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UST Tigresses. –MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.internet
MANILA, Philippines — College of Santo Tomas shook the UAAP Season 85 ladies’s volleyball event when it ended defending champion Nationwide College’s 20-game profitable run.
However the two groups are taking part in for one thing greater this time, a vital Closing 4 bonus that has coach KungFu Reyes focusing his wards on the duty at hand.
“We’ll play volleyball, we won’t play the event,” mentioned Reyes in Filipino. “In any other case, we’ll simply be overwhelmed or get [too much] hype.”
The Tigresses and the Girl Bulldogs collide at 11 a.m. on Wednesday at FilOil EcoOil Centre, with the winner virtually assured twice-to-beat safety within the semifinals.
UST had NU smarting within the first spherical after carving out a streak-destroying 25-23, 27-25, 17-25, 22-25, 15-11. However Reyes is anticipating the reigning queens to come back out even fiercer of their rematch.
“For positive, NU shall be on course,” Reyes mentioned. “However for us, we’ll simply play volleyball and struggle on Wednesday.”
“Whoever wins will get an even bigger likelihood to earn the No.2 spot, which everybody goals for. We’re already within the prime 4 however we’re aiming greater,” he added.
Each groups share 9-3 (win-loss) information and have one recreation left after their Wednesday showdown.
However these video games shall be towards eradicated groups with minimal probabilities of scoring an upset, therefore the excessive worth of Wednesday’s encounter.
The longtime UST coach burdened that it received’t be a simple rematch for each groups so he put a premium on scouting and enhancing his wards’ abilities and teamwork.
Eya Laure. UAAP PHOTO
And Eya Laure hopes the Tigresses will execute no matter recreation plan Reyes will put collectively.
“Kung sino man ang tumapak sa court docket magpeperform at gagalaw at magtatrabaho yun yung pinakaimportante as soon as na nilista ka ni coach sa papel siyempre as soon as na nandon ka na kailangan ready ka sa bawat recreation,” mentioned Laure. “Lalo na NU yan defending champions yan nandyan yung mentality nila na hindi sila magpapatalo gagawin nila yung finest nila.“
(As soon as coach writes your title on his beginning listing, you ought to be able to carry out and do your job. Particularly since NU is the defending champion. Their mentality is to not quit and provides their finest.)
Laure leads a younger however harmful UST squad bannered by Regina Jurado, Cassie Carballo, Imee Hernandez, Milena Alessandrini, and libero Detdet Pepito towards NU’s reigning MVP Bella Belen, Alyssa Solomon, Lams Lamina, Sheena Toring, Vange Alinsug, and Jennifer Nierva.
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