MANILA, Philippines—National University coach Dante Alinsunurin admitted they had a hard time staving off the hard-fighting University of Santo Tomas in Game 1 of the UAAP Season 85 men's volleyball tournament. The Bulldogs blew a two-set lead as Josh Ybanez and GBoy De Vega lifted the Golden Spikers to force a decider. Fortunately for NU, rookie Michaelo Buddin came to the rescue in the fifth with some help from UST's costly errors to escape with a 25-23, 25-22, 21-25, 29-31, 15-11 victory on Wednesday at Mall of Asia Arena.

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