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Array ( [results] => Array ( [0] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 863222 [Title] => Hoey rebounds with 70 as Zaragosa falls [Summary] =>Fil-Am Rico Hoey fired an eagle-spiked 70 to move from 32nd to joint 22nd as Rupert Zaragosa bombed out with an 80 in the third round of the Asian Amateur Championship still paced by 14-year-old Tianlang Guan of China in Thailand yesterday.
[DatePublished] => 2012-11-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 862895 [Title] => Zaragosa still way behind despite 69 [Summary] =>Rupert Zaragosa birdied the first three holes at the back but scrambled to finish with a two-under 70 as he fell way behind two-day leader Tianlang Guan of China, who outgunned Thai Prin Sirisommai in a day of torrid scoring in the Asian Amateur Championship at the Amata Spring Country Club in Thailand yesterday.
[DatePublished] => 2012-11-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 862574 [Title] => Arboleda 7 shots adrift in Asian Amateur golf [Summary] =>Anton Arboleda birdied the 18th and salvaged a one-over 73 to trail Tianlang Guan of China by seven at the start of the Asian Amateur Championship at the Amata Spring Country Club in Thailand yesterday.
[DatePublished] => 2012-11-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 286804 [Title] => Asistio posts remarkable eighth place in Jungolf [Summary] => SAN Diego Coming on the heels of Wolen Superals record-breaking victory in the boys 11-12 years division, Tonton Asistio posted a stirring top eight finish in the boys 15-17 age-group to cap another impressive Philippine campaign in the annual Junior World championships which ended here Friday (Saturday in Manila).
Asistio fired his best round of three-under-par 69 spiked by an eagle on the ninth hole at the Torrey Pines South course to tie for eighth place at 292, becoming the first RP boy to land in the Top 10 after nearly two decades.
[DatePublished] => 2005-07-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 286286 [Title] => Superal posts 2-shot lead in world jungolf [Summary] => SAN DIEGO Wolen Superal sparkled with a 10-under-par 64 to lead the boys 11-12 years division by two strokes on a day when five other Philippine bets put themselves in title contention at the start of the Callaway Junior World Championships Tuesday (Wednesday in Manila) here.
Superal, his swing slightly hampered by a dislocated hip, turned in the lowest round of the tournament at the Cottownwood Golf Club in El Cajon one of the seven courses used for the event in a spectacular effort that saw him gun down an eagle and eight birdies in a span of 12 holes. [DatePublished] => 2005-07-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) ) )
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MANILA, Philippines — Alas Pilipinas team captain Jia de Guzman has tempered expectations on their chances against a heavily favored Vietnam and in the FIVB Challenger Cup that came off the wraps at the Ninoy Aquino Stadium yesterday.
But deep inside the soft-spoken and courageous skipper and the rest of Nationals, they all dream of the same big dream – a ticket straight to the Women’s Volleyball Nations League main group next year.
And their quest begins tonight when they square off with the Vietnamese at 6:30 p.m.
The home bet is the underdog versus the Vietnamese side that swept and dominated last month’s AVC Challenge Cup at the Rizal Memorial Coliseum. The Filipinas snatched a historic bronze there.
“Well, alam naman po namin na mas malakas ang kalaban and we know our team is young. All we can ask the girls is to do its best while not putting pressure on the team that much,” said the charismatic Alas team leader.
The team lost power spiker Eya Laure and libero Jen Nierva and were replaced by Creamline’s Jema Galanza and National University’s Bella Belen.
Belen’s teammate, Alyssa Solomon, and Galanza’s fellow Creamline star, Tots Carlos, were enlisted into the pool but will not be able to join due to undisclosed reasons.
“It’s great to have new reinforcements in the pool. Experience-wise, marami ang mako-contribute nila sa team,” said De Guzman of Galanza and Belen.
Intriguingly, Nierva’s last-minute withdrawal left the squad with one legitimate libero in Dawn Catindig.
Cherry Nunag was listed as the team’s second libero although she’s known as a natural middle blocker.
The other members of the team are Faith Nisperos, Fifi Sharma, Vannie Gandler, Julia Coronel, Angel Canino, Dell Palomata, Arah Panique, Thea Gagate and Sisi Rondina.
The trek to that VNL dream is long and arduous though as Alas Pilipinas would need to win all its games against Vietnam, the semis and eventually the finals, assuming it could make it that far, to realize it.
In the opener of the meet, Puerto Rico turned back a feisty Kenya 25-20, 25-19, 27-25, to advance to the semis.
Teenage sensation Grace Mar Lopez Villanueva went on attack mode and fired 19 points including 18 on kills while Diana Reyes scattered 10 hits.
Pamella Adhiambo Owino tried to put up a fight for the Kenyans by unloading a match-best 22 points. most of which came in the third set when they tried
to put up a fight and steal the set before eventually falling short in the end.
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