WORLD Series veteran Rizza Bernardino sparkled on both ends as defending champion Adamson University blanked University of the Philippines, 5-0, yesterday on Day 2 of the Cebuana Lhuillier National Intercollegiate women’s softball championship at Rosario Sports Complex in Pasig City.
RIZZA Bernardino, Julie Marie Muyco and Baby Jane Raro combined for a no-hit, no-run, no-error game as powerhouse Adamson University took only three innings to outclass St. Louie University, 29-0, yesterday at the start of the Cebuana Lhuilller National Intercollegiate women’s softball championship at Rosario Sports Complex in Pasig City.
Michelle Lentija and Charmaine Joy Oria—stalwarts of newly minted Big League Softball World Series champions Manila—are no strangers to heartbreaks—even before the start of tournaments.
With an Olympic-size effort that keeps the mind off of our pitiful showing at the London Games somewhat, the relentless Asia-Pacific squad, aka Manila softbelles, dominated the West Region team to win the Big League Softball World Series Wednesday (Thursday in the Philippines).
The team that almost did not make it to the tournament for lack of funds ended its campaign in a blaze of glory.
The team that has thrived in adversity moved closer to getting its reward while putting a dent on a former tormentor’s title bid.
INTERNATIONAL Little League Association of Manila (Illam) will send three teams to the Asia Pacific Regionals slated in three countries this month and early July.
The POC-PSC National Games came to a close yesterday with Baguio City ruling freestyle wrestling and the National Capital Region sweeping the futsal competitions here.
The Philippine Blu Girls and Blu Boys came here to provide inspiration but they brought shock and awe instead. Although playing here as guest teams, the Southeast Asian Games softball champions Blu Girls and Blu Boys blanked their foes in their respective double-headers even as upstart Denise Santos posted an early win in women’s billiards, beating 12-year-old national pool member Cheska Centeno, 7-3, yesterday in the POC-PSC National Games here.
BRUNEI team Kensei overpowered Zamboanga, 10-0, yesterday to claim the first finals berth in the men’s open division of the Cebuana Lhuillier Summer Grandslam National Softball Open at Clark Field in Pampanga.
KENSEI-BRUNEI and the Philippine Army scraped past separate foes yesterday to stay tied for the lead in the Men’s Open division of the Cebuana Lhuillier Summer Grandslam National Softball Open at the Parade Ground inside the Clark Freeport in Pampanga.
SUSTAINING their blistering forms, Philippine Army, Kensei from Brunei and Zamboanga City notched their second straight victories yesterday in the men’s division of the 2012 Cebuana Lhuillier Summer Grandslam National Softball Open.
ADAMSON launched its title-retention bid in the Women’s Open in style by blanking West Indonesia, 5-0, yesterday in the Cebuana-Lhuillier Summer Grandslam 6 National Softball Championships at the sprawling Clark Field Parade Grounds in Pampanga.
