Printed Might 31, 2025 3:02pm
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After greater than three months of motion, the NCAA Season 100 volleyball event is coming to an in depth, however not earlier than witnessing wonderful performances forward of the playoffs.
The De La Salle-Faculty of Saint Benilde Woman Blazers and the Colegio de San Juan de Letran Knights went excellent within the final two weeks of the elimination spherical, with Zam Nolasco and Vince Himzon main their respective squads in essential wins heading into the Closing 4.
With their constant performances which got here simply on the proper time, Nolasco and Himzon had been named as the ultimate Collegiate Press Corps’ NCAA Gamers of the Week, introduced by the Philippine Sports activities Fee, for the interval of Might 20 to 30.
Nolasco has been a gentle rise in Benilde’s run because the Taft-based squad accomplished a second spherical sweep with the Woman Blazers going 4-0 within the homestretch of the tourney.
The third-year center blocker posted a game-high 17 factors constructed on 11 assaults and 6 blocks of their essential 25-18, 25-19, 17-25, 25-18 victory in opposition to Colegio de San Juan de Letran final Might 21, then she had six factors of their 25-12, 25-19, 26-24 win in opposition to Mapua College final Might 23 to precise revenge in opposition to their first spherical tormentors.
“Tinalo kami final time nung first spherical [ng Mapua], malaking kumpiyansa ‘yun kumbaga nakabawi kami rito. ‘Yung nakaraan din ‘yung Letran tinalo kami midday, so dala-dala ng mga bata ‘yung kumpiyansa,” Benilde head coach Onyok Getigan.
The streak continued for Benilde and Nolasco as she scored 10 factors in Benilde’s 25-15, 25-23, 25-18 win in opposition to College of Perpetual Assist System DALTA earlier than sealing her spectacular run within the eliminations with one other game-high 12 factors on 9 assaults and three blocks in opposition to Lyceum of the Philippines College the place they gained 25-20, 25-18, 25-12.
The four-peat searching for Benilde wrapped up the eliminations with 16-2 and can enter the Closing 4 because the top-seeded squad.
Nolasco defeated teammate Aya Densing, San Beda’s Angel Habacon, and Letran’s Gia Maquilang for the weekly award backed by Discovery Suites and World Stability.
Himzon, in the meantime, has been considered one of Letran’s pillars because the Knights went 3-0 within the remaining stretch of the elimination spherical.
The third-year center blocker had a team-high 21 factors constructed on 18 assaults, two blocks, and an ace, as Letran defeated fellow contender Benilde, 23-25, 25-21, 25-14, 25-23, final Might 21.
This was adopted by a 13-point outing in opposition to Jose Rizal College the place Letran gained, 25-20, 25-18, 25-12, earlier than the Knights formally clinched the Closing 4 spot with its victory over Mapua, 25-16, 25-21, 25-20, behind Himzon’s 15 factors.
Himzon edged Arellano’s AC Guinto, Perpetual’s Kobe Tabuga, and LPU’s Jun Frank Edang for the weekly recognition being deliberated upon by writers overlaying the collegiate beat.
The Knights completed the elimination spherical with a 12-6 card as they would be the fourth-ranked crew come semifinals.
—JKC, GMA Built-in Information