By WAYLON GALVEZ

Games Saturday (The Arena, San Juan City)

2 p.m. – Chef’s Classic vs Creamline

4 p.m. – Air Force vs Pacifictown Army

Defending champion Creamline tries to keep its unbeaten streak going when it clashes with newcomer Chef’s Classics in the PVL Open Conference Saturday at The Arena in San Juan.

Alyssa Valdez, right, hopes to lead defending champion Creamline to its ninth straight win against Chef’s Classics in the PVL Open Conference. (Vision Sports Images)

Alyssa Valdez and Jia Morado will see action for the last time this month for Creamline before they undergo national team duty when they join the national pool in Thailand in preparation for the Southeast Asian (SEA) Games here.

The Cool Smashers are favored to prevail again against the winless Red Spikers when they face off at 2 p.m., before Pacifictown-Army and Air Force collide in the other match at 4 p.m.

Part of Creamline’s eight-game win streak was a 66-minute victory versus Chef’s Classics, 25-12, 25-5, 25-15, in their first meeting last Aug. 18 as Valdez and Morada led a balanced attack.

Aside from the two, the Cool Smashers also have veteran players in Michele Gumabao, Risa Sato, Jema Galanza, Ced Domingo, libero Kyla Atienza and second setter Kyle Negrito.

Newcomer Chef’s Classics will still try to claim its first win behind team skipper Justine Tiu and newcomer Nieza Viray, the San Beda Lady Spikers ace who will make his PVL debut.

PacificTown-Army, for its part, has bounced back from a three-game skid to keep alive its playoff hopes with wins over Chef’s Classics and BaliPure giving the Lady Troopers a 4-3 card, half-a-game behind fourth-running BanKo-Perlas (5-3).

On the other hand, the Jet Spikers, are also coming off a pair of victories that snapped a five-game skid after Air Force downed Chef’s Classics and upended young Choco Mucho.

Tags: Ait Force , Chef's Classics , Creamline , PacificTown Army , PVL , volleyball