BY ABBY TORALBA
DETERMINED to extend the finals series and defend their crown, Creamline coach Sherwin Meneses said his charges should prepare and toughen their mindset against a Petro Gazz side he described as “super.”
“First, iyong coaching staff talagang nag-usap na kami about sa schedule ng training kasi medyo late (noong Monday). Iyon iyong number one naging assignment after the loss. Ang mindset dapat, malakas iyong mindset namin,” Meneses said.
“Sa Tuesday (today), (dapat) mas gumalaw ng tama at gustong manalo kasi iyong Petro Gazz grabe, super iyong laro nila. Nagbigay kami ng maraming errors, siguro iyon iyong number one (iwasan), basic errors, service, touching the net, iyon so siguro ma-adjust na namin iyong mga ganoon errors,” he added.
The Cool Smashers try to drag the best-of-3 title battle to a deciding match when they take on the Angels today in the PVL All-Filipino Conference at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay.
The duel is set at 6:30 p.m. after F2 tries to also finish off PLDT and bag third place honors at 4 o’clock.
Petro Gazz trounced Creamline 22-25, 26-24, 25-23, 24-26 in Game 1 last Sunday that also snapped the Cool Smashers’ 14-game winning run against the Angels dating back to 2019.
A winner-take-all third game, if necessary, will be on Thursday at the same venue.
Jema Galanza, Diana Mae Carlos, Michele Gumabao, Celine Domingo, Jeanette Panaga, skipper Jia De Guzman are expected to lead the way for Creamline.
The likes of Jonah Sabete, Grethcel Soltones, Djanel Cheng, Remy Palma, MJ Phillips and Aiza Maizo-Pontillas will be counted upon by Petro Gazz to deliver.
