Adamson tops Benilde

Games on Thursday (The Arena, San Juan City) 9 a.m. – UP vs San Beda (m) 11 a.m. – Arellano vs NU (m) 2 p.m. – CSB vs San Beda (w) 4 p.m. – SSCR vs Perpetual (w) 6 p.m. – La Salle vs FEU (m)

Adamson University bounced back from a third-set stumble as it downed College of St. Benilde, 25-22, 22-25, 25-22, 25-21, yesterday in the 2018 Premier Volleyball League Collegiate Conference at The Arena in San Juan City.

Bernadette Flora and Eli Soyud finished with 17 points apiece to backstop the Lady Falcons for their second straight victory in as many games.

Adamson struggled with its erratic plays but kept its composure to outplay St. Benilde behind the net.

Adamson coach Air Padda blamed their inconsistencies.

“We’re scoring points but we’re also giving away points easily with our errors. We still have a lot to do,” said Padda, noting that they committed 30 unforced errors.

St. Benilde dropped to its second straight loss despite Klaria Abriam and Marites Pablo scoring 14 and 12 points.

In men’s play, University of Santo Tomas (UST) dug deeper into its bag of tricks at it survived La Salle, 25-19, 2325, 17-25, 25-19, 15-10.

The Tigers banked on Manuel Medina and Joshua Umandal to pick up their third straight victory in as many games, tying Adamson at the helm.

Medina had 18 kills to finish with 20 points even as Umandal pumped in 15 hits for 19 points for UST, which sizzled with 57 attacks compared to La Salle’s 49.

Umandal also took charge in the defensive lane posting four of the team’s 11 blocks to slow down the Green Spikers.

La Salle stumbled into their third consecutive loss to fall deeper into the bottom standings despite Geraint Bacon and Cris Dumago finishing with combined 29 points.

Meanwhile, University of the Philippines banked on John Mark Millete as it downed Arellano University, 25-22, 2521, 22-25, 25-19.

Millete erupted with 20 points built on 18 hits and two blocks for the Maroons, who picked up their second straight victory in as many appearances.