|
ATENEO rallied from 5 points down to beat University of the
Philippines (UP), 22-20, and enter the semifinals of the 2008 Petron
Ladies’ Beach Volleyball Tournament third leg at the University of
the East (UE)-Caloocan campus.
Asia Urquico scattered service winners while
Jessica Morado took care of the net during the rally.
A reception error by Ivory Joy Rivera sealed
UP’s doom and gave Ateneo its third win in four games.
Meanwhile, power-serving Hannah Suarez and
Angela Benting of Adamson University thrashed National
University’s Bernadette Victoria and Mervic Mangui, 21-3, to
likewise finish with a 3-1 record.
Suarez and Benting first pulled off a 21-16
stopping of Mary Ann Panganiban and Clarize Lucindo of the UP, then
went on to outplay UE campaigners Aimee de la Pena and Megami
Bendijo, 21-12.
The Lady Falcons’ only loss (12-21) came at
the hands of veteran Sheryl Laborte and her new partner Nerissa
Bautista, who swept Group B.
The Lady Falcons clash in the crossover
semifinals with UE’s Mary Ann Balmaceda and Czarina Mitra, who
claimed a 4-0 sweep of Group A, while Laborte and Bautista meet Lady
Eagles Urquico and Morado in the other semis pairing.
|
