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San Beda floors Perpetual anew, books first-ever Finals trip


The San Beda University Lady Red Spikers proved their elimination round success was no fluke, slamming the University of Perpetual Help System DALTA Lady Altas, 25-21, 25-15, 25-23, to clinch a seat in the NCAA Season 93 Women’s Volleyball Finals at the FilOil Flying V Centre.

The second-seeded Lady Red Spikers made their first-ever trip to the Final Four count. This was also San Beda’s second straight-sets win of the season over Perpetual Help.

San Beda caught Perpetual off-guard right from the start, taking a 15-9 lead in the first set. A string of errors halted the Lady Red Spikers’ run and allowed the Lady Altas to force a 15-all tie. San Beda then quickly recovered, rattling off a 4-0 run following the technical timeout to establish a 19-15 gap, which held until the end of the set.

Perpetual fumbled errors early in the second set which opened the door for another San Beda blitz. The Lady Red Spikers grabbed a 17-8 lead and never looked back.

The third set saw the Lady Red Spikers conquer their biggest adversity of the match. Perpetual powered in attacks from the middle, spiking a run that gave them a 19-15 advantage. San Beda then pulled through after a timeout, peppering attacks from all angles and tying the match at 21. The Lady Red Spikers then got to 23 first after a Perpetual error, but the Lady Altas quickly scrambled a last gasp 2-0 counter.

Satrianni Espiritu then edged the Lady Red Spikers ahead, 24-23, with a quick kill. As they had performed the entire match, Perpetual gave up an attack error from Jowie Versoza to boost their foes to the Finals.

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“Sinabi ko sa kanila na mag-relax lang kasi alam ko namang kaya nilang habulin ‘yung kalaban,” said San Beda’s young head coach Nemesio Gavino on their third-set rally.

“Proud ako sa mga bata kasi marami talaga kaming pinagdaanan na challenges. Hindi pa kami tapos dito kasi alam naming kaya pa mag-champion,” he said.

Third-year winger Nieza Viray topped the Lady Red Spikers with 16 points, while team captain Cesca Racraquin was all over the floor with nine points and 12 excellent receptions out of 22 attempts.

Cindy Imbo and Lourdes Clemente topped the Lady Altas with nine points apiece. Perpetual gave up 27 errors while San Beda had just 20.

San Beda will face the winner of the Arellano-JRU semis series on February 16 at the FilOil Flying V Centre.

The Scores

SBU (3) – Viray N. 16, Racraquin A. 9, Viray J. 8, Espiritu 7, Paras 4, Cuevas 2, Manuel 1, Tannagan 1, Racraquin D. (L)

UPSHD (0) – Clemente 9, Imbo 9, Tripoli 6, Gual 3, Llorente 2, Estanislao 1, Rosal 1, Sangalang 1, Versoza 1, Gual (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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