Foxies, Cool Smashers dispute last PVL finals berth

Games Thursday

(FilOil Arena)

4 p.m. – Creamline vs Farm Fresh

6:30 p.m. – PLDT vs Cignal

MANILA, Philippines — Farm Fresh searches for a breakthrough finals appearance while Creamline eyes its 16th stint there as they collide Thursday for the last ticket to the PVL All-Filipino Conference championship round at the Filoil Arena.

The Foxies slew the PLDT High Speed Hitters, 25-23, 18-25, 25-19, 25-23, last Tuesday at the Mall of Asia Arena to move on the cusp of claiming the former’s first trip to the finale, a best-of-three affair unfurling Tuesday at the Smart Araneta Coliseum.

For the Cool Smashers, they were denied a return trip to the finals after succumbing to the Cignal Spikers, who seized the first slot there following a 25-13, 13-25, 25-16, 25-16, also last Tuesday.

But the proud Rebisco franchise will have another chance in its 4 p.m. duel with Farm Fresh, whom the former shares second with a 1-1 card apiece.

If Creamline ends up sailing through, it will end a two-year drought for a finals seat while sealing its 16th stint in an impressive span that saw it snare a league-best 10 crowns.

Whoever wins will battle Cignal (2-0), which clashes with sibling rival PLDT (0-2) in a non-bearing duel at 6:30 p.m., in the finale.

“We’ll do our best and work harder,” said Farm Fresh star Trisha Tubu, who unleashed a 28-point effort in that PLDT win.

Farm Fresh also has Creamline’s numbers after the former trounced the latter, 25-16, 25-22, 18-25, 25-23, in their classification stage showdown last March 17 in Sta. Rosa, Laguna.

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