Written by Akari Sports Staff BACOLOD CITY – Bacolod Tay Tung emerged as the champion of the Akari Cup after defeating La Salle-Zobel on Friday at the St. John’s Institute here. The Thunderbolts’ A-team completed an unbeaten run, winning all five of its matches in the three-day tournament that featured 20 teams from across the...Read More
Written by Akari Sports Staff A TOTAL of 20 teams across the country will compete in the Akari Cup Bacolod Leg Girls 15U tournament, which kicks off on Wednesday at the St. John’s Institute covered court in Bacolod City. The Akari Cup is part of a five-day grassroots volleyball initiative in Negros Occidental focused on...Read More
Written by Akari Sports Staff | Photo from The UAAP SOPHOMORE Shai Nitura made history, officially becoming Adamson’s first-ever UAAP women’s volleyball Season MVP. The 21-year-old outside spiker, who also won MVP and Finals MVP honors in the girls’ division in Season 86, was formally awarded before Game 2 of the UAAP Collegiate Women’s Volleyball...Read More
Written by Akari Sports Staff | Photo from The UAAP LA SALLE regained the UAAP women’s volleyball championship with an emphatic two-game Finals sweep of National University, capped by a workmanlike 25-22, 25-16, 25-16 win last night before 22,509 fans at the Mall of Asia Arena. The Lady Spikers completed a 16-0 campaign for their...Read More
Written by Akari Sports Staff | Photo from The UAAP LA SALLE brushed off slow starts in the first and third sets to pull off a 25-23, 25-18, 25-18 romp of National University and move closer to securing a 13th UAAP women’s volleyball title Wednesday before 15,056 fans at the Mall of Asia Arena. The...Read More
Written by Akari Sports Staff | Photo from The UAAP LA SALLE is not only seeking to deny National University’s three-peat bid in the UAAP women’s volleyball tournament, but also to exorcise the ghost of its Finals heartbreaker 12 years ago. Meeting for the fourth time in the last five seasons, the Lady Spikers, coming...Read More
Written by Akari Sports Staff | Photo by The UAAP ADAMSON promised to bounce back stronger in the next year’s UAAP women’s volleyball wars after its Final Four journey came to an abrupt end at the hands of the surging University of Santo Tomas on Wednesday. A more mature Shai Nitura is what coach JP...Read More
Written by Akari Sports | Photo from The UAAP ADAMSON plays University of Santo Tomas as it tries to move up the ladder as the chase for the remaining UAAP women’s volleyball Finals berth begins Wednesday at the Smart Araneta Coliseum. The third-ranked Lady Falcons may have beaten the No. 4 Tigresses twice, all in...Read More
Written by Akari Sports Staff | Photo from The UAAP LA SALLE pulled off a difficult 27-25, 15-25, 23-25, 25-23, 15-13 win over defending champion National University to jump straight to the Finals via a 14-0 elimination round sweep in the UAAP women’s volleyball tournament before 19,419 fans at the Mall of Asia Arena Sunday...Read More
Written by Akari Sports Staff | Photo from The UAAP ADAMSON advanced to the Final Four after a three-year absence with a 25-20, 25-22, 25-23 win over Far Eastern University Saturday in the UAAP women’s volleyball tournament at the packed UST Quadricentennial Pavilion Arena. Shai Nitura was scintillating with 18 points, including four service aces...Read More
