UNIVERSITY of Perpetual Help System Dalta rallied from a five-point deficit in the deciding third set to frustrate Letran, 21-17, 17-21, 15-12, and claim its third straight women’s title in the NCAA beach volleyball tournament Saturday at the La Salle Greenhills sand court.
Emilio Aguinaldo College, meanwhile, ended the Junior Altas two-year reign in the high school division as the Brigadiers pair of Jovet Movido and Jerrus Moya outlasted Jherald Martinez and Christopher Vhal Soriano, 19-21, 21-15, 15-11.
With Gena Andaya and Manel Carolino getting in the groove of things, the Lady Knights raced to a 5-0 lead but the Lady Altas pair April Ann Sartin and Norie Diaz did not just give up.
Perpetual Help tied the count at 6-6 before Sartin suffered cramps, which briefly stopped the match, allowing Letran to taste the lead for the last time, 7-6.
Diaz, who banged in two critical service aces, then took over the Lady Altas to move closer to match point, 14-9.
The Lady Knights made one last stand, inching closer to 12-14, after Diaz was called for a net violation.
Diaz rebounded from a miscue, scoring a drop shot which served as Perpetual Help’s championship point. Read the rest of this entry »
ATENEO coasted to its third consecutive victory as the power-hitting pair of Alyssa Valdez and Bea Tan crushed Aia del Mundo and Pau Genido of University of the Philippines, 21-9, 21-13, in the women’s division of the UAAP beach volleyball tournament yesterday at the UE Caloocan sand court.
The Lady Eagles grabbed the solo lead after erstwhile unbeaten squads University of Santo Tomas and Far Eastern University bowed to their respective foes.
Pau Soriano and Sheila Pineda of reigning champion Adamson outlasted the Tigresses duo of Maru Banaticla and Judy Caballejo, 21-17, 21-18, while La Salle’s Michelle Gumabao and Camille Cruz stunned
Shedd dela Peña and Loryvel Faytaren of the Lady Tamaraws, 21-15, 21-19.
The Lady Falcons forged a three-way tie in second place along with the Tigresses and the Lady Tamaraws with identical 2-1 records.
By snapping a two-game losing skid, the Lady Archers tied the Lady Maroons at 1-2.
Ateneo seeks to move closer in clinching a ‘Final Four’ berth against Adamson at 10 a.m. today at the Caloocan venue. (TJ)
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