Printed June 9, 2025 8:08pm
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Colegio de San Juan de Letran head coach Oliver Almadro is trying to construct on the positives from their Sport 1 loss to De La Salle–School of Saint Benilde and switch them right into a win in Sport 2 on Wednesday.
The seasoned tactician stated he is proud of the best way his staff carried out within the sequence opener, the place they even took the opening set behind back-to-back factors from rookies Nicen Colendra and Vanessa Sarie.
However Almadro harassed that lack of maturity price them the following three units.
“Nicely, it falls all the way down to maturity. Most of my gamers are second yr or first yr and so they’re first time within the NCAA finals so it actually took a toll on them,” Almadro stated on Sunday.
“However what I advised them is to have a robust character, sturdy mindset, and psychological toughness throughout the endgame.”
The Woman Knights have confirmed up to now that they’ll take down the powerhouse staff of Benilde as proven of their 25-22, 25-23, 26-24 win over the Woman Blazers of their first spherical conflict.
They channeled that in Sport 1 of the championship spherical with Colendra unleashing a bullet from the other facet earlier than rookie sensation Sarie completed it off with a down-the-line hit on the opposite facet as they clinched the prolonged 26-24 win in Set 1.
However they broke down within the endgame with the Woman Blazers simply dominating from all areas led by center blocker Zam Nolasco, who scored the final two factors for the defending champions.
Almadro, although, is staying defiant that they’ll nonetheless get better come Sport 2 and drag the Woman Blazers to a winner-take-all Sport 3.
“We actually have to shut out units correctly. ‘Yun lang ang kailangan namin kasi I’m proud of the abilities, I’m proud of the trouble. ‘Yung endgame, ‘yung maturity, at ‘yung mindset, that’s what we’d like.”
—JMB, GMA Built-in Information