UAAP volleyball: Falcons pull Eagles down the standings

Adamson stunned Ateneo, 25-27, 18-25, 26-24, 25-21, 15-13, Tuesday to get the Eagles’ company in the cellar of the 72nd UAAP men’s volleyball tournament at The Arena in San Juan City.

Nilo Jerus posted 15 hits, three blocks and an ace while Diober Reyes and Armando Maleon had 13 points apiece as the Falcons notched their first win after starting the tournament with three successive losses. The Eagles suffered their third setback in four games to join Adamson at the bottom of the standings. The loss also put to waste the double-digit output of five of Ateneo’s first six - Duane Craig Teves’ 19, John Joseph Sandoval’s 15, Andre John Pareja’s 13 and Narciso Intal Jr. and Neil Patrick Flores’ 10 apiece. Also claiming a surprise win was University of the East, which upstaged last year's runner-up University of the Philippines, 21-25, 29-27, 25-21, 22-25, 15-13. Three Red Warriors scored more than 20 points – Homer Lauresta with 23 and Dominic Estrada and Banchard Pedrano with 21 each - to spearhead the Recto-based squad to the upset win and a 3-1 win-loss slate behind University of Sto, Tomas’ leading 3-0. The Fighting Maroons, who drew 18 points from Michael Jordan Arda, dropped to an even 2-2 card. 3 straight for the Tigresses In the women's division, UST cruised to its third straight victory, a 25-10, 25-14, 25-13 drubbing of winless National U. "Nahuli naming off lang ang NU. Hindi ko expected na ganyan kababa ang ilalaro nila unlike yung first three games. With the exception sa mga service errors namin, okay lang ang laro ng team," said UST mentor Cesael delos Santos, whose wards are now 3-1 after an opening-day loss to defending champion La Salle. Judy Ann Caballejo had her finest game so far for UST with 13 hits while twin towers Aiza Maizo and Maika Ortiz dished out 12 and 11 points, respectively. Nobody among the Lady Bulldogs (0-4) finished in double figures with Mervic Mangui leading their cause with eight points. - GMANews.TV