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Ateneo sweeps FEU for 1-0 lead in PVL men's volleyball finals

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Camille B. Naredo, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2017/sports/10/11/marck-espejo-101117.jpg?ext=.jpg"/><figcaption>Marck Espejo scored 14 points for Ateneo in Game 1. Josh Albelda, <a href="http://sports.abs-cbn.com/pvl/photos">ABS-CBN Sports</a></figcaption></figure></div>MANILA, Philippines – Ateneo de Manila University is one game away from securing the men&#x27;s division crown in the Premier Volleyball League (PVL) Collegiate Conference.This, after the Blue Eagles made quick work of the Far Eastern University (FEU) Tamaraws, 25-22, 25-20, 25-19, in Game 1 of their best-of-3 championship series on Wednesday at the FilOil Flying V Centre.Marck Espejo scored 14 points on 11 attacks and two aces, but it was third-year middle blocker Gian Glorioso who shone brightest for Ateneo with 15 points, converting 11 of his 15 attacks, on top of three kill blocks.After building a 2-0 advantage, the Blue Eagles were briefly threatened as the Tamaraws kept in step with them in the third set. FEU even led 13-12, but Espejo came through with a couple of aces that helped Ateneo pull ahead, 16-13.The Blue Eagles dominated from there, leading 23-18 off an ace by Chumason Njigha before Espejo&#x27;s kill block capped the win for Ateneo.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="http://sports.abs-cbn.com/pvl/news/2017/10/11/nu-feu-brace-war-championship-series-opens-32067">READ: NU, FEU brace for war as championship series opens</a></li></ul>&quot;Sabi ko nga naman na &#x27;yung energy ng FEU, &#x27;yun ang bread and butter nila,&quot; said Ateneo coach Oliver Almadro. &quot;They live and die with their energy, with their intensity.&quot;&quot;So if we will match-up with that intensity, magkakaroon ng magandang game. &#x27;Yun muna ang sinabi ko sa mga players ko. We have to level up with their intensity. Noong lumevel up kami, medyo gumanda-ganda ang galaw,&quot; he added.The Blue Eagles simply overwhelmed the Tamaraws on offense, tallying a 44-31 advantage on attacks. FEU had more blocks, 10-5, but Ateneo made up for it with six service aces to just one for the Tams.JP Bugaoan led the Tamaraws with 13 points, while Redijohn Paler added 11 points.Ateneo can seal the PVL men&#x27;s crown with another win on Saturday&#x27;s Game 2, also at the San Juan venue.In the first game, Joshua Umandal carried the University of Santo Tomas (UST) Tiger Spikers to a hard-fought five-set win over an undermanned National University (NU) squad to inch closer to a third-place finish.The Tiger Spikers outlasted the Bulldogs in a marathon five-setter, 17-25, 28-26, 20-25, 25-21, 27-25.Umandal fired 28 points, 26 of which came off attacks, while Arnold Bautista was the only other UST player in double-digits with 10 points.Madz Gampong had 25 points, and Fauzi Ismail added 20 points for the Bulldogs, who were playing sans Bryan Bagunas and James Natividad.(For more sports coverage, visit the <a href="http://sports.abs-cbn.com/">ABS-CBN Sports website.</a>)

The Ateneo Blue Eagles are one game away from securing the men's division crown in the Premier Volleyball League Collegiate Conference.

The Ateneo Blue Eagles are one game away from securing the men's division crown in the Premier Volleyball League Collegiate Conference.

Ateneo sweeps FEU for 1-0 lead in PVL men's volleyball finals

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Ateneo sweeps FEU for 1-0 lead in PVL men's volleyball finals

Camille B. Naredo,

ABS-CBN News

Published October 11, 2017 02:33 PM PHT

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