San Beda rules men's and juniors' table tennis, Letran grabs tennis crown
February 15, 2010 11:09 pm
MANILA, Feb. 15 — San Beda and Letran flexed their muscles in different fronts by topping their respective events Sunday in the 85th NCAA table tennis and lawn tennis competitions at the Emilio Aguinaldo College Gym and Rizal Memorial Tennis Center, respectively.
The Kurt de Guzman-mentored Lions drew strength from eventual Most Valuable Player (MVP) Japheth Adasa in edging last year’s titlist College of St. Benilde (CSB) to rule the men’s division while Karl Angelo Bolado crowned himself high school MVP after he paced the Cubs to the juniors crown over San Sebastian to complete a back-to-back romp.
The Lady Blazers, in contrast, made up for their failure by dominating the women’s side to reign supreme for the fifth straight season.
The Knights, for their part, edged the Blazers, last year’s champions, 2-1, to emerge the lawn tennis title holders this year.
Dave Regencio teamed up with Elnathan Abella in trouncing Larry Antigua and Daniel Bautista, 7-5, 3-6, 6-2, and then turned back a well-rested Martin Ramos in the deciding singles duel, 6-3. 7-6, to eke out the come-from-behind win.
CSB actually took the initiative early after Bautista walloped Keff Gamano in the first singles match, 6-3, 6-4, but lost steam in the doubles and the deciding singles match.
San Beda, which also ruled demonstration sport soft tennis Sunday, continued its juggernaut as it ruled the high school division by smashing last year’s winner CSB, 2-1.
Perpetual Help and San Sebastian finished third and fourth in the seniors’ section while San Sebastian and Letran ended up third and fourth in the juniors’ class of the event organized by a league committee chaired by Fr. Vic Calvo, OP.
No less than league president Fr. Mat de Jesus, OSB, and Management Committee chair Jose Mari Lacson of host San Beda awarded the beautifully-crafted trophies. (PNA) vcs/LOR
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