UAAP: FEU prevails over La Salle in marathon five-setter

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UAAP: FEU prevails over La Salle in marathon five-setter

Rom Anzures,

ABS-CBN News

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The FEU Tamaraws. Photo from UAAP Media.The FEU Tamaraws. Photo from UAAP Media.MANILA — Far Eastern University started its UAAP Season 86 men’s volleyball tournament second-round campaign with a gutsy win over De La Salle University.

The Tamaraws defeated the Green Spikers, 16-25, 25-21, 34-32, 20-25, 15-8, on Saturday at the Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City.


Jayjay Javelona led FEU with 21 points, six receptions, and four digs, while Dryx Saavedra and Martin Bugaoan finished with 20 markers each.


Andrei Delicana was also stellar for his team and had 13 markers and four receptions, and Ariel Cacao finished with 24 excellent sets.


“Grabe yung ginawa ng La Salle. Yung game na yun, nobody’s game. Kahit sinong manalo well-deserved,” said Tamaraws head coach Eddieson Orcullo after the game. 


“Salamat sa La Salle na ganon yung ginawa nilang laban sa amin. Nakita namin kung hanggang saan yung capacity ng bawat isa sa amin,” he added.


After the two squads won two sets each, the Morayta-based team opened the final canto with a 7-1 surge that was concluded by a kill by Bugaoan. 


This created enough cushion for FEU as the fifth progressed and allowed them to fend off DLSU’s fightback that got La Salle as close as four, 9-5, following an attack from Noel Kampton.


Delicana, Saavedra, and Bugaoan then took charge for the Tamaraws in the next plays, and it was Saaverdra and Delicana’s consecutive hits that finally ended the game. 


Before this, down by a point in the third, 24-23, a quick from Bugaoan extended the set and allowed FEU to tie the game at 24.


FEU was able to get the set point in the following play, but a block from Nathaniel Del Pilar allowed DLSU to even the game yet again. 


The two teams went back and forth in the next possessions and saw themselves tied at 32 after a strong kill from Kampton, but Delicana’s attack and an attack error from JM Ronquillo eventually concluded the third frame.


Unfortunately for the Tamaraws, the Green Spikers were able to bounce back in the fourth set to eventually send the game into a decider.


Ronquillo led DLSU with 20 points, Kampton and Vince Maglinao had 19 each, while Billie Anima got 13. 


FEU improved to 7-1 and will be facing Ateneo the Mall of Asia Arena at 12 noon on April 4, while DLSU, who fell to 5-3, which will be going up against University of the Philippines on the same date at 10 AM.

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