BaliPure regroups after stumble
Games Saturday (The Arena, San Juan City) 10 a.m. – Air Force vs Megabuilders 1 p.m. – Gamboa Coffee vs Army 4 p.m. – Power Smashers vs UP 6:30 p.m. – Adamson vs Air Force
BaliPure bounced back from a thirdset stumble as it bested tough Adamson University, 25-18, 25-23, 19-25, 25-20, yesterday to keep its semifinal hunt alive in the Premier Volleyball League Open Conference at The Arena in San Juan City.
Jerrili Malabanan and Grethcel SolThe
Las Piñas Coliseum’s 28th Anniversary 6-stag derby drew 104 entries as of yesterday with more than four weeks to go before it starts on Aug.23.
All locally-banded stags of breeders groups affiliated with FIGBA (Bakbakan), PFGB (Digmaan), LGBA young and old will be accepted.
For the 3-stag elims on Aug. 23, 30, Sept. 6 and 13, a maximum of 60 entries will be allowed. Grand finals (3 -stag) is on Sept. 27.
To be hosted by Mayor Nene Aguilar, the five-day event has the support of Warhawk Gamefowl Feeds and Pagcor -Casino Filipino.
Fights will be held only at LPC and updated results will be posted on the cockpit lobby, Facebook, Bakbakan Na! tv program and major newspapers.
Guaranteed prize is million for an entry fee of and minimum bet of tones joined forces with 16 and 14 points, respectively, for the Water Defenders to level their win-loss record to 3-3.
The win not only tied BaliPure with Perlas-BanKo for fourth to fifth places with only one assignment left in the preliminaries, but also snapped their two-game slump.
Malabanan and Soltones torched the next by combining 27 kills and three aces that weakened the floor defense of the Lady Falcons.
Risa Sato also shone for BaliPure
Lois Kaye Go and Mikha Fortuna easily hurdled the 36-hole stroke play elims and braced for the tougher match play phase of the US Girls’ Junior Championship at the Boone Valley Golf Club in Augusta, Missouri Tuesday.
Go, who will spearhead the Phl’s campaign in next month’s SEA Games with Harmie Constantino and Junia Gabasa, gunned down two birdies against three bogeys, her one-over 72 and a two-day total of 145 netting her 18th place effort after the elims.
Fortuna, on the other hand, slowed down after an opening 72, finishing with a 74 marred by a triple-bogey seven on No. 7. She pooled a 146 and ended up 22nd.
Lucy Li of the US sizzled with a 66 to clinch the low medal honors at 137, one stroke ahead of Thai Paphangkorn Tavatanakit, who fired a 68 for a138.
The top 64 advanced to the knockout phase set to start Wednesday with Go squaring off with No. 47 Ellie Szeryk of Canada.
Fortuna, seeking to duplicate former The Country Club teammate Princess Superal’s title conquest in 2014, will clash with No. 43 Stephanie Carras of Michigan in the last pairing. with 10 points including three blocks, while setter Jasmine Nabor also provided needed defensive reinforcements with four blocks and finished with eight points and 32 excellent sets.
Jema Galanza and Chiara Permentilla topscored for Adamson with 18 and 15 points, respectively, but failed to topple a tough BaliPure side.
Adamson was shown the door after absorbing its fifth defeat against a lone win, joining eliminated squads Power Smashers (1-5) and University of the Philippines (1-5).