St. Benilde Woman Blazers within the NCAA Season 98 ladies’s volleyball match. –NCAA PHOTO
MANILA, Philippines—The rematch of final yr’s finalists School of St. Benilde and Arellano just about had the identical end result within the NCAA Season 98’s ladies’s volleyball elimination spherical because the Woman Blazers swept the Woman Chiefs anew, 25-15, 25-21, 25-19, at San Andres Advanced on Wednesday.
Regardless of taking part in with out star participant Mycah Go, the Woman Blazers remained a drive to be reckoned with this season as hiked their unbeaten run to eight video games this season.
“[The win was due to] possibly our confidence and our belief in one another,” stated Cloanne Mondoñedo after ending with 5 factors and 17 wonderful units for St. Benilde, which ended Arellano’s reign last season.
“They (Arellano) are an NCAA group that we actually ready for. Admit it or not, each group improved they usually’re a kind of that did.”
St. Benilde, already by to the semifinals, can full a sweep of the elimination spherical in opposition to Jose Rizal U on Sunday.
Gayle Pascual, who was final week’s NCAA Participant of the Week, had an environment friendly recreation to the tune of 17 factors, changing 15 of her 29 spikes.
Moming Padillon was the silver lining for the Woman Chiefs who broken their playoff hopes and dropped to fifth place with a 4-3 card.
Mapua Woman Cardinals within the NCAA Season 98 ladies’s volleyball match. –NCAA PHOTO
Mapua, then again, moved up the ladder after sweeping already-eliminated San Beda, 25-23, 25-19, 26-24, to tie with Lyceum for the third seed.
Roxie Dela Cruz was the central level of the offense for the Woman Cardinals, scoring 15 factors constructed on six service aces, six digs and 5 receptions as they improved to a 6-2 report.
“I’ve been consistently difficult our gamers. Our destiny this season is in our fingers,” stated Mapua coach Aying Esteban in Filipino. “If we don’t wish to have issues, we have to win our subsequent recreation.”
Mapua’s win gave it a one-and-a-half-game lead over Arellano.
In the meantime, Arellano’s male counterpart outlasted the Blazers in 4 units, 25-20, 25-13, 21-25, 25-14, behind Adrian Villados’ heroics.
Villado tallied seven factors and 22 wonderful units because the Chiefs hiked their report to 6-1.
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