BY ABBY TORALBA
ARMY Black Mamba showed Choco Mucho how it’s done yesterday.
Working behind a veteran-laden crew, the Lady Troopers stunned the fancied and young but injury-riddled Flying Titans, scoring a 25-22, 22-25, 26-24, 25-19 victory for their second straight win and gained third in the PVL Invitational Conference at The Arena in San Juan.
Skipper Jovelyn Gonzaga led Army with 13 points and 19 excellent receptions, while middle blocker Anne Esguerra had 10 markers.
Setter Ivy Perez tossed 27 excellent sets and scored nine points, while libero Angela Nunag had 28 digs and 11 excellent receptions for the Lady Troopers, who came off a 25-22, 25-18, 21-25, 25-23 victory over Petro Gazz six days ago.
Choco Mucho, coming off a 26-24, 25-19, 16-25, 21-25, 11-15 loss to Cignal last Thursday, fell to 1-2.
The Flying Titans played without ace spikers Kat Tolentino, Des Cheng, Cherry Nunag and Thang Ponce.
“Iyong sa team namin, sobrang maganda iyong nilaro namin ngayon. Talagang pinag-aralan namin iyong Choco Mucho. Talagang kailangan naming manalo sa kanila,” Army assistant coach Rico De Guzman said.
