UST Golden Spikers. UAAP PHOTO
MANILA, Philippines—Josh Ybanez made certain to get College of Santo Tomas again on observe earlier than the stepladder semifinals as he dropped 26 factors to torch College of the Philippines, 24-26, 25-18, 25-20, 25-23, within the UAAP Season 85 males’s volleyball match on Sunday at Filoil EcoOil Centre.
Ybanez ended his first elimination spherical stint with 21 assaults, three blocks, and two aces and willed his crew again from a 16-20 deficit within the fourth set with an equalizing kill.
UP threatened to power a decider because it regained a 22-21 lead however Ybanez tied it once more earlier than Charlee Magpayo and GBoy De Vega scored two consecutive blocks for match level, 24-22. Emman Dedoroy’s off-the-block spike ended the two-hour match.
UST snapped a two-game skid earlier than ending the elimination spherical with an 11-3 file. The Golden Spikers will look ahead to the winner of the La Salle-FEU knockout recreation on Wednesday at Sensible Araneta Coliseum.
“Now we have to enhance as a result of it’s already the semis. Now we have to apply extra and strengthen our attacking and blocking and polish the crew’s motion as a result of each FEU and La Salle are sturdy title contenders,” stated UST assistant coach Benjamin Mape, who stuffed in for head coach Odjie Mamon, in Filipino. Mamon joined the Philippine males’s volleyball crew in Cambodia for the upcoming thirty second Southeast Asian Video games.
The league eliminated the twice-to-beat benefit of the second-seeded crew within the stepladder semifinals format, whereas unbeaten Nationwide College is ready for its opponent within the best-of-three Finals sequence.
UST additionally missed Jay Rack de la Noche, who joined Mamon and the nationwide crew however De Vega stepped up with 17 factors and 21 glorious receptions., whereas Dedoroy and Rainer Flor chipped in 14 and 12 factors, respectively, to beat the crew’s 39 errors.
Additionally-ran UP completed the season with just one win in 14 matches with Louis Gamban main the best way with 16 factors and 9 digs, whereas Jaivee Malabanan chipped in 12 factors and 19 receptions.
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