THE National University Lady Bulldogs ousted the University of the Philippines Lady Maroons with an emphatic 25-21, 25-16, 25-15 victory in the UAAP Season 77 women’s volleyball tournament last Sunday at the Arena in San Juan.
NU dashed UP’s hopes of forcing a three-way tie at fourth place behind the powerful attacks of Jaja Santiago and Myla Pablo who peppered the Lady Maroons’ defense with a combined 29 hits. NU finished the elims with a 8-6 record in third place, going 6-3 since multi-titled coach Roger Gorayeb took over from Ariel dela Cruz last month.
With UP bowing out of contention with its ninth loss in 14 matches, University of Santo Tomas and Far Eastern University play in a do-or-die playoff for the remaining semifinals slot tomorrow at the Mall of Asia Arena.
Defending champion Ateneo went perfect in the double-round eliminations to nail the outright championship berth with the thrice-to-beat incentive, while La Salle, with a 12-2 card in second place, holds the twice-to-beat bonus in the second step-ladder semis against the winner of the first step-ladder game./Correspondent Jonas Panerio
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