First PVL Finals Through the Lens of Savi Davison
It is earned, not gifted. This is the story about the quiet decisions that turned a franchise into a contender.
After years of building themselves individually and as a unit, Savi Davison believes that the High Speed Hitters are finally poised to make their first-ever finals appearance. For her, the PVL On Tour has been a revelation, saying there have been “spurs of greatness seen with [the team] over the years, just not as consistent as this season.”
Savi’s Factors: Chemistry, Work, and a Shared Agenda
This belief? It is powered by Savi’s admiration for her teammates’ work ethic. She bravely claims,
“Some of the best athletes I know are in our gym, and great gyms create great teams.”
Read that again, and you hear why a team that once posted flashes of promise now looks like a machine: they are composed of individuals who chose the harder path of steady grind. That daily habit of preparation explains how yesterday’s near-misses matured into this season’s consistency.
“We trust, we push each other, we support, and we show up everyday for one another,” Savi says.
The narrative of unity in PLDT is not sentimental; it’s procedural. Practices became competitive laboratories where coaches and players tuned small details until they no longer leaked.
Moments that Changed Savi’s Season: The Semifinals
The semifinals stretched the team against Creamline, an opponent that is known to be made of steel. During the endgame, PLDT answered with the sort of collective poise that comes from repeating the right things until reflex replaces thought.
“If we deserved to compete among the best, we have to beat the best,” Savi expressed.
Despite her explosiveness against the Cool Smashers, she mentions how big of a blessing it is to face one of the best teams in the country.
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Davison also confessed that she hasn’t let the image of the finals crowd take root in her head yet: “I haven’t really thought much of the finals, just taking it day by day and I believe the team is as well… I am sure that the morning of, it will finally sink in!”
That honesty — the refusal to get lost in outcome and the insistence on preparation — is what makes this story feel earned. It is a crescendo built on countless small decisions, not a single dramatic act.
Savi put it plainly about the path leading to this Sunday’s championship match: PLDT has had a couple of short runs recently, fighting until the end just to have the same result the season before. However, for her, this season displayed better discernment:
“Through these experiences, the team grows together and has to choose between being satisfied or growth.”
That choice, made repeatedly in practice and in tight sets, is why this finals berth feels different.
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This Sunday, against the Chery Tiggo Crossovers, the PLDT High Speed Hitters will carry a season’s worth of choices: the extra reps, the frank conversations, and the mornings when fatigue met discipline. These moments leading to the finals already register as victory:
A franchise that learned how to become a team, and a player who helped carry that lesson into the biggest stage they’ve ever reached.
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