UP foils St. Benilde, bolster semis drive
UNIVERSITY of the Philippines wore down St. Benilde in three tightly
hold of the No. 4 spot in the Premier
Conference at the Filoil Flying V Center in San Juan on Wednesday.
Ranged against their former coach, the Lady Maroons struggled against the Lady Blazers but showed composure in the stretch of each extended frame to escape with the victory, their third against two losses, giving them a big cushion
(1-3) heading to the last two weeks of the single round elims of the mid-season conference organized by Sports Vision.
The loss dropped St. Benilde to joint sixth with Perpetual Help at 1-4.
Isa Molde rammed in 18 points, including UP’s last four points, and
- sarile added 10 markers and Aieshalaine Gannaba turned in a nine-hit game as the Lady Maroons foiled their rivals, now handled by former mentor Jerry UST AdU FEU UP SBU CSB UPHSD SSC-R 5 4 4 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 3 4 4 5 9 a.m. – NU vs AdU (men’s)
11 a.m. – FEU vs San Beda (men’s) 2 p.m. – UST vs Adamson (women’s) 4 p.m. – FEU vs UP (women’s)
6 p.m. – St. Benilde vs La Salle (men’s) 9 a.m. – National U vs La Salle (men’s) 11 a.m. – FEU vs Arellano (men’s) 1 p.m. – St. Benilde vs UP (men’s) 4 p.m. – UP vs St. Benilde (women’s) 6 p.m. – San Beda vs UST (men’s)
Yee and led by former setter Jewel Lai.
The Lady Blazers battled back from each UP attack to keep the entire match the day’s lone women’s match. In men’s play, La Salle pulled off a
- tory over erstwhile unbeaten National U to keep its slim semis hopes alive.
Cris Dumago, Geraint Bacon and John Inocentes combined for 43 points as the Green Spikers survived back-to-back down-to-the-wire extended sets then recovered from a third set meltdown with a fourth set romp to complete the reversal.
It was La Salle’s only second win against four losses while dealing the