CREAMLINE 1’s tandem of Cherry Ann “Sisi” Rondina and Bernadeth Pons remained perfect in the BVR on Tour after they won two straight matches at the start of the second leg in Santa Ana, Cagayan.
Rondina, the pride of Compostela in Cebu, and Pons, authored a 21-9, 21-11 victory over Sta. Lucia 1’s Jackie Estoquia and DM Demontaño, right after opening their Pool A campaign with a 21-14, 21-13 conquest of Biogenic’s Roma Joy Doromal and Heather Guino-o.
Creamline 2’s Dij Rodriguez and Dzi Gervacio, first leg’s third placers, also posted a 2-0 record in Pool B. Rodriguez and Gervacio overcame a slow second set start to repulse Sta. Lucia 2’s Bang Pineda and Chay Troncoso, 21-12, 21-13, and later withstood first set struggles to defeat PLDT’s Ella and Iza Viray, 22-20, 21-10, to seize the solo lead in their bracket.
The Viray twins emerged victorious in their Pool B opener, needing 42 minutes to carve out a 21-16, 16-21, 15-9 triumph over Black Mamba Army 1’s Nene Bautista and Jeannie delos Reyes. Bautista and Delos Reyes rebounded with a 21-19, 21-16 conquest of Toyota Tuguegarao’s Nicole Tiamzon and Jho Maraguinot for a 1-1 card.
Pineda and Troncoso came through with a 21-17, 21-12 triumph over Eastern Perlas Spikers’ Mich Morente and Jules Samonte to enter the win column. Morente and Samonte, who pulled off a 23-21, 21-19 squeaker over Tiamzon and Maraguinot, fell to 1-1.
Estoquia and Demontaño, who scored a 21-18, 21-7 romp of Delimondo’s MJ Ebro and Bianca Lizares to open their Pool A stint, now hold a 1-1 record. Ebro and Lizares prevailed over Black Mamba Army 2’s Jem Gutierrez and Audrey Paran, 21-9, 21-18, for their first win in two matches.