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Rocci Damole bested eight others in the eight-game series with her 1,567 output.
Alexis Sy, on the other hand, took the second sport with 1,476 points as Kim Lao ended third with 1,436 pinfalls.
The fourth to eight placers in the monthly action were Misha Co (1,421), Nikki Tan (1,403), Micah Co (1,385), Bette Goyoco (1,368) and Xyrra Cabusas with 1,100 pinfalls. [DatePublished] => 2006-09-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096583 [AuthorName] => Caecent No-ot Magsumbol [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Sports [SectionUrl] => cebu-sports [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 306885 [Title] => Damole, Dante enter Bowler of the Year final [Summary] => Runners-up Rocci Damole and Tessie Dante secured a slot for the Bowler of the Year finals after qualifying in the elimination round of the Bowler of the Month of September and October editions, respectively.
Although, it was actually Jennifer Tan who topped the tournament by posting 1,571 pinfalls, the nursing student of Velez College was already a qualifier after topping last February.
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Lao of Sacred Heart School for Girls bested eight other hopefuls after completing the six-game series with a total of 1,593 pinfalls. She got P1,500 for the feat.
Goyoco knocked down 1,540 pinfalls to grab the P1,000 second prize.
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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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