Lady Stags, Eagles eye last Shakey’s V-L berth

Games today

10 a.m. – UST vs NU (S Turf semis)

12 noon – La Salle vs Ateneo (S Turf semis)

6 p.m. – San Sebastian vs Ateneo (V-L playoff)

MANILA, Philippines - San Sebastian College and Ateneo face off tonight for the last semifinal berth in the Shakey’s V-League Season 13 Collegiate Conference with the former out to re-assert its mastery of the latter and the Lady Eagles vowing to put up one big fight to save their season.

Both teams dropped their final quarterfinal matches to end up tied at 2-3, setting up the sudden death for the right to join Far Eastern U, defending champion National U and University of the Philippines in the Final Four of the mid-season conference sponsored by Shakey’s.

The match is set at 6 p.m. at the Philsports Arena in Pasig and will be aired live over ABS-CBN Sports + Action Channel 23 and via streaming on www.sports.abs-cbn.com, according to the organizing Sports Vision.

Meanwhile, the best-of-three semis series in the Spikers’ Turf Season 2 Collegiate Conference also fires off today with UST and NU colliding at 10 a.m. and La Salle and Ateneo squaring off at 12 noon, which will be shown on a delayed basis at 4 p.m.

The Lady Stags swept the Lady Eagles in their Group A elims meeting last Aug. 6 that saw the former NCAA champs rally from 13 points down at the end of the third set and rack up the last 15 points to complete a 25-23, 25-22, 25-23 victory.

But records are ignored in knockout matches with coaches of both teams expected to come up with key adjustments and surprises to startle the other team’s play-patterns for the needed advantage or momentum.