FEU blanks Ateneo, nails IPPCA football finals slot
Far Eastern University-FERN swept past Ateneo, 5-0, while De La Salle-Zobel slipped past San Beda, 3-1, to reach the finals of the 2012 IPPCA Football Pre-Season Cup over the weekend at Nuvali Field in Sta. Rosa, Laguna.
Resty Monterona broke the ice for the Baby Tams in the 23rd minute as FEU dominated the match and didn’t allow the Baby Eagles to mount a comeback.
Lance Montenegro scored the opening goal in the 34th minute for the Junior Archers, but San Beda’s Nicolas Landrito tied the score at 1-1 four minutes later.
In the second half, Marco Aguilar and Mikel Manique struck in the 88th and 90th minute to seal the victory for La Salle-Zobel.
The Baby Tams and the Junior Archers clash in the juniors finals at 1 p.m., to be immediately followed by the championship match on Sunday between the FEU Tamaraws and the De La Salle-Flying V Green Archers for the seniors title at 3 p.m. in the tournament sponsored by sponsored by Meralco, Nuvali, Nature’s Spring, Molten, N20 Gastropub, Boysen Paints, BDO, Topcoms/StarSports Korea, Bacchus, CDO San Marino Corned Tuna and Pingping Lechon and bankrolled by IPPCA members.
