THE league’s hottest teams—Petron and Cocolife—tangle in a bid to shut down the first round on a sizzling note when the Chooks to Go-Philippine Superliga Grand Prix rolls back to Filoil Flying V Centre in San Juan today.
All eyes will be on the Blaze Spikers as they gun for a sweep of the first round in the 7 p.m. encounter of this tourney bankrolled by Isuzu, UCPB Gen and Rebisco with ESPN5 as official broadcast partner.
Also seeing action is the equally hot F2 Logistics, which will face Cignal in the 4:15 p.m. first match of this thrilling double-header that also has Senoh, Mikasa, Asics, LGR and Grand Sport as technical sponsors.
Petron, which fell short of winning the title last year, is on top of the team standing with a 6-0 (win-loss) mark while the Cargo Movers inched closer with a 3-1 card, thanks to their impressive 18-25, 25-16, 25-19, 25-21 victory over Sta. Lucia Realty late Tuesday night at the Imus Sports Center.
Cocolife, meanwhile, is at third with 4-2 while Cignal and Foton are trailing with 2-2 and 2-3 slates, respectively.
Based on the official tournament format, teams will be ranked based on their first-round performances.
Pool A will be composed of the first, third, sixth and eighth seeded teams while Pool B will have the second, fourth, fifth and seventh seeded squads in which they will play another round of action before being ranked again for the quarterfinals.
The survivors in the quarterfinals will figure in a best-of-three semifinals series to punch a ticket to the best-of-three finals showdown
