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LIPA CITY: Zamboanga City and Adamson University-Manila demolished
their respective page-system semifinal round opponents Thursday, to
earn the outright championship playoff berth in the men’s and
women’s divisions, respectively, in the National Open softball
championships at the Barangay Marauoy field.
Zamboanga City, the No. 1 team in Group B of the
elimination round, demolished Group A leader Lipa City, 13-6, to
notch its sixth straight win in the tournament hosted by Mayor Oscar
Gozos and supported by Cebuana Lhuillier.
Zamboanga will meet the winner between Lipa City
and Philippine Air Force, which face each other in the lower half of
the page-system.
The Airmen defeated Rizal Technological
University 10-3 in the other game.
In the women’s division, five-time UAAP
champion Adamson University-Manila, thwarted the challenge of Group
B leader Rizal Province 8-4 to advance against the winner between
the Rizalians and defending champion University of the Philippines.
The Maroons won over Adamson-Lipa 3-0.
-- Eddie G. Alinea
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