Archive for July, 2011
V-League Pilots Open Conference tie with GMA-7
On July - 29 - 2011
THE Shakey’s V-League takes one big step into becoming a commercial league as it stages the Open conference beginning Sunday (July 31) with four non-school teams joining three regular member-schools in what promises to be a blockbuster offering by the country’s premier women’s volley league at the Filoil Flying V Arena in San Juan.
In their continuing effort to bring the sport to a higher level, the organizing Sports Vision and sponsoring Shakey’s Pizza are putting up a tournament that will not only continue to showcase the leading volley schools’ prowess but also those from three ”military” teams and a commercial squad.
Army, Air Force and Navy along with Maynilad are joining 2011 first conference champion Ateneo, former titlist San Sebastian College and University of Perpetual Help System Dalta System in this pilot project aimed at further raising the level of women’s volley competition following the successful staging of the school-oriented tournaments the last eight years.
In the first game, the Lady Stags and the Air Force lady spikers collide at 2 p.m. Read the rest of this entry »
PH beach volleybelles score
On July - 19 - 2011
TWO teams from the Philippines posted identical third place finishes to advance in the quarterfinals at the end of the group stages of the 1st Asian University Beach Volleyball Monday in Laizhou City, China.
Bannered by Ateneo standouts Alyssa Valdez and Bea Tan, PH-1 wound up with a 2-2 record in Group B eliminations after beating Nepal, 22-20, 21-11, and Mongolia 2, 22-20, 21-14 to bounce back from the losses they suffered against Thailand, 13-21, 7-21, and China-1, 12-21, 9-21.
Valdez and Tan, who are using the tournament as part of their preparations in next month’s UAAP beach volleyball tournament for the Lady Eagles, will face China-2 in the quarterfinals.
University of Southern Philippines Foundation’s Erika Camille Verano and Apple Eve Saraum also made their mark by steering PH-2 to a 2-2 mark in Group A.
Verano and Saraum defeated Mongolia-1, 21-17, 20-22, 15-8, and China-2, 21-18, 21-17, before losing to China-3, 15-21, 17-21, and Hong Kong, 21-18, 17-21, 10-15.
In the quarters, the PH-2 squad tangles with Mongolia-2. (TJ)
