Lady Falcons repel Blazers for 2nd win
Adamson fought off St. Benilde’s furious comeback in the fourth set and hacked out a 25-22, 22-25, 25-22, 25-21 victory yesterday to nail its second straight victory in the Premier Volleyball League Season 2 Collegiate Conference at the Filoil Flying V Center in San Juan on Sunday.
The Lady Falcons actually recovered from a second set meltdown with a scrambling win in the third then nearly blew a 20-15 lead in the fourth as the Lady Blazers charged back with four straight hits to pull within.
But the San Marcelino-based spikers put their act together in time and foiled their rivals’ rally, scoring five of the last seven points to fashion out the win which coach Air Padda described as “ugly.”
“It’s still ugly, it’s so inconsistent,” said Padda, who nevertheless drew a pair of 17 hits from Bernadette Flora and Eli Soyud and 13 markers from Joy Dacoron.
Rookie Trisha Genesis also turned in an impressive outing in her first game after missing their previous match against the Perpetual Help Lady Altas, adding seven hits.
Marites Pablo and Jan Daguil combined for 23 points for the Lady Blazers, who dropped to joint sixth with the San Sebastian spikers at 0-2 in the mid-season conference of the league organized by Sports Vision and backed by Mikasa and Asics.
In men’s play, UST wore down La Salle in the decider and pulled off a 25-19, 23-25, 17-25, 25-19, 15-10, to join Adamson in the early lead with a 3-0 slate.
Manuel Medina banged in 18 hits and came through with 12 digs while Joshua Umandal scored 19 markers and Genesis Redido and Tyrone Carodan scored 11 points apiece for the power-hitting Tigers, who scored 57 points off attacks.
While UST kept its win run going, La Salle fell to its third straight loss.
Earlier, UP turned back Arellano, 25-22, 25-21, 22-25, 25-19, for a 2-0 card.
Games Thursday
9 a.m. – Perpetual Help vs San Beda (men’s)
11 a.m. – Arellano U vs National U (men’s)
2 p.m. – St. Benilde vs San Beda (women’s)
4 p.m. – San Sebastian vs Perpetual Help (women’s)
6 p.m. – La Salle vs FEU (men’s)
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