Jema Galanza on the attack. Photo by Tristan Tamayo/INQUIRER.net
Errors keyed in Adamson’s doom to University of the Philippines in the UAAP Season 78 women’s volleyball tournament Wednesday.
Trailing by 22-19 in the fourth set, the Lady Falcons could still have sent the match to a fifth set but Mylene Paat’s back-to-back errors allowed the Lady Maroons to close them out and send them plunging to seventh place.
Adamson reeled to its third straight loss as UP leveled its record at 2-2 with a 26-24, 25-27, 25-20, 25-19 win.
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Paat, who finished with 23 points for the 1-3 Lady Falcons, said they played good but it was the errors which brought them down.
“Maganda pa rin pero andun nga errors na tumalo sa amin, errors namin mismo ang tumatalo sa amin,” Paat said.
Jessica Galanza, Paat’s partner in crime and Adamson’s other offensive option, seconded her team captain’s thoughts and said it was their 32 errors that hampered their comeback.
“Lagi kami nagkukulang sa dulo kasi ang ganda ng una at pagdating sa dulo nawala na agad,” Galanza said. “Errors nga problema namin kasi pag dumating sa point na dikit na lumalayo kasi kami dahil sa errors at may mga unforced errors pa kami na hindi dapat mangyari.”