PSL: Cignal turns back Navy in dominating fashion

Jeanette Panaga of Cignal over Standard’s Pau Soriano and Florence May Madulid.

Cignal peaked in the nick of time and dismantled Standard Insurance Navy in three sets, 25-15, 25-22, 25-18, in the second round of the Philippine Super Liga All-Filipino Conference Saturday at San Juan Arena.

Jeanette Panaga sealed the win, and the 2-1 record, for the HD Spikers with a straight-away kill through the defense of the Corvettes.

Cignal sits at the second place of the Group B and needs to wait for the game on Sunday between Generika and Navy to find out if it will climb to the four-team playoffs.

“Ibig sabihin nito na-a-absorb na nila mga tinuturo ko,” said HD Spikers head coach Sammy Acaylar. “Sa mga practice nila hindi ko na sila pine-pressure, di ko na sila binibigyan ng mga strenuous activities kasi that’s my approach now. I want them to enjoy na lang the game.”

What Acaylar did in their practice was to have the team their opponent in their tune-up games mimic Navy to simulate the match against the Corvettes.

Panaga was the high-point lady for the HD Spikers as she finished with 16 points while Jannine Navarro and Micmic Laborte added 10.

Florence Madulid led the 1-1 Corvettes with eight points.