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FALCONS
soar higher than eagles.
The
Adamson Lady Falcons proved that statement when they
pulled off another surprise win in the Shakey’s
V-League, shocking the Ateneo Lady Eagles, 16-25, 20-25,
25-22, 25-20, 15-13, yesterday at the Arena in San Juan.
Adamson’s win also snapped Ateneo’s three-game winning
run in the women’s volleyball tournament.
The Lady
Falcons, who came from behind in winning their first
game last Sunday against University of Santo Tomas
(UST), repeated the formula against the Lady Eagles to
take the much-needed win.
The Lady
Eagles, who saw Thai import and playing assistant coach
Kanchana Jindarat hurt her back in the fifth and final
set, could not close out the Lady Falcons after winning
the first two sets rather handily, allowing Adamson to
clinch the thrilling match.
Guest
player Suzanne Roces and mainstay Rissa Jane Laguilles
provided the crucial points for the San Marcelino-based
squad, while guest player Michelle Laborte paced the
Lady Eagles.
The Lady
Falcons pounced on Denise Acevedo’s costly error to go
up, 14-13, in the deciding set before Roces fired away a
kill that the Lady Eagles failed to return.
Adamson’s second straight upset win improved its record
to 2-3 (win-loss), while Ateneo dropped to third with a
3-2 slate.
It was a
sorry setback for the Lady Eagles, who had racked up
three straight wins and were a set away from formalizing
their entry into the semifinal round of the event backed
by Mikasa, Accel and Jaemark’s Restaurant.
But the
Lady Falcons had other things in mind.
With
Rissa Laguilles and Hannah Suarez backing up Roces in
offense, the Lady Falcons refused to crack up in the
third and came away with crucial hits and superb court
coverage to foil Ateneo’s bid for a sweep.
In the
second game, three-time defending champion De La Salle
regained its deadly form to defeat Letran, 25-22, 25-28,
23-25, 25-17, and end a two-game skid.
With the
victory, La Salle leveled its record to 3-3 in the event
sponsored by Shakey’s and organized by Sports Vision.
Guest
players Amy Guanco and Thai import Eve Areerat led the
scoring for the Lady Archers, while power-hitting guest
player Michelle Carolino and Bangladesh Pantaleon led
the Lady Knights.
Letran,
which broke through with a win over Far Eastern
University on Sunday, snatched the third set with their
never-say-die attitude, but still fell to a 1-4 mark,
tying idle FEU.
Games
are telecast over NBN-4 across the week from 2 p.m. to 4
p.m. and replayed over Viva Prime from 8:30 a.m. to
10:30 a.m. Mondays through Saturdays.
La
Salle, which dominated the first two sets, sustained its
deadly form in the fourth set, leading by as many as
nine points (20-11). But Letran, behind the heroics of
Carolino and Pantaleon, cut through the deficit and kept
within distance of the Lady Archers.
Letran’s
loss meant the Lady Knights would not make it to the
semifinal round.
The
tournament is a single elimination round and the top
five finishers qualify in the semis.
Second-placer San Sebastian was still battling UST as of press time. |
