La Salle-Lipa, AGC spikers near semis
MANILA, Philippines - Academy of God’s Children (AGC) and De La Salle-Lipa (DLL) fashioned out one-sided victories to close in on the semifinal berths in boys’ Pool B while a four-way fight looms in Pool A in the Toby’s Junior Volleyball League at the Toby’s Arena in Pasig last weekend.
The AGC tossers dominated the Elizabeth Seton School (ESS) side, 25-7, 25-15, then blasted the Harrel Horne IS (HHS) squad, 25-11, 25-8, to stretch its win run to four while the Lipa-based spikers outhit ESS, 25-8, 25-9, for a 3-0 slate in Pool B of the tournament sponsored by Toby’s Sports and organized by Metro Sports.
Concepcion Elem. School (CES) and Palanan Elem. School (PES) remained tied in the lead in boys’ Pool A with 3-0 cards but St. Jerome Emiliani Institute (SJE) and Colegio San Agustin (CSA) remain in the hunt with 3-1 and 2-1 marks, respectively.
CES won by default over Proj. 6 Elem. School (PSS) while PES clobbered St. Joseph College (SJC), 25-14, 25-7. SJE also scored a walkover win over PSS while CSA held off St. James College (SJC), 25-14, 25-16.
In girls play, DLL smothered De La Salle-Canlubang (DLC), 25-3, 25-11, for its second straight win, one game behind Hope Christian High School (HCS), unbeaten in three starts in Pool A.
The Blue Jaguars, meanwhile, stayed in contention with a 2-1 slate after repulsing MGC New Life Christian Academy, 25-17, 26-24, while De La Salle-Zobel (DLZ) thwarted Miriam College (MIC), 26-24, 25-14, to gain a share of Pool B lead with CSA.
Makati Hope Christian School (MHC) subdued De La Salle-Lipa B (DLB), 25-10, 28-26, to even its card at 1-1 while MIC dropped to 1-2.
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