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Eastern University (FEU) sent last year’s champion
University of Santo Tomas (UST) out of the Season 70
women’s volleyball finals picture of the University
Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) with a
25-19, 25-19, 15-25, 21-25, 15-9, victory Wednesday at
The Arena in San Juan.
Thus,
the Lady Tamaraws will be figuring in the championship
battle against Adamson University, which foiled Ateneo’s
bid, 25-19, 26-24, 25-16, in the other semifinal match
Wednesday.
Michelle
Segodine scored a game-high 16 points, while Rissa
Laguilles and Angela Benting chipped in 13 and 11 points
for the top-seeded Lady Falcons, who are searching for
their first volleyball title in the UAAP.
The best
Adamson could register in women’s volleyball was a
runner-up finish to De La Salle in 2005.
The
women’s best-of-three championship series start on
Sunday at 2 p.m. also at The Arena in San Juan to be
followed by the men’s best-of-three series between FEU
and UST at 4 p.m.
Rookie
Shaira Gonzalez paced the Lady Tamaraws with 21 points,
including crucial placement shots in the last set.
After
the Tigresses tied it up at 6-6 in the last set,
Gonzales clustered three of FEU’s next four points
before Daquis finished off the game with a kill.
FEU
coach Ernesto Pamiliar’s instructions was
simple—maintain focus—after the Tamaraws squandered two
sets that forced the deciding fifth set.
“Sabi
ko dumiskarte lang sila at hindi makipagsabayan ng lakas
sa palo,” said Pamiliar, who took over FEU’s women’s
team just this season after handling the men’s team for
several years.
The Lady
Tamaraws, who are 4-0 against the Tigresses this season,
finished runner-up to the Tigresses last year.
Rachelle
Daquis finished with 18 points for the Lady Tamaraws,
while Macaila Morada and Anna Abanto had 14 each.
FEU led
7-5 in the third, but UST mustered seven straight points
courtesy of Ma. Angeli Tabaquero for a 25-15 win.
Graduating UST players Venus Bernal and Mary Jean Balse
had 24 and 16 points, respectively. Tabaquero had 20.
Ateneo
vs FEU in football
THE
Season 70 football tournament comes down to one final
game for the championship Thursday at the Ateneo Field.
Ateneo
and FEU square off for one last time this season in the
men’s final at 2 p.m., while De La Salle and also FEU
clash in the women’s final at 10 in the morning.
The Blue
Eagles and the Lady Archers both forced deciding matches
after defeating their rivals last Sunday, thus setting
up the winner-take-all title game.
Bucked
by the ejection of its coach Ompong Merida on Sunday,
Ateneo beat FEU, 2-0. De La Salle, on the other hand,
defeated FEU, 3-2, via penalty shootout.
“Nabuhayan
sila nu’ng na-eject si coach. I think all
they have to do is play more than their maximum level
and step up,” said Ateneo assistant coach Roberto
Manlulo.
De La
Salle coach Hans Smit said that his girls will
definitely go all-out Thursday.
“There
is a certain tradition that
La Salle has to keep up. But whether we win or lose,
La Salle
should be proud of these girls. And they will definitely
go all-out in the final game,” said Smit.
Meanwhile, De La Salle-Zobel beat Ateneo, 1-0, Saturday
to capture the juniors title—a demonstration event—via a
six-game sweep of the eliminations. |
