akari - Erica Staunton-7751

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<img src="https://news-image-api.abs-cbn.com/Prod/editorImage/1725533570118PVL RC 2024 Finals Creamline vs. Akari - Erica Staunton-7751.jpg" style="width: 900px;" class="fr-fic fr-dib fr-fil">Creamline reinforcement Erica Staunton and MVP Bernadeth Pons. Photo from PVL Media BureauMANILA &ndash; For Creamline import Erica Staunton, the 2024 Premier Volleyball League (PVL) Reinforced Conference crown was a manifestation of the club&#39;s teamwork and trust with each other.&quot;I think I learned a lot especially MG [Michele Gumabao] emphasized just how this team is really centered on teamwork. I don&rsquo;t think one person is the star of the show. I think everybody pulled their weight this entire conference,&quot; Staunton said after defeating Akari in the Finals on Wednesday night, 25-15, 25-23, 25-17, at the PhilSports Arena in Pasig City.<a class="fr-green" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/2024/9/4/creamline-captures-ninth-pvl-crown-at-akari-s-expense-1415">READ: Creamline captures ninth PVL crown at Akari&#39;s expense</a>&quot;I think that&rsquo;s how Creamline just is as a team from what I&rsquo;ve seen from their past conferences before I got here. So, I think overall, just teamwork, trusting your teammates,&quot; she added. &quot;<span id="isPasted" style="color: rgb(65, 65, 65); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;">And then also trusting myself because I want my teammates to be able to trust me. I would say that&rsquo;s a really big thing and just building team chemistry.&quot;Staunton also said she was happy to play for Creamline in the PVL: &quot;I feel incredibly lucky that this was the team I started out my pro career with. I feel very blessed.&quot;Staunton fired 13 points behind double MVP Bernadeth Pons&#39; game-high 19 points to help Creamline secure the erstwhile unbeaten Chargers.<a class="fr-green" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/2024/9/5/pvl-lacsina-soltones-focus-on-positives-amid-hostile-response-from-crowd-1723">READ: PVL: Lacsina, Soltones focus on positives amid hostile response from crowd</a>The young American spiker also bared the team&#39;s mindset despite starting the import-laden contest on a losing note.&quot;We all worked very hard this whole summer and so, honestly I think that we kind of had the mindset of just one game at a time, one set at a time, one point at a time,&quot; she said.&nbsp;&quot;Especially since we started out this conference with a loss, which wasn&rsquo;t ideal but I think it&rsquo;s not how you start, it&rsquo;s how you finish and I think that we finished very strong.&quot;<a class="fr-green" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/2024/8/31/creamline-completes-reverse-sweep-of-cignal-for-finals-berth-2134">READ: PVL: Creamline completes reverse sweep of Cignal for Finals berth</a>Creamline coach Sherwin Meneses has no doubt that the 23-year-old Staunton will only improve from here.&quot;Sobrang teachable si Erica. Number one, kasi &#39;yung skills niya talaga, talagang bata pa, pero talagang pinipilit niyang makuha &#39;yung system namin. Number one &#39;yung training namin, talagang hindi siya umaayaw talaga kahit may masakit sa kanya, talagang nakikipagsabayan siya sa &#39;min. So, I think maggo-grow pagdating ng maraming laro,&quot; said the coach.This is the first time since 2018 that the Cool Smashers have won the import-laden conference.&nbsp;

&quot;I think that&rsquo;s how Creamline just is as a team from what I&rsquo;ve seen from their past conferences before I got here. So, I think overall, just teamwork, trusting your teammates,&quot; she added. &quot;<span id="isPasted" style="color: rgb(65, 65, 65); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;">And then also trusting myself because I want my teammates to be able to trust me. I would say that&rsquo;s a really big thing and just building team chemistry.&quot;Staunton also said she was happy to play for Creamline in the PVL: &quot;I feel incredibly lucky that this was the team I started out my pro career with. I feel very blessed.&quot;Staunton fired 13 points behind double MVP Bernadeth Pons&#39; game-high 19 points to help Creamline secure the erstwhile unbeaten Chargers.<a class="fr-green" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/2024/9/5/pvl-lacsina-soltones-focus-on-positives-amid-hostile-response-from-crowd-1723">READ: PVL: Lacsina, Soltones focus on positives amid hostile response from crowd</a>The young American spiker also bared the team&#39;s mindset despite starting the import-laden contest on a losing note.&quot;We all worked very hard this whole summer and so, honestly I think that we kind of had the mindset of just one game at a time, one set at a time, one point at a time,&quot; she said.&nbsp;&quot;Especially since we started out this conference with a loss, which wasn&rsquo;t ideal but I think it&rsquo;s not how you start, it&rsquo;s how you finish and I think that we finished very strong.&quot;<a class="fr-green" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/2024/8/31/creamline-completes-reverse-sweep-of-cignal-for-finals-berth-2134">READ: PVL: Creamline completes reverse sweep of Cignal for Finals berth</a>Creamline coach Sherwin Meneses has no doubt that the 23-year-old Staunton will only improve from here.&quot;Sobrang teachable si Erica. Number one, kasi &#39;yung skills niya talaga, talagang bata pa, pero talagang pinipilit niyang makuha &#39;yung system namin. Number one &#39;yung training namin, talagang hindi siya umaayaw talaga kahit may masakit sa kanya, talagang nakikipagsabayan siya sa &#39;min. So, I think maggo-grow pagdating ng maraming laro,&quot; said the coach.This is the first time since 2018 that the Cool Smashers have won the import-laden conference.&nbsp;

&quot;I think I learned a lot especially MG [Michele Gumabao] emphasized just how this team is really centered on teamwork. I don&rsquo;t think one person is the star of the show. I think everybody pulled their weight this entire conference,&quot; Staunton said after defeating Akari in the Finals on Wednesday night, 25-15, 25-23, 25-17, at the PhilSports Arena in Pasig City.<a class="fr-green" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/2024/9/4/creamline-captures-ninth-pvl-crown-at-akari-s-expense-1415">READ: Creamline captures ninth PVL crown at Akari&#39;s expense</a>

<img src="https://news-image-api.abs-cbn.com/Prod/editorImage/1725533570118PVL RC 2024 Finals Creamline vs. Akari - Erica Staunton-7751.jpg" style="width: 900px;" class="fr-fic fr-dib fr-fil">Creamline reinforcement Erica Staunton and MVP Bernadeth Pons. Photo from PVL Media BureauMANILA &ndash; For Creamline import Erica Staunton, the 2024 Premier Volleyball League (PVL) Reinforced Conference crown was a manifestation of the club&#39;s teamwork and trust with each other.

For Creamline import Erica Staunton, the 2024 Premier Volleyball League (PVL) Reinforced Conference crown was a manifestation of the club's teamwork and trust with each other.

For Creamline import Erica Staunton, the 2024 Premier Volleyball League (PVL) Reinforced Conference crown was a manifestation of the club's teamwork and trust with each other.

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PVL: Trust, teamwork keyed Creamline's title run, says Staunton

PVL: Trust, teamwork keyed Creamline's title run, says Staunton