THE Air Force Lady Spikers gun for the the Shakey’s V-League Season 13 Open Conference crown tonight as they take on the beleaguered Pocari Sweat in Game 2 of the finals series at the Philsports Arena in Pasig City.
Air Force is up 1-0 after a pulsating, 17-25, 25-20, 15-25, 26-24, 15-11 victory in Game 1 on Wednesday to move a win away from claiming the Shakey’s V-League crown.
Air Force had two fourth place efforts as its best finish in the league where it all started, the last in 2014 Open before it took a leave of absence for two years to toughen up in various commercial leagues.
With a souped-up roster headed by former UST stalwart Judy Ann Caballejo, the Jet Spikers slugged it out with the best in the field and came out on top of the elims play before sweeping the Laoag Power Smashers in the Final Four to gain their first-ever crack at the championship in the league backed by Mikasa and Accel.
After turning back the highly-favored Lady Warriors in the title series opener, the Jet Spikers seek to finish off their rivals starting at 6:30 p.m.
Wendy Ann Semana hopes to put up another solid playmaking after dishing out a league-record 65 excellent sets in Game One, which helped them overcome a big deficit in the fourth frame.
Semana, however, said it was a total team effort and praised her teammates for not giving up.
The Lady Warriors, meanwhile, try to leave their late Game One foldup behind and vow to go all out and force a sudden death.