IEM tossers ready vs Systema

INSTITUTO Estetico Manila vows to toughen up as it sets out for its do-or-die match with Systema Tooth and Gum Care tomorrow for the coveted inaugural men’s crown in the Shakey’s V-League Season 11 Third Conference at the Filoil Flying V Arena in San Juan.

The Volley Masters rallied from 1-2 set down and swept the last two to snatch the win in Game 2 last week, sending their best-of-three series to a winner-take-all affair, set at 2:45 p.m.

Salvador Timbal and Jeffrey Jimenez starred in that win with clutch fifth-set hits. The duo, along with Eden Canlas, Jason Canlas, Rudy Gatdula and Karl dela Calzada, are expected to step up again in a game tipped to be an “all-out war.”

That has been the norm in the first two games of the playoff with Systema also bouncing back from the brink and eking out a thrilling 21-25, 23-25, 25-19, 25-23, 16-14 victory in the opener two weeks ago.

IEM struck back, 19-25, 25-19, 13-25, 25-21, 15-13, to forge the rubber match.