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ADAMSON University
finally snapped out of a string of heartbreakers as the
Lady Falcons upended fancied University of Santo Tomas
in four sets yesterday to revive its semifinal bid in
the Shakey’s V-League at The Arena in San Juan.
Losing a
couple of five-setters to Far Eastern U and La Salle and
dropping a tough four-set setback to streaking Lyceum,
the Lady Falcons finally played to their full potential
and stunned the inaugural champions, 20-25, 25-17,
25-16, 25-22.
Guest
player Suzanne Roces came off the bench to lead
Adamson’s attack from the second set, finishing with 27
hits for 29 points, while Angela Benting backed her up
with a solid offensive game of 13 kills.
Rissa
Jane Laguilles took care of the team’s defense with four
blocks and wound up with 11 points. Hannah Suarez scored
mostly on digs en route to 13 points in the tournament
sponsored by Shakey’s Pizza and organized by Sports
Vision.
Although
it hardly moved them from the lower half of the
eight-team field, the Lady Falcons caught idle FEU in
sixth with a 1-3 card, while dealing UST its second loss
against a lone victory.
Letran
also came out of the rut, ending a three-game losing
skein with a 19-25, 25-23, 28-26, 25-12 victory over FEU
in the second game.
Diana
Diaz and guest player Mayette Carolino combined for 25
hits as the Letran tossers dominated the fourth set
after scrambling for victories in Sets Two and Three.
The Lady
Tams, led by Rachelle Daquis’s 22 hits, slid to 1-4.
The
Tigresses, winner of the inaugural staging of this event
backed by Mikasa, Accel and Jaemark’s Restaurant and
aired over NBN-4 across the week from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
in 2004, drew 15 hits from the power-hitting Venus
Bernal and 13 points each from Maria Angeli Tabaquero
and Mary Jean Balse but failed to sustain their fine
start.
Only the
top five squads after single-round eliminations will
advance to the next round, where their preliminary
records carry over.
Games
are also replayed over the popular sports and
entertainment cable channel Viva Prime from
8:30 a.m. to
10:30 a.m. Mondays through Saturdays.
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