STI NBT: STI West Negros beats STI College Novaliches 87 - 64

Jay Carmona on the fastbreak

Defending champion STI West Negros University started its title defense on the right track as they waylaid STI College Novaliches to open the National Finals of the STI National Basketball Tournament.  STI WNU leads Group A in this five day finals with a win and is once again one of the favorites to retain their title.

Renz Solomon scores for STI WNU

STI NBT 2016 Mythical 5 selectee Renz Solomon started the game with two fastbreak baskets while Charry Cadase scored on a three pointer to give the defending champs a 7 – 0 lead to start the quarter. STI College Novaliches sued for time and started to neutralize the pressure defense of STI WNU to get back in the game. Both teams seem to be measuring each other as the quarter ended with STI WNU on top 18 – 12.

Joash Rupisan stretches for two

The second quarter started the same way as the first, STI WNU scattered six straight points to give the Bacolodians a 25 – 12 lead with still eight minutes to go. STI College Novaliches countered as Nesty Taguba scored off a three pointer to cut the lead to six 21 – 27. STI WNU would counter with Ronel Panogadia, Cadase and Solomon scoring on the run. The team from Bacolod settled for a 39 – 30 halftime lead.

This is an exciting point guard match-up

The second half was the same as STI WNU pulled away with timely hits and good defense. Solomon orchestrated the STI WNU offense with utmost precision and anchored their pressure defense as they gave their Quezon City counterparts no chance to mount a comeback.

Jaycee Adjei blocked this shot

Joash Rupisan and Rico Camposano led the Novaliches team with 12 points apiece. STI College Novaliches shot only 39% from the field while the defending champs had a field day by shooting 57% as they did it with less attempts but more conversions. Solomon’s over-all brilliance also included eight rebounds, seven assists and six steals.

Rouichi Belocura scores on the lay-up

The box scores:

STI WEST NEGROS (87)

Solomon 24  , Cadase 10 , Adjei 10, Belocura 8, Carumba 7, Panogadia 7, Carmona 6 , Dunlap 6, Pontevedra 4, Tan Jr.  3, Garde 2, Astorga 0 ,

STI COLLEGE NOVALICHES (64)

Rupisan 12, Camposano 12, Ma 11, Taguba 9, Camay 8,  Lee 6,  Esternon 2, Dagondong 2, Parinas 2, Cuadra 0, Varcas 0,

Quarter scores: 18 – 12, 39 – 30, 64 – 49, 87 – 64

STI National Basketball Tournament National Finals

Good luck to all teams competing in the STI National Basketball Tournament

Here is the schedule of Day 1 to 3

Day 4 will be the crossover semifinals while

Day 5 will be the Battle for third and the Championship game.

GOOD LUCK TO ALL 

NATIONAL FINALISTS!!!

STI Women's Volleyball Challenge Honor Roll

2017 STI Women's Volleyball Challenge 

CHAMPIONS

STI College Sta. Maria

STI Women's Volleyball Challenge

Most Valuable Player

Margie Bermeo 

STI College Sta. Maria

seen here being awarded by STI  ESG's

Vice-President for School Operations

Mr. Resty O. Bundoc

 STI Women's Volleyball Challenge

Mythical Six Selectee

Josephine Victorio 

STI College Sta. Maria

STI Women's Volleyball Challenge

BEST ATTACKER

Margie Bermeo 

STI Women's Volleyball Challenge

BEST SPIKER

Josephine Victorio 

 2017 STI Women's Volleyball Challenge

1st RUNNER-UP

STI College Global City

STI Women's Volleyball Challenge

Mythical Six Selectee

Lyka Caniya of

STI College Global City

Ms. Caniya is also the Best Muse of the league

 STI Women's Volleyball Challenge

BEST BLOCKER of

Daisy Salimbacod

STI College Global City

STI Women's Volleyball Challenge

BEST SERVER

Dyanara Daquil of

STI College Global City

2017 STI Women's Volleyball Challenge

2nd RUNNER-UP

STI College Santa Rosa

 STI Women's Volleyball Challenge

Mythical Six Selectee

Camille Tiongco of

STI College Santa Rosa

 STI Women's Volleyball Challenge

Mythical Six Selectee

Hiennah Trinos of

STI College Santa Rosa

STI Women's Volleyball Challenge

BEST DIGGER

Jayan Sajonia of 

STI College Santa Rosa

 STI Women's Volleyball Challenge

Mythical Six Selectee

Sabrina Umali of
STI College Ortigas-Cainta

 STI Women's Volleyball Challenge

BEST LIBERO

Maria Loren Encisa of

STI College Ortigas-Cainta

STI Women's Volleyball Challenge

BEST SETTER

Kate Irish del Rosario of

STI College Ortigas-Cainta

STI College Sta. Maria wins STI Women's Volleyball title

The Champions

Determination, resiliency and consistency - these are just some traits that champions are made of. True enough the determined and resilient spikers from Sta. Maria Bulacan willed their way to the championship and stuck with their consistency on their attacks to eke out a hard earned 25 – 18, 23 – 25, 25 – 20, 25 – 20 win over the hard fighting STI College Global City team.  The win enabled STI College Sta. Maria to capture the first STI Women’s Volleyball Challenge that was participated by 24 STI schools.

 Margie Bermeo skies for the ball

STI College Sta. Maria started like a house on fire as they raised to an early lead in the first set and held on to it and never relinquished it.  The Sta. Maria spikers wanted to start on a good note since they played catch up against STI College Santa Rosa in the semifinals. The team wanted to show much energy and it rubbed on to the rest of the team.

A spectacular joust at the net

Leading the way for STI College Sta. Maria was the awesome twosome of Margie Bermeo and Josephine Victorio.  Prior to the game the two high flyers received special awards with Bermeo getting the best attacker award and Victorio the Best Spiker award. On the other side of the court STI College Global City’s Daisy Salimbacod was given the Best Blocker award while Dyanara Daquil garnered the Best Server award. Victorio also joined Global City’s captain Lyka Caniya as part of the Mythical 6.

The Best Offense vs. The Best Defense

Looking at the resume of the players on both sides gives you a sense of excitement for the match. That excitement came in the second set when both teams bled for every point with STI College Global City equalizing on the account of a 25 – 23  hard-earned second set win. In their past two games, STI College Global City would lose badly the first set but come back strong to take the next three sets and with them equalizing, the championship was on to a thrilling finale with both teams now in full gear.

Lyka Caniya attacks the Sta. Maria defense

At the top of the third set, STI College Global City’s renewed confidence fueled their games as they fought their Bulacan based opponents for every point. Five feet Ten inch middle blocker Daisy Salimbacod was an intimidating force in the middle that kept Bermeo and Victorio from scoring at will. STI College Global City’s Paula Princesa on the other hand alternated with Lyka Caniya in Global City’s attack on the Sta. Maria team that gave them the upper-hand early on.

Sta. Maria players on the same page

This prompted the STI College Sta. Maria team to regroup, come out more determined in answering back the Global City attack and more resilient in attacking their opponent’s defense. The result was a 25 – 20 third set win that put the Bulacan spikers one step closer to the title.  After that third set win, the Sta. Maria Bulacan team’s renewed confidence made them gear up for the knock-out punch to put their opponents away. But STI College Global City did not go out without a fight. Trailing 14 – 18 in the fourth set, 4^th year Travel Management Senior and team Captain Lyka Caniya carried her team one last time as they equalized 18 – all with Caniya rifling off three aces.

The Tournament MVP Margie Bermeo

That was the cue that Sta. Maria Spiker Margie Bermeo needed to fuel her team’s attack once again as her booming hits penetrated the Global City defense that helped STI College Sta. Maria end the set with a 25 – 20 win and claim the crown. Margie Bermeo was declared the tournament Most Valuable Player as she displayed her all around brilliance with monster numbers to boot as she came out with her best performance in the biggest stage as she scored 32 big points. Congratulations STI College Sta. Maria the 2017 STI Women’s Volleyball Challenge Champions.

STI College Sta. Maria and STI College Global City players pose for a pic after the game

STI SVC: STI College Santa Rosa gets third place

The STI Women's Volleyball Challenge

2nd Runner-up 

STI College Santa Rosa 

STI College Santa Rosa bounced back to beat STI College Ortigas- Cainta in three straight sets 25 – 18, 25 – 23, 25 – 16 to place third in the STI Women’s Volleyball Tournament at the Eusebio H. Tanco gym at the STI Academic Center in Ortigas - Cainta. Still smarting from their 3 sets to 2 loss to eventual champion STI College Sta. Maria in the semifinals, the Santa Rosa spikers vented their ire on the hapless STI College Ortigas-Cainta team that was barely the team that swept the Metro Manila 1 eliminations.

Camille Tiongco rattles one in

STI College Santa Rosa’s masterful win was engineered by Mythical six selectees Camille Tiongco and Hiennah Trinos. Tiongco scored 10 points with seven coming from kills and three from service aces. On the other hand, Santa Rosa’s setter Trinos still managed to score on two kills and a service ace. It was only in the second set that saw STI College Ortigas-Cainta threaten the Laguna based Santa Rosa spikers.

Sabrina Umali gets one for OrCA

STI College Ortigas-Cainta was led by Sabrina Umali who had eight points with six coming from kills and the other two on service aces. Unfortunately, Umali – a mythical six selectee, misfired on most of her spikes and was barely a factor in this game. The only bright spot in the game of the Ortigas-Cainta team was Kate Del Rosario who is also the best setter of the tournament.

Hiennah Trinos shows her stuff

Other players who got special awards were the Liberos of both teams with STI College Santa Rosa’s Jayan Sajonia getting the Best Digger award and STI College Ortigas-Cainta’s Maria Loren Encisa getting the Best Libero award.  As mentioned, Tiongco, Trinos and Umali were also selected to the Mythical 6. 

STI SVC: STI College Global City makes it to the finals

Lyka Caniya was unstoppable

The hard starting STI College Global City team did it again one more time as they came back from one set down to bring down to earth the last unbeaten team STI College Ortigas-Cainta 17 - 25, 28 - 26, 25 - 22, 25 - 13. The win assured the Global City squad the second slot in the finals of the STI Women's Volleyball Challenge.

Sabrina Umali battles back to win a point

STI College Ortigas- Cainta went on a rampage in the first set as they capitalized on miscues by the Global City defense and banked on the duo of Spiker Sabrina Umali and setter Kate del Rosario that gave headaches to the Global City defense. The Ortigas-Cainta team eventually came out on top 25 - 17 with plenty to spare.

Paula Princesa on the attack

The second set once again was like night and day for the Global City Lady Spikers. Like a diesel engine that is already ready to romp but still not yet reached its peak, the Global City squad fought back. This time both teams went toe to toe with the Taguig based volleybelles coming out with a hard fought 28 - 26 second set win. This gave the Global City girls the needed confidence once again to stomp on their opponents.

Kate del Rosario shows off her setting prowess

The third and fourth set was another familiar domain for the Global City team as they finally pushed on the overdrive button and left their rivals miles away. Team Captain Lyka Caniya once again led the GLobal City onslaught with Senior High Sensation Daisy Salimbacod once again providing the needed intimidation and net defense to stifle the Ortigas-Cainta squad for two sets 25 - 22, 25 - 13.

Daisy Salimbacod was a wall 

that STI OrCa was unable to crack

STI College Global City is a position to duplicate the feat of their brothers that won the initial staging of the STI National Basketball tournament as they battle STI College Sta. Maria for the crown.  The Global City team is coached by their Career Adviser/ Volleyball Guru Lee Nufable.

STI SVC: STI College Sta. Maria enters the finals

Intense net action by both teams

STI College Sta. Maria proved steadier in the clutch as the team that was given up for dead rose to the occasion to come from behind and oust STI College Santa Rosa with a dramatic 16 - 25, 19 - 25, 25 - 23, 25 - 16, 15 - 13 win to enter the finals of the STI Women's Volleyball Challenge.

Santa Rosa ace spiker Camille Tiongco attacks

STI College Santa Rosa started the game with its usual nerve wracking offensive thrusts that left the Sta. Maria defense in disarray. Led by their ace spiker Camille Tiongco, the Laguna based Santa Rosa team won the first two sets with barely a sweat. The Sta. Maria team was disorganized and barely showed any resistance in those two sets as Tiongco had her way in scoring enroute to a 25 - 16, 25 - 19 two sets to none lead.

Margie Bermeo receives the serve

Showing the resilience that catapulted them to the final four, STI College Sta. Maria woke up from their slumber and fought back. Led by Margie Bermeo and Josephine Victorio, the Bulacan based Spikers did not let the third set slip away as they rattled off two more points after both teams were tied at 23 - all to stay alive. This was the most exciting set among the five sets.

Jayan Sajonia gets a dig

In the fourth set the tables were turned as the Santa Rosa team has numerous service errors and other unforced errors to yield the fourth set 16 - 25.  This was a similar sight as the Santa Rosa team almost lost steam in their game against STI College Batangas as they barely nipped the Batanguenos. This time, they buckled under pressure.

STI College Sta. Maria for the win

In the penultimate fifth set, Santa Rosa drew first blood and Sta. Maria caught up. The game was still tied at 11 - all and the last was at 13 - all and Margie Bermeo took matters into her own hands to seal the victory for the Sta. Maria team. The win sends the Sta. Maria BUlacan team to a winner take all match against STI College Global City.

STI SVC: STI College Sta. Maria complete final four

STI College Caloocan Spikers pick up the pieces

STI College Sta. Maria got their revenge as the Bulacan spikers proved to be steadier in the clutch to halt the unbeaten run of STI College Caloocan 25 – 13, 25 – 18, 25  - 22 to enter the Final Four of the STI Women’s Volleyball Challenge at the Eusebio H. Tanco Gym in STI College Ortigas-cainta.

Josephine Victorio glides on air

Leading the Bulacan Spikers was their main gunner in Josephine Victorio whose 21 points came from 17 kills and four aces and her over-all leadership rubbed on to her team mates that made their game the only lopsided win in the Elite 8 format of the STI Volleyball Challenge.

Singson receives the Ball 

The Caloocan Spikers on the other hand came out flat and started out with so many errors that gave the Bulacan Volleybelles a big lead from the get go. Unfortunately, the Caloocan team found it hard to regroup and find their game which made them the top team in the North Luzon phase of this tournament. Too many errors in the three sets got the better of them.

Ingson is ready to score

The only bright spot on the Caloocan offense were their Middle Blocker Mary Lyn Tanggalin who scored 8 points and their spiker Justine Angeles who scored 7 points. On the other hand, STI College Sta. Maria’s Margie Bermeo backed up Victorio with 12 points on 10 kills, 1 service ace and a solo block. Although two spikers shined, it was a total team effort for the Bulacan team as their floor defense and net defense made it hard for STI College Caloocan to get their game going .

A joust at the net

STI College Sta. Maria will now advance to the final four and meet the rampaging STI College Santa Rosa team. Although the Santa Rosa team has an immaculate record, the Bulacan spikers are ready to strut their wares and give them a good fight. Winners of this knock-out game will advance to the finals.