ICC squads make volleyball finals

Newcomer Immaculada Concepcion College (ICC) continued to make heads turn, sending its men’s and women’s teams to the best-of-three finals of the Universities and Colleges Athletic League-PGFlex Season 7 Volleyball Tournament held last Saturday at the UB gym in Batangas City.

Heroes abound for the ICC Blue Hawks as the Caloocan-based squad pulled off a 23-25, 25-21, 25-23, 17-25, 15-9 win over defending champion Philippine Christian University in their knockout semis match.

High-leaping Gio Devosora led ICC players with 21 points off 21 attacks, three blocks and a service ace to clinch the Best Player of the game that has the backing of Akari, Advance Solutions Inc., Smart Sports, Spalding, Team Rebel Sports, Quintana Sports, Crane Faucet, Hapee Toothpaste, Jiang Nan Restaurant, Vital, TopFlite Academy, Maruyama and Gerry’s Grill.

The Blue Hawks will face host University of Batangas in the finals starting on 3 December.

The Brahmans, meantime, advanced to the finals undefeated as they clobbered bitter rival Lyceum University of the Philippines-Batangas, 25-19, 25-18, 25-21. Equally impressive were the Lady Blue Hawks who scored a commanding 25-20, 25-13, 27-25 win over the Lady Pirates.

In the finals, the Lady Blue Hawks battle the UB Brahmans, who likewise produced a straight-set 25-21, 25-18, 25-23 win over the Lady Dolphins.