Carlos in action. PVL.photo
Carlos eyes big game
TOTS Carlos hopes to follow up her 31-point outing the last time out when defending champion Creamline plays Galeries Tower today in the Premier Volleyball League All-Filipino Conference preliminaries at the Philsports Arena.
The Cool Smashers are gunning for a third straight win in the 4 p.m. clash with the Highrisers, with Carlos simply focusing on what lies on the table.
“Well, ang mindset naman lagi namin na sinasabi ni coach na after one game, tapos na kasi napakahaba nung season, napakaraming team. Every time na matapos namin ‘yung isang laro, natapos na yung trabaho, mindset na kami into the next game,” said Carlos, after Creamline topped Akari, 25-22, 21-25, 25-22, 25-19, last Thursday.
Carlos deflected the credit to her teammates and coaches, recognizing their integral role in her one of the best career scoring performance.
“Hindi naman lahat ng games pare-pareho ‘yung sitwasyon. So iyun, ready lang naman kami palagi eh. Wala namang kaso sa amin kung sino’ng nakaka-score, sinong hindi. Tulong-tulong iyan.
Kaya lang nakaka-score ‘yung isang player dahil sa tulong ng mga teammates namin,” said Carlos.
“Yung nilalaro ko ngayon, even me, hindi ako makapaniwala. Pero yun nga, dahil nga sa mga tulong ng mga coaches, kasi grabe talaga yung suporta ng mga teammates ko saka ng mga coaches, na walang pressure, training lang lagi, so ako naman, lagi lang akong–gusto ko lang natututo ako palagi sa lahat ng games,” she added.
“Hindi lang naman dumadaan lang yung games. Personally, may mga natutunan din naman ako sa mga ganitong sitwasyon, anong gagawin. So iyon, honestly, gusto ko pang matuto pa. Yun po.”
Cignal, also hoping to exploit its advantage in manpower in pursuit of a third consecutive victory and a share of the lead with idle Choco Mucho, face Nxled in the day’s other match at 6 p.m.
The HD Spikers, behind Ces Molina, Vanie Gandler and libero Dawn Catindig, defeated the Chargers and the Highrisers to open their season strong.
“Nakaka-proud sa mga teammates ko kasi kahit sino naman ang ipasok mo talagang nagco-contribute,” said Molina.
Despite dropping their first two matches, the Highrisers and the Chameleons are determined to turn things around.
