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FEU Lady Tamaraws play spoilers, send La Salle to playoff for second seed


With their Final Four spot already set, the Far Eastern University Lady Tamaraws severely affected the other semis pairing, outlasting three-time, defending champions De La Salle University Lady Spikers, 25-22, 13-25, 15-25, 27-25, 15-9, at the FilOil Flying V Centre.

Regardless of this match’s outcome, FEU would have faced twice-to-beat top seeds Ateneo De Manila University Lady Eagles. They finished the round with a 9-5 record.

On the other hand, La Salle fell to a 10-4 record, tied for the second seed with the UST Golden Tigresses. They play for the twice-to-beat advantage on Wednesday.

A back-and-forth first set ended with FEU getting their last two points from Jolina Dela Cruz errors. Shaking off her poor start, Dela Cruz then powered La Salle’s offense in the next two sets, scoring 13 points between both frames. The Lady Spikers took commanding leads in each set and got the inside track on FEU for the win.

The fourth set was a tight affair, with FEU cobbling together a 17-12 advantage thanks to heads-up plays in long rallies. La Salle slowly caught up, until errors from Aduke Ogunsanya and Lourdes Clemente allowed FEU to extend the match.

An error-prone La Salle side found themselves in a 2-6 hole in the decider. The Lady Spikers continued to struggle with errors, ending the match with five giveaways in the fifth set and the loss.

“For me, no bearing, pero sabi nga namin, labanan ng pride,” said FEU head coach George Pascua when asked about their motivation.

“Kahit na no-bearing siya, importante manalo. Yun naman ang mindset ng mga players. Kasi kapag nanalo kami dito, kahit papano, malaking boost ng morale dito sa mga players namin,” he added.

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The Lady Tamaraws earned their first win over La Salle since the Season 78 Final Four.

Heather Guino-O poured in a game-high 24 points from 20 attacks, three aces, and a block. Jerrili Malabanan added 15 markers.

Jolina Dela Cruz topped the Lady Spikers with 22 markers, while Tin Tiamzon managed 17 points.


The Scores

FEU (3) Guino-O 24, Malabanan 15, Carandang 8, Ronquillo 5, Agudo 3, Villareal 3, Cayuna 2, Domingo 1, Negrito 1, Hernandez 0, Duremdes (L)

DLSU (2) – Dela Cruz 22, Tiamzon 17, Luna 15, Ogunsanya 8, Clemente 7, Cheng 2, Cobb 2, Alba 0, Ipac 0, Saga (L)

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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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