LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – Tuba survived a feisty Tublay in a five-set thriller that almost went the latter’s way in the Cong. Eric Go Yap Congressional Cup – Benguet Women’s Volleyball League at the La Trinidad municipal gym here Wednesday.
In the end, Tuba settled for a 25-19, 14-25, 17-25, 25-19, 17-15 in 98 minutes of action, the first five set game in the league backed by Cong. Yap, the ACT-CIS Party list, the office of Gov. Melchor Diclas and the Media for Sports Development.
Tubaly even took a four-point lead in the fifth and deciding set, 13-9, but a gritty stand by the highly favored Tuba saw them tie the game and even took match point at 15-14 which, however, was saved by Tublay for another deuce.
Radinka Dumawor went for the kill which Tublay failed to return for the game clincher.
Kate Nicole Payang led the way for Tuba as she scored 13 points on 11 kills and two service aces.
“We collapsed and we did not receive well in the second and third sets,” said Payang, who received her second best player of the game award. The second set saw Marciar Pilay make four aces alone and Cherelyn Marie Sabado had five of the team’s eight in the third set.
“At least we saw what the team lacks. That is what we will improve on,” said Tuba coach Billy Narciso in the vernacular.
Dumawor settled for 10 points built on nine kills and a service ace.
Pilay led all scorers with 23 points on 16 kills and seven aces. CEGYCC Release
Meanwhile, La Trinidad sweep an undermanned Kibungan, 25-7, 25-17, 25-6 win Wednesday at its home gym here.
La Trinidad virtually used its second and third stringers to win over Kibungan which reported with only eight players with one having the wrong shorts.
Trinidad breezed past Kibungan in just 11 minutes of action in the first set, vacillated when practically all the players are third stringers in the second set for the “long” 18 minutes and where it even trailed by two, 9-11 at one juncture.
The 41 – minute action is also the shortest in the league, moreover.
Marie Heidi Tallocoy made most of her presence in the court as she scored a team high 14 points 12 of which are aces and just two kills. She was also one of the two players who played for all sets along with Kate Gacad who showed up with seven points, all on kills.
Trinidad gave up 11 errors and five service errors in the second set alone, thus the 17 points it allowed their opponent.
Trinidad is set to face Kapangan on Sunday in one of its tougher assignments.
“We will be preparing for them (Kapangan) and will be practicing. Hopefully, we will have the time since the past weeks we failed to train due to the series of typhoons,” said Jhon Patrick Garcia in the vernacular. CEGYCC Release
