Far Eastern University followed up its stunning conquest of women’s titleholders University of Santo Tomas with a 21-12, 21-7 sweep of University of the East in the UAAP Season 86 beach volleyball tournament at the Sands SM By The Bay Saturday.
Melody Pons and Gerzel Petallo took only 28 minutes to dispose the Lady Warriors pair of Van Bangayan and Andrea Germono, as the unbeaten Lady Tamaraws have already matched last season’s three victories.
National University later joined FEU for the lead at 3-0, as Honey Grace Cordero and Kly Orillaneda downed University of the Philippines’ Euri Eslapor and Irah Jaboneta, 21-14, 21-13.
The Tiger Sands rebounded from the setback that ended a remarkable 38-match winning streak, as Gen Eslapor and rookie Sofiah Pagara overpowered De La Salle’s Julienna Levina and Sophia Sindayen, 21-13, 21-8, for a 2-1 record.
The Fighting Maroons earlier entered the win column after Eslapor and Jaboneta subdued Ateneo’s Roma Mae Doromal and Gena Hora, 21-18, 21-16.
Doromal and Hora later gave the Blue Eagles their first win following a 16-21, 21-9, 15-7 conquest of Adamson University’s Ishie Lalongisip and Red Bascon.
UE later halted a two-match slide as the Lady Warriors bested the Lady Spikers, 21-15, 21-15. De La Salle suffered its third straight defeat.
