CRISS CROSS KING CROUCHERS against CIGNAL HD Spikers at the Turf Open Conference for Spikers 2025.
Manila, Philippines-Criss Cross sent the champion in title Cignal crashed on earth with a scan of 25-23, 25-21, 25-17 at the Turf Open conference of 2025 Wednesday in Filoil Ecoil Arena in San Juan.
In the battle of the undefeated teams, Jude Garcia, Gian Glorioso and Nico Almendras pierced the big strokes to keep the crunches King undefeated in five games, sending the HD spikers to a 4-1 file.
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It was Criss Cross’s third victory against Cignal in eight duels since he joined the first Men’s Club League last year.
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Garcia propelled the consecutive finalists with 19 points out of 16 attacks, two blocks and an ace to go with nine excellent receptions, while Almendras contributed 11 points.
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Behind the balanced attack of the King Cruunchers was the masterful creation of Ish Polvorosa with 18 excellent sets while Jaron Requinton collected 10 points, while the intermediate blockers Kim Malabunga and Glorioso added seven and six points, respectively.
“I think we have done well in the first round, but there are still areas that we need to improve, in particular the minimization of the towers and avoid unnecessary errors. I know that the team can study and correct them during training, “said Polvorosa in Philippin after nailing four blocks.
“We have learned our lessons from past lectures. It is not because we have won several early games that we should be complacent. This is not the goal. At the end of the day, we must remain firm and our state of mind should be a game both towards the championship, “added Polvorosa.
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Criss Cross, which also attracted 19 excellent receptions and five Libero excavations Manuel Sumanguid, opens his second round against Alpha Insurance Sunday at 1 p.m. in Ynares Sports Arena in Pasig.
Cignal was led by Wendel Miguel, who had 15 points out of 13 attacks and two blocks. Steven Rotter contributed 10 points, while Ja Umandal was limited to only seven points and sat in the third set as they seek to bounce against VNS-Latirete also on Sunday at 3.30 p.m.
Meanwhile, Mark Calado paid 18 points to lead the savouge rebound 25-16, 25-20, 25-23 victory over VNS-LATIRETE.
The Spin Doctors went to a 3-2 file in third place, going from a defeat in five sets against Criss Cross, while VNS finished the first round with equality with Alpha and PGJC-Navy insurance at 1-4.
Alpha Insurance jumped on the exhausted PGJC-Navy, 25-21, 26-24, 25-19, for his first victory.
Vincent Nadera paved the way for protectors with 17 points out of 15 attacks and two killing blocks. Edward Camponsano and JJ Javelona provided solid support with 15 and 14 points, respectively, while totaling 11 excellent receptions to end a skid of four games.
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The Seaglions missed the veterans Greg Dolor, Omar Lioc and Marvin Hairami, who were withdrawn for training related to their promotions. Joeven Dela Vega was excluded from the tournament due to a disease.
