Cool Smashers gun for 4th win in row

MANILA, Philippines — Creamline hopes to reestablish itself as the legitimate title contender of old as it eyes a fourth straight win and a share of the lead against dangerous Galeries Tower today in the PVL All-Filipino Conference at the Filoil Arena.

The Cool Smashers quickly recovered from a nightmarish start that saw them felled by the PLDT High Speed Hitters, rising up and collecting three straight wins including a 25-18, 26-24, 25-20 triumph over the Capital1 Solar Spikers last Feb. 21.

At 3-1, the Rebisco-owned franchise is one victory short of catching PLDT (4-1) at the helm.

And expect the 10-time league champ to go all out in its 6:30 p.m. showdown with Galeries Tower (2-3).

“We talked about the need to get this win because it will put us in a better situation,” said Creamline coach Sherwin Meneses.

But Meneses knows they will be facing a Galeries Tower squad that has improved by leaps and bounds this conference.

“Knowing Galeries, we can’t afford to rest and just set them aside easily because we’ve seen how good their performances were recently,” he said.

Also eyeing to climb the standings are both Nxled (3-2) and Choco Mucho (2-3), which collide at 4 p.m.