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UAAP beach volleyball: La Salle’s Morente, Tiamzon play UST’s Rondina, Barbon for title

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="" src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2018/tvpatrol/10/05/20181006-beach-volleyball_1.jpg"/><figcaption>Michelle Morente of La Salle (left) and Sisi Rondina of UST. Josh Albelda, ABS-CBN Sports</figcaption></figure></div>University of Santo Tomas&#x27; Sisi Rondina and Babylove Barbon will battle La Salle&#x27;s Michelle Morente and Tin Tiamzon for the UAAP Season 81 beach volleyball championship at Sands SM By The Bay Sunday.The best-of-3 series opener is set at 9 a.m., with the Tigresses, who swept the elimination round for a third straight season, looking to become the first team to three-peat.&quot;Siyempre, bonus na &#x27;yung legacy. Ang gusto ko lang maibigay ang korona sa UST. Sobrang kalma na ako diyan,&quot; Rondina said.&quot;Malaking tulong talaga sa akin ang UST. Feeling ko ayoko nang umalis, pero matatapos at matatapos talaga.&quot;Gunning for a record sixth crown, UST has actually won a record 17 consecutive matches — a new league mark — dating back from the Season 79 finals.All eyes will be on Rondina, who hopes to end her accomplished collegiate career on the sand court as a winner.The Lady Spikers are making their first finals appearance since 2015, when the Taft-based spikers, behind Kim Fajardo and Cyd Demecillo won their only beach volleyball crown. On that year, the Tigresses failed to make it to the podium, the only time that Rondina missed a championship.Morente and Tiamzon, who finished second in the eliminations, survived University of the Philippines&#x27; Isa Molde and Justine Dorog 21-16, 24-26, 15-9 victory in the second step-ladder Saturday.In the men&#x27;s division, UST&#x27;s Krung Arbasto and Jaron Requinton will face off with the undefeated Far Eastern University duo of Jude Garcia and Kevin Hadlocon for the title, also a best-of-three affair, at 8 a.m.Arbasto and Requinton, the second-ranked team in the elims, dethroned National University&#x27;s Bryan Bagunas and James Natividad 24-22, 21-15 in the second step-ladder.NU bested Adamson University&#x27;s Pao Pablico and Jesus Valdez, a 21-13, 21-16, in the do-or-die first step-ladder to assure itself of a podium finish.Meanwhile, Molde and Dorog assured the Lady Maroons of a second consecutive third-place finish after nipping the Lady Bulldogs tandem of Klymince Orillaneda and Antonette Landicho, 12-21, 21-19, 15-6. UP became the last semifinalist as it eliminated Ateneo 21-19, 21-19 in last Friday&#x27;s playoff.<div>For more sports coverage, visit the <a href="http://sports.abs-cbn.com">ABS-CBN Sports website</a>.</div>

The best-of-3 women's finals will be at Sands SM By The Bay Sunday, with the opening serve at 9 a.m. The men's finals, featuring UST and FEU, will be at 8 a.m.

The best-of-3 women's finals will be at Sands SM By The Bay Sunday, with the opening serve at 9 a.m. The men's finals, featuring UST and FEU, will be at 8 a.m.