ILOILO City – Team San Rafael, Team JJB of Sta. Barbara and Lady Dragons kept their clean slates in the first two days of the Gametime 14- Under Girls Volleyball League at the Sta. Clarita International School Covered Gym here.
Team San Rafael stayed unbeaten after three games in Group C following dominant wins over SIV Pink Panthers (25-8, 25-13) and PD Monfort Central Elementary School (25-9, 25-14) before a tight 25-12, 19-25, 25-16 win versus Santo Nino Sur Elementary School.
Team JJB of Sta Barbara, meanwhile, had a 2-0 start in Group B following a come-from-behind 18-25, 25-11, 25-20 win over Tanza Baybay and a two-set demolition of the I Arroyo Elementary School.
The Lady Dragons also sport a 2-0 win-loss slate in Group B following a 25-14, 25-20 beating of IAES followed by a lopsided triumph against Team Tanza Baybay. They will close their group stage game against Team JJB.
Meanwhile, Phoenix ended their Group A matches with a 2-1 win-loss record with their 25-12, 25-10 win over San Juan and 25-9, 25-18 sweep of FPL Training Camp. Their lone loss was against Team Pototan.
Santo Nino Sur Elementary School managed to score a 26-24, 25-16 win over PD Monfort Central Elementary School before losing to Team JJB for a 1-1 win-loss slate and stayed alive in the quarterfinals race.
Calinog, meanwhile, bounced back from a 25-19, 25-23 loss to ICSA with back-to-back victories against ICES (25-9, 25-8) and Rafflyn (25-7, 25-4) and remained in contention with its 2-1 mark.
Team Tanza Baybay, meanwhile, bowed out of playoffs contention after suffering two defeats in three matches, while I Arroyo Elementary School also ended its campaign with 0-3 record.
The volleyball tournament will resume this Saturday with nine crucial matches with playoffs indications, while the quarterfinals, semifinals and finals are slated on Sunday, May 28.
“Grassroots programs in any sport like volleyball will always be the key to success,” said Gametime Sports founder Rodolfo Go Villaruz. “So we organized this tournament to help discover potential volleyball athletes here in Iloilo.”/PN
