MANILA, Philippines (UPDATED) – The Adamson Lady Falcons snapped their two-game losing streak as they defeated the University of the East (UE) Lady Warriors in 5 sets, 19-25, 25-11, 16-25, 25-16 and 15-12, on Sunday, March 18, at the Filoil Flying V Centre. 

After the tight back-and-forth action early in the 5th set, the Lady Falcons escaped the stalemate with 4 unanswered points, 8-4. The Lady Warriors rallied back with a 4-1 run capped off by a Me-an Mendrez attack to cut the deficit to one, 9-8. 

UE’s errors allowed Adamson to pull away until back-to-back attacks by Me-an Mendrez brought it back to a one-point game, 12-11. Jema Galanza’s crosscourt shot brought it to match point for Adamson and Mylene Paat ended the Lady Falcons’ woes as her attack secured the match for them.

With the win, the Lady Falcons improved to 4-5, while the Lady Warriors fell to 2-7 in the UAAP Season 80 Women’s Volleyball tournament.

Adamson captain Galanza led the Lady Falcons’ double-digit scoring with 22 points off 18 spikes, 3 aces, and one block while making 22 excellent digs and 11 excellent receptions. Paat followed with 18 points, Eli Soyud scored 11 points, and Joy Dacoron breached the double digit-mark with 10 points.

Mendrez tallied 17 points off 15 spikes and two aces to lead the Lady Warriors. Kath Arado defended the floor with 32 excellent digs and 23 excellent receptions.

Adamson blew an early 11-7 lead as UE rallied back with 6 unanswered points to take the lead. After Fhen Emnas tied the set at 16-all, errors plagued the Lady Falcons, and the Lady Warriors pulled away to end the set with a 9-3 run.

Adamson controlled the entire second set, holding on to an early 8-2 lead and racing to a double-digit lead capped off by Galanza’s back-to-back aces that evened the match at one set apiece.

During the 3rd set, UE mirrored Adamson’s run in the previous set as the Lady Falcons collapsed with errors. As the Lady Warriors were 5 points away from taking the set, Galanza attempted to lift the Lady Falcons. UE continued to lock down the Lady Falcons as they finished the set with a 5-1 run to nab a 2-1 match advantage.

Galanza’s efforts lifted the Lady Falcons again in the 4th set as she scored 3 out of Adamson’s last 4 points for an 8-point lead, 16-8. As the Lady Falcons were two points away from taking the set, their errors gave free points to the Lady Warriors. Paat came up big to even the match at 2-2.

The Scores:

Adamson (3) – Galanza 22, Paat 18, Soyud 11, Dacoron 10, Emnas 7, Perez 5, Uy 1.

UE (2) – Mendrez 17, Adorador 12, Abil 10, Rodriguez 7, Bendong 7, Baliton 1.

– Rappler.com