HIGHLIGHTS: UAAP Season 86 volleyball April 27

UAAP volleyball schedule of games (April 27)

Smart Araneta Coliseum

10 am– UP Fighting Maroons vs UE Red Warriors (men’s)
12 nn – UP Fighting Maroons vs UE Lady Warriors  (women’s)
4 pm – UST Golden Spikers vs La Salle Green Spikers  (men’s)
6 pm – UST Tigresses vs La Salle Lady Spikers  (women’s)

FULL SCHEDULE HERE.

UAAP Season 86 women’s volleyball final elimination round standings

PHOTO GALLERY: UST Tigresses vs La Salle Lady Spikers

UAAP: UST clinches twice-to-beat after repeating over La Salle

UST Tigresses celebrate win over La Salle Lady Spikers that clinched the twice-to-beat bonus in the UAAP Season 86 women’s volleyball Final Four. –MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.net

MANILA, Philippines–UST clawed the final twice-to-beat advantage in the UAAP Season 86 women’s volleyball tournament by beating defending champion La Salle anew,  22-25, 25-23, 25-16, 25-15   Saturday night at Smart Araneta Coliseum.

Leading Rookie of the Year candidate Angge Poyos unleashed 22 points from 18 attacks, three blocks and an ace for the Golden Tigresses to end the preliminary round by sweeping the Lady Spikers in their two encounters and lifting UST to the No. 2 slot in the Final Four. FULL STORY

STATS: UST Tigresses vs La Salle Lady Spikers (April 27)

Angge Poyos leads the UST Tigresses with 22 points while Jonna Perdido added 19 points.

VIDEO: UST coach KungFu Reyes, Tigresses after completing the elimination round sweep of La Salle

UAAP women’s volleyball Final Four cast: NU vs FEU, UST vs La Salle

LIVE UPDATES: UST Tigresses vs La Salle Lady Spikers

UAAP volleyball: Angel Canino returns to action for La Salle

FILE–La Salle Lady Spikers’ Angel Canino in the UAAP Season 86 women’s tournament. –MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.net

MANILA, Philippines — Angel Canino has returned to action in time for La Salle’s crucial final elimination game against University of Santo Tomas in the UAAP Season 86 women’s volleyball tournament after missing five games due to a cut on her right forearm.

The reigning MVP on Saturday didn’t start but she checked in early in the first set and scored her first four points right away as La Salle and UST fight for the last twice-to-beat bonus on Saturday in front of a soldout Smart Araneta Coliseum. FULL STORY

UAAP men’s volleyball Final Four cast: FEU vs UST, La Salle vs NU

UAAP men’s volleyball: La Salle forces playoff for Final Four bonus

La Salle Green Spikers’ JM Ronquillo in a UAAP Season 86 men’s volleyball tournament. –MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.net

MANILA, Philippines — La Salle forced a playoff for the last twice-to-beat bonus in the Final Four against defending champion National University after ending the elimination round with six straight wins in the UAAP Season 86 men’s volleyball tournament

JM Ronquillo unleashed 21 points on 60 percent attack rate to lift La Salle past the No.4 University of Santo Tomas,25-20, 25-27, 25-20, 25-18, in front of a jampacked Saturday crowd at Smart Araneta Coliseum.

Vince Maglinao also chipped in 19 points and six digs for the Green Spikers. Noel Kampton had 18 points and nine excellent receptions. Nat Del Pillar nailed seven blocks for the second straight game to finish with eight points, as libero Menard Guerrero tallied 16 receptions and 11 digs. FULL STORY

VIDEO: JM Ronquillo and La Salle coach Jose Roque after forcing a playoff for the No. 2 spot

UAAP men’s volleyball: La Salle beats UST to set up playoff for twice-to-beat bonus

VIDEO: UP coach Oliver Almadro on his first season with the Fighting Maroons

VIDEO: UE deputy coach Obet Vital and Casiey Dongallo after ending the season with three win

UAAP: Casiey Dongallo powers UE past UP in final Season 86 game

UE Lady Warriors’ Casiey Dongallo rises against UP defenders during a UAAP Season 86 women’s tournament game. –MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.net

MANILA, Philippines–Casiey Dongallo wrapped her rookie year with University of the East (UE) with a 23-25, 25-17, 27-25, 25-22 victory against University of the Philippines (UP) at the UAAP Season 86 women’s volleyball tournament on Saturday at Smart Araneta Coliseum.

Dongallo, the promising freshman hitter of the Lady Warriors, poured in 28 points built from 25 attacks, two blocks and ace to help UE break a five-game losing skid and finish with a 3-11 record, its best since 2019. FULL STORY

STATS: UP Fighting Maroons vs UE Lady Warriors

Casiey Dongallo ends her rookie year with 28 points and 9 digs for the UE Lady Warriors.

LIVE UPDATES: UP Fighting Maroons vs UE Lady Warriors

VIDEO: UP coach Vip Isada, Louis Gamban, and Dan Nicolas after ending the season with two win

UAAP men’s volleyball: UP men’s campaign with victory over UE 

UAAP volleyball: UST, La Salle face off in crucial clash

UST Tigresses in their game against La Salle Lady Spikers in the UAAP Season 86 women’s volleyball tournament. –UAAP PHOTO

De La Salle University (DLSU) and University of Santo Tomas (UST) will be seeing a lot of each other in the coming weeks, and whether that starts with Angel Canino’s comeback game for the defending champion Lady Spikers on Saturday is the question bigger than the result of the game itself.

Out of their last five games but seen involved in the warm-ups the last time, Canino is expected to finally suit up in the 6 p.m. game against the Golden Tigresses at Smart Araneta Coliseum and again make La Salle the feared side in the 86th Season of the UAAP women’s volleyball tournament.

UST, meanwhile, was never penciled to go this far with a plucky, youth-laden team, and coach KungFu Reyes has no qualms in the role his charges have played thus far. FULL STORY

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