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Alas Pilipinas at AVC Women's Nations Cup in Hanoi, Vietnam. Photo from Asian Volleyball Confederation

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:958px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1749463948110DSC00503.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Alas Pilipinas at AVC Women&#x27;s Nations Cup in Hanoi, Vietnam. <em>Photo from Asian Volleyball Confederation</em></span></span></span></div><p>Alas Pilipinas could not hold off Iran, falling prey to the rallying Western Asian team in a dramatic five-set 25-16, 21-25, 26-24, 23-25, 13-15 loss in the AVC Women&#x27;s Nations Cup on Monday in Hanoi, Vietnam.</p><p>With this, the Nationals drop to 2-1, just below Kazakhstan and Iran which now have 3-0 win-loss records each in Pool B.</p><p>Alas Women had a solid start against the Iran side, cruising to a 25-16 Set 1 triumph banking on Eya Laure and Angel Canino&#x27;s high-precision spiking to go with the middle players&#x27; extensive efforts on the net courtesy of Fifi Sharma and Dell Palomata.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/sports/volleyball/2025/6/8/alas-pilipinas-bucks-slow-start-rips-indonesia-in-nations-cup-1611"><strong>READ: Belen-Solomon-Canino prowess on full display as Alas Pilipinas rips Indonesia in Nations Cup</strong></a></div><p>Laure had six points in that frame alone, Canino had five, and Sharma and Palomata had three markers each. Knotted at 8-all, Alas unleashed six unanswered points to pull away and never looked back.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/sports/volleyball/2025/6/7/alas-pilipinas-dismantles-mongolia-for-strong-start-in-avc-womens-nations-cup-1743"><strong>READ: Alas Pilipinas dismantles Mongolia for strong start in AVC Women&#x27;s Nations Cup</strong></a></div><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/sports/volleyball/2025/5/26/alas-pilipinas-men-women-brace-for-tough-challenges-abroad-0120"><strong>READ: Alas Pilipinas Men, Women brace for tough challenges abroad</strong></a></div><p>Alas wasn&#x27;t able to hold on to the slim 20-18 lead it had in the succeeding frame, as Iran fired a finishing 7-1 blitz to tie at 1-1.</p><p>The Jia de Guzman-captained squad then squandered a huge 19-11 lead in Set 3, but got its act going as Laure and Canino found the much-needed attacks in the extended frame to shut out the Iran scare.</p><p>And then it was Iran in the last two cantos as it completed the five-set comeback.</p><p>Alas was first to reach the 13-point mark in Set 5 at 13-11 built on Palomata quick attack and a Vanie Gandler ace. But they could not capitalize on it, as Zahra Salehi found the back-to-back kill blocks to deal the Philippines&#x27; first defeat in the tournament.</p>

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AVC: Alas Pilipinas falls prey to rallying Iran in 5 sets

Kennedy Caacbay,

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Published June 09, 2025 06:55 PM PHT

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