Far Eastern U outduelled Ateneo in four closely-fought sets and pounded out a 24-26, 26-24, 25-20, 25-19 victory to clinch the fourth and last Final Four berth in the Shakey’s V-League Season 7 second conference at The Arena in San Juan Yesterday Sept 5.

The Lady Tams drew double-digit outputs from four players to underscore their determined bid with guest players Rachel Anne Daquis and Michelle Carolino leading the attack with 22 and 21 hits, respectively.

Cherry May Vivas unloaded 16 points while Monique Tiangco added 13 as the Lady Tams outhit the Lady Eagles, 65-46, in their sudden death duel for the last semis seat in the season-ending conference of the league sponsored by Shakey’s Pizza.

FEU, which stopped Ateneo, also in four sets, in the last quarterfinal round playdate to force a playoff, thus took the No. 4 spot in the semis and will face top seed San Sebastian-Excelroof in a best-of-three series.

Adamson, which finished tied for first with SSC at 10-2 but lost in the tiebreak for the No. 1 spot, will take on Lyceum in the other Final Four duel starting Thursday.

Outhit, the Lady Eagles still kept the game close after dropping the second set but Thai import Surasawadee Boonyuen and Fille Cainglet failed to draw the much-needed backup from the rest of the team.

Boonyuen scattered 19 kills and finished with 21 points while Cainglet came through with 10 hits, including nine attacks. But Gretchen Ho was held to just eight hits while Bea Pascual and Denise Acevedo combined for just 13 hits for
the Loyola-based squad.

The Lady Tams also control the net, coming up with 12 blocks, including six from Carolino, while the Eagles drew three blocks from Pascual and finished with seven.

Wenneth Eulalio and Gyzelle Sy also combined for eight hits for the Lady Tams, who thus stayed in the hunt for a crack at a first-ever crown in the league organized by Sports Vision and backed by Accel, Mikasa and Excelroof. Meanwhile, the FEU-Ateneo game will be shown at 2 p.m. today on NBN-4.

These stats will consider  the last basis of different award category before semis and finals begin.

Far Eastern U refused to wilt under pressure and frustrated Ateneo, 25-21, 27-25, 11-25, 25-18, forcing a playoff for the last Final Four berth in the Shakey’s V-League Season 7 second conference at The Arena in San Juan yesterday.

The Lady Tams recovered from a sloppy third set setback as they re-grouped in the fourth to pound out the victory in 1:33 and stay in the hunt for the fourth and last seat in the semifinal round of the league’s season-ending conference.

Lyceum survived National U’s gritty stand and carved out a tough 25-13, 26-24, 25-23 victory to clinch the third semis berth in the first game.

The Lady Pirates finished with a 7-5 slate for third. San Sebastian-Excelroof and Adamson finished with identical 10-2 cards to clinch the top two berths.

FEU and Ateneo each turned in 49 kills but the Lady Tams, behind Rachel Anne Daquis and Cherry Vivas, proved steadier, particularly in the first two sets where they outlasted the Lady Eagles to go 2-up. But the Loyola-based squad fought back and dominated the third, pouncing on the Lady Tams’ lethargic play to extend the match, only to be foiled by the resurgent FEU side in the fourth.

FEU thus tied Ateneo at 6-6 at the close of the carryover quarterfinal round of the tournament sponsored by Shakey’s Pizza. They dispute the last semis slot at 4 p.m. on Sunday.

Daquis matched Thai import’s Surasawadee Boonyuen’s 23-hit effort while Vivas fired 16 points and neutralized Ateneo’s Alyssa Valdez’s 15-hit game.

Michelle Carolino backed Daquis and Vivas with 11 hits, including three blocks while Monique Tiangco and Wenneth Eulalio combined for 13 points for the Lady Tams.

Bea Pascual and Gretchen Ho struggled with seven and six points, respectively, while Fille Cainglet, a vital cog in Ateneo’s offense, saw action only in the fourth and had one point.

Earlier, Mary Jean Balse and Dahlia Cruz combined for 30 kills while Joy Cases stepped up to fire 12 hits but the Lady Pirates had to walk the tightrope to subdue an also-ran NU side in one hour and 13 minutes. Out of it all, the Lady Bulldogs still went for a victory in a bid to close out their campaign on a winning note but they fell short of their upset bid, losing crucial points at endgame of the last two sets.

Still, the newcomers proved they could be a force to reckon with in future conferences of the league organized by Sports Vision with Maricar Nepomuceno leading the charge with 14 hits and Mervic Mangui and Denise Santiago adding 13 and 10 points, respectively.

NU actually outblocked Lyceum, 9-6, and produced more aces, 8-5. But the Lady Bulldogs just couldn’t hold on in down-to-the-wire finishes as the Lady Pirates leaned on their experience and endgame spunk to foil their rivals.
NU wound up with a 2-10 card.

Ann Tabafunda, Jamie Peña and Marie Casanova combined for just eight points but Balse, Cruz and Cases’ solid games proved enough to carry the Lady Pirates into the next round of the conference backed by Accel, Mikasa and Excelroof. Playoff  spikes on Sunday, September 5 at 4pm.

Lyceum survived National U’s gritty stand and carved out a tough 25-13, 26-24, 25-23 victory to clinch the third Final Four berth in the Shakey’s V-League Season 7 second conference at The Arena in San Juan yesterday.

Mary Jean Balse and Dahlia Cruz combined for 30 kills while Joy Cases stepped up to fire 12 hits but the Lady Pirates had to walk the tightrope to subdue an also-ran NU side in one hour and 13 minutes.

That gave Lyceum a closing 7-5 slate as it joined early semifinalists San Sebastian and Adamson with Ateneo trying to complete the Final Four cast with a victory over Far Eastern U at presstime.

Out of it all, the Lady Bulldogs still went for a victory in a bid to close out their campaign on a winning note but they fell short of their upset bid, losing crucial points at endgame of the last two sets.

Still, the newcomers proved they could be a force to reckon with in future conferences of the league sponsored by Shakey’s Pizza with Maricar Nepomuceno leading the charge with 14 hits and Mervic Mangui and Denise Santiago adding 13 and 10 points, respectively.

NU actually outblocked Lyceum, 9-6, and produced more aces, 8-5. But the Lady Bulldogs just couldn’t hold on in down-to-the-wire finishes as the Lady Pirates leaned on their experience and endgame spunk to foil their rivals.
NU wound up with a 2-10 card.

Ann Tabafunda, Jamie Peña and Marie Casanova combined for just eight points but Balse, Cruz and Cases’ solid games proved enough to carry the Lady Pirates into the next round of the season-ending conference organized by Sports Vision and backed by Accel, Mikasa and Excelroof.

The Shakey’s V-League Season 7 second conference quarterfinal round draws to a close today with Ateneo and Lyceum out to complete the Final Four cast and Far Eastern U hoping to force a playoff for the last semis berth at The Arena in San Juan.

While the Lady Pirates are tipped to clinch the third Final Four seat against the ousted National U Lady Bulldogs in the 2 p.m. opener, the Lady Eagles will be hard-pressed to repeat over the Lady Tams in the 4 p.m. encounter expected to go down-to-the-wire.

Ateneo swept FEU in the league’s season-ending inaugurals last July 11 but the Tams are expected to get back at the Eagles and force a playoff for the last Final Four seat. Lyceum and Ateneo are tied at third with 6-5 slates while FEU is a game behindat 5-6.

San Sebastian-Excelroof and Adamson finished the carryover quarters with identical 10-2 cards but the Lady Stags clinched the No. 1 spot in the Final Four with a superior tiebreak score. They will play the No. 4 squad in the best-of-three series starting Sept. 9.

The Lady Falcons settled for No. 2 and will take on the No. 3, tipped to be Lyceum, in the other semis duel of the league sponsored by Shakey’s Pizza.

Ateneo and FEU dropped their last matches and will have a lot of adjustments to make to ensure the win with the Lady Eagles to pin their hopes on guest player Alyssa Valdez and Thai import Surasawadee Boonyuen and local mainstays Gretchen Ho, Fille Cainglet, Denise Acevedo, Bea Pascua and Angeline Gervacio.

Valdez topscored with 15 hits in the team’s close three-set loss to SSC last Sunday. But the rest, particularly Boonyuen, are expected to step up their game and stay in the hunt for the crown in the tournament organized by Sports Vision
and backed by Accel, Mikasa and Excelroof.

The Lady Pirates also lost steam in yielding a three-setter to the Pirates, also last Sunday, but with back against the wall, they are going all out to steal a win and live for another day.

Rachel Anne Daquis, held to just nine points by a tough Lyceum defense the last time out, is expected to lead FEU’s charge in a game they could not afford to lose along with fellow guest player Michelle Carolino and local standouts Cherry Vivas, Monique Tiangco, Gyzelle Sy, Wenneth Eulalio and Kathlene Magsumbol.