UST secures last semis berth, boots out FEU in playoff

25 Apr 2026 • 6:06 PM MYT
The Manila Times
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UST secures last semis berth, boots out FEU in playoff

MANILA, Philippines — University of Santo Tomas secured the last UAAP Season 88 women’s volleyball stepladder semifinals berth with a 16-25, 25-20, 25-18, 25-16 win over Far Eastern University in a playoff for No. 4 at the Araneta Coliseum Saturday.

Booting out the Lady Tamaraws, the Golden Tigresses advanced to the first phase of the stepladder semis where they will face the No. 3 seed Adamson Lady Falcons in another knockout match.

Angge Poyos fired 26 points including six in UST’s 10-2 run that turned an 11-10 lead into an insurmountable 21-12 advantage. 

The Tigresses thus defeated the Lady Tamaraws in all their three matches this season.