Four aces beef up Alas Pilipinas roster

MANILA, Philippines — Alas Pilipinas has gained more firepower on the addition of Tots Carlos and Jema Galanza of Creamline and Bella Belen and Alyssa Solomon of National University for the team’s campaign in the FIVB Challenger Cup set July 4 to 7 at the Ninoy Aquino Stadium.

National team coach Jorge Souza de Brito, who recently got an extension up to December next year, made the announcement yesterday.

The four could well boost the strength and confidence of the Alas belles coming from a historic bronze-medal finish in the AVC Challenge Cup at the Rizal Memorial Coliseum a few weeks ago.

They were actually part of the pool but Carlos and Galanza had to beg off from joining the team in the AVC Challenge Cup due to a pre-booked Spain trip.