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PVL AFC 26 PLDT vs. Zus - -5242

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px;display:block" width="960"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1772283792283PVL AFC 26 PLDT vs. Zus - -5242.JPG" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">The PLDT High Speed Hitters. <em>PVL Media Bureau</em></span></span></span></div><p>MANILA — PLDT was tested in the first two frames and then dominated the last one in its straight-set 25-23, 25-23, 25-13 victory over Zus Coffee in the 2026 Premier Volleyball League (PVL) All-Filipino Conference on Saturday at the Filoil Centre in San Juan.</p><p>Jessey De Leon scored the High Speed Hitters&#x27; last two points—the game-clinching service ace, right after she found the drop kill over Thea Gagate&#x27;s block—to secure PLDT&#x27;s fourth win.</p><p>It was a bounce-back win for Rald Ricafort and company, who stumbled last time around against Cignal, 21-25, 19-25, 23-25.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/sports/volleyball/2026/2/28/pvl-akari-outlasts-league-leading-cignal-for-win-no-2-1905"><strong>READ: PVL: Akari outlasts league-leading Cignal for win no. 2</strong></a></div><p>&quot;Siguro &#x27;yung mindset lang talaga going into the game, na &#x27;di &#x27;yung may kailangan i-prove, pero &#x27;yung babalik lang sa sistema namin, &#x27;yung disiplina saka focus lang talaga kailangan,&quot; said Ricafort after the match.</p><p>Kim Kianna Dy earned Player of the Game nod after her 16-point performance built on 15 attacks and one block, while star spiker, Savi Davison, had 17 points, which was expected of her.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/sports/volleyball/2026/2/24/pvl-cignal-dashes-sister-team-pldt-s-hopes-for-outright-semis-berth-2103"><strong>READ: PVL: Cignal dashes sister team PLDT&#x27;s hopes for outright semis berth</strong></a></div><p>Their double-digit outputs proved to be enough, as the next scorer in the PLDT list was Alleiah Malaluan, who had seven points; De Leon finished with six markers; while Kim Fajardo tallied 18 excellent sets.</p><p>Meanwhile, the lone bright spot for Zus Coffee was veteran Jov Gonzaga, who had 10 points and six excellent digs, as they absorbed another loss, dropping to a 1-5 card.</p>

<p>PLDT was tested in the first two frames and then dominated the last one in its straight-set 25-23, 25-23, 25-13 victory over Zus Coffee in the #PVL2026 All-Filipino Conference.</p>

PLDT was tested in the first two frames and then dominated the last one in its straight-set 25-23, 25-23, 25-13 victory over Zus Coffee in the #PVL2026 All-Filipino Conference.

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PVL: PLDT sweeps Zus Coffee to regain winning form

Kennedy Caacbay,

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Published February 28, 2026 09:13 PM PHT

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