Tight battle looms in PVL semis

Creamline is hungry while Pocari Air Force has the experience when they collide in Game 1 of their Premier Volleyball League (PVL) best-of-three semifinal series today at the Filoil Flying V Centre in San Juan.

Action starts at 1:45 pm following the 3:45 pm battle between BanKo-Perlas and PayMaya in the other Final Four face-off of this season-opening conference.

For many, no team holds a distinct advantage over the other in the semifinals with all four teams boasting of power-hitting imports and locals ready to step up at any given time.

“I think we’re just about even in manpower although they’ve got strong imports and PayMaya is a well-coached team,” said BanKo-Perlas mentor Dong dela Cruz, who will be pinning his hopes again on reinforcements Lakia Bright and Jutarat Montripila and locals Nicole Tiamzon, Sue Roces, Dzi Gervacio, libero Ella de Jesus and top setter Jem Ferrer.