The celebrities will all come out to play (from left): Eya Laure, Milena Alessandrini and Cassie Carballo will type UST’s core whereas Bella Belen, Jen Nierva and Alyssa Solomon will gas NU’s cost.—UAAP MEDIA
Eya Laure and Bella Belen, two of the most important attracts in Season 85 of the UAAP girls’s volleyball match, will go head-to-head as soon as once more with the stakes at their highest so far as accessible rankings within the Last 4 go.
Laure and the College of Santo Tomas (UST) Growling Tigresses and the pack of defending champion Nationwide College (NU) Girl Bulldogs that Belen leads battle it out at 11 a.m. on Wednesday for what can be the No. 2 seed and the final accessible twice-to-beat privilege within the semifinals.
And each stars have deliberate—and certainly spent—the times because the weekend learning the group on the alternative finish of the ground realizing the enormity of the match at FilOil Flying V Enviornment in San Juan Metropolis.
“They’re nonetheless the defending champions, and that’s nonetheless the mentality that they’ve,” Laure mentioned in Filipino after the Tigresses accomplished the Last 4 forged with a win over Far Jap College final Sunday as she appeared forward to this significant tiff. “We all know that they don’t wish to lose and that they are going to put their greatest foot ahead [for this match].
“We shall be prepared for them,” the league’s main scorer mentioned. “That’s what we are going to do.”
With each squads locked in a second place tie at 9-3, the winner will get the within observe on No. 2 as they shut out their respective elimination spherical schedules in opposition to ousted sides.
“We have been overeager [in the first round],” Belen mentioned in Filipino when she talked of the 25-23, 27-25, 17-25, 22-25, 15-11 loss to the Tigresses final March 4 that snapped NU’s 20-game profitable streak. “We must be composed and we have to return to the drafting board.
“We’ll give you a recreation plan primarily based on how we see them of their final recreation.”
As issues stand, idle La Salle shall be No. 1 with a 12-1 report, whereas Adamson is at No. 4 and would seemingly have to beat the Girl Spikers two straight occasions if the UST-NU loser wins its last recreation.
Kungfu Reyes, the Santo Tomas coach, has labored on ensuring that his Tigresses stay hungry.
“Our purpose is a high two spot,” Reyes mentioned. “We’re within the Last 4, however we’re aiming larger. We’ll play our recreation and never play to the event, in any other case, we is perhaps overwhelmed by the state of affairs.”
Larger situation
The larger situation, assuming that Nationwide dispatches of Ateneo and Santo Tomas takes care of winless College of the Philippines to shut out classification, is that the loser of this match will once more tangle with the winner within the semifinals—and having the massive process of profitable two straight video games to advance.
“We must be composed and relaxed. These two remaining video games are crucial,’’ mentioned Belen.
Laure would be the largest defensive drawback for the Girl Bulldogs, because the heavy-handed Santo Tomas spiker has proven mainly all season lengthy that she may be unstoppable when she is in her parts.
She shall be coming off a 28-point efficiency in opposition to the Girl Tamaraws in a four-set win, though Santo Tomas has a stable nucleus that features the towering Milena Alessandrini and Cassie Carballo.
Alyssa Solomon shall be there as Belen’s chief backup, with group captain Princess Robles and libero Jen Nierva additionally anticipated to play a vital half. INQ
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