FEU Lady Tamaraws

December 8 (Tuesday) – The Arena
09:00 AM – ADMU vs UP
11:00 AM – UE vs NU
02:00 PM – AdU vs FEU
04:00 PM – UST vs DLSU

December 11 (Friday) – The Arena
09:00 AM – NU vs AdU
11:00 AM – UP vs UST
02:00 PM – FEU vs UE
04:00 PM – DLSU vs ADMU

December 13 (Sunday) – The Arena
09:00 AM – UE vs UP
11:00 AM – ADMU vs NU
02:00 PM – UST vs FEU
04:00 PM – AdU vs DLSU

December 15 (Tuesday) – The Arena
02:00 PM – UST vs NU
04:00 PM – UP vs FEU

December 16 (Wednesday) – The Arena
02:00 PM – UE vs DLSU
04:00 PM – AdU vs ADMU

December 19 (Saturday) – The Arena
02:00 PM – DLSU vs UP
04:00 PM – ADMU vs UST

December 20 (Sunday) – The Arena
02:00 PM – FEU vs NU
04:00 PM – AdU vs UE

January 9 (Saturday) – The Arena
02:00 PM – NU vs DLSU
04:00 PM – UE vs UST

January 10 (Sunday) – The Arena
02:00 PM – UP vs AdU
04:00 PM – ADMU vs FEU

January 12 (Tuesday) – The Arena
02:00 PM – UP vs NU
04:00 PM – UE vs ADMU

January 13 (Wednesday) – The Arena
02:00 PM – UST vs AdU
04:00 PM – DLSU vs FEU

GAME ONE
NOVEMBER 24, 2009
TUESDAY
4:00 PM
FILOIL FLYING V ARENA
PINAGLABANAN, SAN JUAN CITY

GAME THREE (if necessary)
NOVEMBER 29, 2009
SUNDAY
4:00 PM
FILOIL FLYING V ARENA
PINAGLABANAN, SAN JUAN CITY

MANILA, Philippines—Cherry Ann Vivas took charge in the fifth set as the Far Eastern University Lady Tamaraws hacked out a pulsating 25-12, 22-25, 25-27, 25-19, 15-9 triumph over the Ateneo de Manila University Lady Eagles Sunday night in their knockout match for a semifinal berth at the FilOil Flying V Arena in San Juan City.

Vivas, the league’s leading scorer, finished with 25 points, including four in the final set as the Lady Tamaraws forged a best-of-three semifinal duel with the University of Santo Tomas Tigresses starting Tuesday.

Defending champion San Sebastian College tackles Adamson University in the other semifinal pairing.

“Her skills are improving that’s why we wanted her to take charge in the fifth set,” said FEU coach Ernesto Pamilar, whose squad entered the semifinal round for the second straight conference.

With Ateneo unable to consistently produce quality attacks because of its poor receptions, the Lady Tamaraws pulled away for a 10-3 advantage in the deciding set.

The Lady Eagles managed to trim the gap to two twice, the last at 9-11 on Mary Rose Cabanag’s attacking error, before their mediocre floor defense did them in again.

Cabanag, who chipped in six points, made amends with a service ace that put the Lady Tamaraws at match point, then Rachel Ann Daquis scored on a smash to wrap up the victory in an hour and 56 minutes.

Daquis, who anchored the Lady Tamaraws’ defense at the backline in the final set, still finished with 20 points. Shaira Gonzales contributed 22 points on 19 attacks.

Pamilar attributed the victory to a defensive adjustment in the fifth set, where he put emphasis on blocking and left just three players on the backline to cover.

“We were able to cover the angles of their attack,” said Pamilar, whose team had a 72-51 edge on attack points.

The Lady Tamaraws breezed through the opening set, winning it in just 17 minutes.

But the Lady Eagles, who were coming off a morale-boosting five-set conquest of University of Santo Tomas, leaned on their superior blocking to take the next two frames.

Ateneo, Adamson score

Ateneo’s Charo Soriano and Kara Acevedo block Rachel Daquis of FEU during the Shakey’s V-League at The Arena in San Juan. (Photo by BOB DUNGO JR.)

Games on Wednesday (The Arena, San Juan)
2 p.m. — Adamson vs FEU
4 p.m. — Ateneo vs Benilde
6 p.m. — UST vs San Sebastian

Unheralded teams Ateneo and Adamson scored a pair of upsets on Sunday as the quarterfinals of the 6th Shakey’s V-League Second Conference unfurled at The Arena in San Juan.

The Lady Eagles, behind the efforts of Fille Cainglet, Angeline Gervacio and guest player Charo Soriano, stunned second-running Far Eastern University, 25-16, 26-24, 24-26, 25-14, while the Lady Falcons made short work of San Sebastian, 25-15, 25-13, 25-12.

Pau Soriano and Angela Benting each scored 15 points while Gill Justillo added 13 as Adamson improved to an even 4-4 card after blasting the five-time reigning NCAA champions in just 54 minutes.

“It’s anybody’s game pagdating dito sa quarterfinals. Kulang pa siguro ang laro namin pero kaya pa naming magimprove,” said Lady Falcons coach Dulce Pante, whose team forced San Sebastian into a tie for third place with Ateneo at 5-3.

No Lady Stag scored in double figures with Princess Elaine Cruz leading the way with just five points as coach Roger Gorayeb opted to use his reserves for most of the last two sets.

Adamson breezed through in the second set when it zoomed to a 7-0 start before taking a commanding 15-2 advantage.

The Lady Eagles drew confidence from their impressive victory over Adamson last Thursday.

“Nakakuha kami ng kumpiyansa mula sa panalo namin sa Adamson kaya nadala namin yun dito sa game na ‘to,” said coach Clint Malazo, whose team improved to a 5-3 record for fourth spot.

Quarterfinals Schedule

November 8 - Filoil Flying V Arena
2 PM - FEU vs Ateneo
4 PM - San Sebastian vs Adamson

November 10 - Filoil Flying V Arena
2 PM - Adamson vs FEU
4 PM - Ateneo vs Benilde
6 PM - UST vs San Sebastian

November 13 - Filoil Flying V Arena
2 PM - FEU vs Benilde
4 PM - San Sebastian vs Ateneo
6 PM - Adamson vs UST

November 15 - Filoil Flying V Arena
4 PM - Benilde vs UST
6 PM - San Sebastian vs FEU

November 17 - Filoil Flying V Arena
2 PM - Benilde vs San Sebastian
4 PM - Ateneo vs Adamson
6 PM - UST vs FEU

November 20 - Filoil Flying V Arena
2 PM - Adamson vs Benilde
4 PM - Ateneo vs UST

MANILA – The Far Eastern University (FEU) joined standings leader University of Santo Tomas (UST) in the quarterfinals of the Shakey’s V-League Season 6.

The Lady Tams clinched the 2nd quarterfinal spot after beating the College of St. Benilde (CSB) Lady Blazers, 25-17, 25-19, 13-25, 25-18, Tuesday at The Arena in San Juan City.

“We had poor reception in the third so I told them to work on it. It’s a good thing they responded,” FEU coach Nes Pamilar told V-League.ph in Filipino.

Cherry Vivas made 17 hits, Shaira Gonzalez contributed 16 points, and Rose Cabanag scored 11 points.

Meanwhile, the Ateneo-OraCare Lady Eagles won over the Lyceum Lady Pirates in Tuesday’s other match.

Ateneo overcame Lyceum, 25-22, 22-25, 25-19, 25-21. Guest player Charo Soriano and Angeline Gervacio scored 12 points each for Ateneo.

The Lady Eagles will seek to score another victory when they face the Lady Blazers on Friday. Lyceum, meanwhile, will play against San Sebastian College in the other match.

The top-ranked University of Sto. Tomas (UST) Tigresses and the San Sebastian College-Recoletos (SSC-R) Lady Stags drew first blood as they toppled their respective opponents in Game 1 of the best-of-three semifinals series of th e 6th Shakey’s V-League yesterday at the Arena in San Juan City.

The Lady Stags made short work of the defending champions Adamson University Lady Falcons with a 25-14, 25-20, 25-18 victory to move to within a win away from the Finals.

Likewise, the Tigresses showed their championship poise as they needed an extra set to defeat the Far Eastern University Lady Tamaraws, 25-14, 25-23, 22-25, 25-18.

San Sebastian took full advantage of the absence of Adamson’s vaunted imports and rode the game-long brillaince of Thai import Jaroensli Bualee, Laurence An Latigas and Rysabelle Devenadera to down the Lady Falcons.

The defending champion Lady Falcons, who blasted the FEU Lady Tams to arrange a semis duel with the Stags, played without reigning MVP Nerissa Bautista and fellow guest player Joanna Botor-Carpio, who had to leave for a commitment to play an international beach volley tournament in Vietnam with UST reinforcement Michelle Carolino.

On the other hand, UST had no problem coping with the absence of Carolino as they got 21 points from skipper Aiza Maizo. Mary Jean Balse had 20 and Maika Ortiz scored 12 while Rhea Dimaculangan stepped up to likewise fire 12 hits for the Tigresses

Shaira Gonzalez, Irish Morada and Cherry Vivas scored 11 hits apiece as the Lady Tams hung on with a third set win but failed to stop the Tigresses’ fourth-set romp.

May 19, Tuesday [FilOil Flying V Arena, San Juan]
2:00 PM - SSC-R vs    U S J - R

4:00 PM -    U S T vs    F E U

May 21, Thursday [FilOil Flying V Arena, San Juan]

2:00 PM -    F E U vs    U S J - R

4:00 PM-USLSvsSSC-R

6:00 PM -    AdU     vs    U S T

May 24, Sunday [FilOil Flying V Arena, San Juan]

2:00 PM-AdUvs USLS

4:00 PM     -    U S J - R   vs    U S T

May 26, Tuesday [FilOil Flying V Arena, San Juan]

2:00 PM - USLS vs    F E U

4:00 PM - SSC-R vs    AdU

May 28, Thursday [FilOil Flying V Arena, San Juan]

2:00 PM -    U S T vs USLS

4:00 PM -    F E U vs SSC-R

May 31, Sunday [FilOil Flying V Arena, San Juan]

2:00 PM -    AdU     vs    U S J - R

4:00 PM - SSC-R vs    U S T

June 2, Tuesday [FilOil Flying V Arena, San Juan]

2:00 PM -    U S J - R   vs    USLS

4:00 PM -    F E U vs    AdU

June 4, Thursday [FilOil Flying V Arena, San Juan]

Reserved for Play-Off or Start of Semi Finals