La Salle Lipa takes Pool B top seed with
win over HRC
by rick olivares
“Smart” is how De La Salle Lipa
head coach Ronwald Dimaculangan described his team’s play in a 25-14, 25-20 win
over Holy Rosary College.
The two erstwhile undefeated
squads in Pool B – eaching toting a 4-0 record – parted ways in the final match
of the preliminaries of the Rebisco Volleyball League.
The coach may be modest but the
Green Chevrons put on a clinic on service excellent, strong net defense, and
power volleyball in upending the hometown favorite.
Setter Janel Maraguinot set the
tone for the match by holding serve for seven consecutive possessions. The
younger sister of Ateneo Lady Eagle star Jhoana Maraguinot served three aces in
the midst of the scorching run that silenced the pre-dominant HRC crowd that
packed the Sta. Rosa Sports Complex. By the time, the HRC Rhinos got to serve,
the score was 7-1 and they never got back into the fight.
Conspicuously silent was team
captain and leading scorer Trisha Genesis who was held to one point and sat for
long stretches. Minus their best player, Aliah Marce carried HRC scoring 10
points. But it wasn’t enough as La Salle Lipa was just too good.
Mirgie Bautista led La Salle with
11 points while Alleiah Malaluan added 9.
“I am not sure if Trisha was
mentally prepared for the match,” wondered Rhinos head coach Lerma Giron who
couldn’t hide her disappointment post-match. “But at least we’re in the
semi-finals.”
“For us, it’s one game at a time,
clarified Dimaculangan. “It isn’t that we were avoiding NU. Kahit sino. We just
want to concentrate on the game at hand. All we have done is get the top seed
of Pool B. Tomorrow is another day.”
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