Petro Gazz Angels’ Brooke Van Sickle through the PVL All Filipino Convention semifinals towards Choco Mucho Flying Titans. –MARLO CUETO/IINQUIRER.web
MANILA, Philippines —Brooke Van Sickle proved to be simply as efficient on flooring protection as she is on offense as she moved nearer to her first-ever Finals stint within the 2024-25 PVL All-Filipino Convention with Petro Gazz.
Van Sickle drilled 17 factors and tallied 22 wonderful receptions and 12 digs as Petro Gazz survived Choco Mucho, 24-26, 25-18, 25-17, 27-25, to remain unbeaten within the semifinal spherical with a 2-0 report on Tuesday night time at Philsports Area.
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“I simply attempt to take each contact severely. How I take into consideration protection is that the higher I dig the ball, the extra alternatives my teammates get,” she stated.
“And it simply the higher I can dig, the extra calm it’s, versus chaotic, out of system [plays]. I attempt my hardest to attempt to get the middles concerned and attempt to not stress out the setters as a lot and simply give everybody good alternatives,” stated Van Sickle.
“I really feel like that’s how the thought course of needs to be with protection. Once I’m not on the frontcourt, then it’s like, okay, what can I do within the backcourt to provide again? That’s it.”
The Filipino-American sensation knew that ought to performed well-rounded towards the resilient and hard-hitting Flying Titans, led by Sisi Rondina.
“Choco Mucho did a implausible job. Even their followers, it’s so cool to play in environments like that. Simply a lot power. It may be onerous to focus however I assumed we did an amazing job simply staying calm and collectively. And as a workforce, we simply talked about it. They’re bodily. They’re digging balls, they’re leaping excessive, hitting onerous. They’re simply doing Choco Mucho issues,” she stated.
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“For us, we simply stored making an attempt to remain grounded. Making an attempt to remain affected person. We knew it wasn’t going to be a reasonably win. It was going to be a groveling, tiring win. It took everybody. Simply to attempt to keep as a workforce, it was tough. However a win’s a win.”
Van Sickle, who’s a part of Alas Pilipinas’ 33-player wishlist, stays laser-sharp sharp targeted on Petro Gazz’s bid to return to the finals after two years.
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Petro Gazz seeks to clinch its ticket to the championship spherical and sweep the semifinals towards Akari on Thursday at Good Araneta Coliseum.
