By: Aulyn Gwen Bergado, Marvin Isidro Jr.
E-Sports and Table Tennis take center stage for Day 2 of the Letramurals 2023. Photo courtesy of Vicente Ignatius Mate IV & Eduardo Nollora Jr. of The LANCE.
As we have a glimpse of the continued passion and fire among Letranites within different sporting events in the Letramurals, some are meant to claim left to right wins in different disciplines and some are experiencing hardships in getting one.
In contrast to yesterday’s events, CBAA 1 is showing up as the dark horse in the campaign as they record more victories today.
Table Tennis
CBAA 1’s John Paul Tolentino and Maria Isabelle Verano proved their prowess in Table Tennis as they hacked out their respective wins to be awarded as the champions.
Tolentino scored a straight-set over CBAA 2’s Luigi Santiago while Verano battled against Camille Torres of CBAA 2 in a thrilling 3-2 victory.
Dodgeball
CBAA 2 prevailed over their four other competitors as they rose as the champions in dodgeball, beating out CEIT in the finals, while CLAS settled for the third place.
The players for the respective teams are as follows; CBAA 2: Adrian Ballesta, Josh Bal, James Gumahin, Noah Mendoza, Richgiven Barbas, Kyla Antaran, Mary Kim Dy, Janine Mercado, Julieanna Marie Soliman and Jannah Gabis.
For CEIT, Lyndon Arguelles, Mark Ayala, Chelsea Belmonte, Markjackryan Buen, Alexandrea Casiguran Trisha Magpantay, Honey Pio, Wendell Resare, Mikaelizah Ronquillo and Ken Vidal.
Lastly, for CLAS; Zabrina Hong, Jhoana Munar, Beatriz Arwen Medenilla, Beatrice Gumba Carlo Gula, Eleazar Endaya, Kyle Abay-Abay and John Erwin Garcia.
Mobile Legends
The first day for E-Games kicked it off as CBAA 1 definitely overpowered the competition as they dominated in Mobile Legends in defeating both CBAA 2 and COED.
CBAA 1 and CEIT will be facing each other for the 1st place battle scheduled tomorrow.
Valorant
However the same can't be said for the matches in Valorant as CEIT had a heated match against CBAA 1 and COED. Unfortunately, the matches came to a close early due to the disqualifications of CBAA 1 and CBAA 2 due to continuous sweating which were against CLAS.
There will be a clash between CLAS and CEIT for the championship match tomorrow.
Basketball
Different stories unfold for CEIT and CLAS in their respective second matches against each other. CEIT clinched their second straight victory, 73-61 while CLAS fell to their second loss in the campaign.
On the other hand, CBAA 1 escaped CBAA 2, in a nail-biting 81-78 thriller to record their first win.
In the afternoon sessions, CBAA 2 eked out a huge win against CEIT, 89-46.
Contrastingly, CBAA 1 nearly faced death with a 76-70 triumph against CLAS which scored consecutive baskets in the final canto, enough to scare CBAA 1.
Volleyball
CLAS fell short against hot-spiking CBAA 1 in straight sets 25-22, 25-20 while CBAA 2 held off CEIT, 23-25, 25-15, 15-9.
For the following matches, COED faltered against CBAA 1 in their first match, 25-5, 25-13.
CEIT collected their first win as they engaged in a thrilling match against CLAS, 25-15, 19-25, 15-13.