MANILA, Philippines — School of St. Benilde shook off its opening-set jitters and turned again Mapua, 20-25, 25-15, 25-17, 25-18, on Sunday to earn its fourth straight journey to the finals in NCAA Season 100 girls’s volleyball on the Filoil EcoOil Area.
Nevertheless it took some scolding from former coach and now workforce marketing consultant Jerry Yee for the Girl Blazers to get up from that opening-set slumber, seize management within the ultimate three units and snare the win.
“We had been a bit gradual within the first set, that’s why coach Jerry woke them up a bit,” stated CSB mentor Onyok Getigan referring to Yee.
Due to the victory, CSB claimed the primary seat within the best-of-three finale subsequent week versus both No. 2 Letran or No. 3 Arellano College, which face off Tuesday on the similar venue.
Will probably be the fourth straight yr that the Girl Blazers will play within the championship spherical the place they’ll have a shot at an impressive four-peat feat.
Zam Nolasco got here by on this one and dropped a match-high 19-point effort in a match that additionally noticed Rhea Mae Densing, Shahanna Rheign Lleses and skipper Mycah Go stepped up with 13, 11 and 10 hits, respectively.
In males’s motion earlier, No. 4 Letran shocked prime seed CSB, 25-17, 25-23, 25-23, to power a do-or-die showdown for a finals ticket set Tuesday.