26 July 2014, 3:32 p.m. – THE UST Junior Tiger Spikers opened their UAAP Season 77 boys volleyball tournament campaign on a high note after sweeping De La Salle-Zobel, 25-15, 25-15, 25-22, at the Adamson University gym, Saturday.
Down 15-20 late in the third frame, the Junior Tiger Spikers unleashed a 10-2 run, capped by back-to-back service aces of Jhun Lorenz Señoron, to steal the match.
UST struggled with five straight errors early in the third set, allowing La Salle to mount a 14-9 lead before the Junior Tiger Spikers regrouped to win the game.
“I told them it is important to win our first game. I asked them to show what we do in our trainings with no pressure,” UST head coach Clarence Esteban said.
The Tiger Spikers got off to a hot start as team captain and setter Mark Pangan started with an ace, sparking a 15-4 blitz, for an easy first set win, 25-15.
In the second set, Teo de Guzman scored two consecutive attacks to give UST a 10-point advantage, 21-11, before cruising to another 25-15 win.
Señoron led UST with 13 points, including three of the team’s 14 aces.
The Junior Tiger Spikers will next face the FEU Junior Tamaraws tomorrow, July 27, 8 a.m. at the same venue. K. C. G. Basco
