ADAMSON University showed grit in the deciding set to outlast University of Santo Tomas 15-25, 25-19, 16-25, 25-19, 15-11 yesterday for its second straight girls’ win in the 85th UAAP high school volleyball tournament at the Paco Arena.
The Baby Falcons overcame the Junior Tigresses’ tremendous height advantage with their patented floor defense and smart plays to prevail in the two-hour, 10-minute contest.
Defending champion Nazareth School of National University later survived a tough Far Eastern University-Diliman stand in the fourth set to pull off a 25-12, 25-16, 23-25, 31-29 victory and join Adamson University for the early lead at 2-0.
De La Salle-Zobel bucked a third set loss and withstood a UP Integrated School to carve out a 25-20, 25-21, 23-25, 25-20 victory.
It was a sorry loss for UST, which raced to 3-0 and 8-2 leads in the fifth set only to crumble down the stretch.
A net touch violation put the Baby Falcons ahead for the first time at 10-9. Princess Aljibe, Yesha Rojo, and skipper Shaina Nitura then delivered the key kills for Adamson University to complete the come-from-behind win.
