UNDEFEATED University of Santo Tomas (UST) kept its unblemished slate Sunday in four outings by rallying past Gracel Christian College, 19-25, 25-17, 25-13, in 2024 Philippine National Volleyball Federation (PNVF) Under-18 Championship at the Rizal Memorial Coliseum in Manila.
The junior Tigresses of coach Emilio Reyes overcame a lethargic start before outplaying the Gracel Christian College in the next two sets to strangle their hold of the top spot of women’s Pool A with 4-0 win-loss record.
Unlike in their previous three assignments against Montessori School, 25-16, 25-23, Limitless Sports Center, 25-8, 25-9, and La Salle-Zobel, 25-16, 25-20, UST dropped a set but was able to get the job done in 69 minutes and sweep Pool A after unleashing its might on attacking.
De La Salle-Zobel finally snapped back-to-back losses with a 25-22, 25-15 win over Limitless Sports Center for first win after three games also in women’s Pool A of the tournament organized by the PNVF headed by President Ramon “Tats” Suzara.
Limitless Sports Center was already eliminated for playoff spot after being winless in four games.
Over in women’s Pool B, Colegio de Los Baños snapped a two-game losing skid after dealing Parañaque to 19-25, 25-13, 25-12 to improve its win-loss record to 1-2. Parañaque’s losing curse stayed and fell to 0-3 win-loss record.
In the boys’ category Pool A on Saturday, De La Salle Lipa maintained its unbeaten streak by crushing Batangas Christian School, 25-22, 25-17, to improve its win-loss record to 3-0. Batangas Christian School dropped to 0-3 and also considered eliminated for playoff spot.
Angatleta Sports from Orion Bataan bested Golden Whiskers Club, 25-16 25-19, on Saturday for back-to-back victories in 45 minutes to stay unbeaten in Pool A of the boys’ competition. Golden Whiskers Club slid to 0-2.
Undefeated Umingan-NHS bested VNS Volleyball Club, 25-20, 24-26, 25-19, to secure its third consecutive victory in boys’ pool B. VNS Volleyball Club dropped to 1-2.
Angatleta Bataan and Canossa Academy were battling on Sunday, Umingan-NHS from Pangasinan was also competing with Taytay Rizal, and Colegio de Los Baños and Hermosa Bataan was also playing as of press time.