UST nips La Salle; FEU-Ateneo match halted

By Anthony Divinagracia Posted Nov 30th 2013

University of Santo Tomas (UST) notched its first win on a rain-marred Wednesday that saw defending champion Far Eastern University (FEU) and Ateneo de Manila University leaving an unplayable pitch in the 76^th UAAP women’s football tournament.

Tigresses striker Marice Magdolot pounced on a clearing miscue by De La Salle University in the 68^th minute before whipping home a venomous flyer through an empty net to lift UST past the Lady Archers for good, 1-0.

Magdolot’s late goal underscored La Salle’s tenacity on defense three-fourths of the way before yielding what could have been an easy clearance against a broken UST play.

La Salle repeatedly bombarded UST’s goal with a plethora of attempts but none managed to sneak through its back four until the final whistle.

In the second game, the Lady Tamaraws and the Lady Eagles engaged in a heated see-saw battle from the opening kick. But the feverish encounter had to cool down with the score tied at 1-1 as rains soaked the FEU Diliman pitch. The game was stopped at the 56^th minute.

Prior to that abrupt ending, FEU seized the lead in the 46^th minute on Sharmine Siaotong’s goal before Ateneo’s Antonette Amoncio responded with her own foray in the 47^th minute.

The FEU-Ateneo game will resume this week.