Pinoy Spikers (Philippine Spike)

PHILIPPINE Army held steadier in the last two sets to nip San Sebastian, 27-25, 20-25, 22-25, 25-23, 15-10, and claim the Shakey’s V-League Open Conference crown Thursday night at the Filoil Flying V Arena in San Juan.

SKIPPER Fille Cainglet fired 17 points as Ateneo registered its second successive straight sets win in the Shakey’s V-League Open Conference with a 25-23, 25-17, 25-21 decision of University of Perpetual Help System Dalta Tuesday at the Filoil Flying V Arena in San Juan.

In the first game, Philippine Army rebounded from a first set loss to turn back Philippine Navy, 23-25, 25-21, 25-22, 25-23.

“Maganda ang iginagalaw ng mga bata.  Satisfied naman ako sa ginagawa nila, although kailangan lamang ayusin na lamang ng mga bata yung receiving,” said Lady Eagles coach Parley Tupaz.

Former high school star Alyssa Valdez added 10 hits for Ateneo, which moved a win away in clinching a quarterfinals berth. Read the rest of this entry »

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 »

THAI import Lithawat Kesinee dropped 24 points, including seven blocks, while Fille Cainglet contributed 22 hits as Ateneo rebounded from a first set loss to edge Adamson, 23-25, 25-18, 25-20, 25-20, and inch closer in bagging its first crown Sunday night in the Shakey’s V-League first conference finals in FilOil Flying V Arena in San Juan. Holding the needed psychological advantage in the best-of-three series, the Lady Eagles can win the championship with another victory in Game 2 which is slated tomorrow.

Ateneo is seeking to be the first team with a Thai reinforcement to bag the title which La Salle, bannered by Pu Kanchana, last did the trick in 2006. The Lady Eagles were comfortably ahead, 23-16, courtesy of Aerieal Patnongon’s two service winners when the Lady Falcons unloaded a 9-0 run, capped by a kill by guest player Nene Bautista off an attempted block by Thai import Lithawat Kesinee to claim the opening set.

Of the nine points scored by Adamson, five of them are coming from Ateneo’s miscues, with reinforcement Alyssa Valdez contributing three errors and a service fault by Patnongon, who was visibly rattled by a rabid Lady Falcons fan who was in the stands. But the Lady Eagles recovered in the next three sets, thanks to the ferocious attacks by Kesinee and Cainglet, while libero Denden Lazaro gallantly defended her team’s floor defense. Read the rest of this entry »

ON their third semifinals meeting, it was the same result, Ateneo winning over National University. The Lady Eagles reasserted their mastery of the Lady Bulldogs, 25-21, 25-23, 25-20, to claim their first finals appearance in four years in the semifinals decider of the Shakey’s V-League first conference at the Filoil Flying V Arena in San Juan yesterday.

Ateneo will face Adamson in the best-of-three championship which will start on Sunday. This will be the second meeting for the crown between the Lady Eagles and the Lady Falcons, where in the 2008 first conference, Adamson ruled via a two-game sweep. Read the rest of this entry »