MANILA, Philippines – La Salle extended its unbeaten run to three matches in Bracket A as it overpowered defending champion Ateneo in the Rivalry Day of the PinoyLiga Collegiate Challenge Cup, 95-67, over the weekend at the Enderun Colleges Gym.
Jacob Cortez continued to shine in his new home as the son of Green Archers great Mike logged 15 points, six assists, three assists and two steals.
Henry Agunnane showed the way for La Salle with 17 points and six rebounds; reigning UAAP Most Valuable Kevin Quiambao was at his usual best with 10 points, six boards and four assists; while Kean Baclaan added 10 points, six rebounds and four assists.
The Blue Eagles, who were led by Ian Espinosa’s 13 points, have yet to log a win in four games.
In the other Rivalry Day contest in Bracket B on Saturday, Letran nipped San Beda, 88-87, behind Jimboy E strada’s 23-point outing.
The Knights are now 2-0 under interim coach Allen Ricardo.
Letran followed up its close win against the reigning NCAA holders with a 87-83 conquest of San Sebastian with Jovel Baliling, who was a part of the Squires champion team, drilling in 17 points on Sunday.
Salimon Kone lo gged 12 points and six rebounds as Diliman College nosed out Adamson, 45-43, to tie Letran at 2-0 in their pool.
In other Bracket A games over the weekend, Reinhard Jumamoy had 17 points as National University topped Guang Ming College of Tagaytay, 73-64, while DJ Howe scored 17 points in Enderun’s 86-72 win over Mapua.
NU and Enderun moved in a tie with Lyceum of the Philippines University at 3-1 to keep with reach of La Salle. The Cardinals are now at 3-2.
Danzel Gomez shot 13 points as Our Lady of Fatima University kept within dis tance of the Bracket B pacesetters with a 93-72 rout of San Sebastian for a 3-2 slate.
MANILA, Philippines — Four Filipinas scored for the Philippine U17 women’s national football team in their debut performance at the 2024 AFC U17 Women’s Asian Cup, as they drubbed host country Indonesia, 6-1, at the Kapten I Wayan Dipta Stadium on Monday.
Skipper Alexa Pino and Natalie Collins both found the target twice to lead the Young Filipinas to the resounding win in their first foray into the competition.
Pino got things going as she scored early in the seventh minute to pull the visitors ahead, while also tallying the country’s first-ever goal in tournament history.
Though the Indonesians leveled the match five minutes later with a goal from Claudia Scheunemann in the 12th minute, the Filipina booters were quick to recover.
Jael Guy got the lead back for the Filipinas U17 after 22 minutes of play as she got past Indonesia keeper Gadhiza Asnanza, 2-1.
From then on, the floodgates opened for the Filipinas as they tacked on two more before the halftime whistle, with Ariana Markey and Pino scoring goals in the 29th and 36th minute, respectively.
At the break, the debutants were comfortably ahead, 4-1.
But the Filipinas were not done yet as Collins netted two goals in the second half to complete the five-goal rout in a spirited start to their campaign.
The Philippines is now in prime position to compete for a spot in the 2024 FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup should it reach the semifinals.
But the squad would need to finish in the Top 2 of Group A first to get into the knockout rounds, beginning with the quarterfinals.
Currently, the Philippines (3 points, +5GD) is behind North Korea (3 points, +7GD) in the standings.
The Filipinas face North Korea next on Thursday, May 9, at the Bali United Training Center. Kick-off is at 4 p.m. (Manila time).