Wednesday, October 28, 2015

La Salle secures finals berth in UAAP women's table tennis

La Salle swept its way through the eliminations in UAAP women's table tennis at the Ninoy Aquino Stadium on Wednesday.

The Lady Paddlers from Taft eked out a 3-2 win over Far Eastern University to complete a 14-game sweep of the elimination round, thus securing a finals berth with the thrice-to-beat advantage.

They had been dominant in the second round, securing 3-0 scorelines throughout until this matchup.

In spite of the defeat, the Morayta-based paddlers finished second with an 11-3 record. They already secured a twice-to-beat advantage and will await the winner of the stepladder playoff between UP and UST slated later.

On the men's bracket, La Salle topped the eliminations with a 3-2 victory over UST, finishing with a 13-1 record and the twice-to-beat advantage against fourth seeds NU.

In spite of the defeat, the Tiger Paddlers ended up with a 12-2 record and will have the twice to beat advantage against FEU in the Final Four.

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