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UNIVERSITY of
Santo Tomas
(UST) continued its stranglehold of the top spot with an
easy 25-19, 26-24, 25-19 over University of the
Philippines (UP) Saturday in the University Athletic
Association of the Philippines men’s volleyball
tournament at the Blue Eagle Gym.
Reny
John Balse, the team’s leading scorer, again connected
with 16 points while James Pecana had 13 hits for the
Tigers who stretched their unbeaten slate that now runs
to eight games. The loss was the Fighting Maroons’ third
in eight games that kept them in third place.
Far
Eastern University (FEU) upended Adamson, 25-21, 25-21,
25-21, in another game. Leading scorer Edjet Mabbayad
had 17 markers while Francisco de la Cruz had 15 for the
Tamaraws, who improved to 7-1 for second place in the
standings.
University of the East (UE) beat De La Salle, 23-25,
27-25, 25-18, 25-23, to join Adamson in joint fourth
with a 4-4 win-loss slate.
National
University
(NU), on the other hand, finally broke into the winning
column with a 25-17, 27-25, 25-16 win over Ateneo. The
Bulldogs joined the Green Archers at the bottom of the
standings with a 1-7 card behind Ateneo’s 2-6.
Action
resumes Saturday with FEU taking on Ateneo at 8 a.m., UP
going up against De La Salle at 10 a.m., UE facing UST
at noon and Adamson taking on NU at 2 p.m. at the Blue
Eagle Gym.
In high
school volleyball, Ateneo took the early lead in the
boys division while defending champion UE in its season
debut in the girls side also during the weekend at the
UE Gym.
The Blue
Eaglets crushed UP Integrated School (UPIS), 25-6, 25-8,
25-13, and the UST Tiger Cubs, 25-23, 25-19, 25-16 for a
2-0 card.
Defending champion UE beat the Junior Maroons, 25-10,
25-3, 25-8, while De La Salle-Zobel beat UST, 28-26,
25-16, 27-25, also in the boys division.
The
Junior Red Skirts beat De La Salle, 25-16, 25-18, 25-15,
while UST defeated UPIS, 25-12, 23-25, 25-17, 25-21, in
the girls’ contest. |
