Adamson Girl Falcons are headed to the UAAP season 85 girls’s volleyball Remaining 4. —UAAP PHOTO
MANILA, Philippines— Adamson obtained petrified by College of the Philippines’ uncanny skill of springing surprises earlier than securing a 25-20, 27-25, 23-25, 25-15 win that despatched the Girl Falcons again to the Remaining 4 within the UAAP Season 85 girls’s volleyball.
Lucille Almonte helped the Girl Falcons climate the storm by delivering 13 assaults because the Girl Falcons notched their ninth win in 13 video games general, sufficient to propel them to a semifinal displaying for the primary time in 9 years.
“It’s onerous to compete with a group that’s now not in competition. We someway obtained complacent within the third set and have been in a position to get well within the fourth. Good factor we delivered,’’ stated Adamson assistant coach Rald Ricafort.
Trisha Tubu and Lorence Toring added 11 factors apiece whereas Louie Romero had 23 glorious units for the Girl Falcons, who will face the Far Jap College Girl Tamaraws of their ultimate match within the eliminations.
“We weren’t in a position to accomplish this final season. However we is not going to cease right here, there are extra video games to play,’’ stated Almonte, who likewise contributed 20 digs and 10 receptions on the defensive finish.
Adamson Girl Falcons’ Lucille Almonte. –UAAP PHOTO
The Girl Falcons may nonetheless clinch the No. 2 spot and the twice-to-beat edge within the semifinals relying on the remaining video games of Nationwide College and College of Santo Tomas.
Adopting a nothing-to-lose mentally, the Girl Maroons sprang again and knotted the depend at 20, courtesy of a compelling Nina Ytang crosscourt smash as they put up a semblance of a struggle within the first set.
Romero’s ace adopted by a Rizza Cruz block and Tubu’s highly effective strike pushed the Girl Falcons again on prime earlier than Romero fed Almonte at set level for one more piercing down-the-line wallop.
Adamson once more noticed itself clawing for survival within the second set regardless of main on the onset with Ethan Arce hovering on a spike and a UP ace equalizing the rating at 20.
Ytang’s kill despatched the Girl Maroons at set level solely to lose benefit by permitting the Girl Falcons to even up issues on a Stephanie Bustrillo error.
Toring’s highly effective assault on the center and a spike by Ytang that went out of bounds sealed the set for Adamson.
The Girl Maroons once more rallied from a giant deficit within the third set and this time UP made it depend.
Ytang’s crosscourt spike put them on a 21 standoff, after which Jum Marie Gayo scored on an ace and Jewel Encarnacion pummeled the Adamson facet earlier than Tubu’s service error allowed the Girl Maroons to forge forward.
Bustrillo took flight and deflected Kate Santiago’s assault, ending the set in UP’s favor.
Their pleasure damage, the Girl Falcons wasted no time racing to a big benefit, a lead the Girl Maroons weren’t in a position to hurdle within the fourth body.
Forward by 10, Romero’s push and a tip-in by Santiago adopted by Tubu’s game-clinching kill crushed UP’s reversal motives for good.
Encarnacion and Ytang scored 15 factors every for the Girl Maroons, who dropped their tenth straight recreation, spiraling additional down with a 1-11 document.
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