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University of Santo Tomas (UST) needed a seven-run fifth
inning to overhaul an early deficit and bring down
Ateneo, 18-9, yesterday in UAAP Season 69 baseball at
the Rizal Memorial diamond.
The
Tigers trailed by six runs entering the bottom fifth,
then exploded with Ace Baquiran’s run-scoring single,
Al-Denn Lozada’s two-run single and a sacrifice fly by
Marc Castillo to take an 8-7 lead.
Baquiran
added an RBI single in the sixth inning that practically
sealed Santo Tomas’s fifth win in eight games.
After an
impressive first round of the eliminations, the Eagles
have lost three straight to fall to 3-4 win-loss.
Nico
David’s RBI single for Ateneo closed the gap at 10-9,
but UST unleashed a six-run bottom seventh highlighted
by two-run singles from Castillo and Jerby Diego. The
Tigers also scored twice in the eighth for the final
count.
Adamson
also came from behind in the latter innings to subdue
defending champion University of the
Philippines,
6-3. It was the Falcons’ third straight win, which tied
them with UP at second place on 4-3 records.
The game
turned in the eighth inning, when Adamson scored five
times through Richard Siacor’s RBI single and Melvin
Vispo’s two-run one-bagger. Marvin Malig also singled
for two runs at the top eighth, as UP was blanked in the
last six innings.
FEU labors to beat Maroons
By
Zenadia Dadacay
FAR
EASTERN University (FEU), the defending champion, had to
labor in four sets Wednesday before subduing University
of the Philippines (UP), the former titlist, 25-15,
23-25, 25-19, 17-15, and grab the No. 1 spot at the
close of the eliminations of UAAP Season 69 men’s
volleyball action at the Blue Eagle Gym in Katipunan.
The win
shoved the Tamaraws to a twice-to-beat advantage against
No. 4 National University in the semifinals set Sunday
at the Rizal Memorial Coliseum.
The
Maroons, on the other hand, will have the same
twice-to-beat edge being the No. 2 team also after the
eliminations when they face the Tigers of Santo Tomas in
the other semifinal encounter also Sunday.
FEU also
continued to lord over the women’s side when the Lady
Tamaraws took the No. 1 spot entering the Final Four
after beating UST, 25-22, 22-25, 25-21, 25-27, 15-11,
also Wednesday.
The Lady
Tamaraws take on University of the East (UE), the No. 4
team, in the semifinals, while the Tigresses tackle the
Adamson Lady Falcons in the other pairing.
Fencing
in Season 69, ,meanwhile, gets going this weekend at the
Blue Eagle Gym, while badminton will be played February
17 and 18 at a new venue, the Club 650 in Libis, Quezon
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