Video games Thursday
(PhilSports Area)
4 p.m. – Cignal vs Akari
6:30 p.m. – PLDT vs ZUS Espresso
MANILA, Philippines — Sister groups PLDT and Cignal are dreaming of successful its breakthrough Premier Volleyball League championship.
And what higher technique to obtain it than doing it on the expense of one another.
The highway there begins with the Excessive Velocity Hitters and the HD Spikers battling the ZUS Espresso Thunderbelles and the Akari Chargers, respectively, Thursday within the PVL on Tour quarterfinals on the PhiSports Area.
A win by PLDT over ZUS at 6:30 p.m. and Cignal over Akari at 4 p.m. would catapult the Manny V. Pangilinan-owned franchises straight to knockout semis set Tuesday on the Sensible Araneta Coliseum.
By likelihood, they might face totally different foes there, so a win by each within the semis would forge what had by no means occurred earlier than of their entire PVL lives — a possible title showdown.
However making it that far is less complicated mentioned than executed as roadblocks might probably alter its course.
The largest stumbling block may very well be ZUS, which has constantly despatched shockwaves down the league together with a shock, come-from-behind 22-25, 20-25, 25-16, 25-17, 5-10 win over Choco Mucho in final Tuesday’s knockout spherical on the identical Pasig venue.
Different massive fish the giant-slaying Thunderbelles have caught had been the Chery Tiggo Crossovers and the Creamline Cool Smashers — the league’s most titled membership — within the pool part.
In the meantime, Cignal bested Akari of their pool duel, 25-23, 25-14, 25-23, final June 22 on the Chavit Coliseum in Ilocos Sur.