Colegio de San Juan de Letran dealt University of Perpetual Help System DALTA its first taste of defeat after a masterful 21-17, 21-12 victory to clinch the NCAA Season 98 women's beach volleyball crown on Saturday in Subic, Zambales.
The win spoiled Perpetual's bid for a double championship after its men's squad ruled over Emilio Aguinaldo College in the men's category earlier in the day.
Graduating spiker Chamberlaine Cuñada started hot right from the get-go, drilling three straight points to give the Lady Knights a 17-13 cushion in the opening set before three straight errors from Perpetual sent the Intramuros crew to the set point, 20-15.
Lara Mae Silva committed two costly errors before she went for a down-the-line attack that handed Letran the set, 21-17, as the erstwhile unbeaten Lady ALTAs moved on the verge of a sweep loss.
Letran continued its strong plays in the second frame, racing to a quick 7-0 lead as Cuñada became unstoppable with her offensive prowess. A hammer from her made it a 14-7 upper hand for the Lady Knights, but Perpetual, who swept all its games en route to the championship round, nailed two consecutive points, 15-11.
Silva then found a hole in Perpetual's defense to deliver the championship-clinching point, 21-12.
—JMB, GMA Integrated News
