CALIFORNIA Precision Sports (CPS) and Parañaque Green Berets won their opening-day in girls’ pool play matches in almost convincing fashions Friday in the Philippine National Volleyball Federation (PNVF) Under-18 Championships at the Rizal Memorial Sports Coliseum.
CPS coach Dr. Obet Estrella Vital relied on their experience playing as a regular team and with precision attacks beat Marikina Titans Volleyball Club, 25-11, 25-11, in a Pool D match.
Parañaque Green Berets, on the other hand, beat New Gen. Sta. Cruz Laguna, 25-11, 25-18, in Pool A, while Grace Christian College Foundation of Taguig City downed Parañaque Thunderbolts Volleyball Club (PVC), 25-20, 25-18, in Pool B action.
“The players performed well to my expectations although half of them are new,” said Vital, whose team is playing out of Antipolo City. “I’m really happy and we’re hoping we continue winning.”
CPS goes for win No. 2 against Santa Rosa City at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday in the 36-team—20 girls and 16 boys—championships that will be played for four consecutive Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays Matches with the medal plays for both genders set on March 12.
All are best-of-three matches, according to PNVF president Ramon “Tats” Suzara.
Seven matches were played on opening day with late day duels set between Team Hiraya (Angono) and Volida Volleyball Club (Manila) in a girls’ Pool D clash and Justice CM Palma High School (Quezon City) and Team Makati (Pool A), Queen Anne School (Santa Rosa) and Team Nagcarlan Laguna (Pool D) and MNHS-Antipolo City and Philippine Christian University (Pool B) in the boys’ contest.
NCL squares off with JYO at 2 p.m. in Pool D, Sto. Niño de Praga Academy meets Angeles City at 3:30 p.m. in Pool B, Team Manila clashes with Xavier School at 5 p.m. in Pool C and SRC collides with Justice CM Palma High School at 6:30 p.m. in Pool A to complete the first weekend in the boys’ category.