Junior Spikers, Lady Spikers And Red Spikers Stun Rival Letran

San Beda College outsteadied NCAA rival Letran College, 25-22, 22-25, 25-22, 25-23 to halt a two-game losing skein in the National Collegiate Athletic Association women’s volleyball tournament at the Ninoy Aquino Stadium.

The San Beda Lady Spikers needed four sets to ovecome the Lady Knights, who nearly forced a deciding fifth set if not for a receiving error by Letran skipper Lalaine Villarin, with San Beda ahead by a single point, 24-23.

With the win, the lady Spikers moved up to 3-2 (win-loss) and tie the Lady Knight and the Arellano Lady Chiefs at third place and improve their chances for a second straight semifinals stint.

“Sinabi ko sa mga bata na hindi dapat tayong ma-down dahil lang doon sa dalawang talo natin. Ibalik natin yung focus sa paglalaro,” said San Beda coach Ryan Jorge Sucaldito.

San Beda won its first two matches for a 2-0 start, but lost two successive games against Emilio Aguinaldo College and College of Saint Benilde.

The Lady Knights tied the match for the last time in the fourth set, 22-22, on a spike from Manel Carolino that kissed the line, but Janine Nicole Marciano hit one from crosscourt to wrest back the lead for the Lionesses, 23-22.

San Beda, though, committed a rotational violation to allow Letran to tie the match anew, 23-23, but Marciano again went up for a kill to put the Lady Spikers a point away from match point.

San Beda made it a sweep for the day after the San Beda Junior Spikers prevailed over the Squires, 22-25, 25-22, 25-23, 26-28, 15-13 (3-2) in the juniors side, while the Red Spikers slipped past the Knights, 24-16, 25-21, 25-18, 25-20 (3-1) in the men’s division.

source: NCAA Philippines