Zhetysu Volleyball Club of Kazakhstan and Nakhon Ratchasima QminC of Thailand eliminated the PLDT High Speed Hitters and Creamline Cool Smashers of the Philippines in their respective quarterfinals matches in the ongoing 2025 AVC Women’s Volleyball Champions League.
With their respective victories, Zhetysu and Nakhon Ratchasima QminC will face each other in the semifinals on Saturday, April 26.
Still in the quarterfinals are the Kaohsiung Taipower of Taiwan against Vietnam’s VTV Bien Dien Long An on April 25 at 4 pm. Later in the day, the Petro Gazz Angels will take on the Beijing BAIC Motor at 7 pm.
Here’s everything you missed on the first game day of the quarterfinals of the 2025 AVC Women’s Volleyball Champions League.
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Zhetysu Volleyball Club of Kazakhstan recorded 12 points in their dominant 25-13, 25-22, 25-20 victory against the PLDT High Speed Hitters. In comparison, the Manila-based squad only had four block points.
Tatyana Nikitina once again led the Kazakhstan-based squad with 19 points in 14 attacks, four blocks, and an ace. Team captain Karina Denisova contributed 15 points in 13 attacks and two blocks, while Yuliya Dymar added 11 points.
For the High Speed Hitters, Savi Davison led the team with 13 points in 12 attacks and one block, while Wilma Salas contributed 11 points in nine attacks and two blocks.
After the match, Zhetysu head coach Marko Grsic applauded how his team played, especially blocking attacks in the net. He said, “I’m very happy because we won today because I expected that the Philippines will fight. After the first set, they would not just give up and we were ready for that. I’m very glad because my team was very good today, especially in block, and I think we deserve this win.”
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Nakhon Ratchasima QminC of Thailand only needed an hour and 16 minutes to defeat the Creamline Cool Smashers, 25-15, 25-22, 25-16.
Anyse Smith led the Nakhon Ratchasima-based squad with 13 points in 11 attacks, a block, and an ace. Team captain Onuma Sittirak and Sasipapron Janthawisut contributed 12 points apiece.
For the Cool Smashers, no players scored in double digits as Anastasiya Kudryashova was limited to nine points in eight attacks and one block, followed by Bernadette Pons with eight points in seven attacks and a block.
Despite their victory, Sittirak admitted that they still had committed many mistakes in the games, despite limiting their errors in the whole game to just 13. She said, “We’re gonna prepare for the semifinals, we have so many mistakes also [in this game] about our service, our reception. After this, we will go to practice and [prepare] for the semifinals. I feel like our game plan and us being able to go to practice and knowing what we want to come out and do, we established it early, and we swept them today.”
