Army-Black Mamba won the first two sets then out-steadied Petro Gazz in the hard-fought fourth frame to squeak out a 25-22, 25-16, 21-25, 25-23 victory in the 2022 PVL Invitational Conference, Thursday evening at the Filoil Flying V Centre in San Juan.
Comebacking Jovelyn Gonzaga hammered 22 attack points for a 23-hit output, the last two clinching the victory for the Lady Troopers, who hung tough in the clutch to carve out the win and rebound from a four-set setback to league-leader Cignal last Saturday.
The Angels, who had hoped to duplicate the HD Spikers' steal of a win, bounced back strong in the third but lost its way in the face of the Lady Troopers' fiery fourth set windup and dropped to 0-2.
