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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/17400465354891740046582128.jpeg" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Creamline stars Alyssa Valdez and Tots Carlos. PVL Media Bureau"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Creamline stars Alyssa Valdez and Tots Carlos. <em>PVL Media Bureau</em></span></span></span></div><p>MANILA, Philippines – Creamline has secured the number one seed in the 2024-25 Premier Volleyball League (PVL) All-Filipino Conference rankings.</p><p>The Cool Smashers endured a mighty challenge from Galeries, especially in Set 2, en route to a three-set 25-15, 26-24, 25-19 triumph on Thursday at the PhilSports Arena in Pasig.</p><p>&quot;Siyempre, masaya ulit [kasi] nag-rank one kami. I think may konting advantage kasi lower rank &#x27;yung makakalaban mo,&quot; said coach Sherwin Meneses in the postgame press conference.</p><p>Meneses&#x27; wards avenged their loss just this Saturday against the Savi Davison-led PLDT, where they lost in five sets, denying their bid for a reverse sweep.</p><p>Former PVL MVPs Tots Carlos and Alyssa Valdez shone the brightest this time, leading the Creamline firepower in the one-hour, 47-minute volleyball match.</p><p>Carlos notched a game-high 18 points on 16 attacks, one service ace, and a block, while Valdez had 16 points anchored on 15 attacks and a block.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/sports/volleyball/2025/2/15/pvl-pldt-denies-creamline-s-reverse-sweep-bid-2214"><strong>READ: PVL: PLDT denies Creamline&#x27;s reverse sweep bid to halt Cool Smashers&#x27; 9-game win streak</strong></a></div><p>After the Cool Smashers breezed past Galeries in the opener, the Highrisers put forth a test to the formidable Creamline in the next and led by as much as eight, 19-11, in a surprise offensive showing for the Lerma Giron-mentored squad.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/sports/volleyball/2025/2/11/pvl-galanza-stars-as-creamline-sweeps-farm-fresh-for-9th-straight-victory-2051"><strong>READ: PVL: Galanza stars as Creamline sweeps Farm Fresh for 9th-straight victory</strong></a></div><p>But that separation was short-lived, as Carlos and Valdez connived to trim that separation down off their sharp spikes.</p><p>Valdez finally gave the Cool Smashers the driver&#x27;s seat after a crosscourt kill, 23-22, and the set point off a block point, 24-22.</p><p>But the Highrisers had another fight in them, as Jho Maraguinot and Andrea Marzan levelled the match at 24-apiece.</p><p>The Carlos-Valdez show then continued, as the star spikers made sure to put a period on the chapter, clinching respective kills to close out the extended frame, 26-24.</p><p>In the latter part of the final canto, the Highrisers would even score three from the 23-16 mark, but an attack error from their side put the Cool Smashers on the verge of victory, 24-19, and Pau Soriano fired the game-winning attack to seal the top seed entering the qualifying round.</p><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO:</strong> <script data-wid="auto" type="text/javascript" src="https://content.viralize.tv/display/?zid=AAEyze-tm4MR6kEa&amp;cid=ABUlQnyD7SfqKSGc"></script></div>

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PVL: Carlos, Valdez shine as Creamline vents frustrations on Galeries

Kennedy Caacbay,

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Published February 20, 2025 06:16 PM PHT

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Updated February 21, 2025 12:25 AM PHT

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