PVL: Palma, Saet set to bolster Strong Group Athletics

Chie Saet (left) and Remy Palma

PVL Media Bureau

MANILA, Philippines — Strong Group Athletics added two more veterans in its fold after it acquired middle blocker Remy Palma and setter Chie Saet from Petro Gazz in preparation for the coming PVL All-Filipino Conference wars tentatively unfurling late this month.

Both the 30-year-old Palma and 41-year-old Saet were key pieces in the Angels’ Reinforced Conference championship run the month before and should significantly bolster the team they would land between SGA-owned clubs Farm Fresh and ZUS Coffee.

Palma will also be a playing assistant coach while Saet, despite not having an official title as a coaching lieutenant, should help mentor the cabal of young players SGA has in its rosters.

In fact, Saet has been with the league even before it turned professional and had won several championships including four with Petro Gazz.

The two vets joined a coterie of new pickups by SGA like Royse Tubino, Bia General, Cess Robles, Karen Verdeflor and Renee Penafiel.