It was a weekday, and a Friday at that. But somehow, I still found myself in the arena sidelines for that day’s scheduled game. For some reason, I felt a bit weird being there alone without my regular cohorts. 

The first game stirred up excitement as the lady eagles leveled the match in set two. But the lady tamaraws made all necessary adjustments in their gameplay and took the next 2 sets to secure their victory.

Fille Cainglet, Charo Soriano, Dzi Gervacio, Bea Pascual and the rest of the Katipunan belles displayed notable performances. But that day really belonged to the ladies from Morayta as they effectively countered most of the scoring attempts from the girls in blue. Rachel Daquis led action for the lady tams’ scoring crew together with Shai Gonzalez and Numay Vivas.

FEU won over ADMU in 4 sets 25-20, 23-25, 25-21, 25-19

The second game appeared to have been a repeat of the recent NCAA championships as San Sebastian routed Saint Benilde in a 3-setter. The lady stags led by Elaine Cruz, Margarita Pepito and Joy Benito took advantage of the seemingly hapless plays coming from the lady blazers. Only Katty Kwan, Giza Yumang and Charmaine Velez appeared to have been effective for CSB in that game.

SSC won over CSB in 3 sets 25-21, 25-19, 25-14

The games ended sooner than I’m normally used to that day. But it didn’t seem to matter that much, as I was sure things are going to heat up more and be better for the rest of this season.

It was a really rainy Thursday and the roads have been wet all day. As expected, there were lot of spots around the metro with a bit of traffic. All these caused me to arrive late for the first game. It was already well past half the second set when I got to find a place to position myself.

It was the lady Falcons of Adamson going against the lady Blazers of Saint Benilde with the former taking the first set. The San Marcelino ladies must have been really missing the services of their guest player Nene Bautista, Lilet Mabbayad and setter Janet Serafica, as they consequently lost the second and third sets. The CSB ladies on the other hand, were very passionate in their efforts as lead by Maureen Penetrante, Katty Kwan, Cindy Velasquez, Giza Yumang, Zharmaine Velez and Renilyne Kara Agero. The game came to a fifth deciding set with the defending champion Falcons surviving the spirited stand of the Blazers. The undermanned Adamson banked on their dependable infantry led by Sang Laguilles, Pau Soriano, Angela Benting and unheralded Angelica Quinlog.

AdU vs CSB  -  (25-20, 18-25, 24-26, 26-24, 15-10)

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Let the games begin!  

The very first v-league game for the year is a battle between the blue birds. The Adamson lady Falcons taking on the Ateneo lady Eagles.

The girls from San Marcelino with guest player Nene Bautista dealt the ladies from Katipunan their first defeat for the year with a 3-setter. Although the Ateneo-Oracare girls had their Thai import Sontaya Keawbundit leading the team with 12 points, it wasn’t enough to stop the opposing team. Bautista was strongly supported by fellow import alumna Janet Serafica, and regulars Angela Benting, Sang Laguilles, Jill Gustillo and Pau Soriano.  

Although eventually foiled, Sontaya’s debut to the league had strong support coming from alumna Charo Soriano, Fille Cainglet, Gretchen Ho, Kara Acevedo, Bea Pascual, Dzi Gervacio and the other lady eagles fielded by coach Micmic Laborte for that night.

AdU vs ADMU  -  (25-20, 25-19, 25-18)

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