BACOLOD City – University of St. La Salle-Bacolod showed their dominance in the Negros Occidental Private School Sports Cultural Education Association (NOPSSCEA) beach volleyball tournament held at their sand court here.
The USLS Lady Stingers of Keyan Andrada, Raaya Olaes and Ashgan Bkheet emerged as champions in the secondary girls beach volleyball by beating Colegio de Sta. Ana de Victorias in the finals, 21-18, 21-12.
Prior to the finale, the trio of Andrada, OIaes and Bkheet defeated Bacolod Tay Tung High School Thunderbolts’ Sophie Cagalawan, Jan Rose Bulak and Antheai Nishant Galicia, which ended with the bronze medal.
USLS Stingers crew of Renbert Puzon, Joshua Elloran and Allen Teruel, meanwhile, clinched the secondary boys beach volleyball event after edging Living Stones in the finals, 22-20, 21-16.
The trio of Jopeth Torico, James Alarcon and Maruel Tan carried the USLS Stingers to the tertiary men’s beach volleyball championship after a 21-17, 19-21, 15-12 win over Colegio de Sta. Ana de Victorias in the finals.
For their championship feats, the USLS’ secondary girls and boy and tertiary men’s beach volleyball teams are advancing to the Regional Private School Athletic Association (PRISAA) Meet to be held in Iloilo City.
The USLS tertiary women beach volleyball team of Ashley Diandra Rapiz, Nicolei Galvan and Sayrel Bermeo, meanwhile, settled for a bronze medal finish after bowing to University of Negros Occidental-Recoletos in the semifinals.
The UNO-R squad of Marixi Maligmat, Gelimae Villanueva and Kyla Malunes Gallego later went on to bag the women’s beach volleyball tiara after winning their championship match.
The University of St. La Salle’s beach volleyball squad were handled by head coach Simon Aguillon and his assistant coaches Joeve Dela Cruz and Armando Degracia.
“The coaches are proud of the achievements of our beach volleyball teams,” Aguillon said. “Their months of training and hardwork has paid off with championships and podium finishes.”/PN
