The celebs 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 ladies’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 Remaining 4 go.
Laure and the College of Santo Tomas (UST) Growling Tigresses and the pack of defending champion Nationwide College (NU) Woman Bulldogs that Belen leads battle it out at 11 a.m. on Wednesday for what could be the No. 2 seed and the final accessible twice-to-beat privilege within the semifinals.
And each stars have deliberate—and absolutely spent—the times because the weekend finding out the staff on the alternative finish of the ground realizing the enormity of the match at FilOil Flying V Area in San Juan Metropolis.
“They’re nonetheless the defending champions, and that’s nonetheless the mentality that they’ve,” Laure stated in Filipino after the Tigresses accomplished the Remaining 4 solid with a win over Far Jap College final Sunday as she appeared forward to this important tiff. “We all know that they don’t need to lose and that they may put their finest foot ahead [for this match].
“We might be prepared for them,” the league’s main scorer stated. “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 monitor on No. 2 as they shut out their respective elimination spherical schedules towards ousted sides.
“We have been overeager [in the first round],” Belen stated 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 successful 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 might be No. 1 with a 12-1 document, whereas Adamson is at No. 4 and would possible have to beat the Woman Spikers two straight occasions if the UST-NU loser wins its closing recreation.
Kungfu Reyes, the Santo Tomas coach, has labored on ensuring that his Tigresses stay hungry.
“Our goal is a high two spot,” Reyes stated. “We’re within the Remaining 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 scenario.”
Greater 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 activity of successful two straight video games to advance.
“We must be composed and relaxed. These two remaining video games are essential,’’ stated Belen.
Laure would be the greatest defensive drawback for the Woman Bulldogs, because the heavy-handed Santo Tomas spiker has proven principally all season lengthy that she may be unstoppable when she is in her parts.
She might be coming off a 28-point efficiency towards the Woman Tamaraws in a four-set win, though Santo Tomas has a stable nucleus that features the towering Milena Alessandrini and Cassie Carballo.
Alyssa Solomon might be there as Belen’s chief backup, with staff captain Princess Robles and libero Jen Nierva additionally anticipated to play a essential half. INQ
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