MANILA – Negrense Bea Tan and Dij Rodriguez of Perlas Lady Spikers bagged their second title of the year after ruling the Beach Volleyball Republic On Tour Santa Fe Open on Sunday at Bantayan Island in Cebu.
Tan and Rodriguez captured the leg championship after defeating Ilonggas Roma Joy and Roma Mae Doromal of National University-Boysen, 21-18, 21-16, in the gold medal round.
On their way to the finals, Tan and Rodriguez ousted Air Force 1’s May Ann Pantino and Jozza Cabalza, 14-21, 21-18, 15-12, while the Doromal sisters topped Bacolod’s Bianca Lizares and Margie Señas, 24-22, 21-19.
In the quarterfinals, Tan and Rodriguez bested PetroGazz’s Jonah Sabete and Melanie Torres, 21-17, 21-17, the Doromal’s rallied from a set down to beat Air Force 2’s Angel Antipuesto and Mikaela Andres, 18-21, 21-16, 15-13.
Lizares and Señas will settle for a fourth place finish in the competition following a 15-21, 13-21 defeat to Pantino and Cabalza in the battle-for-third place match.
University of St. La Salle-Bacolod’s Harold Parcia and Neil Depedro, meanwhile, settled for a runner-up finish in the men’s category after losing to Air Force-AboitizLand’s Ranran Abdilla and Jessie Lopez, 21-11, 16-21, 13-15, in the finals.
It was still a great run for Parcia and Depedro, who scored a 21-18, 15-21, 15-9 win over NU Boysen James Buytrago and Pol Salvador to arrange a Finals duel with Abdilla and Lopez, who ousted Visayas 1’s Jade Becaldo and Kevin Juban, 35-33, 21-17./PN
