San Sebastian College marched to its fifth final appearance in the Shakey’s V-League by sweeping the undermanned Adamson side in their Final Four series while Far Eastern U repulsed Univ. of Santo Tomas to force a sudden death for the other final berth at The Arena in San Juan yesterday.

Thai import Jaroensri Bualee frolicked in the continued absence of Nerissa Bautista and Joanna Botor-Carpio, firing 18 hits while Laurence Ann Latigay added 17 points for the Lady Stags, who dethroned the Falcons with a 25-14, 25-22, 25-14 romp.

“We were able to cash in on the absence of their two guest players,” said SSC coach Roger Gorayeb, whose wards also scored a straight-set 25-14, 25-20, 25-18 win in the first game of their best-of-three series.

The victory thus kept the Lady Stags’ bid for a second straight crown in the league sponsored by Shakey’s Pizza after winning last year’s second conference title over the Tigresses.

Angela Benting made 13 hits while Jill Gustilo tossed in 11 points for Adamson, which reeled in the absence of Bautista and Botor-Carpio, who were with the RP team competing in a beach volley tournament in Vietnam.

But while SSC advanced, UST stumbled with a loss to a gutsy FEU squad as the Lady Tams fought back from a first-set setback by taking the next three in hard-earned fashions, 16-25, 25-23, 25-21, 25-23, earlier.

Rachel Anne Daquis blasted away 13 kills, including one that shattered the 23-all count in the fourth set then the Tams clinched the victory on an error by UST skipper Aiza Maizo, ending the 1:39 encounter and giving the Morayta-based spikers a shot at a first-ever stint in the final.

The Lady Tams were out-spiked and out-blocked by the taller UST side but made up for this with superb reception and digs while drawing big points off their serve to turn back the fancied three-time champions and keep their championship hopes alive in the league organized by Sports Vision and backed by Accel, Mikasa, Mighty Bond and OraCare.

UST, which took the opener of their best-of-three series, 25-14, 25-23, 22-25, 25-18, last Thursday, and FEU dispute the other final slot at 4 p.m. tomorrow.

For live webcast of the league, log on to www.v-league.ph. Matches are also televised on NBN-4 starting at 2 p.m. on Monday.

Daquis finished with 16 points while Cherry Vivas came away with 11 attacks and wound up with 12 points.