So magtutulungan na lang kami kung ano pang gagawing strategy against Ateneo.” “Gagawin naming motivation yung talo namin sa Ateneo last time, kasi sayang yun eh, andun na kami. “Yun nga po, happy at the same time motivated kami dahil nakapasok uli kami sa Finals,” Inlayo said. Gonzalez and captain Andrea Abalos set up the sweep in the second doubles match, 21-12, 21-16, against Pena and Clara Ignacio, while Inlayo completed the sweep against Samantha Chozas, 21-14, 21-14. Ramos earlier opened the day with a first singles rubber win over Charlize Belen, 21-16, 21-9, before fellow rookie Anthea Gonzalez made it a 2-0 advantage, 21-9, 21-6, against Elij Pena, in the second singles. The win sent the Fighting Maroons to its sixth Finals appearance in seven seasons, only missing the championship battle in UAAP Season 82.Īnd it was a familiar name in Lea Inlayo that clinched UP the ticket as the UAAP Season 78 Rookie of the Year and fellow national team member Susmita Ramos won the first doubles match, 21-13, 21-16. University of the Philippines booked a return trip to the Finals after a clinical 5-0 rout of University of Santo Tomas on the final day of the UAAP Season 85 women’s badminton tournament qualifying round, Saturday afternoon at the Centro Atletico Badminton Center in Cubao, Quezon City.
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