PVL: ZUS Coffee completes reverse sweep vs. Galeries for breakthrough win - GMA Network

ZUS Coffee dug deep to overcome some early hiccups on the way to completing a 17-25, 21-25, 25-20, 25-20, 15-12 reverse sweep win in the 2026 PVL All-Filipino Conference Siklab Series on Tuesday at the Smart Araneta Coliseum.

The Thunderbelles, who had lost their first five games, have now broken through but needed five sets to get the job done with AC Miner, Glaudine Troncoso, and Jolina Dela Cruz leading the way.

Miner delivered 17 points anchored on 13 attacks and four blocks while Troncoso and Dela Cruz chipped in 13 and 10 markers apiece to end a slump that saw them fall to Choco Mucho, Capital1, Creamline, PLDT, and Farm Fresh.

"Pumasok kami sa game na 'to na [iniisip] na kailangan talaga ibigay namin lahat pero 'yun nga, natalo kami ng first two sets. Pero we made sure na babawi kami," Miner said.

(We came into this game thinking we needed to give it our all, but we lost the first two sets. But we made sure to bounce back. And it just kept going from there.)

ZUS raced to an early 10-5 lead in Set 3 despite being down two sets to none, but Galeries eventually caught up and forced a 20-all deadlock to move five points away from the sweep.

But Dela Cruz sparked the pull away to force a Set 4, which the Thunderbelles opened with a massive 13-4 lead en route to a 25-20 win as they dragged the Highrisers to a deciding set.

ZUS once again found itself down 3-6 early in the final frame, but the wards of head coach Jerry Yee flipped the switch to eventually clinch the match point at 14-10 after an error from Galeries.

Galeries answered with two straight points, but Kate Santiago's combination attack sealed the comeback for ZUS.