Chase on for last 2 PVL semis seats

SIX berths step up their respective drives today (Saturday) as they clash in three round of the Premier Volleyball League Season 2 Reinforced Conference at the Filoil Flying V Center in San Juan.

Tacloban, iriga-Navy and PetroGazz try to score a repeat over BanKoPerlas, BaliPure and Pocari-Air Force, respectively, as they seek to gain the head-start and the momentum in the single round phase where the top two of the season-opening conference of the league organized by Sports Vision.

The Fighting Warays, one of the league’s newcomers, have impressed a lot with their heads-up games in the elims, barely falling short of the other outright semis slot with a third place effort. With imports Amporn Hyapha and Patcharee Seangmuan and locals Jovielyn Prado, Shola Alvarez and Heather Guino-o, they hope to reassert their mastery over the Jutarat Montripila and Lakia Bright-led Perlas Spikers, whom they trounced in four in the elims last May 2.

They clash at 2 p.m. after which the Lady Oragons, bannered by the Macy Ubben-Lauren Whyte tandem, would seek to duplicate their only victory in the elims, a four-set romp over the Water Defenders.

The Angels, on the other hand, hope to pounce on the slumping Lady Warriors in their 6 p.m. main encounter with the former to lean again on imports Anastasia Trach and Olena Lymareva-Flink and locals Cherry Rose Nunag, Ranya Musa, Rachel Austero and playmaker Relea Saet.

But the Perlas Spikers, Water Defenders and Lady Warriors will surely respective elims tormentors, ensuring three power-packed matches featuring a slew of power-hitting reinforcements and locals out to make their mark.

PLDT and Instituto Estetico Manila, meanwhile, clash at 10 a.m. in the men’s division of the league backed by Mikasa and Asics, both also going for a crucial win to fuel their respective semis bids.

Cignal HD and newcomer Vice Co. by posting identical 4-1 slates in the elims, leaving PLDT, Air Force, Instituto other two Final Four berths.