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MERRY DE
JESUS made league MVP Cloiene Muyco look hapless from
the mound, hammering the game-winning home run as
University of the Philippines (UP) continued to shock
Adamson U, 3-2, in Game One of the UAAP Season 69
women’s softball finals.
De Jesus
slammed the homer with two balls, two strikes and two
outs and the score tied at 2-2 at the bottom seventh
inning.
Without
hesitation, the 18-year-old Lady Maroon caught the
back-to-back UAAP MVP Muyco’s sinker for the winner that
pushed UP closer to its sixth league title and the first
since 2001.
The Lady
Maroons go for the crown in the race-to-two series at 10
a.m. Saturday also at the Rosario Sports Complex
diamond.
The Lady
Maroons have already defeated the Lady Falcons—who are
seeking their third consecutive and eighth crown
overall—during the eliminations, 4-3, in extra innings.
Earlier
yesterday,
University of
Santo Tomas
bagged third place at the expense of University of the
East, 13-3.
The UAAP
board, meantime, turned down Ateneo’s appeal regarding
its baseball player, Michael Justine Zialcita, who
failed to comply with league rules on the completion of
requirements for his citizenship.
Zialcita,
regardless of his citizenship, could play in the league
provided he submit his papers on time. He didn’t,
prompting the league to forfeit all of Ateneo’s wins in
the eliminations that shoved them out of the Final Four.
With
Ateneo out, National U got the No. 4 spot in the
semifinals and will face No. 1 Adamson at
noon today at the Rizal Memorial diamond. The other semifinal at
9 a.m. pits No. 2
UP against No. 3 UST.
In
badminton over the weekend at the Club 650 in Libis,
defending champion Far Eastern University swept UE,
Ateneo and Adamson to set the pace in the men’s
division. UST and UP followed suit with 2-1 records,
while Ateneo and UE were next with 2-2 apiece. NU was
0-2 and Adamson 0-4.
The Lady
Tamaraws were also overpowering in the women’s side with
their rout of the UE ladies. They shared the early lead
with the Lady Maroons, who thrashed the Lady Eagles,
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