Lady Blue Hawks near three-peat

MANILA, Philippines — Immaculada Concepcion College kept its immaculate record intact by outlasting the University of Batangas in five tense-filled sets, 7-25, 25-19, 25-27, 25-15, 15-12, to move closer to completing a three-peat in the PGFlex Linoleum-UCAL Season 9 Volleyball Championships at Paco Arena in Manila.

With their 19-game winning streak teetering on the brink of being snapped after dropping the opening set, the ICC Lady Blue Hawks went to Fima Casera in crucial moments and the high-leaping spiker responded gamely to help win the opener of their best-of-three title series.