Sport on Friday
(Rizal Memorial Coliseum)
6:30 p.m. – La Salle vs NU
BACK-TO-BACK champion Nationwide College (NU) and De La Salle College deliver their UAAP rivalry to the Shakey’s Tremendous League Collegiate Pre-Season Championship within the much-awaited Sport 1 of the finale Friday on the Rizal Memorial Coliseum.
Hostilities hearth off at 6:30 p.m. with the Woman Bulldogs trying to transfer nearer to a coveted three-peat albeit towards a powerful resistance from their UAAP archrivals Woman Spikers, who went unbeaten till the finals.
NU and La Salle met twice within the UAAP finals, exchanging crowns in Seasons 84 and 85 however the Woman Bulldogs have been the undisputed queens within the Shakey’s tilt with excellent runs in two seasons.
La Salle although gained some measure of vengeance within the elimination rounds because it snapped NU’s 28-game, two-year run with a 32-30, 14-25, 25-22, 25-21 win.However the finale is a completely completely different enviornment, looming to be a toss-up for the unarguably the nation’s two finest collegiate volleyball applications at the moment with UAAP MVPs Bella Belen of NU and La Salle’s Angel Canino on the middle stage.
Other than Ms. Belen, Mr. Meneses can have back-to-back SSL MVP Alyssa Solomon to financial institution on together with the seasoned spikers in Vange Alinsug, Erin Pangilinan, Sheena Toring, Lams Lamina and rising star Arah Ella Panique from Alas Pilipinas.
La Salle, for its half, stands able to no matter retaliation NU has in a fiery rematch since their titular showdown in 2022.
Spearheading the best way for the Woman Spikers are Ms. Canino, SSL Nationwide Invitationals MVP Shevana Laput, Julia Coronel, Amie Provido and Child Jyne Soreño. — John Bryan Ulanday
