{"id":54467,"date":"2011-09-07T07:29:19","date_gmt":"2011-09-06T23:29:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/?p=54467"},"modified":"2011-09-07T07:29:19","modified_gmt":"2011-09-06T23:29:19","slug":"stags-foil-water-dragons%e2%80%99-playoff-bid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/54467\/stags-foil-water-dragons%e2%80%99-playoff-bid","title":{"rendered":"Stags foil Water Dragons\u2019 playoff bid"},"content":{"rendered":"
THE SAN SEBASTIAN Lady Stags foiled Maynilad’s bid for the playoff as they prevailed in straight sets, 25-22, 25-23, 25-20, at the close of the quarterfinal round in the Shakey\u2019s V-League Open Conference at The Arena in San Juan yesterday.<\/p>\n
League-leading scorer and spiker Lauren Ford came through with another power game with 16 attacks while Rubie de Leon and Thai import Jang Baulee tossed in 11 points a piece and Joy Benito added 10 hits for the Lady Stags, who tied the Army Lady Troopers on top at 4-1 (win-loss).<\/p>\n
But Army took the No. 1 spot in the semis as SSC failed to limit Maynilad to a maximum of 40 total points to gain the top seeding in the next round where the top meet will meet the No. 4 squad and the Nos. 2 and 3 teams clash in a pair of best-of-three playoffs.<\/p>\n
Maynilad, which sprang back to life with a four-set victory over Army last Sunday, ended up with a 1-4 slate.<\/p>\n
The hard-working Joy Cases dished out a game-high 19-point performance, highlighted by 15 kills, while Mervic Mangui, Nica Guliman and Beverly Boto had eight points each. Syvie Artates, however, was held to just four points.<\/p>\n
The Lady Stags imposed their will at the net, firing 49 attacks against the Water Dragons’ 37. But Maynilad had more blocks, 8-6, and scored five points off the serve as against SSC\u2019s two. But the Recoletos-based squad cashed in on its power, coming up with a number of quick set-ups behind Ford, Baulee and de Leon which the Water Dragons had failed to neutralize. \/Correspondent Jonas Panerio<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" THE SAN SEBASTIAN Lady Stags foiled Maynilad’s bid for the playoff as they prevailed in straight sets, 25-22, 25-23, 25-20, at the close of the quarterfinal round in the Shakey\u2019s V-League Open Conference at The Arena in San Juan yesterday. League-leading scorer and spiker Lauren Ford came through with another power game with 16 attacks […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1240,1227],"tags":[1250],"byline":[],"source":[206068],"column":[],"editor":[],"videographer":[],"position":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n