BY ABBY TORALBA
ALSO-RAN Army Black Mamba battles Taipei KingWhale from Taiwan today in the semifinals of the PVL Invitational Conference at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay.
The match is set at 2:30 o’clock before Creamline seeks a third straight win when it takes on Cignal at 5:30 p.m.
The Lady Troopers, currently at fourth spot with a 0-3 mark in the single-round semis, tries to prove their worth against the lone foreign squad in the tourney after Kobe Shinwa Women’s University of Japan begged off due to one of its student-athletes yielding a positive RT-PCR result.
“That is correct. We will have only five teams for this phase of the conference,” PVL President Ricky Palou told Malaya Business-Insight yesterday
Army bowed to Cignal HD Spikers 24-26, 28-26, 18-25, 25-18, 14-16 last Saturday.
The Lady Troopers will rely on team captain Jovelyn Gonzaga, veterans Nerissa Bautista, Joanne Bunag, Royse Tubino, and middle blocker Jeanette Villareal.
The Cool Smashers, currently spotless with a 2-0 card, rolled to back-to-back wins two days ago at the expense of PLDT 22-25, 25-27, 25-21, 25-19, 15-12.
Expected to carry the winning momentum for Creamline are skipper Alyssa Valdez, opposite hitter Diana Mae Carlos, playmaker Jia De Guzman, open spiker Jema Galanza, middle blocker Jeanette Panaga and libero Kyla Atienza.
The HD Spikers will lean on veteran hitter Ces Molina, team captain Rachel Anne Daquis, middle blockers Ria Meneses and Roselyn Doria, setter Gel Cayuna and libero Jheck Dionela.
