Lady Blazers rebound, repel Red Spikers in 4

St. Benilde recovered from an opening set defeat then fought off San Beda’s tenacious stand late in the fourth to carve out a 20-25, 26-24, 25-18, 25-23 victory and charge back into contention in the Premier Volleyball League Season 2 Collegiate Conference at the Filoil Flying V Center in San Juan on Thursday.

The Lady Blazers nearly squandered a 22-16 lead in the fourth as the Lady Red Spikers scored on a couple of hits and kill blocks to threaten at 23-24. But St. Benilde, which lost to FEU in five and dropped a four-setter to Adamson, quashed its rival’s last-ditch bid on a Diane Ventura kill off a quick set.