PLDT Home survives Army, enters finals

PLDT Home Ultera took the best dished out by last year’s best and  proved this time its better, battling back from a set down and hacking out a tough 25-21, 24-26, 20-25, 26-24, 15-12 victory to assure itself of a crack at one of the finals berths in the Shakey’s V-League Season 12 Open Conference before a big Sunday crowd at The Arena in San Juan City.

National team mainstay Alyssa Valdez put in another solid outing, rallying the Ultra Fast Hitters late in the fourth and then spearheading the team’s early attack in the decider before Grethcel Soltones, another national team mainstay, took over to deliver the match-clinching attack that grazed the arms of Dindin Manabat that ended a grueling, back-and-forth 2:13 encounter.