Ateneo, FEU in V-League KO clash

September 4, 2010, 10:00pm

Game Sunday (The Arena, San Juan)
4 p.m. — Ateneo vs FEU

Ateneo and Far Eastern University clash this Sunday in a playoff for the last semifinal berth in the Shakey’s V-League Season 7 second conference at The Arena in San Juan.

Momentum is on the Lady Tams’ side after they pulled off a 25-21, 27-25, 11-25, 25-18 victory over the Eagles in the final quarterfinal round playdate last Thursday to force a sudden death for the fourth and last Final Four seat.

San Sebastian-Excelroof and Adamson tied for first at 10-2 at the close of the carryover quarters with the Lady Stags clinching the No. 1 spot with a superior tiebreak score.

They will face the winner of the Ateneo-FEU duel in the best-of-three semis starting September 9.

The Lady Falcons, who swept the Stags this conference and the quarterfinal round, will take on the No. 3 Lyceum Lady Pirates in the other semis duel.

Rachel Anne Daquis, Cherry Vivas and Michelle Carolino, who combined for 50 hits in stopping the Lady Eagles, are expected to lead FEU’s charge.

But the Loyola-based squad, which swept FEU in the elims, is raring to atone for its forgettable quarters campaign where it dropped four of its five matches.

Surasawadee Boonyuen fired 23 hits last Thursday but the Thai import failed to draw the needed backup from the rest of the Lady Eagles mainstays with guest player Alyssa Valdez churning out the only other double-digit score of 15 points.

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