National University Nazareth School-B overcame a hard-fighting University of Batangas High School in the winner-take-all championship match to reign supreme in the Shakey’s Girls Volleyball Invitational League (SGVIL) Rising Stars Cup Division 2 on Friday at the La Salle Green Hills Gym.
The Lady Bullpups displayed nerves of steel in staving off the feisty Junior Lady Brahmans, 33-31, 25-17, 25-23, for their breakthrough crown.
Keera Talabut scored 14 points on 13 kills and an ace to lead NUNS-B to a perfect 8-0 sweep of the competition, backed by Shakey’s Pizza Parlor, Peri-Peri Charcoal Chicken, Potato Corner, and R and B Milk Tea.
“Naging calm and composed lang kami kasi yun ang uunahin namin sa lahat. Inalis namin yung pressure and outside noise. Pinusuan po namin yung (first) set na yun ang pinaghirapan namin yun kaya naging dominant na kami sa mga sumunod na sets,” Talabut said.
Ellaine Tayag posted 11 of her 12 markers from kills while Jheiza Giducos finished with 12 points, including the championship-winning kill block, for the Lady Bullpups.
Meanwhile, last year’s Division 1 champion NUNS salvaged some measure of pride with a 25-18, 25-21, 25-18, sweep of Far Eastern University-Diliman for a bronze medal finish in the the tournament backed by Smart Sports, PusoP.com, Solar Sports Free TV, Mikasa, Asics, Eurotel, Team Rebel Sports, and Rigour Technology as technical partners.
On the other hand, Bacolod Tay Tung took bronze in Division 2 after beating Corpus Christi School, 25-15, 25-21, 18-25, 25-20.
In the Division 2 classification round, St. Jude Parish School defeated University of Santo Tomas-B, 25-15, 25-17, 22-25, 25-22, for a fifth place finish while inaugural champion Domuschola International School landed in seventh after topping host La Salle Green Hills, 25-22, 25-19, 20-25, 25-20.
King’s Montessori Immaculada Concepcion College, 25-20, 25-7, 25-13, for seventh place in Division 1.
SGVIL games are available live and on-demand via PusoP.com livestream and Solar Sports.
