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PVL: Cool Smashers inch closer to a Finals berth

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2017/sports/08/05/creamline1-2017-060817.jpg?ext=.jpg"/><figcaption>Creamline is just a win away from punching a Finals ticket. Arvin Lim, ABS-CBN Sports</figcaption></figure></div>Creamline inched a win closer to a Finals berth after outlasting BaliPure, 25-19, 13-25, 28-26, 18-25,15-7, sans top hitter Alyssa Valdez in Game 1 of the best-of-three Premier Volleyball League Open Conference semifinals series Saturday at the FilOil Flying V Centre in San Juan.The Cool Smashers can close the series Sunday to advance in the best-of-three championship showdown against the survivor between Pocari Sweat and Philippine Air Force in the other Final Four pairing. Creamline played without Valdez, who was in uniform but didn’t see action, after the management decided to sit her out for the rest of the conference because of health reasons heading into her stint with the national team in the AVC Asian Senior Women&#x27;s Championship on August 9 to 17 and the 29th Kuala Lumpur Southeast Asian Games on August 19 to 31. Game 3, if necessary, is on Wednesday.This story was originally published on the <a href="http://sports.abs-cbn.com/pvl/news/2017/08/05/cool-smashers-inch-closer-finals-berth-29393">ABS-CBN Sports website</a>.

Creamline inched a win closer to a Finals berth after outlasting BaliPure, 25-19, 13-25, 28-26, 18-25,15-7, sans top hitter Alyssa Valdez in Game 1 of the best-of-three Premier Volleyball League Open Conference semifinals series Saturday at the FilOil Flying V Centre in San Juan.

Creamline inched a win closer to a Finals berth after outlasting BaliPure, 25-19, 13-25, 28-26, 18-25,15-7, sans top hitter Alyssa Valdez in Game 1 of the best-of-three Premier Volleyball League Open Conference semifinals series Saturday at the FilOil Flying V Centre in San Juan.