PVL action heats up with six teams battling for two outright semifinal berths 

ACTION in the Premier Volleyball League Reinforced Conference heats up this week with six teams in contention for two outright semifinal berths.

Balipure seeks a share of the lead as it faces pacesetting Creamline, while PetroGazz looks to make it four straight wins as it battles PayMaya on Saturday at the Filoil Flying V Center.

Creamline holds a 4-1 win-loss card, while BaliPure and PayMaya share second place at 3-2.

Surging PetroGazz has caught up with Pocari-Air Force and Tacloban at fourth with 3-3 cards.

BanKo-Perlas and Iriga-Navy are out of the race for the outright semis seat with 2-4 and 1-4 slates, respectively.

The No. 1 team will then meet the No. 4 and the Nos. 2 and 3 squads will clash in the best-of-three semifinals. The finals will also be best-of-three.

PetroGazz and Tacloban bolstered their bids, with the Angels sustaining their impressive fightback from 0-3 card with a 25-19, 20-25, 28-26, 25-21 victory over the defending champion Lady Warriors.

The Fighting Warays, on the other hand, defeated the Lady Oragons, 25-20, 25-22, 27-25.

The men’s semis race is also tight, with Cignal pacing the field with a 3-1 slate followed by newcomer Vice Co (2-1). Instituto Estetico Manila and PLDT are tied with 2-2 cards while Air Force and Army bring up the rear with 1-2 and 1-3 marks, respectively.

Vice Co seeks a share of the lead against PLDT at 10 a.m. on Saturday.