Water Defenders eye crown vs Lady Warriors

Games today

10 a.m. – Air Force vs Sta. Elena (men’s for 3rd)

1 p.m. – Cigna TV vs Mega Builders (men’s for crown)

4 p.m. – Creamline vs Air Force (women’s for 3rd)

6:30 p.m. – BaliPure vs Pocari Sweat (women’s for crown)

MANILA, Philippines - BaliPure braces for the vaunted Pocari Sweat fightback as the Water Defenders seek to finish off the Lady Warriors and complete what they had failed to do the first time they got a crack at the Premier Volleyball League crown.

And it would only be fitting to claim the coveted PVL Open Conference crown by beating the very team that foiled its bid in the recent Reinforced Conference finals.

The Water Defenders pounced on the Lady Warriors’ so-so showing in the opener of the best-of-three finals last Saturday, coming away with a surprising 25-22, 25-19, 25-22 victory that moved the team a win from nailing its first-ever title in the country’s premier women’s volley league organized by Sports Vision and backed by Mikasa and Asics.

“They (Lady Warriors) have nothing in mind but to win,” said BaliPure coach Roger Gorayeb in describing their Game One romp.

Grethcel Soltones, Aiko Urdas, Risa Sato and Jerrili Malabanan and setters Jasmine Nabor and Angelica Cayuna and the rest of the Water Defenders will have the same mindset as they set out in their 6:30 p.m. duel with the defending champions.