Cool Smashers, Angels pursue bids
MANILA, Philippines — Creamline and Petro Gazz eye the No. 1 seed entering the crucial qualifying playoff round as they battle Galeries Tower and Nxled, respectively, today in the Premier Volleyball League All-Filipino Conference at the PhilSports Arena.
A straight-set win by the Cool Smashers over the Highrisers in their 4 p.m. duel would automatically hand the former the top spot in the one-game qualification phase unfurling Thursday.
And that would mean Creamline would be battling the 12th and last squad after the preliminaries, which could be one among Capital1 (1-10), Galeries Tower (1-9) or Nxled (1-9), for a spot to the best-of-three quarterfinals.
Creamline won its first 10 matches in this conference but fell to PLDT, 30-28, 25-21, 23-25, 18-25, 16-14, Saturday in Antipolo.
But Creamline coach Sherwin Meneses said they’ve moved on from that painful defeat.
“Naka-recover na kami,” he said.
Petro Gazz, meanwhile, hopes to extend its amazing streak to nine in its 6:30 p.m. showdown with Nxled.
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