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LIPA CITY: A three-way battle for the men’s
division supremacy loomed in the National Open Softball
Championships as host Lipa City, Air Force and Zamboanga City
preserved their unbeaten records Monday in the elimination round
played in three different venues.
The hosts, enjoying their best
year in this annual tournament, thanks to a combined rebuilding
efforts conducted by the city government and the Lipa City
Ambassadors of Softball, swept their doubleheader for a fifth
straight victory that catapulted them to the undisputed leadership
in Group A and the two-group men’s play.
The boys of Mayor Oscar Gozos
demolished Marikina City, 7-4, at the Barangay Banay-Banay and
scored a 4-1 win over Bulacan State Univesity at the Barangay
Marauoy.
The twin victories gave Lipa City
a 5-0 win-loss slate and assured the Lipenos of a spot in the
four-team page system semifinal round in their Group.
In Group B, the Airmen and the
Zamboanguenos downed separate rivals to post their third triumph in
as many outings.
Air Force massacred Laguna-Paciano
in an 8-l regulation five-inning contest while Zamboanga cut short
Lipa-TCIG’s giant-killing spree with a 7-1 decision
In the women’s division, Rizal
Province blasted Prime Peak of Baguio City 19-0 to join Adamson-Lipa
City on top of Group B at 3-0.
Adamson-Manila, meanwhile, scored
a 9-0 victory over Polytechnic University of the Philippines to earn
a share of Group A lead with Rizal Techno-logical University at 2-0.
In other results, Indonesia’s
West Papua finally barged into the win column after beating BSU,
10-3, while defending men’s titlist Cebu took its second win in
four starts with a 10-3 decision over Cavite City.
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