THE gold medal remained elusive for the Philippine men's volleyball team as it suffered a sweep to Indonesia, 21-25, 25-27, 17-25, in the finals on Tuesday night at the Philsports Arena in Pasig City.

Nonetheless, the Filipino spikers nabbed their first silver in the biennial meet since 1977 and first podium finish since the country's last hosting in 2005 when they got a bronze.