Cool Smashers, Angels renew rivalry

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CREAMLINE and Petro Gazz add another chapter to a rivalry that has become a defining feature in Philippine volleyball as the top two clubs clash for the first time in the Premier Volleyball League Second All-Filipino Conference today at the Philsports Arena in Pasig.

The 6 p.m. match carries high stakes — a continued hold of the solo lead or a possible share of it. The Cool Smashers seek to stay unbeaten in five matches and the Angels are going for their fifth win in six games.

The much-awaited tussle caps the first and only four-game bill calendared in the tournament that also includes two of the league’s fancied teams looking to strengthen their chances in the season-ending conference.

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PLDT, on a four-game roll since dropping a four-setter to Cignal last Oct. 15, tangles with winless Galeries at 2 p.m. while Chery Tiggo, also toting a 4-1 slate, squares off with a skidding Nxled side at 4.

F2 Logistics, dragged into a five-set duel by Farm Fresh last Tuesday, hopes to come out fresh and get better in chase of another crucial win against Galeries, also winless in five games, in the 12-noon opener.

But all eyes will be on the Creamline-Petro Gazz duel. The Cool Smashers fought back from one game down in a best-of-three series and one set behind in sudden death to snare the first All-Filipino crown last March for the franchise’s sixth championship in six years.

 

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