The FEU Lady Tamaraws have been the biggest revelation of the tournament. After finishing 4th last season, the Lady Tams went toe to toe with DLSU in an opening day loss. The Lady Tams would recover with a 7-0 sweep of ADMU. This time, they soundly defeated their rivals to end the day with a win and a wave of momentum going into the final day.
The opening contest for the FEU-UE series, which pitted finweights Ronielette Balancio and Dymyr Lobaton, started as a slow, technical match. The two lady jins were tied 1-all after 2 rounds. In sudden death, it was Balancio connecting with a body kick on Lobaton to win the match. Karen Cells scored an upset-win over previously unbeaten Geena Gadit in flyweight action. Cells escaped the 2nd round rally of Gadit to win 6-4. Cindy Balmes continued the bad run Jane Quimora was having in the tournament with a dominating 15-4 win. Same can be said about Kristine Cordova who lost via stoppage due to point gap in her match against FEU’s Virhannah Glindo. UE bright-spot Darlene Arpon stayed perfect in the tournament with an 11-6 win over Sarah Gill. With Jennifer Samson again out nursing an injury, Clouie Bolinas won via withdrawal to give FEU the series win.
SERIES SUMMARY
DAY 2 AFTERNOON SERIES: FEU vs. UE
FEU 4-3 UE
WOMEN’S FINWEIGHT MATCH
FEU: RONIELETTE BALANCIO (W-L: 3-1) def. UE: DYMYR LOBATON (W-L: 2-2) via sudden death (SD)
WOMEN’S FLYWEIGHT MATCH
UE: KAREN CELLS (W-L: 1-3) def. FEU: GEENA MAE GADIT (W-L: 3-1) via final score (PTF)
WOMEN’S BANTAMWEIGHT MATCH
FEU: CINDY BALMES (W-L: 2-2) def. UE: JANE CAMILLE QUIMORA (W-L: 0-4) via final score (PTF)
WOMEN’S FEATHERWEIGHT MATCH
FEU: VIRHANNAH GLINDO (W-L: 2-2) def. UE: KRISTINE MAE CORDOVA (W-L: 0-4) via 2nd round point gap (PTG)
WOMEN’S LIGHTWEIGHT MATCH
UE: DARLENE MAE ARPON (W-L: 4-0) def. FEU: SARAH TEJ GILL (W-L: 1-3) via final score (PTF)
WOMEN’S WELTERWEIGHT MATCH
FEU: CLOUIE BOLINAS (W-L: 3-1) def. UE: JENNIFER SAMSON (W-L: 0-4) via withdrawal (WDR)
WOMEN’S MIDDLEWEIGHT-HEAVYWEIGHT MATCH
UE: YSABEL KATE MERCADO (W-L: 2-2) def. FEU: FILA SABERON (W-L: 2-2) via final score (PTF)
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