Ateneo Blue Eagles’ throughout a recreation in opposition to UP Combating Maroons within the UAAP Season 87 girls’s volleyball match. –MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.web
Ateneo notched a primary victory within the UAAP Season 87 girls’s volleyball match after blanking College of the Philippines, 25-18, 25-22, 25-18, on Sunday at Mall of Asia Enviornment.
“The crew performed good and I give my congrats to Taks as a result of when the entire spiker play good as a result of the setter play excellent,” Blue Eagles coach Sergio Veloso stated, praising his playmaker Taks Fujimoto who dished out 14 glorious units.
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“However particularly on this match I [seriously] labored on our plan and our service is our first assault … and the opposite one when UP [was ahead] of us within the second set the crew continued to play, sticking to the plan and the system and in the long run we gained,” he added.
Sobe Buena shone with 17 factors constructed on 15 assaults, a block and an ace to raise the injury-hit Blue Eagles to a 1-2 report with the assistance of Lyann de Guzman who added 14 factors on 12 assaults and a pair of aces and Yvana Sulit completed with 9 factors.
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Ateneo Blue Eagles’ Sobe Buena throughout a recreation in opposition to UP Combating Maroons within the UAAP Season 87 girls’s volleyball match. –MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.web
“It feels actually good to be again on the court docket as a result of I feel at present we performed not only for us 12 on the court docket, not only for the teaching employees however for the Ateneo group and likewise for Zel [Tsunashima] and Jlo [delos Santos] so actually grateful we bought this win and I wouldn’t have gotten the [player of the game] with out my teammates,” Buena stated.
“For me, makakatulong samin to ng sobra to spice up our confidence and we actually know what we’re succesful sa laro namin and I do know mas could mapapakita pa kami this season,” De Guzman stated.
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After handily taking the opening body, Ateneo slowed down early within the following set as UP created a 15-9 lead, however the Blue Eagles refused to let up and chipped into the deficit as De Guzman tied the sport at 20-all.
Buena nailed back-to-back factors, AC Miner scored on a cross-court as Buena did the identical to present Ateneo a 2-0 set lead.
The Blue Eagles didn’t let the identical factor occur once more by shortly pulling away within the third set, 16-8, as Buena continued pounding on the Maroons.
De Guzman pulled off a kill via the block earlier than Buena and Miner, who hd 12 factors together with 4 from blocks, stopped two straight makes an attempt by Ateneo, 24-17, as Buena hammered a cross-court for the victory.
With the Maroons not fielding their regular starters, Irah Jaboneta was the one one who reached twin digits with 11 assault factors other than 10 glorious receptions.
UP absorbed a primary loss in three video games, its first two losses handed out by Adamson through a reverse sweep earlier than being swept by Nationwide College.
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Ateneo appears to be like to enhance its report when it meets Far Japanese College subsequent on March 2 after the Maroons shoot for a bounce again recreation, each on the similar Pasay Metropolis venue.
