The end of the road came for the reigning Cebu Schools Athletic Foundation Inc. (Cesafi) champions, Southwestern University Cobras yesterday after they lost to the University of the East Red Warriors, 75-79, in the quarterfinals of the men’s basketball competition of the 17th Sandugo-University Games in Bacolod City.
The Cobras of head coach, Raul “Yayoy” Alcoseba had difficulty containing spitfire guard Roi Sumang who led the Red Warriors with 12 points. He also had ample support from JR Sumido and Cameroonian import JM Arafat who each had 11 points while JM Noble added 10.
SWU’s own Cameroonian player, Justin Aboude led the Cobras with 21 points but it was not enough as his compatriot, Ben Mbala, managed just seven markers. Cesafi Mythical Five guard Monbert Arong had 17 while Joseph Nalos and Melvin Goloran added 12 and 10 points, respectively.
In other results, the Adamson Falcons advanced to the semifinal round after beating Holy Cross of Davao, 95-51. The reigning Unigames and UAAP champions, Ateneo Blue Eagles also kept their dominance of the University of Santo Tomas Growling Tigers which they beat in overtime, 58-56, in a rematch of the UAAP finals earlier this month, to advance to the semis.
SWU SPIKERS WIN
The spikers of SWU though, continued their onslaught in the men’s beach volleyball competition as the Cesafi winning pair of Relan Taneo and Rommel Pepito swept their four matches games yesterday.
They beat the University of the Philippines-Diliman, 21-9 and the Foundation University, 21-19 before finishing off their day with impressive victories over the College of St. Benilde and the University of Sto. Tomas.
The University of Southern Philippines Foundation tandem of Edward Ybanez and John Ylanan notched three wins yesterday. They edged the University of Negros Occidental-Recoletos, 23-21, before beating Silliman University and Foundation University.
On the distaff side, SWU had an up and down day as the pair of Rapril Aguilar and Anna Sabanal, who replaced ace player, Danika Gendrauli following the death of her father, lost to Ateneo de Manila, 19-21, before defeating UNO-R.