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SUBARU MEMORIAL
Array ( [results] => Array ( [0] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 109506 [Title] => Rosales trails leaders by 4 [Summary] => Jennifer Rosales birdied two of the last four holes to salvage an even-par 70 at the Doral Golf Resort and Spa in Miami, Florida Thursday (Friday in Manila) to trail joint leaders Wendy Ward and Jackie Gallagher-Smith by four strokes at the start of the LPGA Office Depot Pro-Am.
It was another fine start by the 22-year-old Rosales, who opened her bid in the first two legs of this years LPGA Tour with impressive rounds only to falter in the closing holes. She finished 51st in the LPGA YourLife and missed the cut in the Subaru Memorial last week.
[DatePublished] => 2001-01-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 109422 [Title] => Rosales 5 shots adrift [Summary] => Jennifer Rosales came through with another impressive start, this time firing a three-under-par 69 to trail Korean Mi Hyun Kim by five strokes at the start of the Subaru Memorial golf in Naples, Florida Thursday (Friday in Manila).
The 22-year-old Rosales, who carded an opening 70 in last weeks YourLife Classic but faltered and settled for a joint 51st place finish with compatriot Dorothy Delasin, birdied four of the last 10 holes to join 17 others in 31st place, five shots off Kim, who sizzled with a 64.
[DatePublished] => 2001-01-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 108494 [Title] => Delasin resumes bid in US LPGA [Summary] =>Dorothy Delasin hopes to come out strong after a month-long rest as she resumes her campaign in the LPGA Tour beginning Thursday (Friday in Manila) at the start of the Longs Drugs Challenge at the Twelve Bridges Golf Club in Lincoln, California.
Three missed cut stints in her last three tournaments prompted Delasin to take a break from the lucrative circuit as she tinkered with her driving and polished her putting stroke which she hopes to brandish when she tees off on No. 1 at 8:30 a.m. [DatePublished] => 2000-04-14 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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