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San Sebastian Lady Stags. NCAA PHOTO MANILA, Philippines—San Sebastian pressed on from two sets down to frustrate Perpetual 24-26, 26-28, 25-20, 25-20, 17-15, on Sunday in the NCAA Season 97 women’s volleyball tournament at Paco Arena in Manila. After dragging the match to a fifth set, the Lady Stags overturned two set points from the Lady Altas mainly from Kat Santos and Christina Marasigan to register their fourth win in five games, tying the idle Arellano Lady Chiefs in second place. Reyann Cañete dished out a career-best performance of 25 points, while Santos added 18 markers for the Lady Stags who blew a 10-7 lead in the fifth en route to a nip-and-tuck endgame. Perpetual, which relied on end-set rallies to steal the first two frames, suffered its second straight defeat for a 2-3 record. Later, San Beda overcame a lethargic opening set to defeat Emilio Aguinaldo, 17-25, 27-25, 25-23, 25-23, on Sunday and score its first win. The Red Lionesses leaned on Trisha Paras … [Read more...] about NCAA volleyball: San Sebastian grabs share of second, San Beda notches first win

Ricci Rivero. UAAP PHOTO MANILA, Philippines — Signing with Taoyuan was worth the wait for Ricci Rivero after he stayed focused and committed to complete University of the Philippines’ historic title run in the UAAP before pondering on his professional career. The 24-year-old revealed to Inquirer Sports that Taoyuan has been in talks with his handlers at Virtual Playground even before the UAAP Season 84 men’s basketball tournament. But his management decided not to tell him right away to avoid any distractions in his final playing year. “They reached out to Virtual Playground even before the UAAP started. But I remained committed to UP,” said Rivero in Filipino after signing as Taoyuan’s world import in the P.League+. “When Season 84 was still ongoing, they were in talks with sir Charlie Dy. But I don’t have any idea about it to avoid any distractions during the season.” “I just learned the offer right after we won the championship,” he added. His commitment to the … [Read more...] about Ricci Rivero to draw inspiration from OFWs in Taiwan stint

Yuki Ishikawa celebrates during a win over Slovenia in the Quezon City leg of the Volleyball Nations League (VNL) on Sunday. MANILA, Philippines — Yuki Ishikawa helped Japan get back on track to cap its Volleyball Nations League (VNL) Quezon City leg with a convincing 25-21, 22-25, 25-18, 25-19 win over Slovenia on Sunday at Smart Araneta Coliseum. Coming off a three-set loss to France on Saturday, where the Japanese sat out due to fatigue, Ishikawa returned to action with 21 points off 17 attacks, three aces, and a block, and had an impressive floor defense with eight digs and seven receptions. The Japanese, the crowd darlings who received loud cheers from the Filipino fans, won three of their four Philippine leg matches to finish Week 2 with a 6-2 record for solo fourth seed. Ishikawa, however, stressed that there are still a lot of things to work on for the next leg, which they will host in Osaka next month. “We won the match. But in the second set, we were winning but … [Read more...] about VNL: Yuki Ishikawa returns to lead Japan past Slovenia