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4 p.m. – Chery Tiggo Crossovers vs Cignal HD Spikers (Battle for Third)
6 p.m. – Creamline Cool Smashers vs Choco Mucho Flying Titans (Finals)
Creamline Cool Smashers in the PVL All-Filipino Conference Finals. –PVL PHOTO
There will be no let-up for Creamline in chasing down a second Premier Volleyball League All-Filipino Conference title this season. There’s too much blood in the water that the Cool Smashers are smelling at the moment.
After going through four rigorous sets on Thursday to take the best-of-three series lead, the Cool Smashers are on the verge of another perfect campaign, a seventh PVL crown, and probably the most important motivation for them: keeping their mastery of their sister team and fellow glamour squad Choco Mucho.
“Every point counts,” skipper and team leader Alyssa Valdez said after a 25-23, 19-25, 26-24, 25-22 Game 1 win at Mall of Asia Arena, as she and the rest of the Cool Smashers know the fight they are in and knowing that they cannot give the Flying Titans the room to bounce back.
Choco Mucho coach Dante Alinsunurin and Creamline coach Sherwin Meneses in the PVL All-Filipino Finals. –PVL PHOTOS
MANILA, Philippines — From playing together at Adamson and steering the Philippine men’s volleyball team as coaches to a historic Southeast Asian Games silver medal four years ago, Sherwin Meneses and Dante Alinsunurin fight for the 2023 Premier Volleyball League (PVL) second All-Filipino Conference supremacy in the first-ever Creamline-Choco Mucho Finals series.
Meneses has emerged as one of the most successful coaches in the PVL as Creamline eyes its third straight All-Filipino, while Alinsunurin continues to bring his success in men’s division to the women’s pro league after steering Choco Mucho to its first-ever Finals appearance.
Choco Mucho Flying Titans’ Maddie Madayag. –PVL PHOTO
MANILA, Philippines — Despite losing to Creamline in Finals Game 1, Maddie Madayag’s rock-solid blocking proved to be a silver lining for Choco Mucho as it seeks to force a decider in their best-of-three series in the 2023 Premier Volleyball League (PVL) second All-Filipino Conference.
Madayag left everything on the floor as she tallied a game-high seven blocks to finish with 18 points only for the Flying Titans to fall short against the ‘three-peat’-seeking Cool Smashers, 23-25, 25-19, 24-26, 22-25, in their series opener on Thursday at Mall of Asia Arena.
“For me, I just did my job and what I can contribute inside the court. Whoever scores for us or whatever, it’s our job. I didn’t really think about how many points or blocks I had. I embraced the role given to me,” said Madayag in Filipino after losing in their PVL finals debut.
FILE–Creamline Cool Smashers in the PVL All-Filipino Cup semifinals. –MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.net
MANILA, Philippines — Alyssa Valdez and the Creamline Cool Smashers continue to bank on their familiarity and coach Sherwin Meneses’ system against the hard-fighting Choco Mucho Flying Titans in the 2023 Premier Volleyball League (PVL) second All-Filipino Conference Finals.
Choco Mucho may be a first-timer in the PVL finals but Valdez said that their sister team, bannered by former UAAP stars Sisi Rondina and Maddie Madayag, pushed them to their limits in Game 1 before they pulled off a hard-earned 25-23, 19-25, 26-24, 25-22 victory on Thursday at Mall of Asia Arena.
FILE–Sisters Jema and Mafe Galanza with the Creamline Cool Smashers. –MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.net
MANILA, Philippines — Jema Galanza relished playing with younger sister Mafe in Creamline’s title-retention bid in the 2023 Premier Volleyball League (PVL) second All-Filipino Conference finals.
Jema, who has been at the forefront of Creamline’s offense this conference, was thrilled to see her sister’s composure on the biggest stage as a backup setter for Kyle Negrito in the Cool Smashers’ 25-23, 19-25, 26-24, 25-22 win over the Choco Mucho Flying Titans in Game 1 of the best-of-three Finals on Thursday evening at Mall of Asia Arena.
“I’m so happy and amazed with all her sets. She is also calm inside the court even though this is her first time to play in the PVL and it’s the Finals,” said the star outside spiker in Filipino after scoring 16 points in Game 1.
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