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UAAP: UP men capture win No. 1 in 5-set thriller vs. Ateneo

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Karl Cedrick Basco, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt=" Photo from UAAP Media Bureau" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/life/04/12/uaap85-mvb-up-7803410.jpg"/><figcaption>Photo from UAAP Media Bureau</figcaption></figure></div>MANILA (UPDATED) -- The University of the Philippines (UP) Fighting Maroons are still in the Final 4 race of the UAAP Season 85 men&#x27;s volleyball tournament after a pulsating win over the Ateneo Blue Eagles. The Fighting Maroons booked their first ever win in the men&#x27;s division via a monumental comeback against Ateneo, 13-25, 22-25, 26-24, 39-37, 15-12 on Wednesday at the Filoil EcoOil Centre in San Juan City. UP halted their nine-game losing skid for a 1-9 record while the Blue Eagles dropped to 5-5 card, ending their three-game winning run.Louis Gamban paced the Fighting Maroons with 22 points to go along with 16 receptions and 14 digs while Jaivee Malabanan added 21 markers. “Yung kanina lang, nadala na rin sila or nagkaroon na ng wake up call na kung ano ba dapat yung emotion dun sa game…Siguro naging advantage na nag-long game kamin nung fourth set. Yung momentum nagtuloy-tuloy. Yun naman ineensayo namin e, mahabang laro,” head coach Rald Ricafort said. After an extended fourth set win, the Fighting Maroons zoomed to a 4-0 start in the deciding frame sparked by an off-the-block hit of Gamban.The Blue Eagles threatened to comeback as UP committed back-to-back errors, trimming the deficit to a point, 6-7. But Gamban unleashed another spike followed by two consecutive points from Angelo Lagando for a 10-6 lead. Abay Llenos kept Ateneo alive with several attacks, 11-13, but an outside hit from his team put UP at match point. Jian Salarzon tallied 30 big points for the Blue Eagles while Kennedy Batas and Charles Absin had 18 apiece. <div> UAAP Season 85 is streaming on iWantTFC every Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday, available for Premium users outside the Philippines. </div>

UP halted their nine-game losing skid for a 1-9 record while the Blue Eagles dropped to 5-5 card, ending their three-game winning run. 

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UAAP: UP men capture win No. 1 in 5-set thriller vs. Ateneo

Karl Cedrick Basco,

ABS-CBN News

Published Apr 12, 2023 12:21 PM PHT

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Updated Apr 12, 2023 01:03 PM PHT

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