UAAP volleyball resumes today at The Arena, San Juan #UAAP77
4 January 2015
(Filoil Flying V Arena)
8 a.m. – ADMU vs UE (men)
10 a.m. – UP vs NU (men)
2 p.m. – UP vs ADMU (women)
4 p.m. – UE vs DLSU (women)
WITH the Christmas break over, teams are back to the regular grind as
action in the UAAP Season 77 women’s volleyball tournament resumes today.
Making up for lost time, defending champion Ateneo, making up for
lost time, will be the busiest as it will play three games in a span of
seven days to round up its first round stint.
Far Eastern University, which has played the most number of matches
among eight squads with six, has only a game left on its first round
schedule.
The Lady Eagles have the least number of games with four as the
Katipunan-based squad has to compete in last month’s 17th ASEAN University
Games in Palembang, Indonesia where they captured a bronze medal.
Ateneo will face Katipunan neighbor University of the Philippines at 4
p.m. today at The Arena in San Juan before the Lady Eagles will play a
back-to-back set next weekend to complete its first round sked.
On Jan. 10, Ateneo takes on winless University of the East at the San
Juan venue and will take on De La Salle on the next day (Jan. 11) at the
Mall of Asia Arena in a rematch of last season’s Finals.
“Every team, pinaghahandaan talaga namin. Pina-plan niya talaga kung
ano ang kailangan naming gawin,” said reigning MVP Alyssa Valdez, who
currently leads the tournament in spiking and service.
Entering the Christmas break, the Lady Eagles are in second place
with a 4-0 card behind the Lady Spikers’ league-best 5-0 slate, as both
teams are pulling away from the rest of the field.
La Salle seeks to move closer in sweeping the first round against the
Lady Warriors in the day’s other game at 4 p.m.
Holding a 3-3 card, the fourth-running Lady Tamaraws hope to go above
the .500 mark to close out their first round stint and boost their Final
Four aspirations.
FEU, which trails Adamson University (3-2) by half a game, will face
old nemesis University of Santo Tomas on Jan. 10.
Both tied in fifth place at 2-3, the Lady Maroons and National
University hope to end their respective first round campaign strong and
fortify their semis aspirations.
After playing Ateneo, UP goes up against Adamson on Wednesday next
week when action shifts to the Mall of Asia Arena.
On the same day, the Lady Bulldogs battle to the Tigresses before
wrapping up their first round assignments against the Lady Falcons on Jan.
11.
UST has only a victory to show in five games despite having rookie EJ
Laure in the roster, just a notch higher of UE, which remained without a
win under new coach Francis Vicente.
Hostilities in the men’s division will also return three-peat seeking
Bulldogs (5-0) aim to move closer in completing a first round sweep against
the Fighting Maroons (1-3) at 10 a.m., right after the Blue Eagles (3-2)
and the Red Warriors (0-5) take on the floor at 8 a.m.
Second round action will begin on Jan. 14 before the league will pause for
another break in deference for the Papal Visit on Jan. 15-19. There will
be no matches scheduled on Jan. 17 and 18.
Standings W L
DLSU 5 0
ADMU 4 0
AdU 3 2
FEU 3 3
UP 2 3
NU 2 3
UST 1 4
UE 0 5
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