La Salle tossers stay spotless; Ateneo up

LA SALLE stayed unscathed in women’s volleyball even as defending baseball champion Ateneo kicked off its campaign with a scintillating comeback win in separate UAAP action yesterday.

The Lady Archers, who have yet to yield a set this season, downed Far Eastern University, 25-19, 25-17, 25-16, to streak to their fifth straight triumph in women’s volleyball at Filoil Flying V Arena.

Ara Galang unloaded 18 points and Abigail Maraño had four blocks in a 10-point outing in another dominant show that kept the defending champion Lady Archers solo on top.

In baseball, the Blue Eagles drubbed the Adamson Falcons, 15-3, in seven innings after a scintillating rally behind reigning MVP Matt Laurel at Rizal Memorial Baseball Stadium.

Laurel drove in three runs and Adriane Bernardo, Renzo Ramos, Pelos Remollo and Ryan Tionloc also shone for the Blue Eagles, who came back from a 0-3 deficit starting in the bottom of the third inning.

In the other women’s volleyball game, Adamson recovered from a set down for a 23-25, 25-15, 25-17, 25-10 triumph over University of the East to improve to fourth place at 3-2.
It marked the first time UE won a set in the tournament.
La Salle also prevailed in baseball as the Green Archers hacked out a 5-2 upset over former champion National University Bulldogs.