PHL stuns Indonesia in
floorball, marks first win

Ryan Cater drained a go-ahead goal as the Philippine men’s floorball team notched its first win in the 2019 Southeast Asian Games against Indonesia, 5-4, on Monday at the UP College of Human Kinetics Gym in Quezon City.
Cater got a hold of the ball from Henielee Pastor and tried to keep it in action before hitting it into the game winning shot for the national floorball squad.
Prior to that, the Indonesians drew first blood courtesy of Bayu Munandar in the 6:31 mark of the opening period before Janet Tampubolon doubled the lead at the 35th minute.
Christian Schoultze netted back-to-back goals to level the count after two before he netted two more goals as the Philippines took the lead at 4-2 but Indonesians backed with two hits from Rudy Kurniawan knotting a 4-all.
In the distaff side, the Philippines women’s floorball team opened its campaign with an 8-1 rout to Indonesia.
After an exchange of goals between Philippines’ Michelle Lindahl and Indonesia’s Rista Delina, the national team converted seven straight goals from Jade Rivera and Michelle Cruzado to earn the victory./ASC, WDJ