Galanza sees wake-up call in Creamline’s losing streak

Jema Galanza is looking at Creamline’s back-to-back defeats as a chance to address her own mistakes and help the Cool Smashers recover in the Premier Volleyball League All-Filipino Conference Siklab Series.

Creamline fell to Choco Mucho, 25-23, 13-25, 23-25, 25-22, 13-15, on Thursday, Nov. 12, after an earlier four-set loss to PLDT.

The consecutive defeats dropped the Cool Smashers to 4-2 as the race for semifinal places tightened.

“Wake-up call din siya para sa akin, na may mga kailangan pa akong ayusin, may kailangan pa akong itulong sa team. Siyempre, iba rin yung setup ng season, so adjusting din talaga yung nangyayari,” Galanza said.

Creamline committed 27 errors against Choco Mucho, including several during the close fifth set.

Galanza sent an attack long to allow the Flying Titans to tie the score at 9-9, then hit the net on another attempt as Choco Mucho built a 13-11 lead.

“Ang daming errors, ang daming nasayang na mga puntos, pero ganun talaga, nobody’s perfect. Yung team din, nagko-commit sa mga importanteng puntos, so ayun yung kailangan talaga naming ma-work out, especially yung mga susunod naming games. Talagang importante na talaga para sa amin,” she said.

The former league MVP said the desire to score quickly can also affect a player’s decisions during a match.

“Mentally kasi ang kalaban mo sa mga ganung errors. Minsan gusto mo rin talagang makapuntos, gusto mo talagang mas mapadali yung laro, pero yun nga, minsan yung mga ganun kasi, mas nagko-commit ka ng errors,” she explained.

Galanza said the team must keep studying its mistakes and working on them in training.

“Pero I think sa tagal na naming naglalaro, ganun naman yung nangyayari, talagang merong magandang laro, merong hindi. Kailangan mo lang talaga siyang aralin araw-araw, kaya rin naman kami nagte-training. Sinabi ko naman, di kami perfect, so yung mga pagkakamali namin, aayusin namin every day,” she added.

The Cool Smashers will next face unbeaten Nxled on Tuesday, Nov. 17, at the SM Mall of Asia Arena.

Galanza said Creamline must move past the defeats and focus on its next assignment.

“I think di naman ito yung first time din namin na parang laro agad. Ayun, natalo, laro agad, so yun lang, kailangan lang talaga naming kalimutan agad yung mga nangyari, and maglaro.”