Photo: PVL The Akari Chargers finally got over the hump. The Akari Chargers made history by reaching the franchise’s first semifinal after defeating the Farm Fresh Foxies in four sets, 17-25, 25-18, 25-22, 25-23, in the PVL 2024 Reinforced Conference Quarterfinals at the FilOil EcoOil Centre in San Juan last Saturday. Since joining the PVL...Read More
Photo: PVL The Akari Chargers wallops the Farm Fresh Foxies in three sets, 25-19, 25-22, 25-19, to stay unblemished in the PVL 2024 Reinforced Conference at the FilOil EcoOil Centre in San Juan, Tuesday night. Akari secured its eighth victory in as many outings, sweeping the preliminary rounds to head into the quarterfinals as the...Read More
Photo: PVL The Akari Chargers outshined the Nxled Chameleons in four sets, 21-25, 25-19, 25-17, 25-18, to remain unbeaten in the PVL 2024 Reinforced Conference at the PhilSports Arena, Thursday night. Akari clinched their seventh consecutive victory in two hours and four minutes of play. Team captain Michelle Cobb stepped up in Kamille Cal’s absence...Read More
The Akari Chargers fended off the gutsy Galeries Tower Highrisers in five nail-biting sets, 23-25, 25-15, 25-16, 22-25, 18-16, to remain unbeaten in the PVL 2024 Reinforced Conference at the PhilSports Arena last Saturday. Akari had to dig deep to clinch its sixth consecutive victory in as many outings, engaging in a 2-hour and 26-minute...Read More
The Akari Chargers bounced back from an opening-set loss to pummel the erstwhile Cignal HD Spikers in four sets, 15-25, 25-17, 25-19, 25-22, in the PVL 2024 Reinforced Conference at the PhilSports Arena on Tuesday. Akari went undefeated in five games to secure the top spot in Pool B. Oly Okaro led the Chargers with...Read More
Photo: PVL The Akari Chargers remained undefeated in Pool B of the PVL 2024 Reinforced Conference, sweeping the winless ZUS Coffee Thuderbelles, 25-18, 25-15, 25-23, at the PhilSports Arena in Pasig City, Thursday night. The Chargers claimed their fourth victory in as many outings in the 1-hour and 23-minute match. Oly Okaro paced Akari with...Read More
Photo: PVL The Akari Chargers stunned the defending champions Petro Gazz Angels with another reverse sweep, winning 23-25, 25-21, 25-23, 29-27, 16-17 in Pool B of the PVL 2024 Reinforced Conference at the PhilSports Arena in Pasig City on Saturday. Akari pulls off another reverse sweep at Petro Gazz’s expense After scoring an epic come-from-behind...Read More
Ivy Lacsina led the Akari Chargers to a four-set victory over the Capital1 Solar Spikers, 25-18, 27-25, 22-25, and 25-14 in their PVL 2024 Reinforced Conference opener at the PhilSports Arena on Thursday. Debuting for the Chargers, Lacsina spearheaded the attack with 20 points from attacks in Akari’s first win in the tournament. American reinforcement...Read More
Photo: Premier Volleyball League The Nxled Chameleons had another impressive campaign in the Premier Volleyball League (PVL). After turning heads in their debut conference last year, the Chameleons entered the new season retooled with the addition of star player Ivy Lacsina — and once again, they showed promise. Let’s look back at Nxled’s performance in...Read More
Photo: PVL Nxled Chameleons’ head coach, Takayuki Minowa, had high praise for Ivy Lacsina after her first conference with the team. Despite a slow start caused by a knee injury, Lacsina found her rhythm as the games progressed and ended the conference on a high note by scoring a career-high 28 points against Petro Gazz....Read More