St. Paul, Assumption stay afloat in ICTSI Interschool

MANILA, Philippines - St. Paul, Ateneo and Assumption kept their rivals at bay to stay on top of their respective divisions at the resumption of the ICTSI-JGFP Interschool golf tournament in various courses recently.

Multi-titled Mia Legaspi and Annika Cedo returned from their victorious stint with Manila Southwoods in the PAL Ladies Interclub in Iloilo to score 49 and 45 points, respectively, to keep a 39-point lead for St. Paul College over Ateneo in Girls 1 play at the Intramuros course.

The Paulinians stood at 204 at the resumption of their rescheduled second round at the short but tricky Intramuros course where the comebacking Paulina Sotto, daughter of comedian and TV host Vic, and Tala Excondemade scored 45 and 44, respectively, for 89 and 165. 

Girls 2 play at Capitol Hills, meanwhile, saw Assumption warding off a big rally by La Salle Zobel to keep an eight-point advantage. Samantha Bruce (51) and Laia Barro (36) managed just 87 and saw their big first round lead of  16 reduced by half in the tourney which has ICTSI as major sponsor and also supported by Philippine Airlines, Pancake House Group, Golf Depot and Sizzlin Pepper.

Bernice Olivarez-Ilas returned to score 52 for La Salle Zobel and Mikhaela Fortuna backed her up with a 51.

Ateneo, meanwhile, got 31 from Riggs Illescas and 21 from Miles Conding which were enough to keep them 33 points ahead of La Salle Greenhills.The tourney featuring more than 250 jungolfers from 40 schools  resumes tomorrow with the M 1 at Valley Golf Club and Seniors at Aguinaldo Golf Club.