WNCAA: 4 teams share volley, cage leads; SBC, La Salle junior five up

MANILA—Four schools led by host Rizal Technological University posted their second straight wins over the weekend and grabbed a share of the 42nd WNCAA senior basketball and volleyball lead.

In the junior division, San Beda Alabang and La Salle College Antipolo debuted with victories in basketball, volleyball and futsal.

Centro Escolar, behind the game-high 22 points of Rubelyn Mendoza, overwhelmed Miriam College, 88-39, while Emilio Aguinaldo College leaned on the combined 30-point output of Geneva Quitalan and Rachel Collado to turn back St. Scholastica’s College, 57-33.

In senior volleyball at the RTU gym, the host school disposed of EAC, 25-8, 25-14, 25-9, while San Beda survived CEU, 22-25, 25-19, 14-25, 26-24, 15-11.

San Beda also opened its junior futsal campaign with aplomb, blanking St. Paul College Pasig, 4-0, while LSCA thwarted Angelicum College, 4-1. Philippine Women’s University, the 40th season champion, also prevailed over CEU, 8-0.

San Beda likewise kicked off its Group B campaign in junior volleyball with a 25-11, 25-19, 25-14 win over LSCA. On the other hand, LSCA’s junior cagers posted a 51-44 victory over St. Stephen’s HS.

Midget action of the tournament being supported by Mikasa, Molten, Goody, MJC Press and AGR Xperts Corporation saw Miriam stop Poveda, 38-21, while in volleyball, defending champion De La Salle Zobel made it 2-0 after dominating St. Scholastica, 25-8, 25-11. Poveda tied DLSZ on top after a 25-11, 25-19 victory over Miriam.

AKTV (IBC 13 and Sky Cable channel 15) telecasts weekly highlights of the WNCAA matches while results are regularly aired over Monster Radio RX 93.1.

OTHER RESULTS: (Jr basketball) Poveda d. Angelicum, 51-38; DLSZ d. St. Jude, 56-54; St. Paul d. Chiang Kai Shek College, 57-55; (Sr basketball) UA&P d. San Beda, 79-49; RTU d. PWU, 71-54; (Midget volleyball) LSCA d. St. Jude, 25-22, 20-25, 25-19; Miriam d. St. Paul, 25-4, 25-20; San Beda. d. LSCA, 25-8, 25-20; (Jr volleyball) Poveda d. SSHS, 25-20, 25-10, 23-25, 25-17; Angelicum d. CKSC, 25-8, 25-9, 25-13; St. Paul d. St. Jude, 22-25, 25-15, 23-25, 25-22, 15-13; (Sr volleyball) PWU d. UA&P, 25-20, 25-19, 25-18; Miriam d. St. Scholastica, 25-17, 16-25, 25-19, 25-20.