Cignal squeezes past F2 Logistics

MANILA, Philippines - Cignal HD B took charge down the stretch to squeak past F2 Logistics B, 25-10, 24-26, 15-10, and remain in the hunt in the 2017 Belo Philippine Superliga Beach Volleyball Challenge Cup yesterday at the SM By the Bay in Mall of Asia.

Mylene Paat and Janine Marciano rebounded from a second set setback and outplayed the Cargo Movers’ Aby Maraño and Cha Cruz in the decider to bolster the HD Spikers’ quarterfinal bid.

Paat controlled the net while Marciano took charge of their offense as they turned a 3-3 count into an 11-5 lead in the third set to nail the victory.

“We talked and tried to minimize our errors in the third set,” said Marciano, admitting that they failed to handle the strength of the Cargo Movers in the second set following a strong start.

The HD Spikers, who lost to the powerhouse tandem of Fiola Ceballos and Patty Orendain of Generika-Ayala A late Thursday, are hoping that the Cargo Movers succumb in their final match of the preliminaries against the Lifesavers to formally make it to the next round.

In other results, Cignal HD formally moved to the next round of the men’s division after dominating Wayuk, 21-9, 21-10, while IEM B clobbered TVM, 22-20, 21-16; Generika-Ayala crushed Perpetual B, 21-13, 21-8; Cignal HD smothered IEM A, 21-14, 21-11; Perpetual Help A bombed TVM, 21-16, 21-11; Perpetual Help B zapped Wayuk, 21-6, 21-12; Generika Ayala escaped Cignal HD, 21-14, 29-31, 15-7; and SM By the Bay downed Perpetual Help A, 21-20, 21-14.

Joining Cignal HD in the next round of this tourney that also has TV5 as official broadcast partner are unbeaten Generika Ayala, SM By the Bay and Perpetual Help A.

The tournament is backed by Stoked, Mikasa, Senoh, Mizuno, Rebisco and SM By the Bay.