THE UST Tiger Sands claimed the championship of the Rebisco Beach Volleyball Open Tournament at the Mall of Asia Sands by the Bay Sunday.
Tiger Sands’ “Dynamo Duo” of Rancel Varga and Efraem Dimaculangan triumphed over second UST pair Jaron Requinton and KR Guzman with a 21-12, 21-18 victory to secure the first and second place, respectively.
The UST Varga-Dimaculangan tandem swept the elimination rounds after defeating opponents from Thailand and Hong Kong.
The Varga-Dimaculangan duo extended their winning streak after beating USA and Hong Kong in their quarterfinals matches and Thailand in the semifinals.
UST pair Requinton and Guzmam settled for a silver finish while remaining Philippine team representatives Edmar Bonono and Jude Garcia clinched the third place podium.
In women’s play, the “SiPons” duo of Sisi Rondina and Bernadeth Pons won the gold medal.
Philippine team players Dzi Gervacio and Dij Rodriguez settled for silver while the Hong Kong tandem completed the podium with bronze medals.
UST Lady Spikers tandem Merry Jauculan and Genessa Eslapor also joined the tourney and reached the quarterfinals.
The tournament ran from Nov. 15 to 17.
