Adamson locks horns with FEU

MANILA, Philippines — Far Eastern U takes on Adamson in a duel between Final Four hopefuls in the UAAP Season 87 women’s volleyball today at Mall of Asia Arena.

The Lady Tamaraws enjoy solo third at 3-2, lurking behind National U (4-0) and Santo Tomas (3-1) but not comfortably ahead of Adamson and La Salle with similar 2-2 slates.

Ironically, FEU has Adamson and La Salle as its final assignments in the first round, making it a crucial turn in its early Final Four campaign starting with the Lady Falcons in today’s main game at 3 p.m.

Meanwhile, La Salle seeks the same goal as Adamson and that’s to stay in the Final Four race against listless UE at 1 p.m. of the quadruple bill also featuring La Salle-UE at 9 a.m. and Adamson-FEU at 11 a.m. for the men’s division.

The Recto-based spikers then close out their first-round schedule against the Lady Spikers next Saturday. Coach Tina Salak wants her wards to be ultra-focused in that mission as early as now.

“Mas maganda ‘yung ganitong winning trend kasi nag-a-eye kami makapasok sa Final Four,” said Salak.

FEU has a two-game winning streak to bank on in a mission to repel the rising Adamson unit after back-to-back losses that hampered its run previously.

Meanwhile, UAAP men’s basketball champion University of the Philippines bolstered its roster anew with the addition of former NCAA Finals MVP James Payosing from San Beda.