NSNU, DLL gain Rebisco VL top seeding

NAZARETH School of National U and De La Salle-Lipa pulled through with a pair of lopsided victories over their fellow fancied rivals to clinch the top seeding at the close of the 18-andunder Rebisco Volleyball League elims at the Sta. Rosa Multi-Purpose Sports Complex in Laguna last Friday.

The NSNU girls stepped up their title drive with a 25-15, 25-23 triumph over the Hope Christian High School side in Pool A while the Batangas-based squad stopped the host Holy Rosary College team, 2514, 25-18, in Pool B in a pair of duels of unbeaten teams in the event sponsored by Rebisco.

NSNU and DLL thus finished the elims with 5-0 cards while Hope CHS and HRC settled for No. 2 with 4-1 records at the end of the elims of the two-division tournament or- ganized by Metropolitan Sports and Events Group, Inc. headed by Freddie Infante.

The victories also set up NSNU against HRC and De La Salle-Lipa versus Hope Christian in a pair of explosive crossover semifinal matches being played at presstime.

The winners will dispute the crown in the country’s longest talent- search backed by Asics and Mikasa at 5 p.m. today (Sunday).

In other results, Bacolod Tay Tung High School routed Angelicum Learning Center of Cagayan de Oro, 25- 16, 25- 17, to finish third in Pool B with a 3- 2 slate while University of San JoseRecoletos posted its second straight win after three losses, repulsing FEU- Diliman, 22- 25, 2520, 25-15. FEU wound up with a 1-4 slate while Angelicum dropped all its five matches.

University of Mindanao- Tagum ended up third in Pool A with a 32 record, including a 25- 16, 25- 19 triumph over Koronadal National Comprehensive HS, while Holy Family Academy of Pampanga turned back Leyte National School, 25- 21, 16- 25, 25- 20, to wind up tied for fourth with LNS and KNC with 1-4 marks.

Rebisco has stepped in to boost the sport’s grassroots program with the league producing current stars Alyssa Valdez, Jaja Santiago and Jasmine Nabor. The country’s leading snack- food company has earlier sponsored the national team’s participation in the Asian Seniors Women’s Championship in Laguna, the Asian Women’s Volleyball Club Championship in Kazakhstan and the recent smashhit Battle of the Rivals, which pitted Ateneo against La Salle.