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Off-form Lady Stags survive Lyceum six


MANILA, Philippines - San Sebastian College groped for form but still found a way to repulse Lyceum, 24-26, 25-21, 25-15, 22-25, 15-5, and catch defending champion Adamson in third place in the 6th Shakey’s V-League at The Arena in San Juan City on Tuesday. Laurence Ann Latigay took over in the deciding set, racking up four unanswered hits as the Lady Stags raced to a 10-3 lead en route to recording their second straight win after dropping their opening day game to the UST Tigresses. Despite the victory, SSC coach Roger Gorayeb, however, said he was far from satisfied. “I don’t know why they played that bad. They were good in practice but it seemed they didn‘t want to play the kind of game expected of them," said Gorayeb, whose wards even dropped the first set in a game they were heavily favored to win. The victory tied the Lady Stags, winners of last year’s second conference, with the defending champion Lady Falcons for third spot with 2-1 cards behind UST and FEU’s 2-0 marks. Lyceum fell to 0-4 and must now win its last three games to remain in the hunt for the last quarterfinal berth in the single round eliminations. Thai import Bualee Jaroensri showed the way for SSC with 21 hits but it was Latigay who delivered the goods in the deciding fifth set and finished with 17 points. Nica Guliman came up with back-to-back blocks as Lyceum took the fourth set to extend the match. Guest player Dalhia Cruz made 22 hits for Lyceum, which also drew 16 points from Joy Cases and 13 hits from Guliman while Syvie Artates scored 11 points, including a kill that lifted the Lady Pirates in the opening set win. –GMANews.TV
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