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FAR Eastern University-Diliman and National University Nazareth School bagged the first two Final Four berths in the girls division after posting third straight victories in the UAAP high school beach volleyball tournament Saturday at Sands SM By The Bay.
The Baby Tamaraws remained undefeated after Sheena Cafe and Sheena Pascual survived Adamson's Ella Gonzalvo and Francheska Adem, 21-16, 22-20 and beat UP Integrated School's Janella Guarino and Elisha Capus, 21-10, 21-6.
Toos and Mangyao also kept the Bullpups' perfect slate after besting UPIS' Guarino and Capus, 21-16, 21-9, and University of Santo Tomas' Cheng Dadang and Angelica Del Mar, 21-17, 21-16.
It was the three-peat seeking Tiger Sands' first loss of the season after going 2-0 on Friday.
Adamson snapped a two-game skid after Gonzalvo and Maegan Pineda, who replaced Adem before the match, made quick work of La Salle-Zobel's Aislinn Alemaña and Sabine Valdez, 21-10, 21-9.
The Junior Fighting Maroons and the Junior Lady Spikers are still without a win in three matches.
In the boys division, defending champion NUNS sustained its rise from an opening day loss to UST.
An on tune Wayne Dionela and Kian Tan topped Adamson's Brice Malinao and Gian Ygot, 21-13, 21-14, to join their victims at 2-1 in second place.
UST remained the lone undefeated team at 3-0 as Michael Lagaran and Lance Malinao overpowered Ateneo's Ken Nicolas and Santiago Avila, 21-3, 21-5, and survived a tough first set stand against FEU-D's Zedrick Calimlim and Samuel Coronel before hacking out a 22-20, 21-14 victory.
Malinao and Ygot gave the Baby Falcons their second win after routing UPIS' Terren Villanueva and Bamba Marcus, 21-8, 21-19, in the morning session.
Villanueva and Bamba gave the Junior Fighting Maroons a breakthrough after outlasting University of the East's Clarence Gianan and Buenaventura Limpin, 22-20, 18-21, 15-13, tying their victims and the Baby Tamaraws at 1-2.
The Blue Eagles are at 0-2.
