MENCHIE Tubiera led the way and guest player Mina Aganon came up huge against her former team as Arellano turned back National University, 25-23, 25-18, 19-25, 25-22, on Saturday in the V-League Collegiate Conference at The Arena in San Juan.
Tubiera came up with 13 points, while former NU Lady Bulldog Aganon scored 11 to power the Lady Chiefs, the reigning NCAA champions.
Danna Henson came up with 10 markers and Shirley Salamagos added nine for Arellano.
The Lady Chiefs earned 41 points from NU's errors as the Lady Chiefs cruised to their second win in three matches to improve to the second spot in Group B tied with their victim.
Jaja Santiago scored 20 points on 15 spikes, three blocks and two service aces as the Lady Bulldogs absorbed their first loss after starting the tournament with back-to-back wins,
Aiko Urdas scored 14 and Jorelle Singh added 11 for NU.