![Nica Celis of UP [UAAP images]](https://sportsbytes.com.ph/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/UAAP-85-WVB-NU-vs.-UP-Nica-Celis-7377-400x200.jpg)
Titleholder National University had to earn its way back to the win column of the UAAP Season 85 women’s volleyball tournament, downing University of the Philippines in a hard-fought three-set affair, 25-21, 27-25, 25-20, Saturday, Apr. 1, at the SMART Araneta Coliseum.
![Nico Almendras [UAAP images]](https://sportsbytes.com.ph/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/UAAP-85-MVB-NU-vs.-UP-Nico-Almendras-7108-400x200.jpg)
Reigning champion National University needed four sets to defeat the luckless University of the Philippines, 25-14, 25-18, 23-25, 25-21, and remain unbeaten in the UAAP Season 85 men’s volleyball tournament at the SMART Araneta Coliseum on Saturday, Apr. 1.
![Jau Umandal [Spiikers' Turf photo]](https://sportsbytes.com.ph/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/ST-2023-Cignal-vs.-Cotabato-G2-Jau-Umandal-6030-400x200.jpg)
AMC-Cotabato’s Jau Umandal was named the Most Valuable Player of the 2023 Spikers’ Turf Open Conference at the Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Friday night, Mar. 31.
Cignal clipped Cotabato, 25-17, 25-21, 22-25, 25-23, at the close of the Spikers’ Turf Open Conference semifinals at the Rizal Memorial Coliseum on Monday night (Mar. 27) but the latter still advanced to the championship by nipping Iloilo in the tiebreak for the other finals slot.
Imus-Ivy Tuason Photography toppled Iloilo, 25-23, 11-25, 25-20, 25-15, but still dropped from Finals contention in the 2023 Spikers’ Turf Open Conference round-robin semifinals, Monday, Mar. 27, at the Rizal Memorial Coliseum.
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University of Santo Tomas grounded Adamson University back to earth with a sweep, 25-21, 25-20, 25-15, for its fifth consecutive win and seventh overall in the UAAP Season 85 Men’s Volleyball tournament on Saturday, Mar. 25, at the FilOil EcoOil Centre in San Juan.
![Angel Canino of DLSU [UAAP images]](https://sportsbytes.com.ph/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/UAAP-85-WVB-DLSU-vs.-NU-Angel-Canino-8973-400x200.jpg)
De La Salle University stamped its class on National University, finding a way in the first two sets before running away in the third, 26-24, 26-24, 25-16, to stay unscathed in the UAAP Season 85 women’s volleyball tournament at the Philsports Arena in Pasig, Saturday, Mar. 25.
![Tin Ubaldo of FEU [UAAP Images]](https://sportsbytes.com.ph/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/UAAP-85-WVB-FEU-vs.-UP-Tin-Ubaldoo-8070-400x200.jpg)
Far Eastern University swept University of the Philippines, 25-22, 25-19, 25-20, for a winning start in the second round of the UAAP Season 85 women’s volleyball tournament, Saturday, Mar. 25, at Philsports Arena in Pasig.
![Ken Batas of Ateneo [UAAP Images]](https://sportsbytes.com.ph/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/IMG_1607_UAAP-85-mens-volleyball-UE-vs-Ateneo_Ken-Batas-400x200.jpg)
Ateneo de Manila University brushed off a slow start to repulse the University of the East in four sets, 22-25, 25-20, 25-22, 25-19, for its second straight win in the UAAP Season 85 Men’s Volleyball tournament on Saturday, Mar. 25, at the FilOil EcoOil Centre in San Juan City.
![Eya Laure of UST [UAAP Images]](https://sportsbytes.com.ph/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/UAAP-85-WVB-ADU-vs.-UST-Eya-Laure-7847-400x200.jpg)
ADAMSON University regained its wings after a disastrous first set to take down University of Santo Tomas, 11-25, 25-21, 25-13, 25-22, in the UAAP Season 85 women’s volleyball tournament at the Philsports Arena, Saturday, Mar. 25.