{"id":224640,"date":"2016-04-05T06:00:12","date_gmt":"2016-04-04T20:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=224640"},"modified":"2016-04-05T06:00:12","modified_gmt":"2016-04-04T20:00:12","slug":"youth-players-win-vs-veterans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/youth-players-win-vs-veterans\/","title":{"rendered":"Youth players win vs veterans"},"content":{"rendered":"
From left, women\u2019s doubles A champions Jen Savellano and Janelle Pangilinan and runners-up Hannah Choi and Alma Ortega pose for a photo after their title match in the IT&E tournament last Sunday at the TSL Sports Complex. (Contributed Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Young guns Jen Savellano and Janelle Pangilinan clinched the women\u2019s doubles A championship in the IT&E Doubles and Mixed Doubles Badminton Competition 2016 after sweeping veterans Hannah Choi and Alma Ortega in last Sunday\u2019s finale at the TSL Sports Complex.<\/p>\n

Savellano and Pangilinan were neck-and-neck with their foes in the opening game before escaping with a 22-20 victory in the extended match and then saved enough juice in the second to cruise to a 21-9 win. In the first game, Pangilinan bailed out her team as she scored their last 4 points. She ended up making 13 of their total markers in Game 1. In the second game, it was Savellano\u2019s turn to carry her team, as after Pangilinan had a string of 6 points, the former closed out with their last 5 markers to complete the sweep and finished with 11 points. Choi had 5 markers, including her team\u2019s final point.<\/p>\n

The eventual champions marched into the finals after eliminating Windy Fernandez and Lanie Bartolome in the first semis game last Friday. Pangilinan and Savellano took Game 1, 21-11, with the former starting things out for their team, making 4 straight points. Pangilinan continued her strong start, tallying 9 of her team\u2019s next 10 markers midway in the game before Savellano picked up the cudgels late in the period, logging 4 of their last 5 points. Bartolome registered 8 of their 11 points in a losing effort in the opening game.<\/p>\n

In the second and last game, Savellano was unstoppable as her 15 points powered them to a 21-9 rout of Bartolome and Fernandez. Savellano controlled the second game after Pangilinan recorded their team\u2019s first 2 points.<\/p>\n

In the other Final Four match last Saturday, Choi and Ortega needed three games to knock out the mother and daughter pair of Malou and Nicole Malasarte.<\/p>\n

Ortega and Choi prevailed in Game 1, 21-11, with Ortega playing steady in the final half of the opener, drilling 7 straight points before the latter logged the game winner. However, the eventual finalists missed a semis sweep when the Malasartes fought back in the second game with a tough 21-19 win. Nicole did most of the damage in the second game, but it was her mom who posted the last 2 points that lifted them to the close win and kept their finals hopes alive.<\/p>\n

In the deciding third game, Ortega and Choi exchanged scores to earn a 21-9 win and book the second finals berth in the division.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Bartolome and Fernandez rounded out the Top 3 after beating Malou and Nicole in the consolation game. The winners also played an extended game before downing the Malasartes, 21-9, 15-21, 21-16.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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