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.