Foundation University once again triumphed over top universities all over the country by winning the championship in beach volleyball for the second year in a row in the Philippine University Games held from Oct. 22-29 at the La Purisima Conception College in Roxas City, Capiz.
“Our beach men beat the best from Metro Manila and the rest of the country. This is the second year that our men’s achieved this feat, thus winning the championship back to back,” according to Dr. Aparicio Mequi, director of the FU Institute of Youth Sports for Peace.
“This is no surprise since this same team holds a three time championship in the Nestea challenge held in Boracay. Glenn Ventolero and Buensuceso Sayson did a good job is taking home the championship once again for men’s beach volleyball.”
Complementing the back-to-back win of Ventolero and Sayson was the equally amazing bronze medal finish of the FU Women’s Beach Volleyball team with players Salamatu Yushawu and Hanna Louise Ollina.
Javelin thrower Cedric Rosel, a 2nd year AgriBusiness student, also pulled a surprise when he won the silver medal, up from 6th place last year. He threw the javelin for a distance of 53.11 meters.
The Unigames is fully supported by the Philippine Sports Commission along with Palarong Pambansa, UAAP, NCAA, the Philippine National Games.
Foundation University fielded teams for volleyball (men and women), football (men and women), basketball, athletics and beach volleyball (men and women).
The men’s rookie volleyball team, with coach Dwight Sun, surpassed expectations by reaching the semi-finals.
The football team also reached the quarter finals, eventually losing out to UNO-R on the penalty shoot out 5-4.
Penalty shoot outs, said coach Vladimir Villacora, is based mostly on luck rather than skills. “The goalie will have to make a guess and dive right or left to block the ball and even though the guess is correct, the ball would still be too fast.” (Joel Llanos/FU)