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Pocari Sweat guns for the third semifinal berth while Perlas tries to force at least a playoff for the last Final Four seat as the Premier Volleyball League Reinforced Conference quarterfinals winds up Thursday at Filoil Flying V Center in San Juan.
Creamline also seeks to stay in the semifinal hunt as it tangles with winless Air Force in the other vital quarters pairing in the season-opening conference of the league organized by Sports Vision.
Pocari, led by import Michelle Strizak and local aces Myla Pablo, Cai Nepomuceno and Desiree Dadang, zeroed in on the third semis seat with a five-set win over Creamline last Tuesday.
A win over the Perlas Spikers at 6:30 p.m. will give the reigning titlists a sweep of the quarterfinals and a slot in the semifinals along with early qualifiers BaliPure and Power Smashers.
The Cool Smashers hope to rebound from that loss to Pocari Sweat as they try to boost their Final Four bid against the Lady Jet Spikers starting at 4 p.m.
The Lady Warriors will continue to miss Krystal Rivers, who has yet to get her International Transfer Certificate.