ADVERTISEMENT
Manila Bulletin devider Sports devider Volleyball devider Lady Bulldogs crush Maroons for third straight win

Lady Bulldogs crush Maroons for third straight win

Published Mar 2, 2024 09:29 am

At A Glance

  • National University made light work of University of the Philippines, 25-17, 25-16, 25-17, for its third straight win in the UAAP Season 86 women's volleyball tournament on Saturday, March 2, at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City. 

National University made light work of University of the Philippines, 25-17, 25-16, 25-17, for its third straight win in the UAAP Season 86 women’s volleyball tournament on Saturday, March 2, at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City. 

UAAP 86 WVB - Evangeline Alinsug (5).JPG
 Vange Alinsug stars for the NU Lady Bulldogs (UAAP Media)

The Lady Bulldogs hardly broke a sweat in dispatching the Maroons and posting their second consecutive straight-set victory to improve their win-loss tally to 3-1.

NU’s win also pushed UP further deeper to the cellar as the Fighting Maroons plummeted to their fourth straight defeat -- stretching their losing streak to 15 games dating back from last season’s one-win campaign.

Sophomore Vange Alinsug unloaded a team-high performance of 15 points highlighted by 13 attacks including the clincher for the Lady Bulldogs, while former Most Valuable Player Bella Belen and Alyssa Solomon contributed 10 markers each in the match that lasted 78 minutes.

NU leaned on its powerful offense to whip UP, firing 48 attacks against the Maroons’ 23.

Following their loss to the University of Santo Tomas Golden Tigresses in the opening day, the Lady Bulldogs have now simply found their groove to make up for the sorry loss. 

UP, on the other hand, has yet to break through into the season under its new head coach Oliver Almadro. 

None from the Maroons breached the double digit mark, with reigning second Best Middle Blocker Niña Ytang finishing with only seven points.

In men’s play, De La Salle regrouped after a fourth set collapse to take a 23-25, 25-17, 25-18, 21-25, 15-11 win for a share of second spot.
Senior trio Vince Maglinao, JM Ronquillo, and Billie Anima took turns in giving the much-needed blows for the Green Spikers in the fifth set to finish the match in two hours and three minutes.
Challenges also proved timely for La Salle as head coach Jose Roque and his staff won two in the decider that also contributed in their finisher, turning a 9-8 tight lead to a 15-11 clincher.
La Salle improved to 3-1 to tie with NU, just behind the still-unbeaten Far Eastern University, which has a 3-0 record.

Related Tags

UP Fighting Maroons UAAP Season 86 NU Lady Bulldogs
ADVERTISEMENT
.most-popular .layout-ratio{ padding-bottom: 79.13%; } @media (min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1024px) { .widget-title { font-size: 15px !important; } }

{{ articles_filter_1561_widget.title }}

{{ item.title }}
.most-popular .layout-ratio{ padding-bottom: 79.13%; } @media (min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1024px) { .widget-title { font-size: 15px !important; } }

{{ articles_filter_1562_widget.title }}

{{ item.title }}
.most-popular .layout-ratio{ padding-bottom: 79.13%; } @media (min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1024px) { .widget-title { font-size: 15px !important; } }

{{ articles_filter_1563_widget.title }}

{{ item.title }}

{{ articles_filter_1564_widget.title }}

{{ item.title }}
.mb-article-details { position: relative; } .mb-article-details .article-body-preview, .mb-article-details .article-body-summary{ font-size: 17px; line-height: 30px; font-family: "Libre Caslon Text", serif; color: #000; } .mb-article-details .article-body-preview iframe , .mb-article-details .article-body-summary iframe{ width: 100%; margin: auto; } .read-more-background { background: linear-gradient(180deg, color(display-p3 1.000 1.000 1.000 / 0) 13.75%, color(display-p3 1.000 1.000 1.000 / 0.8) 30.79%, color(display-p3 1.000 1.000 1.000) 72.5%); position: absolute; height: 200px; width: 100%; bottom: 0; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center; padding: 0; } .read-more-background a{ color: #000; } .read-more-btn { padding: 17px 45px; font-family: Inter; font-weight: 700; font-size: 18px; line-height: 16px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; border: 1px solid black; background-color: white; } .hidden { display: none; }
function initializeAllSwipers() { // Get all hidden inputs with cms_article_id document.querySelectorAll('[id^="cms_article_id_"]').forEach(function (input) { const cmsArticleId = input.value; const articleSelector = '#article-' + cmsArticleId + ' .body_images'; const swiperElement = document.querySelector(articleSelector); if (swiperElement && !swiperElement.classList.contains('swiper-initialized')) { new Swiper(articleSelector, { loop: true, pagination: false, navigation: { nextEl: '#article-' + cmsArticleId + ' .swiper-button-next', prevEl: '#article-' + cmsArticleId + ' .swiper-button-prev', }, }); } }); } setTimeout(initializeAllSwipers, 3000); const intersectionObserver = new IntersectionObserver( (entries) => { entries.forEach((entry) => { if (entry.isIntersecting) { const newUrl = entry.target.getAttribute("data-url"); if (newUrl) { history.pushState(null, null, newUrl); let article = entry.target; // Extract metadata const author = article.querySelector('.author-section').textContent.replace('By', '').trim(); const section = article.querySelector('.section-info ').textContent.replace(' ', ' '); const title = article.querySelector('.article-title h1').textContent; // Parse URL for Chartbeat path format const parsedUrl = new URL(newUrl, window.location.origin); const cleanUrl = parsedUrl.host + parsedUrl.pathname; // Update Chartbeat configuration if (typeof window._sf_async_config !== 'undefined') { window._sf_async_config.path = cleanUrl; window._sf_async_config.sections = section; window._sf_async_config.authors = author; } // Track virtual page view with Chartbeat if (typeof pSUPERFLY !== 'undefined' && typeof pSUPERFLY.virtualPage === 'function') { try { pSUPERFLY.virtualPage({ path: cleanUrl, title: title, sections: section, authors: author }); } catch (error) { console.error('ping error', error); } } // Optional: Update document title if (title && title !== document.title) { document.title = title; } } } }); }, { threshold: 0.1 } ); function showArticleBody(button) { const article = button.closest("article"); const summary = article.querySelector(".article-body-summary"); const body = article.querySelector(".article-body-preview"); const readMoreSection = article.querySelector(".read-more-background"); // Hide summary and read-more section summary.style.display = "none"; readMoreSection.style.display = "none"; // Show the full article body body.classList.remove("hidden"); } document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", () => { let loadCount = 0; // Track how many times articles are loaded const offset = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]; // Offset values const currentUrl = window.location.pathname.substring(1); let isLoading = false; // Prevent multiple calls if (!currentUrl) { console.log("Current URL is invalid."); return; } const sentinel = document.getElementById("load-more-sentinel"); if (!sentinel) { console.log("Sentinel element not found."); return; } function isSentinelVisible() { const rect = sentinel.getBoundingClientRect(); return ( rect.top < window.innerHeight && rect.bottom >= 0 ); } function onScroll() { if (isLoading) return; if (isSentinelVisible()) { if (loadCount >= offset.length) { console.log("Maximum load attempts reached."); window.removeEventListener("scroll", onScroll); return; } isLoading = true; const currentOffset = offset[loadCount]; window.loadMoreItems().then(() => { let article = document.querySelector('#widget_1690 > div:nth-last-of-type(2) article'); intersectionObserver.observe(article) loadCount++; }).catch(error => { console.error("Error loading more items:", error); }).finally(() => { isLoading = false; }); } } window.addEventListener("scroll", onScroll); });
Join Our Newsletters

Sign up by email to receive news.

© 2025 Manila Bulletin The Nation's Leading Newspaper. All Rights Reserved.