DANCEL Dusaran of UST (No. 12) tries to set up teammate Rhea Dimaculangan during their game against Letran. AUGUST DELA CRUZ
With Aiza Maizo and Rhea Dimaculangan combining brilliantly, University of Santo Tomas shut the quarterfinal door on Letran with a 25-16, 25-23, 25-20 walloping yesterday in the Shakey’s V-League Season 10 First Conference at Filoil Flying V Arena in San Juan.
Benefitting from Dimaculangan’s solid setting, Maizo drilled in 16 points to power the Tigresses to their third win in four outings for the No. 2 seed in Group A heading into the quarterfinals.
Perpetual Help later clinched the last quarterfinal spot in Group B with a 25-14, 25-19, 25-19 triumph over University of San Carlos Lady Warriors, who finished their maiden V-League campaign without a victory.
April Sartin and Honey Tubino had 11 points each as the Lady Altas unleashed a fiery windup in the third set to finish off the Lady Warriors.
The Lady Altas strung up five points to erase an 18-19 deficit and complete the win in a little over an hour.
The Lady Knights also dropped all of their four games in the elimination-round and missed the chance of gaining at least a playoff for a quarterfinal berth against the Tigresses.
With the Tigresses’ victory, both San Sebastian and La Salle Dasmariñas joined UST and unbeaten Ateneo in the quarterfinals. Patty Perez and Nikki Valenzuela