NU, La Salle near semifinal

MANILA, Philippines - Men’s champ National University and De La Salle cruised past their respective foes to move closer to the UAAP badminton semifinals yesterday at the Rizal Memorial Badminton Hall.

The Bulldogs and the Green Archers fashioned out similar 5-0 shutout wins over Adamson University and University of the East, to improve their records to 4-0 in qualification play.

Rookie Keeyan Gabuelo overpowered Gerloth Delizo, 21-5, 21-14, in the opening singles while Roslee Pedrosa downed Kevin Fabros, 21-15, 21-17, in the second singles.

 La Salle also had an easy time, as EJ Boac prevailed over Benjamin Silla, 21-14, 21-9, in the first singles, while Kenneth Monterubio whipped AJ Manlalangit, 21-16, 21-18, in the second singles.