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14 SPORTS Monday, 18 February 2019 Daily Tribune RARIN’ TO PLAY Pogoy serves last sanction I don’t mind sitting one more game. That’s not a problem By John Bryan Ulanday Guard Roger Pogoy will not be available for Team Pilipinas in the last window of the FIBA World Cup Asian Qualifiers this Thursday against Qatar as he is still to serve the last of a five-game suspension he received last year. But for the Talk ‘N Text player, he is just grateful for the chance to don the national colors anew in order to redeem himself when he finally sees action against Kazakhstan on 24 February. “I don’t mind sitting one more game. That’s not a problem,” said Pogoy, a long-time member of the cadet team before being promoted to the elite squad in his PBA entry in 2016. “I waited for months just to be back in the national team. What’s more important is I’m back. I’m just excited,” he said. Pogoy was part of the massive brawl between the Philippines and Australia last July at the Philippine Arena in Bulacan, resulting in hefty fines and multiple player versus suspensions on both federations. What’s more important is I’m back. I’m just excited. He already served four of his five-game suspensions during the fourth window last September and fifth window last Full Taiwanese force coming November, making him available for the must-win match of the Nationals against this Sunday. “I’ve been dreaming of returning to the national team for a while just to prove that I am not that type of player or person (who loves to brawl),” the former FEU stalwart said. I waited for months just to be back in the national team. But more than redemption, Pogoy just wants to help Team Pilipinas boost its chances of qualifying in the World Cup especially now that it is in danger of elimination at fourth spot with a 5-5- record behind Group B leaders Australia (9-1), Iran (7-3) and Japan (6-4). “The country worked two years in this Asian Qualifiers just to get to the World Cup,” he said. “We’ll not waste this chance and I’m confident on our chances especially now Andray Blatche is also back.” Koreans Park Eun Suk and Lim Mi Jin also aim to duplicate compatriot Lee Jeong Hwa’s title feat in 2012 A 31-player strong Taiwanese contingent sets out for the Champion Philippine Ladies Amateur Open, all ready and raring to grab the spotlight in the country’s premier championship unfolding tomorrow at the posh Manila Golf Club in Forbes Park. Sung You-Chuan, Chiang Su-Er and Lee Shu Fen spearhead the big crew from Chinese-Taipei out to snap the domination of the locals and the Thais in the annual event which drew an elite international cast, including six each from Singapore and the United States, four from South Korea, three from Australia and two from Japan. The hosts are fielding in 39 players, headed by defending champion and Asian Games gold medalist Yuka Saso, upbeat of their chances to extend their reign to a fourth straight year but wary of one of the strongest fields ever assembled in the annual event. Tipped to back Sung, Chiang and Lee in their title chase in the 54-hole championship organized and conducted by the Womens’ Golf Association of the Philippines are Huang Jo Chan, Wang Ya Chin, Tang Su Nu, Su Daphne, Wang Hsin Yu, Tsai Hsin Hui and Shih Li Mei. Still, focus will be on Saso and a crack bunch of local aces, including recent W Express RVF Cup winner Junia Gabasa, along with the three young Thais seeking to reclaim the crown last won by compatriot Pimnipa Panthong at Wack Wack in 2015. Like the rest of the field, 16-year-olds Yosita Khawnuna and Natthakritta Vongtaveelap and Chanettee Wannasaen, who will turn 15 Barrett powers Duke The freshman had the program’s first triple-double in 13 years, finishing with 23 points, 11 rebounds and a season-high 10 assists DURHAM, N.C. — RJ Barrett always seems to do it all for No. 2 Duke. This time, it showed up on the stat sheet. The freshman had the program’s first triple-double in 13 years, finishing with 23 points, 11 rebounds and a season-high 10 assists in the Blue Devils’ 94-78 victory over North Carolina State on Saturday night. DUKE’S RJ Barrett celebrates after a score during their NCAA basketball game in Durham, N.C. AP in April, are all primed up for the event, eager to slug it out it with the best and the brightest in three days of top-notch shotmaking and putting. Koreans Park Eun Suk and Lim Mi Jin also aim to duplicate compatriot Lee Jeong Hwa’s title feat in 2012 while Japanese Airi Mitsuhashi and Ikuko Kito, a regular campaigner on the Ladies Philippine Golf Tour, likewise seek to contend in the tournament. Other Pinays vying in the event are Nicole Abelar, Sunshine Baraquiel, Laia Barro, Sophia Blanco, Annyka Cayabyab, Laurea Duque, Sophia Legaspi, Pamela Mariano, Kayla Nocum, Rafaela Singson, Eagle Ace Superal and Rianne Malixi. Zion Williamson scored 32 points on 12-of-16 shooting and Tre Jones added 13 to help the Blue Devils (23-2, 11-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) win their ninth straight. “My teammates were obviously finishing and it was great to play with them, especially Zion especially at the end, just grabbing everything, finishing everything,” Barrett said. Barrett became the fourth Duke player with a triple-double and the first since Shelden Williams in January 2006. He completed it in the final minute, hitting Williamson for a layup that put Duke up 90-74. My teammates were obviously finishing and it was great to play with them, especially Zion especially at the end, just grabbing everything, finishing everything. “I wouldn’t say satisfying, but I’m glad I could help, because he is my brother,” Williamson said with a smile. “If it was anybody, I’m glad it was me.” Duke overcame 19 percent shooting from three-point range by building a 44-26 rebounding advantage and scoring 22 points off N.C. State’s 12 turnovers. Markell Johnson had 16 points and 10 assists, Torin Dorn scored 17 points and C.J. Bryce added 13 points for the Wolfpack (18-8, 6-7), who had their two-game winning streak snapped. AP LOS ANGELES — Justin Thomas eagled the first hole of the third round Saturday to open a one-shot lead over Adam Scott at the rain-hit Genesis Open, where Tiger Woods was surging as darkness halted play. Thomas and Australia’s Scott shared the 36-hole lead on 11-under par after both completed six-under par 65s in the rain-delayed second round. Thomas, who had 14 birdies in the 30 holes he played on Friday, kept the momentum going over six second-round holes on Saturday morning with a birdie at the fifth and a par at the par-three sixth — where he used a wedge on the green to chip over the distinctive bunker in the middle of the putting surface. Hours later he rolled in a 13-foot eagle putt at Riviera Country Club’s par-five first hole to move to 13-under par, separating himself UST vs EAC in D-League Transferee guard Brent Paraiso and high school star Mark Nonoy will make their debut for the Growling Tigers Four other teams get their journeys in the 2019 PBA D-League going on Monday when University of Santo Tomas and Batangas-EAC face off, while SMDC-NU and Chadao-FEU renew their UAAP rivalry at Paco Arena in Manila. Transferee guard Brent Paraiso and high school star Mark Nonoy will make their debut for the Growling Tigers, as well as Beninese forward Soulemane Chabi Yo. Renzo Subido and Marvin Lee are still at the top of the food chain for UST as coach Aldin Ayo makes his coaching debut in the developmental level in this 2 p.m. Aspirants Group duel. Meanwhile, coach Oliver Bunyi is back in the fold for Batangas-EAC, albeit this time, he’s serving as the official head coach for the Generals as he switched roles with now-deputy Ariel Sison. Veterans Cedric de Joya and Earvin Mendoza also make their return as they reinforce the Generals core bannered by JP Maguliano and Renzo Tampoc. In the 4 p.m. Foundation Group matchup, Bulldogs coach Jamike Jarin will lean on the duo of Dave Ildefonso and John Lloyd Clemente, with Senegalese big man Issa Gaye manning the paint. Also set for their debut are high-flyer Daniel Chatman, as well as former Bullpups Migs Oczon and Robert Minerva. On the other hand, the Tamaraws are set to unveil their newest man in the middle in Cameroonian center Patrick Tchuente. He will be a huge help for coach Olsen Racela and the rest of Chadao-FEU as he embarks on a new era with holdovers Ken Tuffin, Wendell Comboy, Barkley Ebona and Hubert Cani. Thomas leads Scott by one It’s good to get off to a good start and go home and get some rest POGOY Renzo Subido and Marvin Lee are still at the top of the food chain for UST as coach Aldin Ayo makes his coaching debut in the developmental level. from Scott who birdied the same hole before both parred the second. Americans Patrick Rodgers and J.B. Holmes were both 11-under par with 16 holes to play. “It just is such a long day,” Thomas said. “It’s good to get off to a good start and go home and get some rest.” The third round was set to resume at 6:45 a.m. (1445 GMT), as organizers pushed to complete a tournament that lost seven hours to a rain delay on Thursday. AFP MIKE Weir of Canada is stretched by his caddie on the 12th hole during the third round of the LECOM Suncoast Classic at Lakewood National Golf Club. AFP
Monday, 18 February 2019 Daily Tribune ON A HOT START Spikers wring Ateneo SPORTS 15 La Salle, eyeing a fourth straight title, went back to business in the fourth set, led by graduating team captain Desiree Cheng By Joel Orellana Games Wednesday (at the FilOil Arena) 2 p.m. Ateneo vs. UST 4 p.m. UP vs. FEU Defending champion De La Salle University started its title-retention bid on a high note by trashing archrival Ateneo de Manila University, 25-14, 25-17, 16-25, 25-19, in Season 81 University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) women’s volleyball tournament Sunday at the Mall of Asia Arena. The Lady Spikers dominated the first two sets before the Lady Eagles, now under new head coach Oliver Almado, made the game interesting with a 25-16 win in the third set. But La Salle, eyeing a fourth straight title, went back to business in the fourth set led by graduating team captain Desiree Cheng, who scored the last two points of the match, including her third service ace to secure the victory. Cheng led the Lady Spikers with 13 points, eight on attacks, three aces and two blocks to spoil the coaching debut of Almado, who replaced Tai Bundit at the helm. La Salle capitalized on Ateneo’s 12 unforced errors in the first set for an easy 25-14 win and duplicated the feat in the next set with a 23-16 victory to take a commanding 2-0 lead. But Kat Tolentino anchored the Lady Eagles’ comeback in the third set and forced their chief rivals to commit 11 errors and extend the match in the fourth set with a 25-16 win. In the first game, Eya Laure debuted for University of Santo Tomas (UST) in style, leading the Golden Tigresses to a pulsating 25-21, 25-21, 24-26, 24-26, 15-6 victory over Adamson University. The rookie out of UST high school program finished with 17 points, 13 on attacks, to give head coach KungFu Reyes his first opening-game win in four years. “In the last three years, we always lost our first game so this is historic for us,” said Reyes, who also drew 17 points from his graduating skipper Sisi Rondina, 15 on attacks. “In the third and fourth sets, we were not able to set our plays right and it was really the breaks of the game. Lessons learned for us. And we played outstanding in the fifth set and that’s important for us,” he added. La Salle capitalized on Ateneo’s 12 unforced errors in the first set for an easy 25-14 win and duplicated the feat in the next set with a 23-16 victory to take a commanding 2-0 lead. UST took the first two sets, 25-21, 25-21 and nearly blew a two-set lead as the Lady Falcons, behind team captain Eli Soyud, led the Adamson fightback, taking the next two sets, 26-24, 26-24, to send the match to a deciding fifth frame. But the Golden Tigresses banked on Laure, Rondina and Filipino-Italian opposite spiker Milena Alessandrini to avoid a major collapse. UST found its bearings back in the final set, erecting a quick 5-0 lead and the Lady Falcons gave little resistance to surrender the victory to the Espana-based squad. Alessandrini contributed 15 points while Kecelyn Galdones, a prized find from University of the East, also had a solid outing in her first game with eight points. Bernadette Flora paced Adamson with 14 points on 11 attacks while Soyud, a transferee from La Salle two seasons ago, added 13 markers for the San Marcelino-based team. Chiara Permentilla chipped in 12 points for the squad of coach Airess Padda. Adamson had a slow start and committed 21 unforced errors in the first two sets to trail early, but Soyud and Permentilla joined hands in the next two sets to extend the match. But the Lady Falcons lost steam and yielded the victory to UST. ADUKE Ogunsanya of De La Salle University celebrates a point against Ateneo during their UAAP volleyball match last night. JOAQUIN FLORES PSA fetes Lady Bulldogs DENISE Herrmann (rear) of Germany and Marte Olsbu Roeiseland of Norway shoot in the women’s 10-km pursuit during the World Cup biathlon Saturday in Midway, Utah. AP NU, Ateneo in finals clash Making their eight consecutive Finals appearance, the Bullpups hope to regain the crown they last won in the 2015-16 The last two teams standing in the UAAP Season 81 juniors basketball tournament, National University and Ateneo, open their best-of-three Finals series today at the Filoil Flying V Centre. Making their eight consecutive Finals appearance, the Bullpups hope to regain the crown they last won in the 2015-16 season behind Terrence Fortea, Gerry Abadiano, Cyril Gonzales, Carl Tamayo and Kevin Quiambao. The Bullpups lost to the Blue Eaglets in the championship series last year that went the distance. Kai Sotto, Ateneo’s tower of power, knows that NU is the hungrier team when Game 1 tips off at 3 p.m. The Eaglets were swept by the Bullpups in their elimination round head-to-head this season. Ateneo hopes to have a healthy ace guard Forthsky Padrigao, who sat out late in their game against Far Eastern University-Diliman due to cramps. The Sotto-Geo Chiu twin towers will be the Eaglets’ main weapon to match up against the Bullpups duo of Tamayo and Quiambao. Game 2 will be on Friday, while the deciding game, if necessary, will be played next Monday. Peñalosas victorious By Gabriel G. Malagar CEBU CITY — Dave “The Hunter” Peñalosa disposed of Mexican rival Marcos Cardenas via a fourth round knockout to win the vacant WBO-OPBF featherweight title fight the other night at the North EDSA Skydome. With his victory, the 28-year old Dave Peñalosa improved his record to 15-0, 11 via knockouts while Cardenas is down to 19-7-1, 15 KO. The official time was 2:47 in round 4. Dave pummeled Cardenas by hitting solid punches on the chin and abdomen. Promoter Gerry Peñalosa, the former two-division, also knocked out Thai boxer Watana Phenbaan in 2:22 of the third round. A veteran boxer from Ormoc City, Johnriel Casimero, also defeated his Japanese rival Kenya Yamashita via a 6th round knockout to improve his record to 26-4, 17 KO. The remarkable feat is certainly one for the books that the Lady Bulldogs will be bestowed with the President’s Award in next week’s SMC-PSA Annual Awards Night The National University Lady Bulldogs have set a new standard for excellence last year after winning their 80th straight game on the way to retaining the UAAP women’s basketball crown. Coached by Pat Aquino and bannered by Finals MVP and national team player Jack Animam, the Jhocson-based school rewrote history by extending its long unbeaten streak I can say that Valentine’s Day for me was quite special Like Christmas or New Year, we consider Valentine’s Day as a special time of the year. It is the time when we get to express our love and affection for someone through flowers, chocolates, food or even simple letters. Don’t get me wrong, it is not just for lovers. I believe that for as long as somebody is dear to you like your parents, siblings, friends, relatives and neighbors, you can still celebrate it with them and make it special. That’s exactly how I spent my Valentine’s Day. I grew up as a student-athlete. Yes, there had been perks, but there were also lots of limitations, especially in managing our time for special occasions like the Valentine’s Day. So, for the past few years, I celebrated Valentine’s Day with my teammates. We had training for Petron that day. It was quite tough, but that’s part of the life of an athlete and I’m gladly embracing it. We know that “volleyball is life,” so there’s really no assurance if we would have free time on Valentine’s Day. When I was at De La Salle University, our managers used to surprise us with flowers after training. There’s hardly any time for us to go on dates because the second week of February is very busy for us since it was the start of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines women’s volleyball season. Although I’m now in the Philippine Superliga, celebrating Valentine’s Day still depends on my team’s schedule. We know that “volleyball is life,” so there’s really no assurance if we would have free time on and claiming a fifth straight championship during Season 81 of the league. It was the fifth straight year the team went undefeated, while at the same time, broke the longest winning streak of any sport in UAAP history previously held by the Adamson women’s softball team at 73. Incidentally, Ria Nabalan and Jhianne Layug were the only members of the team who were part of all the Lady Bulldogs’ five championships. The remarkable feat is certainly one for the books that the Lady Bulldogs will be bestowed with the President’s Award in next week’s SMC-PSA (Philippine Sportswriters Association) Annual Awards Night at the Manila Hotel. The event presented by MILO, the Special Valentine’s MIKA’S BLOCK Mika Reyes I SPENT my Valentines weekend with this very special person — the love of my life, my Mama. Valentine’s Day. All I know is that training is our main priority and we have to adjust our time for a love life (LOL!). Okay, as I was saying, during the previous Valentine’s Day, I was with my Petron teammates. Philippine Sports Commission (PSC), and Cignal TV, will be held on 26 February. “Theirs is an inspiring story of what individual talent coupled with the right chemistry can do. The National University Lady Bulldogs certainly deserve this accolade, which comes at a time when the PSA also recognizes five young ladies as its co-winners of the Athlete of the Year award,” PSA president Eduardo ‘Dodo’ Catacutan of SPIN.ph said. The Lady Bulldogs now join the elite ranks of previous President’s Award winners such as Manny V. Pangilinan, Gilas Pilipinas 3.0, the Ateneo Blue Eagles, fellow National University Bulldogs, pool champions Rubilen Amit, Dennis Orcollo and Lee Van Corteza, among others. We had a team meeting at the San Miguel Corp. headquarters in Ortigas, where we heard Mass, had an early lunch and had a meeting with our boss — Alfrancis Chua — and Petron management like we usually do at the start of every conference. Later that night, we had a tune-up match. After that, we had dinner of various grilled Filipino food like barbecue, isaw and liempo for our imports — Stephanie Niemer and Katherine Bell — to experience. We brought them to this very simple, but nice, place around the University of Santo Tomas area so they could experience that kind of ambience. We all enjoyed our dinner. I can say that Valentine’s Day for me was quite special. It was good that Regine (Velasquez) and Vice (Ganda) had a concert that weekend. So, we grabbed the chance to watch it. We’re so glad that there were still tickets available because my Mama is really a big fan of Regine. That Valentine’s Day concert made our celebration a little unique and maybe because my siblings chipped in to give our parents a Valentine’s gift. They really saved up to make our parents feel special! (LOL). A little effort like that counts and, for me, it’s better to show or let them feel it than by simply saying it. It’s better to love yourself first and appreciate the time and effort of the people around you. Valentine’s Day may be a special day to most of us. But for me, it’s just another dot on the calendar. I believe that we can still show how much we love and care for each other not just during Valentine’s, Christmas or New Year — but everyday. Let’s live every day as if it is our last. Let’s treat every single day like it’s Valentine’s Day.
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