The Lady Tams came out strong after blowing a 2-0 set lead then pounced on the Lady Maroons’ erratic plays down the stretch to hack out the one-hour, 57-minute win and complete their sweep of the elims for a 4-0 card in the carryover quarterfinal phase of the mid-season conference of the league sponsored by Shakey’s. The Lady Tams scored on a quick hit to gain a 12-8 cushion in the fifth then won the next two points on the Lady Maroons’ spiking errors beforeCeline Domingo came away with a block to finish off the Diliman-based squad. But the Lady Maroons refused to give up and fought back behind Isabel Molde, Diana Carlos, Justine Dorog and Nicole Tiamzon, winning the next two frames, only to slow down at the start of the decider to the dismay of coach Jerry Yee. Molde and company did fight back to pull within 6-7 but just couldn’t match the Lady Tams’ strong finishing kick and check on their errors that hastened their downfall. Molde and Carlos churned out a pair of 20-hit outputs while Dorog added 14 points and Tiamzon finished with 10 markers.

Source: Manila Times August 20, 2016 13:07 UTC