FEU rips Saint Benilde, nears twice-to-beat slot
GERZEL Petallo and Far Eastern University smash their way to a 25-14, 25-9, 25-17 victory over College of Saint Benilde for their second straight win in the 2026 Shakey’s Super League Unity Cup on Wednesday at the Ninoy Aquino Stadium.
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Far Eastern University (FEU) drew closer to securing a twice-to-beat advantage in the quarterfinals after an emphatic sweep of College of Saint Benilde (CSB), 25-14, 25-9, 25-17, for a second straight Round of 8 win in the 2026 Shakey’s Super League (SSL) Unity Cup on Wednesday at the Ninoy Aquino Stadium.
Dictating the pace for most of the match, the Lady Tamaraws took a little over an hour for a quick disposal of the hapless Lady Blazers for a 2-0 win-loss record in Pool E.
FEU can formally clinch one of the two quarters bonus in its group if five-peat-seeking National University (1-0) defeats Adamson University (0-1) in their duel still being played as of press time.
The Lady Tamaraws remained unscathed after five games overall in the league’s centerpiece competition.
Opposite spiker Ia David led FEU with 10 points while Gerz Petallo added seven markers in just two sets.
Save for a brief spark of resistance from CSB early in the third set, the Lady Tamaraws breezed through the match with sustained energy.
After dominating the first two frames, the Lady Tamaraws trailed the Lady Blazers, 3-6, to start the third set. FEU rallied to regain control and used a 12-5 closing barrage to put the game away.
The Lady Tamaraws will take on NU on 7 November at the Playtime FilOil Centre in San Juan to wrap the second round and determine their placing in the crossover quarters of the competition.
CSB, which threw away 25 points on errors, absorbed a second straight defeat.
In the second game, Letran pulled off a reverse sweep over Ateneo de Manila University, 30-32, 22-25, 25-17, 26-24, 15-13, to stay in the thick of the battle for a quarterfinals twice-to-beat advantage in Pool F.