BROTHERS Relan and Rey Taneo, Jr. of Perpetual Help went to the 92nd NCAA beach volleyball in Subic Bay seeking to make up from their heartbreaking defeat to St. Benilde in the finals of indoor volleyball early in the month.
They went home redeemed.
Showing nerves of steel, the Taneos needed an extra finals’ game and a nail-biting 21-16, 20-22, 17-15 win over Lyceum of the Philippines University’s Jhonel Badua and Joeward Presnede to clinch their very first men’s beach volley title at the Moon Bay Marina Area in SBMA over the weekend.
When it was over, the Taneos were relieved to finally erase the ghost of last year when they lost to last season’s champion Mapua in a showdown the former were heavily favored to win.
It also came as a soothing balm for Perpetual Help’s failure to claim the indoor volley crown.