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UAAP 84: La Salle continues to roll, drops UP to third straight loss


De La Salle University dealt the University of the Philippines its third consecutive loss, 25-12, 25-17, 25-19, to rise to the second spot in the UAAP Season 84 women’s volleyball tournament, Tuesday at the SM Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City.

The 1-2 punch of Alleiah Malaluan and Justine Jazareno led the Lady Spikers to a 4-2 slate to move up to solo second in the rankings. The former shouldered the scoring load with a game-high 16 points to go along with five receptions while the latter took charge on defense with 12 excellent digs and 11 excellent receptions.

The Lady Spikers ended the game with a 3-0 rally kick-started by a back-row attack from Malaluan which put La Salle ahead at 23-19. Stephanie Bustillo then committed an attack error before getting rejected by both Malaluan and Thea Gagate which gave the Taft-based spikers the victory.

“Well UP started strong talaga so coming into this game talagang double time yung paghahanda ng team so the fact na maglalaro pa lang kami ng first game namin, yung first match gn 10 o’ clock so ‘di rin namin alam kung paano gagalaw yung team,” said La Salle assistant coach Benson Bocboc said after the game that lasted for an hour and 24 minutes.

“Buti naman kahit papaano nakapag adjust and then sa tingin ko nahirapan din yung UP sa galawan so nakakuha tayo ng advantage on that,” he added.

Fifi Sharma chipped in 10 points for the Lady Spikers while Gagate and Jolina Dela Cruz each had seven markers. Team captain Mars Alba delivered 15 excellent sets laced with two points to steer the offense.

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Silenced was UP top scorer Alyssa Bertolano, who was held to just four points in the loss that dropped the Fighting Maroons to 3-3 at the third spot. She also sat out the entirety of the third frame.

Nina Ytang paced the team with eight points and six excellent digs while Joan Monares had five points. UP rookie Irah Jaboneta, who played a pivotal role in the team’s 3-0 start, did not suit up for the Fighting Maroons.

La Salle will face FEU next Thursday at 6:00 PM while University of the Philippines looks to snap its skid against National University on the same day at 12:00 PM.

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