Shakey’s volley: UST humbles UP

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UNIVERSITY of Santo Tomas bounced back from a previous setback by crushing University of the Philippines in straight sets yesterday 25-14, 25-19, 25-21 to end the second round of the 2024 Shakey’s Super League Collegiate Pre-Season Championship on a positive note at the Rizal Memorial Coliseum.         

The Golden Tigresses staved off the Fighting Maroons’ attempt to extend the match late in the third set to finish Pool F with a 2-1 win-loss record.

UST recovered from a frustrating loss to Far Eastern University the day before to boost its bid for a quarterfinals twice-to-beat advantage in the tournament backed by Shakey’s Pizza Parlor, GCash, Chery Tiggo, F2 Logistics, Peri-Peri Charcoal Chicken, Potato Corner, R and B Milk Tea and Summit Water.

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The Tigresses will now wait for the final standings of FEU and UP at the end of the round-robin first phase of the playoffs to determine which two teams will advance into the crossover quarters armed with incentives. A tiebreaker will decide the rankings in case of a three-way tie at 2-1.

Angge Poyos scored 10 of her 11 points from attacks while Kyla Cordora had a spectacular performance with 10 markers built on nine kills and a kill block for UST.

“Sobrang saya na nanalo kasi mabigat sa feeling ‘yung pagkatalo namin kahapon. Ang naging mindset namin is just play our game and dapat masaya sa loob nng court,” said Cordora of the Tigresses’ return to the win column after watching their five-game winning run snapped. 

After breezing past the first two sets, UST had to slug it out with UP in the third frame.

UP will face FEU on Wednesday at the close of the second round.

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