RIZAL, Philippines – The race to the PVL All-Filipino Conference championship remains wide open for the taking as mighty Petro Gazz rode a fourth-set blowout to send a statement to rival Creamline, 25-23, 25-22, 21-25, 25-16, at the Ynares Center in Antipolo, Rizal, on Saturday, March 29.

With the win, the Angels earned a leg up on the four-team round-robin semis field alongside Akari as sister teams Creamline and Choco Mucho sunk to 0-1 records.

Reigning All-Filipino MVP Brooke Van Sickle exhausted her tank until empty with a game-high 26 points on 22 attacks, 3 aces, and 1 block, as she politely declined a postgame interview appearance due to sheer fatigue.

Jonah Sabete, meanwhile, stayed hot after her full recovery from nagging injuries with 19 points on 14 attacks and a game-high 5 blocks and had to be assisted back to the locker room due to a fresh set of back issues after her heroic stand.

Ranya Musa also stepped up with 11 points, while 40-year-old setter Chie Saet turned back the hands of time for the second straight game with 23 excellent sets.

Seething from a third-set setback that prevented a sweep win, Petro Gazz fired up from the get-go of the fourth with an 8-3 start that it never relinquished despite Creamline’s honest comeback efforts to force a decider.

The 10-time PVL champions only managed to get within four, 19-15, before the Angels buried their rivals for good with 5-0 pullaway for the 24-15 separation, capped by an MJ Phillips ace that was followed by a run-busting Bea de Leon attack, 24-16.

Too little, too late for Creamline, however, as De Leon handed Petro Gazz the expected blowout finish as her serve failed to cross the net for the anticlimactic clincher, 25-16.

Bernadeth Pons paced the rare loss with 14 points, while Tots Carlos added 13. Alyssa Valdez stepped up with 10 points, 10 digs, and 10 excellent receptions for the bare-bones triple-double effort as Kyle Negrito rounded out the offense with 19 excellent sets. – Rappler.com

Tesla CEO Elon Musk's losing streak continued on Wednesday.

Hours after Republicans in Wisconsin lost a state Supreme Court race in Wisconsin where Musk spent tens of millions of dollars of his own money, shares of his flagship electric car company fell upon news that it had badly missed Wall Street estimates for the number of vehicles it had delivered in the first quarter of 2025.

As reported by Market Watch, Tesla revealed that "it delivered more than 336,000 vehicles during the first quarter, down from 387,000 deliveries a year ago."

To put this number into context, Market Watch notes that it "was well below the average analyst estimate compiled by FactSet of 404,000 vehicles" and it "was also lower than the 'whisper' number, or what Wall Street was quietly expecting, with even the most bullish analyst projecting a number in the 360,000 range."

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Although Tesla blamed the disappointing deliveries on what Market Watch describes as "the changeover to refreshed Model Y production lines" that "led to several weeks of lost production," it's also a reality that the company has been the target of a concerted boycott campaign led by progressive groups to protest Musk's role as the head of President Donald Trump's Department of Government Efficiency.

Sales of Tesla in Europe have fallen off a cliff in recent months, as car buyers on that continent have revolted against Musk's support for far-right political parties such as Germany's Alternative für Deutschland.