Ateneo sweeps Spikers’ prelims

Games Tomorrow (Philsports Arena, Pasig City) 10 a.m. – FEU vs La Salle (men’s) 12 noon – EAC vs UST (men’s) 4 p.m. – San Sebastian vs UP (women’s) 6 p.m. – Ateneo vs FEU (women’s) Defending champion Ateneo downed University of the Philippines (UP), 25-21, 25-18, 25-12, yesterday to sweep the preliminary round of the Spikers’ Turf Season 2 Collegiate Conference at the Philsports Arena in Pasig City. Six-foot-eight Russian-American Tony Koyfman scored 10 points including seven attacks as the Blue Eagles needed only 59 minutes to dispatch the Maroon s for their fifth straight victory in Group B. Ateneo has won all of its five preliminary matches by straight sets. Two-time UAAP Most Valuable Player Marck Espejo and Joshua Villanueva added eight points apiece even as Ish Polvoroza contributed 26 excellent sets for Ateneo. UP ended the preliminaries with a 3-2 record but is assured of at least [...]