NU brings scoring aptitude to name dance vs La Salle

National University (NU) and La Salle in finding themselves the place most of the people be expecting them to be, jockeying for the preferred crown in varsity volleyball—the UAAP Season 87 girls’s volleyball name.

The Lady Bulldogs, who gained their earlier championship duel with the Lady Spikers, are intent on turning their dominance right into a dynastic rule. But status of their means is the very opponent that denied them back-to-back reigns two seasons in the past, one this is aching to go back to a spot they as soon as referred to as house.

“Maybe if the players can bring out what I’m expecting from them, we might be able to keep up—and maybe even have a big chance,” stated Ramil de Jesus, the mastermind in the back of La Salle’s 12 championships in 20 finals appearances.

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“We’ve got quite the height, so we need to capitalize on that through blocking,” he added. “When blocking works, you don’t even need to attack—it can turn the opponent’s attempts into our points. That’s one of the team’s strengths.”

Legacies will likely be at the line on this rubber fit of a best-of-three that will get happening Sunday, 6 p.m., at Smart Araneta Coliseum, specifically for NU’s Bella Belen, the reigning MVP, and La Salle’s Angel Canino, a former MVP herself. The duel additionally places a focus on De Jesus and NU trainer Sherwin Meneses—two tacticians who’ve set the bar for excellence, the previous on this enviornment and the latter within the professionals.

Strategic changes

This bankruptcy of the trilogy guarantees to be a conflict of firepower and fortification. NU’s Belen, Alyssa Solomon and Vange Alinsug all rank a few of the league’s Top 10 scorers, whilst La Salle’s trademark web protection will depend on Canino, Shevana Laput, Amie Provido and Lilay del Castillo, who’re a few of the match’s best blockers in the course of the semifinals.

While De Jesus emphasised the desire for strategic changes and fast execution, Meneses has taken a extra cutthroat means forward of the dance at Smart Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City.

“Defending the crown has been the target, and not just to get to the Finals,” stated the first-time NU trainer. “So the mindset is to win the Finals.”

Meanwhile, NU’s males’s crew is eyeing a 5th instantly championship as they face top-seeded Far Eastern University Tamaraws within the males’s finale, which will get going at 1 p.m.

This marks the Bulldogs’ 10th consecutive Finals look, whilst the Tamaraws, essentially the most a success program within the department’s historical past, are made up our minds to reclaim their former glory, closing profitable the crown again in 2012.