SOORYA SOORYA\u00a0 added more meaning to the position of middle blocker as India streaked to a 25-19, 25-13, 25-16 over Chinese-Taipei on Thursday to remain unscathed in two matches in the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) Challenge Cup for Women at the Rizal Memorial Coliseum.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m feeling very happy that we won, and we are hoping that we can get more wins,\u201d said the 6-foot Soorya who had eight blocks in India\u2019s second straight victory in the tournament organized by the Philippine National Volleyball Federation headed by Ramon \u201cTats\u201d Suzara.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy teammates are very supportive and our coaches and the Indians in the audience were very supportive,\u201d added Soorya after the one-hour and 20-minute match that drew a good crowd of Indian expats.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis time, we\u2019re going to win this tournament,\u201d she added, referring to India finishing fourth in last year\u2019s Challenge Cup in East Java, Indonesia.<\/p>\n
Soorya had seven hits for 15 points while Kambrath Anusree scattered 13 points\u2014all attacks\u2014in the Pool A match of the tournament supported by Meralco, PLDT, Smart, Akari, AyalaLand, Nuvali, Foton, Philippine Sports Commission, Philippine Olympic Committee, Mikasa, Senoh, Asics, Maynilad, Makati Shangri-La, Rebisco, Cignal, OneSports, OneSports+ and Pilipinas Live.<\/p>\n
Up next for India are the Alas Pilipinas\u2014who played Australia Thursday night\u2014 at 7 p.m. on Friday.<\/p>\n
\u201cPlaying against the home team is very difficult because the audience support will go to the Philippines,\u201d Soorya said. \u201cBut we will try to overcome that.\u201d<\/p>\n
Chinese-Taipei remained winless in two matches.<\/p>\n
Earlier on Thursday, Hong Kong bounced back from opening day by repulsing Indonesia, 25-22, 26-24, 25-18, to level its record to 1-1 won-lost in Pool B.<\/p>\n
Hong Kong yielded to defending champion Vietnam, 13-25, 17-25, 16-25, on opening day Wednesday.<\/p>\n
The other matches on Friday pits Iran against Chinese-Taipei at 10 a.m. in Pool A and Kazakhstan meets Vietnam at 1 p.m. and Singapore clashes with Indonesia at 4 p.m. in Pool B.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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