Lady Falcons, Tigresses go through wringer in uphill battle to Final Four
The Tigresses have a good time a hard-earned win over the Woman Maroons. —AUGUST DELA CRUZ
Adamson and College of Santo Tomas took the lengthy highway to shut out their elimination spherical schedules with victories in Season 85 of the UAAP ladies’s volleyball match.
And it’s about to get more durable for each the Woman Falcons and Growling Tigresses of their respective quests shifting ahead.
Adamson downed Far Jap College, 25-22, 28-26, 25-15, 25-17, on Sunday to seal No. 3 rating, earlier than Santo Tomas carved out a 25-21, 25-20, 22-25, 19-25, 15-6 victory over the College of the Philippines as each take profitable emotions forward of the Ultimate 4 that begins on Wednesday at Good Araneta Coliseum.
The Woman Falcons and Tigresses will likely be clashing with higher-ranked foes within the semifinals, with Adamson tangling with defending champion Nationwide College (NU) and fourth-ranked Santo Tomas colliding with No. 1 La Salle.
They should beat these powerhouses two straight instances to advance to the title collection and it’s a problem the lower-ranked groups should not about to again out of.
“This is a chance for greatness. We received a set or two (towards NU within the elimination spherical), so it means we have now an opportunity,’’ mentioned Adamson coach Jerry Yee, who misplaced each matches with the Woman Bulldogs within the eliminations.
‘Must play proper’
“We all know we are able to battle, we simply must play proper,’’ mentioned Yee, whose strong core of hitters in Trisha Tubu, Lucille Almonte, Kate Santiago and center blocker Lorence Toring will play pivotal roles.
Beating defending champion NU twice will catapult the Woman Falcons again to the Finals for the primary time since Season 70, the place they misplaced within the title collection to Far Jap.
That season was additionally the best end within the elimination spherical for the Woman Falcons previous to this one the place they compiled a 10-4 file.
“We had been simply off towards them within the second spherical, mentioned skipper Louie Romero of a 25-22, 25-19, 25-27, 22-25, 15-10 loss final March 1. “Now we have to play solidly as a workforce if we wish to win.”
“We by no means anticipated to be right here. We’ll put together arduous and ensure to execute properly. It’s going to be now or by no means,’’ mentioned Romero.
Santo Tomas is answerable for La Salle’s solely lack of the season and workforce chief Eya Laure is all pumped up after a sterling 28-point effort towards the Woman Maroons.
“Now we have an ongoing rivalry with La Salle and it’s fairly motivating. We all know that they are going to come ready,’’ mentioned Laure, the match’s main scorer. “La Salle is La Salle. Whereas they’ve a robust system in place, we’ll simply proceed to match it with our personal system.”
Absent stars
“We’ll deliver the teachings that we’ve discovered after this recreation reached 5 units,” mentioned Santo Tomas coach Kungfu Reyes, whose costs additionally closed out at 10-4 however misplaced within the quotient to attract La Salle. “This stuff we’ll treasure going into the Ultimate 4.’’
Laure scored the Tigresses’ closing 5 factors, because the squad made do even with out Bernadette Pepito, who was out resulting from dehydration and Filipino-Italian Milena Alessandrini, who needed to sit out due to a nagging knee damage.
Each, although, are anticipated again come Wednesday.
Regina Jurado contributed 15 factors to the Tigresses’ trigger, Imee Hernandez and Renee Peñafiel added 14 and 11 factors, whereas gutsy setter Cassie Carballo had 20 glorious units. Xyza Gula had 22 digs and 11 receptions.
“A few of the gamers stepped up within the absence of those that weren’t in a position to play,” Laure added. “They embraced their roles and accepted the problem.’’ INQ
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