Host Centro Escolar University and defending champion Lyceum got off to explosive starts in basketball while all but one of seven volleyball matches were decided in straight sets during the opening weekend of the 41st Women's National Collegiate Athletic Association (WNCAA).

CEU turned back San Beda College Alabang, 72-44, in the opening day at the jampacked Ninoy Aquino Stadium in Manila on Saturday. The following day at its home court, four-time defending champion Lyceum dominated St. Scholastica's College, 99-39.

Returning St. Paul College Pasig prevailed in its two midgets assignments.

It blanked rookie team Poveda in the first quarter en route to a 37-21 victory while overpowering Miriam in volleyball, 25-11, 25-20.

St. Scholastica also scored a double in volleyball, thumping St. Jude Catholic School, 25-5, 25-6, in midgets, and Emilio Aguinaldo College, 25-10, 25-15, 25-10, in Senior B.