Lady Warriors draw first blood; Jet spikers rule
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Pocari Sweat’s solid defense silenced Customs and Alyssa Valdez to prevail, 25-22, 25-18, 25-18, last night and move a win away from taking the Shakey’s V-League Season 13 Reinforced Conference championship at Philsports Arena.
Michele Gumabao provided the spunk and leadership for the Lady Warriors with 13 points in the opener of the best-of-thee finals series.
Article continues after this advertisementBreanna Mackie, Andrea Kacsits and Desiree Dadang formed an impenetrable wall for Pocari that frustrated Valdez all night long as the Transformers failed to find a viable scoring option.
Pocari can nail its second straight title with another win tomorrow at 6 p.m.
Earlier, BaliPure outlasted University of Santo Tomas, 19-25, 25-16, 25-18, 25-18, to move a win way from third place.
Article continues after this advertisementMeanwhile, Air Force ruled the Spikers’ Turf Season 2 Reinforced Conference via a 2-0 sweep, beating Cignal 20-25, 25-21, 25-20, 25-22. Bryan Bagunas was named Finals MVP.
In the battle for third, Champion Supra also swept Instituto Estetico Manila, 27-25, 26-28, 25-15, 23-25, 15-11.
