By Ricky Manliguis
SAN JUAN—Sweet revenge indeed.
Defending champions La Salle shrugged off a shaky start to
beat University of the Philippines in straight sets, 27-25, 25-11, 25-17, in
the main match of Sunday’s UAAP LXXIX women’s volleyball action at the FilOil
Flying V Centre.
The Taft-based squad started out flat, but waxed hot in the
next two frames behind reigning Best Blocker Majoy Baron and Kim Dy to finally
avenge its shocking first-round setback at the hands of its Katipunan-based
counterparts and stay on course to a Final Four slot with an 8-2 win-loss mark
.
Baron continued her sterling performance this season as the
fourth-year middle blocker finished with a game-best 16 points anchored on
seven attacks, three blocks, and had a hand on six of her team’s 11 service
aces.
Dy, Ernestine Tiamzon, and Desiree Cheng each scored 11
markers for DLSU, which also dominated the blocks department 9-2.
UP slid down to an even 5-5 card with the loss, tying idle
Far Eastern University. Isa Molde scored all but one of her 12 points on the
attacking end, while fellow sophomore Diana Carlos chipped in 11.
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