Roma Mae Doromal finished with a strong double-double of 23 receptions and 23 digs to anchor Ateneo's win over UE.
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00:00 You might not win the match but then you have a really you know fulfilling game
00:04 and you can carry that on with you to the rest of the conference or the rest
00:08 of the season. The rest of your career I think these are the things you learn in
00:13 Actually, those breakballs are hard.
00:17 And certainly is showing a lot of maturity. We're talking about Leanne
00:21 Guzman earlier. We'll talk more about her later but she's one of those who really
00:26 evolved from last year. And here goes Leanne again.
00:31 Cassie Dongalia with the pick up there. Kai Sepada picked up by Doromal.
00:37 Good defense from Yui. And from Ateneo we have a rally.
00:45 Shunoshima will get that one. Faith Desperos, Vanny Gambler no longer there. So this is
00:51 the kind of thing that they have to contend with this season.
00:54 It's their time now.
00:58 Another chance here. Slide attack. Perfectly executed by Deminer going deep.
01:07 Well, they just couldn't kill it. I guess it's a tribute to the
01:12 tribute to the defense that Ateneo is showing. Right.
01:17 Shunoshima coming from the right pin. That left the advantage clearly.
01:22 It's a Sunday volleyball day. And that's one of the best things that we see coming out
01:27 also of the Ateneo story this season. A lot of the alumni, a lot of the
01:34 supporters coming back out and showing their support.
01:38 And Buena again finding her groove. Some adjustments that Yui might need to make.
01:45 Might be a little too late for this first set as we have multiple set points for
01:50 the Blue Eagles. Let's see if they can put an end to the set now. Buena will do it for Ateneo.
01:58 So the adjustments already made and I'm sure a lot of studying.
02:03 Donggalio is a marked man here for Yui. And so is Lian, but that's a good chase by Taks.
02:11 Broken play here. I think it's just luck. I don't know.
02:16 So I wouldn't say that they are swept. Because that was just a while ago.
02:22 Two in the first set. The girls in their training the past few days taking you guys back to how they prepare.
02:28 The girls took no day offs from their regular programming. Their day started as early as 6 a.m.
02:33 for strength and conditioning. At the highest point. Yeah. Good timing.
02:39 And Lian made a comeback. And the approach of the middle. It looked as if she was going to send.
02:47 Fujimoto was going to send. She also has that thing going on with Taks.
02:52 Yup. They've been together for a long time.
02:56 Sobe on the other hand. And we always talk about this very uncanny and unorthodox approach.
03:02 You can see it's hard to read. It's behind her head. And it's coming off.
03:09 Cortez pushing it out to Lian de Guzman. That can be a point for Lian.
03:18 Just hitting it off the blockers. 9 for de Guzman. She has the most points for Ateneo.
03:23 Followed by Buena with 8.
03:25 Tsutashima in minor both with 7.
03:28 And on your screens earlier it was Faith Bulan and Nikki Cressini, former UE players.
03:35 Out of the alumni coming out enjoying the action live.
03:39 However, Ateneo is still fighting in this set.
03:43 UE has the lead. Still has the lead. They're at match point.
03:56 And AC minor.
03:58 That went outside but she's looking for a check ball.
04:03 But you know, Cortez was able to find AC minor and AC minor adjusting the tempo of her attack there.
04:09 And a broken play. This time Zell going up.
04:14 Another broken play.
04:16 A replay that the official wanted to see.
04:20 Actually, that's true.
04:23 The one who can start the video challenge is the official himself.
04:28 In any case, it did go the way of UE.
04:32 But Ateneo still with a one point lead.
04:34 Back row attack de Guzman.
04:36 That was smart.
04:38 And again, these are things that we don't see very often.
04:42 So if there's no president, we need to see sometimes.
04:45 Now they'll come back if that happens again.
04:48 And Ateneo will gain the point some other way.
04:52 I think Leanne de Guzman here getting her groove once again.
04:57 This time on the right.
04:59 De Guzman there trying to go across court.
05:07 Slate in this third set.
05:09 The spike of the set brought to you by Duncan Pasalubong, Nangbayan.
05:13 That was an exciting one.
05:16 Challenges are crucial.
05:18 Oh, De Guzman gets it off.
05:21 Single block.
05:23 But hard way in the third set.
05:28 No one can stop it.
05:32 The style that both teams are going to just that drop in zone 2.
05:38 And still, in beast mode, Leanne de Guzman now with 20 points.
05:44 And we are just at the start of set 4.
05:47 No matter where she is in the court, from the right side or the left side.
05:52 Ball still alive. Good defense.
06:01 Ateneo will get a chance again to go.
06:09 There's a proper set up to Leanne de Guzman.
06:12 Don Gallo with a nice pass.
06:14 Zapata.
06:15 Doug Baizel.
06:17 Castillo read that one.
06:21 Leanne wanting to go longer.
06:28 Even though it's not a solid block, but finally she's not there.
06:33 She couldn't block it.
06:35 Corner pocket shot for Leanne.
06:38 And the feeling behind Ateneo, all of a sudden, they're tied at 11-all.
06:42 Oh!
06:44 Look at Pasha.
06:46 Well, in their previous match, she only scored one point.
06:50 So she's already outdone herself.
06:52 Open set there. That was long.
07:00 Yeah.
07:01 Trying to outsmart each other. Such a good set here.
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