UP gets another crack of its first win in the second round of the UAAP Season 87 men’s volleyball tournament, figuring in a weekend encounter against the winless UE Red Warriors.
UP vies to replicate its opening-round success over UE as the Fighting Maroons meet the Red Warriors anew in the UAAP Season 87 men’s volleyball tournament, Sunday, March 30, at the Smart Araneta Coliseum.
Game time is at 9:00 a.m.
The Diliman-based squad return to action coming off a second-straight loss at the hands of the four-time defending champion NU Bulldogs.
Despite striking first, UP surrendered the last three sets en route to absorbing a seventh loss in nine games in the tournament.
Olayemi Raheem was the lone bright spot for the Fighting Maroons, pouring a team-high 26 points but his squad stumbled to a 13th straight defeat to the Bulldogs.
No other UP player reached double-digit scoring as Angelo Lipata and Dan Nicolas logged seven points each in the losing effort.
Louise Aballe dished out 17 excellent sets alongside four points, while main libero Nino Bersano produced 14 excellent digs and 10 excellent receptions.
Aside from their five-set victory over UE in the season-opener, UP’s other win came against the Adamson Soaring Falcons last March 16.
(With reports from Pao Ambat)
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