Fudgee-Barr Ateneo afashioned out a 25-19, 25-18, 25-20 romp over Don Pacundo-La Salle Dasmariñas for a winning start in the 2023 Spikers' Turf Invitational Conference Pool A at the Paco Arena in Manila, Friday.
Aimar Okeke stood at the forefront of the Blue Eagles’ relentless assault as the 6-4 Nigerian finished with 11 points, including nine on attacks, while providing an intimidating presence on net defense.
Jian Salarzon, who only played in the last two periods, still managed to get eight points while Amil Pacinio produced six points on limited minutes as well.
Both sides committed a lot of errors in the 84-minute match with the Patriots tallying 34 errors while the Blue Eagles had 23 of their own.
"I'm very happy that we were able to get the win. We had many lapses, we had many errors but hopefully we can address that as the tournament goes on," said head coach Timmy Sto. Tomas.
Paul Malaiba, who suited up for D'Navigators last conference, paced DLSU-D with 12 points he laced with 10 excellent receptions. Popoy Alabin chimed in 10 points as well.
