Ateneo’s Lyann De Guzman within the Shakey’s Tremendous League.–SSL PHOTO
MANILA, Philippines — Ateneo sealed a dominant classification spherical marketing campaign with a 26-24, 25-16, 21-25, 25-23, win over School of St. Benilde for a fifth-place end within the 2024 Shakey’s Tremendous League Collegiate Pre-season Championship Saturday night time at Rizal Memorial Coliseum.
Lyann De Guzman displayed her scoring prowess with a game-high 20 factors however Geezel Tsunashima performed the hero’s function within the closing stretch of the fourth set after scoring the Blue Eagles’ final two factors to bag the victory.
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The Blue Eagles, who swept College of the East within the first section of the classification spherical, clinched their greatest end within the league’s centerpiece event.
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De Guzman, who scored seven within the fourth body, smashed 19 assault factors and an ace whereas center blocker AC Miner added 13 markers for Ateneo, which outgunned the reigning NCAA champions Girl Blazers in spikes, 64-48.
Tsunashima bought all her 9 factors from kills together with the match-clinching back-to-back hits.
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“Sabi ko sa kanila ‘wag masyadong calm down kasi nakikita ko na hindi ito ‘yung laro namin kapag nagti-training kami. Sabi ko lang ilaban lang nila, nandito kami magtutulungan para sa isa’t isa,” De Guzman stated.
The Blue Eagles trailed the Girl Blazers, 18-20, within the fourth set earlier than unleashing a 5-2 run to take a 23-22 benefit.
Saint Benilde’s reverse hitter Clydel Catarig knotted the body at 23 with a pointy assault. Tsunashima answered with a crosscourt kill that was initially referred to as out however overturned following a profitable problem by Ateneo.
The Blue Eagles wing spiker then placed on the of completion with an off-the-block kill.
Catarig led Benilde with 14 factors she collected from 13 spikes and one kill whereas Zamantha Nolasco and Mary Grace Borromeo had 11 and 10 markers, respectively.
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Catarig waxed sizzling within the third body, scoring six factors with Mycah Gon and Borromeo throwing in loads of assist to keep away from getting swept by Ateneo.
The Girl Blazers seemed poised to power a fifth set solely to lose steam at crunch time.
In the meantime, UE swept College of the Philippines, 25-20, 25-22, 26-24, for seventh place.
The deadly trio of Jelai Gajero, Casiey Dongallo and KC Cepada led the way in which within the Girl Warriors’ comfort victory.
Gajero completed with 17 factors highlighted by 11 assaults together with back-to-back kills to place the sport away within the prolonged third set. Dongallo added 16 markers with 15 coming off spikes whereas Cepada scattered 14 factors from 10 hits and 4 service winners.
Nina Ytang had 9 factors whereas Kassandra Doering and Kyrzten Cabasac had eight markers every in a misplaced trigger for the Combating Maroons, who completed their marketing campaign in eighth place.
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Motion resumes on November 22 with three-peat-seeking Nationwide College and unbeaten De La Salle College clashing in Recreation 1 of the best-of-three finals.
