Louie Ramirez. Picture from Spikers’ Turf
MANILA, Philippines — Buoyed by his profitable stint on the sands court docket within the NCAA, Louie Ramirez confirmed no indicators of fatigue as he led Imus previous a gritty Sta. Rosa facet, 25-22, 28-26, 29-31, 25-16, within the 2023 Spikers’ Turf Open Convention on Sunday at Paco Area.
Ramirez, who was contemporary from an 11-game sweep to rule the NCAA Season 98 males’s seaside volleyball match in Subic on Saturday, made a rousing debut along with his new membership crew, unleashing a game-high 17 factors constructed on 15 assaults and two blocks, coming off the bench.
“It wasn’t simple transitioning from seaside to indoor. My physique felt heavy. However my willpower to play indoor helped me,” stated the College of Perpetual Assist star, who performed for Cignal final yr.
“After we misplaced the third set, my teammates stated they need to end the sport within the fourth. So we moved on from the loss and performed higher. I simply made positive to maintain up with the tempo of my teammates,” added Ramirez after he took cost of their dominant displaying within the fourth set to shut out the sport.
Moreover Ramirez, Imus homegrown setter Ish Polvorosa offered his sensible playmaking for the AJAA Spikers with 30 wonderful units as Kim Malabunga and Josh Villanueva drilled 14 and 11 factors, respectively.
Nonetheless, Imus coach Sammy Acaylar wasn’t satisfied of their Spikers’ Turf debut as Sta. Rosa exploited their restricted preparation after shaky efficiency within the second and third units.
“To let you know frankly I’m not happy with the efficiency of my crew. Though we gained the sport, it’s nice that we gained that recreation, however we’re nonetheless struggling on getting all of the gamers and be intact in coaching. Truly, we solely had two days to arrange with eight gamers solely,” stated Acaylar.
“That is the primary time that we’re full. They’re all good, I respect their expertise however now we have to work as one, deal with our lapses and keep dedicated in follow for our subsequent video games,” he added.
Ramirez began to take cost late within the second set, nailing the essential kills to provide the Cavite-based crew a two-set benefit.
However Sta Rosa refused to be swept because the duo of Yoyong Mendoza and Kevin Montemayor lifted their squad at set level, 24-22, just for Imus to drive a deuce as Bonjomar Castel blocked Mendoza. The Metropolis Lions displayed grace beneath strain, protecting the set level benefit thrice however couldn’t shut out as Montemayor dedicated essential miscues however he by no means wavered and nailed back-to-back spikes to take the third set.
The AJAA Spikers bounced again robust after failing to comb the match as they dominated the fourth with an 18-12 begin and by no means regarded again to ship the Laguna-based squad to its first loss.
Sta. Rosa, which is enjoying its second Spikers’ Turf season with a rejigged roster, gave up 37 errors within the match with Montemayor main the way in which with 16 factors off 13 assaults, two aces, and a block.
Harvey Quezada and Gabriel Magsino had 13 factors every, Mendoza scored 12 markers, and Sarijil Bakil added 10.
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