NEWCOMER Immaculada Concepcion College completed a remarkable reverse sweep of University of Batangas in their sudden-death match, 13-25, 20-25, 25-17, 25-21, 15-13, in the Universities and Colleges Athletic League-PGFlex Season 7 Volleyball Finals on Tuesday at the Paco Arena in Manila.
Given up for dead after dropping the first two sets, the Lady Blue Hawks put their acts together starting in the third before outlasting the Lady Brahmans in a pulsating fifth-set showdown to prevail, making their league debut very memorable.
UB denied a volleyball sweep
ICC’s title win also denied UB of the sweep of the volleyball championships after the Brahmans outsteadied the Blue Hawks in a similar five-set thriller (25-18, 19-25, 25-23, 22-25, 17-15) in the men’s finals.
Starring Andrea Caparal, Marjorie Orpilla and Angeliz Cate Cosme, the top-seeded Lady Blue Hawks came a set shy of completing a title sweep in the eight-team tournament after taking the first two sets, 25-15, 25-15 in Game One held last Friday.
But the Lady Brahmans rallied furiously to complete one of the league’s biggest reversals.
This time, the Lady Blue Hawks returned the favor with Caparal peppering them with 27 points on 24 attacks, 2 blocks and a service ace.
The power-hitting Caparal had 28 in Game 2 of the event backed by Akari, Advance Solutions Inc., Smart Sports, Spalding, Team Rebel Sports, Quintana Sports, Crane Faucet, Hapee Toothpaste, Jiang Nan Restaurant, Vital, TopFlite Academy, Maruyama, and Gerry’s Grill.
The basketball competition of the league will start next month.
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