FAR EASTERN University held off a surprisingly tough University of the East, 25-16, 25-17, 22-25, 25-18, to boost its Final Four campaign in the UAAP Season 77 women’s volleyball tournament yesterday at the Filoil Flying V Arena.
The Lady Warriors finally won a set this season and even led, 12-11, in the fourth frame before Bernadette Pons and Remy Palma combined forces down the stretch to help the Lady Tamaraws win for the first time in 2015 and improve to 4-5 card.
Pons tallied 14 points and 11 digs, while Palma had two blocks to finish with 11 points for the Lady Tamaraws.
Later, University of Santo Tomas posted its first winning streak in the season with a 25-19, 25-16, 23-25, 25-15 win over Adamson University.
Rookie EJ Laure played her best game of the season with 19 hits, while veterans Carmela Tunay, Pam Lastimosa and Ria Meneses combined for 42 points as the Tigresses tied their victims at 3-5 in fifth spot.
The Lady Warriors, who dropped to 0-9, drew big numbers from Shaya Adorador (14 hits) and Angelica Dacaymat (13 hits) but committed a whooping 38 errors.
In men’s play, Greg Dolor had three blocks for a 23-point effort as FEU nipped UP, 25-21, 25-18, 18-25, 22-25, 15-10, for its third win in eight starts, while La Salle (2-7), behind Mike Frey’s 16 hits, dealt UE its eighth consecutive loss with a 25-15, 22-25, 25-20, 25-22 victory.