The University of Santo Tomas Golden Tigresses and the De La Salle University Lady Spikers prevailed over their quarterfinal foes on Wednesday at the FilOil EcoOil Arena in San Juan to reach the semis of Shakey’s Super League (SSL) National Invitationals.
The Golden Tigresses needed four sets to fend off the Enderun College Lady Titans, 25-13, 25-16, 21-25, 25-14, while the Lady Spikers hardly broke a sweat against Mindanao’s Jose Maria College Foundation (JMCF), 25-18, 25-14, 25-19.
Angeline Poyos pumped in 18 points on 12 attacks, two blocks, and four aces to lead the Golden Tigresses, while Regina Jurado and Athena Abbu added 10 and nine points, respectively.
The third set loss was the only set allowed by UST to their opponents after blanking De La Salle-Dasmarinas and CESAFI champion University of San Jose-Recoletos in their previous games.
“Ice-credit mo rin ‘yung kalaban mo kasi hindi naman kami ‘yung pinakamagaling na hindi pwedeng matalo kaya nga kami nandito. Ganoon din ‘yung Enderun, trinabaho nila,” said UST head coach Kungfu Reyes.
The Lady Spikers, meanwhile, leaned on the tandem of Shevana Laput and Thea Gagate for their third lopsided win in a row without a single set in the tournament.
“Marami pa rin kaming dapat ayusin heading into the semis. Ibang labanan na doon,” said Lady Spikers interim mentor Noel Orcullo.
The Lady Spikers and the Golden Tigresses will collide on Friday in the first Final Four pairing, three months after their semi-final battle in UAAP Season 85 was eventually won by the spikers from Taft.
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