La Salle coach Ramil de Jesus within the UAAP girls’s volleyball event. –UAAP PHOTO
MANILA, Philippines — The defending champion La Salle might have swept Ateneo of their first-round duel within the UAAP Season 86 girls’s volleyball event however coach Ramil De Jesus sees the Blue Eagles’ potential underneath new tactician Sergio Veloso.
“Truly, their workforce may be very promising and you’ll’t take them flippantly. You have to put together for them in each set and present them respect despite the fact that they’re a younger workforce,” stated De Jesus in Filipino after their 25-12, 25-22, 25-19 win over Ateneo on Saturday at Mall of Asia Enviornment.
La Salle gained its 13 straight matches in opposition to Ateneo because the final loss to its rival courting again to Season 79. However the successful streak was the farthest from De Jesus’ thoughts heading into the match-up in opposition to the Blue Eagles.
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“I wasn’t trying on the file. Dealing with each faculty is a giant recreation,” stated the 12-time UAAP champion coach. “If it simply so occur that we have now this lengthy successful custom over Ateneo, possibly it’s simply because it’s not the time for them to win in opposition to us.”
Ateneo Blue Eagles within the UAAP girls’s volleyball event. –UAAP PHOTO
The Girl Spikers bounced again from a tricky five-set loss to the UST Golden Tigresses final week, needing to stave off the gritty Blue Eagles earlier than regaining their successful methods.
“I felt just like the timing of our blocking was disorganized in our recreation in opposition to UST. We weren’t in a position to maximize our strengths. Our center blocker was restricted. Now, I’m blissful that we had been in a position to in some way maximize our middles,” stated De Jesus with Thea Gagate ending 15 factors together with 5 blocks.
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“We had plenty of errors within the second set and Ateneo was in a position to pull forward. We weren’t in a position to maintain what we had been doing proper till the rating grew to become shut. Good factor is that we’re in a position to survive till the tip of the second set.”
La Salle additionally banked on Shevana Laput, Angel Canino, and setter Julia Coronel to enhance to a 3-1 file tied with Nationwide College in second place.
De Jesus desires his wards to shift their give attention to the College of the East on Wednesday subsequent week and deal with Casiey Dongallo and the Girl Warriors with the identical respect.
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“They’re additionally a really promising workforce as a result of most of them have recognized one another since highschool,” he stated. “You’ll be able to’t take than workforce flippantly so we’re giving them the identical respect as we do with groups like Ateneo and UST. We have to put together.”
