University of St. La Salle kept its NOPSSCEA aspirants basketball title Sunday by driving past St. Benilde School at the USLS-IS covered court in Bacolod City .

St. John's Institute and Murcia-based La Consolacion Academy shared the limelight with La Salle , by splitting the volleyball crowns at the USLS college covered court Sunday.

The Baby Stingers proved too strong for the Benilde cagers as they scored a 94-85 triumph to finish the 17-team tournament undefeated.

La Salle advanced to the final with an easy 77-46 victory over University of Negros Occidental Recoletos-Talisay , while St. Benilde nipped UNOR-Bacolod, 49-46.

Third place honors went to UNOR-Bacolod, which drubbed UNOR-Talisay, 65-56, in the first game Sunday.

La Salle overcame St. Theresita's Academy, Bacolod Christian Center of Negros and Colegio San Agustin-Bacolod in the group stage, while St. Benilde emerged as one of the qualifiers in bracket D that included St. John's Institute, La Consolacion College-Main and Maranatha Christian Academy .

UNO-R Bacolod entered the knockout phase by qualifying from group B, where Trinity Christian School , Mansilingan Christian Academy , Tangub Christian Academy and Don Bosco Technical Institute were also bracketed.

UNO-R Talisay advanced from group C that included LCC-Gardenville, St. Joseph 's-La Salle and St. Augustine-International School.

In girls' volleyball, St. John's walloped St. Francis of Assisi School to wrest the crown. SJI moved into the final with a 25-18, 25-19 victory over La Salle .

St. Francis later arranged a finals duel with SJI, after powering past SJS-La Salle, 25-12, 25-17, USLS, 25-23, 25-21 and UNO-R Talisay, 25-17, 25-10.

In the boys' tournament, LCA stunned La Salle , 25-17, 15-25, 25-22 in the finals. The win was a fitting follow-up to an emphatic 25-18, 25-19 victory over La Consolacion College-Main.

La Salle climbed its way into contention by ousting St. Joseph School-La Salle, 25-12, 25-15 and relegating UNO-R Talisay to fourth spot with a 25-13, 25-14 win.

The La Sallians then took the second championship berth by downing LCC with a 25-11, 25-19 triumph.*CPT

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