Cruz-Laborte, Ho-Soriano fall in PSL beach volleyball opening day

Naveen Ganglani

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Cruz-Laborte, Ho-Soriano fall in PSL beach volleyball opening day
Two crowd-favorite pairs came up on the losing side during the opening day of the PLDT Home Ultera Philippine Superliga Beach Volleyball tournament

MANILA, Philippines – Two crowd-favorite pairs came up on the losing side during the opening day of the PLDT Home Ultera Philippine Superliga Beach Volleyball tournament on Saturday, July 17, at the sand court of SM By the Bay.

In one of the most anticipated contests of the afternoon, the team of Cha Cruz and Micmic Laborte – representing Cignal HD Spikers A – fell to the team of Danika Gendrauli and Norie Diaz, 21-15, 21-13.

Moments later, Petron XCS pair Gretchen Ho and Charo Soriano suffered a 21-16, 21-13 defeat at the hands of Cignal HD B’s Wensh Tiu and and April Hingpit.

The team of Danika Gendrauli and Norie Diaz topped Cha Cruz and Micmic Laborte (foreground). Photo by Josh Albelda/Rappler

In an earlier game, Fille Cayetano-Cainglet lost in her return to competitive beach volleyball as she and Filipino-American teammate Alexa Micek – representing Petron Sprint 4T – lost to the Foton Hurricane team of Bea Tan and Pau Soriano, 21-19, 21-14.

In one of the more lopsided games, the Foton Tornadoes duo of Patty Orendain and Fiola Ceballos took down the Beneco pair of Cindy Benitez and Florence Madulid, 21-9, 21-18.

In some of the earlier men’s bracket matches, Edward Bonono and Sandy Montero of Cignal HD Spikers A took down Tim and Daniel Young of team SM By the Bay B, 21-15, 21-14, and then took down the Centerstage duo of John Lozada and Rence Melgar, 21-17, 21-19.

The Young brothers also suffered a lopsided loss to Angelo Espiritu and Nestor Molate of Champion Infinity, 21-12, 21-8.

– Rappler.com

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