After ceding the title final season, Nationwide College Nazareth Faculty ensured redemption in dominant vogue.
The Woman Bullpups reclaimed the UAAP Season 87 highschool ladies’ volleyball crown after dethroning Adamson Child Woman Falcons with a commanding 33-31, 25-19, 25-17 victory on Saturday on the UST Quadricentennial Pavilion Enviornment in Manila.
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NUNS additionally took Sport 1 in straight units, 25-16, 25-21, 25-13.
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This championship marks NUNS’ seventh total, making them the second-winningest group within the event’s historical past, behind La Salle Zobel’s 10 titles.
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The Woman Bullpups’ final triumph got here in Season 85, additionally on the expense of the Woman Child Falcons, led by standouts Abegail Pono, Kianne Olango, and Celine Marsh.
NUNS is 3-1 total towards Adamson within the Ladies’ Volleyball Finals.
“By way of the group’s composition, the adjustments occurred fairly shortly. So, it’s gratifying to see that everybody was in a position to alter, even myself as a coach since that is my first time heading a highschool group,” stated Woman Bullpups head coach Karl Dimaculangan.
“Our exhausting work paid off,” he added. Dimaculangan was additionally the pinnacle coach of the Woman Bulldogs throughout their Season 84 title run, which ended a 65-year championship drought.
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Daylisan was the highest scorer for NUNS, recording 18 factors on 17 kills and an ace. Diza Berayo added 11 factors, and Serneche tallied 9 factors on six assaults, two aces, and a block and picked up 9 digs.
Serneche additionally contributed 9 factors in Sport 1, incomes her the Finals MVP honor to cap her highschool profession on a excessive word.
“In fact, what occurred leaves me speechless, particularly since our older teammates have already graduated,” stated the 17-year-old reverse spiker from Bataan.
“We talked about it as a group, and we promised to deliver the crown again as a lot as we probably might,” she added.
Adamson’s standout performers within the dropping effort included Season 87 Rookie of the 12 months Ellaine Gonzalvo, who tallied 12 factors; MVP Sam Cantada, who added 10; and group captain Abby Segui, who contributed 9.
Navarro orchestrated the NUNS offense with 5 glorious units, whereas Atasha Doroja anchored the protection with 9 digs within the one-hour-and-36-minute match.
The Woman Bullpups endured only one loss throughout the elimination spherical, falling to the FEU-Diliman Woman Child Tamaraws on September 22, 20-25, 25-19, 24-26, 19-25.