Senate, AFP start title duel
Credit to Author: Tempo Online| Date: Fri, 01 Mar 2019 09:00:19 +0000
Games Sunday
(Pasig City Sports Center)
3 p.m. – NHA vs PNP
5 p.m. – AFP vs Senate
Defending champion Senate and Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) begin their best-of-three title series tomorrow with the former hoping to make history in the 7th UNTV Cup at the Pasig City Sports Center.
Coming off an impressive 75-60 drubbing of Philippine National Police in the rubber match of their semis series, the Senate Defenders are bidding to become the first back-to-back champion in the annual tournament for public servants.
And even without Sen. Joel Villanueva who suffered a calf injury last Sunday, the Defenders are determined to start strong in their 5 p.m. showdown.
Fully rested after sweeping the NHA Builders in their own semis series two weeks ago, the Cavaliers have their own mission to accomplish and that is to win their third title in the event organized by UNTV president and CEO Dr. Daniel Razon.
AFP is currently tied with Judiciary for the most number of titles with two each in the event offering P4 million to the charity of the champion team.
The runner-up’s charity gets R2 million.
Without Villanueva, Garri Sevilla, Jeff Sanders, Marlon Legaspi and Sen. Sonny Angara need to put extra effort on both ends to gain a big psychological advantage in the series.