Revealed June 9, 2025 6:53pm
Up to date June 9, 2025 6:53pm
De La Salle-School of Saint Benilde stepped into Sport 1 of NCAA Season 100 girls’s volleyball finals on Sunday not simply chasing one other title, but additionally redemption.
The Woman Blazers have been pitted in opposition to Colegio de San Juan de Letran, which was the identical staff that snapped their dynastic 43-game successful streak relationship again to the pandemic-hit Season 95 in 2020. The Woman Knights shocked them throughout their Spherical 1 assembly, pulling off a 25-22, 25-23, 26-24 shock sweep final March 8.
The Taft crew made certain it would not occur once more, particularly with a much bigger prize at stake this time.
Benilde, although, needed to endure a primary set hiccup earlier than taking down the Woman Knights with a 26-28, 26-24, 25-16, 25-19 victory to maneuver a win away from its fourth title in a row.
“Nu’ng first spherical, could dalawang losses kami and ‘yung isa doon sa Letran. Pinilit talaga namin na hindi na sila makakaisa pa ulit sa amin and makabawi,” Zam Nolasco, who starred in that four-set romp, informed GMA Information On-line.
“Nakikita naman sa recreation namin na maganda naman ‘yung nilalaro namin.”
[In the first round, we had two losses and one of those was to Letran. We tried hard not to let them get another over us and to bounce back… You can see it in our game, we are playing well.]
Benilde had already avenged that loss once they secured a 25-18, 25-19, 17-25, 25-18 win over Letran of their Spherical 2 rematch the place, by the way, Nolasco additionally led the cost with 17 factors constructed on 11 assaults and 6 blocks.
In Sport 1 of the championship spherical, the third-year center blocker was additionally in command after dropping a team-high 21 factors constructed on 12 assaults, eight blocks, and one ace.
Whereas momentum is clearly on their facet, the 6-foot tower harassed that the staff is targeted on leaving the previous behind—together with the final three championships—as they goal to shut out Letran and full a uncommon four-peat on Wednesday.
“Sinasabi sa amin na ‘yung championship final season, ‘yung mga nakaraan ay sa seniors na namin ‘yun e,” she added.
“Kumbaga, ngayong season na ‘to kukunin na namin and ayun ‘yung magiging sa amin. Doon lang kami nagfo-focus.”
[We’re told that the championship last season, that’s for our seniors… This season, we want to win this and this is for us. That’s what we’re focused on.]
—JMB, GMA Built-in Information
