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Lady Eagles gun for badminton title

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THE Ateneo Lady Eagles seek to end the threepeat bid of the University of the Philippines Lady Fighting Maroons and annex the UAAP Season 79 women’s badminton title when they clash 1 p.m. today at the Rizal Memorial Badminton Hall.

Ateneo will be looking to follow-up their rousing victory over UP last Sunday. Ateneo ended UP’s 25-game winning streak, spanning three years, with a 3-2 squeaker to snatch Game 1 of the finals last Sunday.

Trixie Malibiran gave the Lady Eagles the clincher with a 21-17, 21-9 over Bea Bernardo in the third singles.

It was Ateneo’s fourth straight victory, including three consecutive do-or-die stepladder semifinals matches against second ranked De La Salle and No. 4 National University.

The Lady Eagles seek a fourth championship—and the first since in 2013 with another victory. 

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The Lady Fighting Maroons, who emerged victorious in the past two years via 9-0 sweeps, jumped straight to the Finals after sweeping all of their seven elimination round ties.

Ateneo also overcame twice-to-beat disadvantage in the men’s stepladder semis as it bested UP, 3-2, in the decider.

 The Blue Eagles, who also defeated the Fighting Maroons, 3-1, on Saturday, will face the Bulldogs in the best-of-three title series starting 8 a.m. today.

Hanz Bernardo prevailed over Wilson Lopez, 21-15, 21-12, in the deciding singles to seal the deal for the Katipunan-based shuttlers.

NU secured an outright passage in the championship round after going 7-0 in the eliminations.  The Bulldogs have won 25 consecutive ties dating back from 2014.

The Eagles, who last ruled three years ago, actually have won four straight elimination games to go this far. 

Prior to defeating UP twice, Ateneo bundled out University of Santo Tomas in a playoff for the last semis slot before ousting De La Salle in the first step-ladder duel.

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