STRONG Group Athletics has taken a major step toward elevating Farm Fresh’s status in the Premier Volleyball League, naming veteran international coach Alessandro Lodi as the new head coach of the Foxies ahead of the upcoming season.

ALAS PILIPINAS stood its ground against China in a war of attrition, 22-20, 22-20, in the Rebisco Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) Beach Tour Nuvali Open to reach the quarterfinals on Friday in the City of Santa Rosa in Laguna.

SOFIA PAGARA and Khylem Progella had their sizzling run doused by a dispiriting officiating blunder as China’s Yu Tong and Jiang Kaiyue beat the Alas Pilipinas duo, 14-21-15-21, on Thursday in the Rebisco Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) Beach Tour Nuvali Open in the City of Santa Rosa, Laguna.