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UAAP: UST women deny NU sweep of beach volley elims

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="UST" s="" Sofiah="" Pagara="" and="" Gen="" Eslapor.="" UAAP="" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/sports/11/25/112523-uaap86-mbvb-gen-eslapor-and-sofiah-pagara.jpg"/><figcaption>UST&#x27;s Sofiah Pagara and Gen Eslapor. UAAP Media.</figcaption></figure></div>MANILA -- Defending champion University of Santo Tomas denied National University&#x27;s bid for a sweep of the elimination round of the UAAP Season 86 women&#x27;s beach volleyball tournament, Saturday at the Sands SM By The Bay.Rookie Sofiah Pagara and senior Gen Eslapor turned back the NU pair of Honey Grace Cordero and Kly Orillaneda, 21-19, 21-16, for their fifth straight win while also ending the Lady Bulldogs&#x27; perfect run.Prior to the defeat, NU won all its matches via straight sets.Far Eastern University later forced a three-way tie in first place at 6-1, as Melody Pons and Gerzel Petallo overwhelmed Adamson University&#x27;s Ishie Lalongisip and Red Bascon, 21-8, 21-7.The Tiger Sands emerged as the top-ranked team by virtue of a superior rally point ratio (1.065) over the Lady Bulldogs (1.055) and the Lady Tamaraws (0.898).UST&#x27;s lone loss of the season came from the hands of FEU, which ended its foes&#x27; 38-match winning streak early in the eliminations.University of the Philippines bagged its third straight Final Four stint as Euri Eslapor and Irah Jaboneta made short work of De La Salle&#x27;s Sophia Sindayen and Gilliana Torres, 21-8, 21-7.The Fighting Maroons, who reached the podium last season, placed fourth with a 4-3 record and will face the Tiger Sands in the knockout Final Four on Tuesday morning.The second-ranked Lady Bulldogs and the No. 3 Lady Tamaraws clash in the other Final Four pairing.The Final Four survivors will play in the one-match Final on Tuesday afternoon, while the losers drop to the battle for third, also a one-off affair.Ateneo nipped University of the East, 17-21, 21-11, 15-8, in the other match to wound up in fifth place with a 3-4 record.The Lady Warriors, the Lady Falcons, and the Lady Spikers ended their season with similar 1-6 slates from sixth to eighth spots.

UST denied NU's bid for a sweep of the elimination round of the UAAP Season 86 women's beach volleyball tournament, Saturday.