Ateneo checked an impending fold-up with a scrambling, gutsy fightback in the decider, hacking out a tense-filled 25-19, 25-14, 17-25, 20-25, 15-13, victory to retain the crown in the Shakey’s V-League Presented by Smart before a jampacked Sunday crowd at The Arena yesterday.

The Lady Eagles willed itself back after blowing a 2-0 set lead and trailing 1-4 in the fifth, storming to a 12-7 upperhand and then hanging tough to thwart the Tigresses who kept on coming back in a decider that could’ve gone either way.

But in the end, Ateneo wanted it more. For the full story, visit www.v-league.ph.