Rosal blooms as Perpetual notches 2nd straight victory

Perpetual Help battled toe-to-toe with Lyceum before pounding out a 25-27, 25-23, 26-24, 14-25, 17-15 win on Tuesday in the 95th NCAA women’s volleyball tournament at Filoil Flying V Centre.

Jhona Rosal came through with 20 points, including three service aces, for the Lady Altas, who needed two hours and 11 minutes to post their second straight victory.

“Compared to our game against San Sebastian, we showed a little improvement in this game,” Perpetual coach Macky Cariño said in Filipino.

Yanca Tripoli added 19 points while Jenny Gaviola had seven blocks to finish with 10 points and tossed in 13 excellent sets for Perpetual.

Shyra Umandal contributed three of the Lady Altas’ 14 blocks.

“We found our groove a bit, but we need to be more consistent. Anyway, there’s still a long way to go in the league and our next opponent is Mapua. We have three days to prepare for that,” Cariño said.

The Lady Pirates fell to 0-3.

It was another heartbreaking five-setter loss for Lyceum, which could not find that extra push to get the job done.

Alexandra Rafael, Ciamelle Wanta and Joy Onofre each scored 15 points while Jacquiline Acuña had five blocks for an 11-point outing for the Lady Pirates.

Later, Cesca Racraquin scattered 19 points while Nieza Viray added 14 points as San Beda joined defending champion Arellano University at 2-0 following a quick 25-13, 25-9, 25-21 win over San Sebastian.

Racraquin and Viray combined for nine of the Lady Red Spikers’ 13 service aces in the one hour and 27-minute match.

The Lady Stags dropped their third loss in as many games.

In men’s play, Louie Ramirez dropped 23 points while Ronniel Ramirez added 15 as reigning champion Perpetual scored a quick 25-22, 31-29, 25-20 win over Lyceum. The Altas are unbeaten in three starts.

Kirth Rosos, meanwhile, had 10 points to lead juniors titleholder Perpetual in sweeping Lyceum, 25-17, 25-17, 25-15 for a 3-0 mark.