With a UAAP Remaining 4 assured, jockeying for positions is new race

La Salle and College of Santo Tomas, clearly extra decided now {that a} Remaining 4 in Season 87 of the UAAP ladies’s volleyball event will probably be performed, begin jockeying for the most effective place attainable after they conflict, with a share of second place up for grabs on Saturday at Sensible Araneta Coliseum.

Each squads benefited enormously from defending champion Nationwide U’s shock loss to College of the Philippines final Wednesday, because the Woman Maroons began a completely totally different race starting this weekend.

Far Jap College, which defeated College of the East additionally final Wednesday, at the moment sits in solo second with a 6-3 card, with the Woman Spikers and the Growling Tigresses holding 5-3 data.

The primary serve is at 5 p.m., with the Tigresses looking for a repeat of a 25-12, 22-25, 13-25, 25-23, 15-13 first-round victory the place Angge Poyos and Regine Jurado delivered.

“We simply must learn to benefit from the recreation, particularly once we’re forward,” Santo Tomas coach KungFu Reyes mentioned in Filipino as he tries to steer his prices out of a two-game slide and keep away from dropping three straight for the primary time in fairly some time.

“When the match will get tight, no less than now we have one thing to attract from in conditions the place stronger decision-making is required,” he added. “Our focus now could be on the crew’s total maturity.”

The loser will drop to fourth place and can solely maintain a one-game lead over the Combating Maroons (4-5) within the race for the final Remaining 4 spot.

Ateneo and Adamson, out of the Remaining 4 image with 3-5 slates, additionally noticed their hopes revived. They conflict within the 1 p.m. recreation. The Blue Eagles will probably be coming off a weeklong relaxation following an energy-sapping five-set win over the Combating Maroons.

Alternatively, the Woman Falcons opened the second spherical with a straight-set romp of the Woman Warriors.

“Will probably be check for us as a result of we’re on the identical path, and now we’ll cross and conflict for positioning,” mentioned Ateneo coach Sergio Veloso. “We have to assume match by match, set by set and level by level, and now our subsequent match towards Adamson might be our most essential recreation of the season.” —Inquirer Sports activities Employees