Speed Boosters seek 3rd vs Cagayan side

Games Games today today (Ynares (Ynares Sports Sports Arena, Arena, Pasig Pasig City) City) 2 2 p.m. p.m. – – RC RC Cola Cola vs vs Petron Petron 4 4 p.m. p.m. – – Cagayan Cagayan Valley Valley vs vs PLDT PLDT 6 6 p.m. p.m. – – Giligan’s Giligan’s vs vs Maybank Maybank

P T- y S and Cagayan alley hope to close out their failed bid in the Philippine Super iga PS Grand Pri on a high note as they duel for third place at the nares Sports Arena in Pasig City today.

The erstwhile unbeaten P T y S was ambushed by first conference runner- up Cignal , 25-17, 22-25, 25-21, 25-27, 14-16, while Cagayan bowed to the Invitational tournament champion T S- Army 15-25, 20-25, 17-25, in the semifinal round last weekend.

Those setbacks relegated the Speed Boosters and the Rising Suns to a battle for third set at 4 p.m. after the 2 p.m. clash for fifth place between Petron Bla e Spikers and winless RC Cola Raiders.

P T- y S coach Roger Gorayeb admitted the loss was painful for the powerhouse team, which took its first defeat in si matches, but vowed to finish the GP on a positive note.

“It’s painful to lose that important game and we have nobody else to blame but ourselves,” said Gorayeb. “We’ll just try to at least finish third.”

Gorayeb will again lean on P T’s American duo of Savannah Noyes, who posted 26 points in that losing effort, and setter aylee anns, along with local mainstays Su anne Roces, Charo Soriano and Angela Benting to duplicate their 25-16, 25-17, 22-25, 26-24, victory over the ady Rising Suns in the preliminary round of the event organi ed by Sports Core and recogni ed by the International olleyball ederation with ikasa, Asics, GR and Jinling Sports as main backers and Solar Sports as broadcast partner.

Cagayan alley finished fourth last conference and will try to close its campaign a notch higher behind Thai reinforcements Wanida otruang and Patcharee Saengmuang. atruang will have to regain her form, however, as she managed to score a measly 10 points while Saengmuang went scoreless in their semis game.

“We’ll try to improve from our last conference’s finish,” said Cagayan alley coach Nes Pamilar, who will also try to squee e more effort from locals Angeli Tabaquero, Ai a ai o and Pau Soriano.

Giligan’s Sisig ings, meanwhile, will face at 6 p.m. winless aybank Tigers in the battle for third in the men’s division.

inals is set on Saturday with T S- Army gunning for a repeat against the Spikers, while P T S Speed Boosters tangle with the Systema Active Spikers for the men’s title.