Officers of the 2023 Shakey’s Tremendous League in a press convention on Thursday. –CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
MANILA, Philippines — La Salle and the College of the Philippines is not going to be a part of the 2023 Shakey’s Tremendous League (SSL) Preseason Championship, which begins Saturday at FilOil EcoOil Centre in San Juan Metropolis.
Athletic Occasions and Sports activities Administration Inc. (ACES) president Dr. Ian Laurel mentioned the Woman Spikers, who dominated the latest SSL Nationwide Invitationals led by Most Beneficial Participant Shevana Laput, in addition to the Combating Maroons, couldn’t make a dedication to hitch the event.
“Sadly, UP and De La Salle approached us and mentioned they are going to move for this convention. I don’t need to say what the explanations are however [it’s] actually legitimate for each of them. Sila na bahala magsabi,” mentioned Laurel in the course of the press launch on Thursday. “They promised to be again subsequent yr and we honor that and we want them the very best and we nonetheless need them to have the ability to recuperate as quickly as potential to hitch our future tournaments.”
Sources instructed Inquirer Sports activities that a lot of the gamers from the UAAP champion La Salle are nonetheless recovering from accidents.
The Woman Spikers settled for runner-up within the inaugural SSL preseason event after dropping to Nationwide College final yr.
New UP volleyball program director Oliver Almadro, in the meantime, mentioned the Woman Maroons begged off attributable to an absence of preparation.
“We recognize everyone wanting ahead to seeing the new-look UP WVT. Nevertheless, we’re simply occurring three weeks being collectively, and we simply began our coaching,” Almadro mentioned. “On the similar time, a whole lot of our gamers are additionally recovering [from injuries] and we’re prioritizing our well being, particularly you understand how UP performs, we struggle till the top. So for now, we’ve determined to proceed specializing in laying the groundwork for the way forward for the UP Battle in volleyball.”
UAAP-NCAA groups conflict
NU Woman Bulldogs’ star Bella Belen –UAAP PHOTO
Sixteen groups — six from the UAAP and all the 10 NCAA faculties — will vie for the title with Nationwide College eyeing its second preseason title and parading its returning coach Norman Miguel, who handles SSL Season 1 MVP Alyssa Solomon and former UAAP Rookie-MVP Bella Belen.
“The intention of this preseason is to essentially put together the groups of the UAAP and NCAA to play of their respective tournaments which is the precedence of their faculties. So, for us, if there’s a robust staff on the market, be careful as a result of all these groups might be after your again,” mentioned Laurel, who was with Shakey’s Pizza Asia Ventures Inc., (SPAVI) president and CEO Vic Gregorio, basic supervisor Jorge Concepcion, and Philippine Sports activities Fee commissioner Fritz Gaston.
“This may deliver out their stage too. So, it’s certainly a duty however on the similar time an honor to be trusted by each the 2 most prestigious leagues, the oldest leagues of the nation, the NCAA and the UAAP.”
The core of NU lately represented the Philippine ladies’s volleyball staff within the Southeast Asia (SEA) VLeague and AVC Asian Ladies’s Seniors Volleyball Championship will play in Pool A .
In the identical pool are College of the East, bannered by rookie Casiey Dongallo–the Shakey’s Women Volleyball Invitational League (GVIL) MVP from California Academy–in addition to NCAA groups San Sebastian Faculty and Jose Rizal College.
Adamson, the finalist of the Nationwide Invitationals, headlines Pool B with Arellano, Lyceum, and San Beda, whereas College of Santo Tomas, the bronze medalist of the identical event, is slated in Pool C with NCAA champion Faculty of Saint Benilde, College of Perpetual Assist and Letran, which can also be dealt with by Almadro as coach.
The rebuilding Ateneo can also be competing with new Brazilian coach Sergio Veloso when it battles Far Japanese College, Mapua, and Emilio Aguinaldo Faculty in Pool D.
The SSL will proceed to implement an all-to-play system, giving most publicity to all gamers.
The highest groups of every group will advance to the knockout quarterfinals.
The semifinals may also be in a knockout format, whereas the finals and the bronze medal match might be performed in a best-of-three collection in November.
Video games begin on Saturday at Filoil EcoOil Centre with UST battling Perpetual Assist at 1 p.m. after the opening ceremonies. Adamson takes on Lyceum at 3:30 p.m., whereas San Beda and Arellano cap the day at 6 p.m.
The latter a part of the event together with the finals might be held at Rizal Memorial Coliseum.
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