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<div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">MANILA -- Letran showed that its first-game brilliance was no fluke as the Lady Knights pulled off a 25-21, 25-20, 30-28 sweep of the Perpetual Help in the NCAA Season 99 women&#x27;s volleyball tournament at the FilOil EcoOil Centre in San Juan on Saturday.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Rookie sensation Gia Maquilang unloaded a match-high 19 points including a pair of power kills late in the third set that sealed the Lady Knights’ second win in a row. </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">They are now tied for the No. 1 spot along with defending champion College of St. Benilde and last season&#x27;s runner-up Lyceum.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The win over Perpetual Help followed up Letran&#x27;s four-set conquest of Arellano University, 16-25, 25-17, 25-17, 25-17, last Wednesday in what was Oliver Almadro&#x27;s first game coaching his alma mater.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">&quot;I thank my players because of the hard work, sacrifices, belief and faith in the system at sarili nila,&quot; said the coach.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Letran also got strong performances from spiker Nizelle Martin, setter Natalie Marie Estrellar and libero Lara Mae Silva.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Martin chipped in 10 hits including a pair of spikes that helped Letran fight back from two match points and knotted it at 24-all, which paved the way for the masterful finish for Maquilang.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Estreller, for her part, continued her playmaking brilliance with 18 excellent sets while sneaking in four points while Silva took care of the floor defense with match-highs 22 digs and 22 excellent receptions.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Lady Altas fell to 1-1.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">In the other game, Arellano U trounced Mapua, 25-21, 25-21, 27-25, to claim its first win in two starts. The Lady Cardinals dropped to 1-1.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">In the men&#x27;s division, reigning MVP Louie Ramirez uncorked a 25-point rampage as University of Perpetual Help downed Letran, 26-24, 25-21, 25-19, and claimed a share of the lead with Emilio Aguinaldo College with 2-0 records. </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Knights sputtered to 1-1.</span></div>

<p>Letran showed that its first-game brilliance was no fluke as the Lady Knights pulled off a 25-21, 25-20, 30-28 sweep of the Perpetual Help in the NCAA Season 99 women's volleyball tournament.</p>

Letran showed that its first-game brilliance was no fluke as the Lady Knights pulled off a 25-21, 25-20, 30-28 sweep of the Perpetual Help in the NCAA Season 99 women's volleyball tournament.

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NCAA: Letran pulls off another shocker, sweeps Perpetual

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Published April 13, 2024 06:45 PM PHT

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