Super Spikers eye third straight win

Vanie Gandler (right) and Erika Santos of Cignal

PVL Media Bureau

Games Tuesday

(Mall of Asia Arena)

4 p.m. – Farm Fresh vs Cignal

6:30 p.m. – Creamline vs Choco Mucho

MANILA, Philippines — An inspired Cignal tries to sustain one of its strongest starts in franchise history as it battles a dangerous Farm Fresh in Tuesday’s PVL All-Filipino Conference at the Mall of Asia Arena.

The Manny V. Pangilinan-owned Super Spikers’ decision to stick to their old guns rather than going on a spending free agent spree has been bearing fruit as the team zoomed to the top with two wins in a row, including a 25-20, 16-25, 25-19, 25-18 victory over the souped-up Flying Titans Thursday in San Juan.

Erika Santos, Vanie Gandler and Jacquelie Acuna combined to deliver the most decisive blows with 18, 16 and 13 points, respectively.

Santos said the key was sticking to what they do best.

“We just stick to our strengths,” said the PVL on Tour MVP.

And that best must have been playing rock solid defense that helped them tamed Choco Mucho’s two-headed dragon in Sisi Rondina and Eya Laure.

They would need that and more when they tackle the loaded Foxies, who are eyeing their first victory after absorbing a heartbreaking 25-23, 13-25, 21-25, 25-15, 15-12 defeat to the Brooke Van Sickle-headed Nxled Chameleons a week ago.

Farm Fresh was one of the squads that went on a free-agent binges after picking up Royse Tubino, Ara Galang, Mylene Paat and Rem Palma among others but would need to familiarize them more with remnants like Alohi Robins-Hardy, Trisha Tubu, Ces Molina, Riri Meneses and Lorene Toring.

Meanwhile, sister teams Creamline (0-1) and Choco Mucho (1-1) collide at 6:30 p.m. in a battle between two most popular club teams in the land.