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Defending champs DLSU Lady Spikers zap Ateneo to kick off road to 4th straight title


In a rare early meeting between the country’s most famed rivals, the De La Salle University Lady Spikers debuted a revamped roster to much success after handling the Ateneo de Manila University Lady Eagles, 25-14, 25-17, 16-25, 25-19, at the SM Mall of Asia Arena.

The Lady Spikers throttled the Lady Eagles in the first sets picking apart Ateneo’s back line and putting up a quick double-digit lead. La Salle pulled away in the second set after the Lady Eagles gave away a wave of errors that brought the Lady Spikers to a 22-16 lead.

Ateneo fought back in the third set, building a 21-15 advantage and fending off a late La Salle comeback. Coming from a deflating stretch in the third set, the Lady Spikers returned to their methodical ways in the fourth set, slowly building their lead and feeding off Ateneo miscues.

“Hindi naman madaling kalaban ang Ateneo. It’s the first game, naging pabor lang sa amin ‘yung lahat ng situation, kaya siguro kami na nanalo,” said La Salle head coach Ramil De Jesus.

Graduating captain Des Cheng topped the Lady Spikers with 13 points to go with 14 excellent receptions and nine digs. Fourth-year winger May Luna and rookie Jolina Dela Cruz each tallied 11 markers.

Kat Tolentino was the lone Lady Eagle in double-digits as Ateneo combined for just 28 attack points.

La Salle (1-0) goes for their second win against Adamson University (0-1) on Saturday. Ateneo (0-1) tries to recover against University of Santo Tomas (1-0) on Wednesday. Both matches will be played at the FilOil Flying V Centre.

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The Scores

DLSU (3) – Cheng 13, Dela Cruz 11, Luna 11, Ogunsanya 10, Cobb 8, Ipac 4, Tiamzon 2, Clemente 0, Alba 0, Saga (L)

ADMU (1) – Tolentino 16, De Leon 8, Samonte 7, Madayag 5, Gaston 3, Maraguinot 2, Gandler 1, Wong 1, Raagas 0, Gequillana (L)

Written By

Miguel Luis Flores fell face first into sports writing in high sch9l and has never gotten up. He reluctantly stumbled into the volleyball beat when he started with Tiebreaker Times three years ago. Now, he has waded through everything volleyball - from its icky politics to the post-modern art that is Jia Morado's setting.


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