THE ATENEO Lady Eagles recorded a 5-0 sweep against the University of Santo Tomas (UST) Lady Shuttlers in their fourth match of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) Season 81 Women’s Badminton Tournament, on Tuesday, October 2, at the at the Rizal Memorial Stadium.
Geva de Vera played the first match for the Blue and White against UST’s Kate Tating. De Vera eventually snatched the first win of the day in dominating fashion, 21-6, 21-5.
Following the convincing win, Team Captain Samantha Ramos donned the Blue and White against Daine Peña for the second singles match. Similar to the previous match, the Ateneo shuttler dominated her Thomasian counterpart to seal the game in two sets, 21-9, 21-6.
With only one more win needed to seal the victory against UST, de Vera was paired with Chanelle Lunod to dispatch the duo of Ann Pimentel and Stephanie Mortera. Lunod brought the game out of reach, contributing a scoring run of 12 unanswered points in the second set. The lethal pair quickly killed the match, 21-10, 21-7, and effectively gave Ateneo its third match-win on the day.
[First Doubles]
Lunod sends a kill down the middle to inch closer to victory.
Ateneo 18 UST 7#UAAPBadminton pic.twitter.com/K31oRJAF2T
— Gio P. Guinto (@Gio_TheGUIDON) October 2, 2018
Ateneo’s second tandem of Ramos and Bea Felizardo had a difficult time finding their groove in the first set, given that they had not yet featured together this season. Despite some hurdles in the latter stages of the first set, the duo walked away with a 21-17 victory. The second set was more successful for the duo, as they closed out Kate Tating and Daine Peña, 21-7.
[Second Doubles]
Felizardo lands a clever drop shot to end the first set, 21-17.
Set score Ateneo 1 UST 0 #UAAPBadminton pic.twitter.com/H1APZPnT2G
— Gio P. Guinto (@Gio_TheGUIDON) October 2, 2018
Wanting to redeem herself after losing her singles match against Adamson, Aly Roxas was determined to close out the day with a decisive win. While the scores remained close until the intervals of both sets, Roxas cruised to end both sets, winning 21-10 and 21-9.
[Third Singles]
Roxas finishes the second interval at 11-9.
Ateneo 11 UST 9#UAAPBadminton pic.twitter.com/7hho9NXHFz
— Gio P. Guinto (@Gio_TheGUIDON) October 2, 2018
This win puts the Lady Eagles at 4-0 in the elimination round standings of the UAAP Women’s Badminton Tournament. Their next game will be against the University of the Philippines (UP) Fighting Maroons on Thursday, October 4, at 1pm in the Rizal Memorial Stadium.
Team-tie score: Ateneo 5 UST 0
First Singles: Joella Geva De Vera def. Kate Tating, 21-6, 21-5
Second Singles: Samantha Ramos def. Daine Peña, 21-9, 21-6
First Doubles: Chanelle Lunod and Samantha Ramos def. Ann Pimentel and Stephanie Mortera, 21-10, 21-7
Second Doubles: Samantha Ramos and Bea Felizardo def. Kate Tating and Daine Peña, 21-17, 21-7
Third Singles: Aly Roxas def. Stephanie Mortera, 21-10, 21-12
