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AVC: Petro Gazz becomes first PH team to lose, eyes bounce back vs HK squad

Kennedy Caacbay,

ABS-CBN News

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Updated Apr 21, 2025 06:19 PM PHT

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The Petro Gazz Angels during their AVC Champions League game against Chinese Taipei's Taipower on April 21, 2025. Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News

MANILA, Philippines – Petro Gazz became the first Philippine squad to absorb a defeat in the AVC Women's Champions League.

This, as the Angels suffered a four-set heartbreak at the hands of Chinese Taipei's Taipower, 15-25, 16-25, 25-19, 20-25, on Monday at the PhilSports Arena in Pasig.

The newly crowned PVL All-Filipino champions are now on a do-or-die mode, as another loss in Pool B would mean elimination.

The Koji Tsuzurabara-mentored team will take on Hong Kong's Hip Hing next, set for Tuesday, April 22. They have identical records at 0-1.

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In a game where it looked like it'll be a straight-set loss, the Angels still showed their will during Set 3, snatching the period through a 4-1 finishing blitz capped by a set-clinching Brooke Van Sickle ace.

Only a two-point 11-13 deficit for the Angels in Set 4, the Taipower side pulled away with six unanswered points en route to the four-set win.

For its part, Taipower has secured a spot to the quarterfinals after going 2-0 in group phase.

It's not all bad news for Pinoy teams as PLDT (1-0) has already clinched a spot to the quarterfinals after Thai club Nakhon Ratchasima (1-0) took out Australia's Queensland Pirates (0-2) from contention in Pool D, 25-10, 25-16, 25-12.

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