Enriquez withstood the attacks of Ateneo’s Karym Laidan to win by superiority after they had battled to a 3-3 tie.
Enriquez will face former national jin Angelito Ong, who came back from a 1-3 deficit to nip Baguio’s Michael Albert Belo in one of the exciting matches in the week-long tourney organized by img and Philippine Taekwondo Association, sponsored by Samsung and supported by Accel and 103.5 K Lite.
The other pinweight semifinalists were Baguio’s Edward Buliyat, who blasted TBB’s Witt Valencia, 3-0, and UST’s Terrence Boteja, who toppled TUP’s Mirzam Madid, 3-0.
John-John Abratique, 1998 Asian Games fly bronze medalist, Kuala Lumpur SEA Games and 2001 World Cup bronze winner Dax Morfe and two other national pool members — fly Anthony Ong and bantam Arnold Valenzuela — and former RP jin Ronald Samijon also triumphed to gain quarterfinal slots.