Ilas finishes third in HK Ladies Am
Bernice Olivarez Ilas muffed crucial putts in the closing holes and lost by one to Taiwanese Thseng Tsai Ching in the Hong Kong Ladies Amateur Open at the Clearwater Bay Golf Club late Friday.
Ilas, who bounced back from an opening 80 with the day’s best 71 in the second round, pulled to within one in the early going but fell short of her bid with missed putts at finish, settling for a 74.
The Country Club mainstay, who won a pro tournament back home last April, wound up with a 225 and also lost to Chen Hsuan, also of Chinese- Taipei, in the countback for runner-up honors.
Thseng actually fumbled with a 75 but it proved enough to hold off Chen and Ilas, winning the crown won by former TCC spearhead Princess Superal early this year on a 224 aggregate.
Supercharged La Salle quashed the challenge of dangerous Adamson with sharp arrows, roaring to a 91-75 rout to rack up its fifth straight triumph in the UAAP LXXIX men’s basketball at the MOA Arena yesterday.
Firing on all cylinders, the Archers took command with a big 27-17 second quarter advantage and didn’t let up en route to tightening their grip on the lead and handing the Falcons of coach Franz Pumaren their second loss in five outings.
“We were able to execute our game plans both on defense and offense,” said DLSU coach Aldin Ayo.
In a massive display of firepower, the Archers shot 50 percent from beyond the arc (7-of-14) and 47 percent in the twopoint area (27-of-58) with Ben Mbala (21), Jeron Teng (15), Aljun Melecio (13), Kib Montalbo (12) and Thomas Torres ( 11) logging double figures.
“If there’s one thing we achieved in this game, we executed our offense well. We were good on defense but in the past four games, our offense has always been a setback,” said Ayo.
And bad news for the rest, Ayo said DLSU has yet to be at their very best.
“If I rate it, we’re at 70- 75 percent now. We started really low against FEU ( opening game), perhaps we’re at 15 percent then, probably due to rust factor. But the good thing is, we’re improving every game,” said Ayo.
Ateneo nipped struggling University of the East, 84- 69, to join Adamson at second with 3-2. The Warriors slipped to 0-5.
After squandering a double- digit margin in the second period, the Blue Eagles got their bearings back and restored a 58-46 tear and kept UE at bay the rest of the way.
“Hard-earned win. As expected UE went all out. The score didn’t tell the whole story how this game was fought,” said AdMU’s Sandy Arespacochaga.
The scores: First Game DLSU 91 – Mbala 21, Teng 15, Melecio 13, Montalbo 12, Torres 11, Baltazar 7, Tratter 6, Sargent 2, R. Rivero 2, Go 2, Caracut 0.
AdU 75 – Ahanmisi 22, Manalang 15, Sarr 14, Pasturan 9, Manganti 6, Tungcab 5, Espeleta 2, Mustre 1, Ochea 1, Bernardo 0, Camacho 0, Chua 0, Ng 0. Quarterscores: 22-17, 49-34, 66-52, 91-75 Second Game AdMU 84 – Asistio 21, Wong 17, Ikeh 11, Mi. Nieto 11, Ma. Nieto 7, Ravena 7, Verano 4, Go 3, Tolentino 3, Babilonia 0, Mendoza 0, Porter 0, White 0.
UE 69 – Pasaol 22, Batiller 11, Varilla 7, Abanto 6, Derige 6, Charcos 4, Manalang 3, Olayon 3, De Leon 2, Palma 2, Penuela 2, Larupay 1, Acuno 0, Armenion 0, Bartolome 0, Gagate 0.
Quarterscores: 20-9, 30-32, 58-46, 84-69