Cignal played with a crippled roster, but it hardly mattered for the HD Spikers as import Alexis Matthews upped her game to lead her team to a 25-21, 25-16, 25-14 victory over Victoria Sports-UST yesterday in the Chooks to Go-Philippine Superliga (PSL) Grand Prix at the Filoil Flying V Centre in San Juan.

Matthews was a solid force in front as she single-handedly towed the HD Spikers to a morale-boosting victory in the penultimate day of the elimination round of this prestigious club tourney bankrolled by Mikasa, Grand Sport, Senoh, Mueller, Island Rose, Cloudfone and UCPB Gen.With the win, the HD Spikers formally closed their eliminations campaign at the fourth spot with a 4-4 win-loss card to book a quarterfinal duel with fifth-seed Cocolife on Thursday.

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