CENTRAL Philippine University continued its mastery of the 2018 Iloilo PRISAA volleyball competition after snagging the women’s and men’s tertiary level titles at the CPU gym.
With the collegiate sweep, CPU captured five out of the six volleyball titles in the tournament, including secondary boys and girls, and elementary girls. The Golden Lions finished second in elementary boys.
Led by veterans Glaudine Trongcoso, Dessa Mae Puyo and Pearl An Denura, CPU bagged the women’s championship with a 25-12, 25-18, 25-18 victory over Western Institute of Technology.
CPU showed its dominance by jumping to an early advantage in each of the three sets behind Trongcoso and Puyo. WIT attempted to make it close but CPU always had an answer for the former’s runs to close the match in straight sets.
Also part of the CPU women’s roster were Shyrel Ambrocio, Ritchelle Amuan, Beatrice Arabia, Adrianne Celiz, Daniela Eguico, Eunice Guevarra, Glezel Ledesma, Je-ann Magnetico, Euna Gene Piosca, Riza Mae Serrano, Jolina Torres, and Hannah Magbanua.
Meanwhile CPU recovered from two sets down to capture the tertiary men’s title with a 22-25, 18-25, 25-18, 25-21, 15-13 victory over Iloilo Doctors’ College.
After struggling in the first two sets, CPU swung back to life in the third and fourth frames to force a fifth set. In the decider, both teams went toe to toe until CPU broke the 13-all score with back-to-back hits.
Comprising CPU’s men’s team were Deo Amparado, Armel Amuan, Kian Andrade, Gifred Caoyanan, Jason Dadivas, Paolo Doronilla, Francis Espinosa, Harry Flores, Jason Gabo, John Paul Guzman Jr., John Infante, Joven Malihan, Peter Orbina, Ken Union, Fritz Penaranda, Louie Sorgon, and Dan Miguel Yu./PN
