Cignal will put its unbeaten streak on the line while Cabuyao looks to bounce back from a sorry loss in the Spikers’ Turf Invitational Conference on Friday at the Paco Arena in Manila.
The HD Spikers, carrying its immaculate 3-0 record, will go up against St. Gerrard Construction-Benilde (1-2) in Pool C at 5:00 p.m.
Once again expected to lead the attack for the HD Spikers are JP Bugaoan, Ysay Marasigan, and Jau Umandal while the Blazing Builders, who were coming off a sweep at the hands of Saints and Lattes-Letran, will be led by the duo of Arnel Aguilar and Mike Balbacal.
Cignal head coach Dexter Clamor says that the team is wary of the upcoming challenge against Benilde which is why the HD Spikers prepared extra as they try to close in on a quarterfinals slot.
“Collegiate team so I know na yung collegiate team na ‘yan nagpapractice sila every day, grabe yung bonding nila so paghahandaan naming maigi,” said Clamor.
“Panonoorin namin lahat ng mga tendencies nila para pagdating ng game namin against them, preparado kami,” he added.
Meanwhile, the Cabstars (2-1) recently received a heart-breaking five-set loss against VNS and will look to solidify its slate at the second spot against Saskin-PCU Dasmarinas (0-3) at 1:00 p.m.
The Bayleaf Hotels-Lyceum (0-3) will try to save its campaign versus PGJC-Navy (2-1) later that day at 3:00 p.m.
Games in the tournament, backed by Bola.TV, Beyond Active Wear, ASICS and Mikasa, can be streamed live on SpikersTurf.ph and Pilipinas Live and telecast on OneSports and OneSportsPlus.
