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UAAP 84: UST bucks Hernandez injury, dominates FEU


Eya Laure and Camille Victoria joined hands in University of Santo Tomas’ sweep of Far Eastern University, 25-23, 25-20, 25-21, in the opening match of the UAAP Season 84 women’s volleyball tournament, Thursday at the SN Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay.

Eya Laure finished with 14 points – 13 of which coming from attacks – along with nine excellent digs while Cams Victoria converted 11 attacks for 12 points in the win that gave the Golden Tigresses an early advantage in the standings.

“Medyo shaky yung performance namin though nanalo naman. Pero yun nga, masyadong marami yung unforced errors namin na kailangan namin i-correct pero luckily nanalo nga kami ng straight sets,” said UST head coach Kungfu Reyes.

Magi Mangulabnan delivered two consecutive aces while Eya Laure put on the finishing touches in a 5-1 rally that handed the Golden Tigresses their biggest lead of the set at 10 points, 17-7, in the third and final set.

The Lady Tamaraws did not go down without a fight with Jean Asis delivering a quick to slice UST’s advantage to just four, 18-22. However, that proved to be it for FEU as Laure and Ysa Jimenez punched in the finishing blows.

“Kasi nga yung every error na nagagawa naman ng player is narerecover naman nila pero medyo mahaba yung balik ni FEU, almost six points yung nakuha sa amin so hindi kami nakabalik agad,” bared Reyes. “Hopefully by next game maging mas consistent na yung trabaho ng mga players para bukas naman go back to the drawing board lang kami para i-polish yung mga dapat i-polish at i-correct yung mga lapses namin.”

UST lost Imee Hernandez in the middle of the opening set with the score at 12-9 after a bad landing caused her to sprain her left ankle.UAAP-84-Womens-Volleyball-UST-vs-FEU-Imee-Hernandez UAAP 84: UST bucks Hernandez injury, dominates FEU FEU News UAAP UST Volleyball  - philippine sports news

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“Bad landing lang siya kasi mag isa siya e. Ano naman, hopefully grade one lang yung sprain and makabalik siya hopefully by next week kasi yung Sabado medyo suntok sa buwan na pero nandiyan naman yung mga strength and conditioning coaches namin saka yung physical therapist,” shared Reyes.

UST almost fumbled a four-point lead before Laure took over and punched the last two points for the 1-0 lead.

The Golden Tigresses then went on a hot 8-0 start in the second frame and led by as much as nine points before the Lady Tamaraws tied the scores at 15-all. Laure once again came up for her side, sealing the last two points for UST.

Hernandez had four points before sitting out the entire match while Kecelyn Galdones also had four. Mangulabnan dished out 15 excellent sets for the Golden Tigresses to go along with four markers as Bernadette Pepito had 12 excellent digs and nine excellent receptions.UAAP-84-Womens-Volleyball-UST-vs-FEU-Eya-Laure-2-1-scaled UAAP 84: UST bucks Hernandez injury, dominates FEU FEU News UAAP UST Volleyball  - philippine sports news

On the other hand, no player reached double-digits in scoring for the Lady Tamaraws with Lycha Ebon punching in nine points along with six excellent digs. Nikka Medina added eight markers while Chenie Tagaod had seven points.

UST looks to make it two in a row against University of the East on Saturday at 6:00 PM while FEU will take on University of the Philippines earlier that day at 4:00 PM.

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