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Fifth
girls’ volleyball tiara
UNIVERSITY of the East (UE) stalled a bit before
overpowering University of Santo Tomas (UST), 25-18,
25-19, 18-25, 25-15, to capture its fifth title in the
girls division of Season 69 UAAP high-school volleyball
at the UE Gym over the weekend.
Giza
Umang fired kills at will as UE seized the first two
sets, but slacked off in the third, allowing the Lady
Cubs to recover. But the UE girls got their acts
together in the next, imposing their strength to derail
their foes’ furious rally and sweep the best-of-three
finals showdown.
The Lady
Pages posted a masterful 27-25, 25-22, 25-17 beating of
UST in Game One of the race-to-two finals series last
Saturday.
Umang
was named the tournament’s Most Valuable Player, while
UST’s Alysa Valdez was awarded Rookie of the Year.
In the
boys’ division, UST gave UE little room to operate in a
quick, 25-13, 25-20, 25-22 victory, pushing the series
to a winner-take-all Game Three on Friday.
The
Cubs’ second win over the Pages in the tournament
enabled them to bounce back from a 14-25, 25-22, 23-25,
26-28 loss in Game One. (Zenaida Dadacay)
Warriors break drought
FLASHING
tip-top form in the second half, University of the East
(UE) ran down Far Eastern University (FEU), 2-1, to
finally break into the win column in the Season 69 UAAP
football at the Blue Eagle field.
The
Warriors scored twice in the last 20 minutes, including
eight minutes of injury time, to clinch their first win
in seven matches.
FEU,
which absorbed its second loss, slid to second place
with a 4-1-2 record.
After
Raymundo Buen struckin the 37th minute for FEU, Jazel
Lagonio opened scoring for UE in the 78th before Gringo
Bravo knocked home the winner in the 98th.
In the
other men’s game,
University of
Santo Tomas
and Ateneo played to a scoreless draw. The Tigers still
lead the field with a 5-2-1 card, while the Eagles
dropped to third at
1-3-3.
On the
distaff side, FEU scored in the first minute then
smothered a hapless UST side with its defense, 1-0, to
grab a share of the lead.
The Lady
Tamaraws’ second win in five games, courtesy of Rochelle
Latap’s lone goal, enabled them to tie Santo Tomas on
top with identical 2-2-1 cards.
University of the
Philippines
made it a three-way tie on top after it squeaking past
Ateneo, 2-1, in the other women’s game.
Eliza
Benitez and Betty Lina rolled in a goal each in the 37th
and 51st minutes, respectively, to help the Fighting
Maroons tie Far Eastern and UST.
The Blue
Eagles’ Pamela Bravo found the goal in the 81st but
Ateneo failed to produce an equalizer. (Zenaida Dadacay)
FEU
spikers in finals
FAR
Eeatern University (FEU) scored easy wins over the
weekend to barge into the finals of the men’s and
women’s divisions in UAAP Season 69 volleyball at the
Rizal Memorial Coliseum.
Packing
their shots with power, the FEU Tamaraws blazed past the
National University Bulldogs, 25-20, 25-16, 25-21, in
the semifinals to advance to the men’s championship
round. The Tamaraws’ third win against the Bulldogs this
tournament boosted their bid for back-to-back titles.
University of Santo Tomas (UST) played the spoiler’s
role in the other men’s semifinal, hacking out a
thrilling 25-16, 23-25, 25-19, 25-23 victory over
University of the Philippines (UP) to force a playoff
for the second finals berth.
The UP
Fighting Maroons, who have a twice-to-beat advantage
over UST, meet the Tigers in the deciding game today at
the Blue Eagle Gym.
On the
women’s side, FEU left nothing to chance as it clobbered
University of the East, 25-9, 25-18, 25-19 to enter the
finals.
Adamson University,
meanwhile, showed it’s not ready to give up the fight,
smothering UST, 25-18, 25-19, 23-25, 25-23, in the other
women’s game, leaving it a win shy of clinching a finals
seat.
The Lady
Falcons need to beat the Tigresses anew to face FEU in
the championship round. (Zenaida Dadacay) |
