Creamline’s Bernadeth Ponce celebrates after the Cool Smashers won the PVL Reinforced Conference championship.–Marlo Cueto/Inquirer.net
MANILA, Philippines — From representing the country on the sand, Bernadeth Ponce made a successful comeback to professional indoor volleyball.
Ponce’s stellar performance in the PVL was highlighted by two MVP awards in the Reinforced Conference and the Finals, the latter of which he led Creamline to its ninth championship.
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The former Far Eastern University player credited her stellar stint to her experience playing for the Philippine beach volleyball team in international competition alongside Choco Mucho’s Sissy Rondina.
Like Ponce, Rondina was also named the MVP of the 2023 2nd All-Filipino Conference.
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Ponce expressed joy for being named PVL MVP alongside her beach volleyball teammate Sissy Rondina. #PVL2024 @inquirersports pic.twitter.com/UeZC6o1v8l
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“So that we can be proud of our country at the same time as we are at international beach volleyball,” Ponce said. “Olympians can be successful, high-caliber athletes who can learn lessons and experience from every sport, not just outdoors but indoors.”
It was only on Rondina’s 28th birthday that Ponce and the Cool Smashers defeated the Akari Chargers to regain the title.
“It’s my birthday today so I’m happy I got you back [bago maglaro].I’m very proud that I got to achieve something and accomplish something,’ Ponce said.
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Ponce and Rondina faced each other in the last two All-Filipino Conferences, with Creamline defeating Choco Mucho both times.
Rondina was unable to participate in the Reinforced Conference due to her commitment with Alas Pilipinas, while Ponce performed stellarly in the absence of her team’s three-time MVP winners Alyssa Valdez and Tots Carlos, as well as 2019 MVP Gema Galanja, to become Creamline’s fourth MVP.
Ponce joins Jaja Santiago, who was the last PVL player to win both the Conference and Finals MVP in Chery Tiggo’s title campaign in the Bubble two years ago.
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