FILE – FEU’s Bernadette Pons. Photo by Tristan Tamayo/INQUIRER.net
Things just simply fell apart for Far Eastern University on Sunday.
FEU took a 2-1 set lead over Ateneo and all the Lady Tamaraws had to do was score 25 more points.
They only scored 16 in the ensuing set and the Lady Eagles eventually finished things off in five sets, 25-19, 24-26, 19-25, 25-16, 15-11, in the UAAP Season 79 women’s volleyball tournament.
“We blew it and it’s very disappointing because we were so close,” said Lady Tamaraws senior Bernadeth Pons in Filipino Sunday at Filoil Flying V Centre in San Juan. “We almost won it but in the end we still lost.”
Pons led all FEU scorers with 18 points while Toni Rose Basas and Jerrili Malabanan added 15 and 13 points, respectively.
And if those numbers seem impressive, FEU’s overall stats were not.
FEU managed just 38 points off spikes, compared to Ateneo’s 52.
“Well they say our killer instinct was missing,” said Pons. “As long as the referee hasn’t blown his whistle it’s not yet over.”