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Friday, March 29, 2024

Cocolife takes on Cignal in PSL tilt

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Games Today 

(Bacoor Sports Center)

4:15 pm – Sta. Lucia vs Generika-Ayala

7:00 pm – Cocolife vs Cignal

BACOOR CITY—The vaunted strength and firepower of Cocolife will be put in an ultimate test Tuesday night when it battles Cignal in the Chooks to Go-Philippine Superliga Grand Prix at the Bacoor Sports Center here.

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Action starts at 7 p.m., while Sta. Lucia Realty and Generika-Ayala tip things off at 4:15 p.m., hoping to bounce back from their respective setbacks in this prestigious tourney bankrolled by Isuzu, Rebisco and UCPB Gen with ESPN5 as official broadcast partner.

The Lady Realtors suffered a four-set meltdown to powerhouse Petron, 21-25, 25-18, 17-25, 20-25, while the overhauled Lifesavers collapsed in the face of Foton, 19-25, 25-22, 16-25, 22-25, in the opening-day salvo of this battle that also has Mikasa, Mueller, Senoh, LGR, Gold’s Gym and Grand Sport as technical sponsors.

But all eyes will be on Cocolife.

After making it to the semifinals for the first time in the last conference, the Asset Managers had a major upgrade in their roster, recruiting Serbian coach Moro Branislav to replace Kungfu Reyes.

Reyes, a champion coach with Philippine Army, decided to take a step back and serve as Branislav’s chief deputy to focus on his coaching chores with University of Santo Tomas in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines.

With Branislav on board, Cocolife was able to lure quality talents in former national team stalwart Honey Royse Tubino, Danika Gendrauli, Shawna-Lei Santos and Denice Tan, while bringing back the core of veterans Nerissa Bautista, Jane Gonzales, Tina Balse and Denden Lazaro.

The Asset Managers also brought back American Taylor Milton and recruited Serbian Sara Klisura, the hard-hitting open spiker who erupted for a record of 41 points while still donning the jersey of Foton last year.

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