Archive for November, 2010
DLSU Volleyball- On the rebound in UAAP Season 73
Courtesy of GreenArchers.ph
Going in to their last game of the eliminations a season ago, it almost looked certain that the Lady Spikers would run away with the win and get the sweep. After all, they were simply a class above the rest of the field. Unfortunately, the team lost the match and it was all downhill from thereon. In what many expected to be a perfect season for the Lady Spikers turned out to be a disaster as they were eventually swept by UST in the finals. Read the rest of this entry »
Tigresses win UAAP opener, Lady Bulldogs score
SKIPPER Aiza Maizo fired a career-high 32 hits as defending champion University of Santo Tomas escaped with a thrilling 25-13, 18-25, 19-25, 26-24, 15-13 win over Ateneo Saturday night in the UAAP women’s volleyball tournament at the Filoil Flying V Arena in San Juan.
A Bea Pascual kill allowed the Lady Eagles to inch closer to 13-14 when the Tigresses won the match highlighted by long rallies with Maizo banging in a left-handed kill.
Maizo’s scoring performance was the highest since Adamson’s Angela Benting uncorked a league-record 33 hits in a 25-22, 16-25, 25-27, 23-25 second round eliminations loss to UST last Feb. 14, 2009. Read the rest of this entry »
UST open UAAP women’s volley title bid
UNIVERSITY of Santo Tomas starts its title-retention campaign against Ateneo in an early duel of favorites Saturday in the UAAP women’s volleyball tournament at the Filoil Flying V Arena in San Juan.
Despite losing Angeli Tabaquero, Dindin Santiago and libero Jec Curato, the Tigresses has a lot of ammunition in their disposal to retain the crown.
Proving its determination to bag its ‘back-to-back’ championship, UST skipped the season-ending conference in the Shakey’s V-League two months ago before the España lady spikers ruled once again in the Philippine Unigames in Dumaguete City.
The Tigresses and the Lady Eagles slug it out at 4 p.m.
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