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In a league that is slowly getting more competitive and the parity becoming closer and closer by the season, it is refreshing to see that the De La Salle Lady Spikers are showing no signs of championship hangover and are still one of the league leaders two games into the UAAP Season 79 women’s volleyball […]

Season 78 Summary: 11-3; finished second in the elimination round; defeated the FEU Lady Tamaraws in the Final Four; defeated the Ateneo Lady Eagles in the Finals in three games to win the school’s 9th women’s volleyball title; Additions: Michelle Cobb, Aduke Ogunsanya, Arriane Layug, Gyra Barroga, Justine Tiu, Desiree Cheng (returns from injury) Departures: […]

The only thing really missing from yesterday’s championship celebrations was Queen’s We Are The Champions song blasting through the coliseum speakers. After two years of heartbreak and misery, the UAAP women’s volleyball title finally comes back to De La Salle University as the Lady Spikers wrapped up Season 78 with a 19-25, 25-21, 25-16, 25-16 […]

When the DLSU Lady Spikers clawed back from a 20-24 deficit in the second set to tie the score at 24-all and eventually win 28-26, I was 99.99% sure that La Salle would wrap up the third set and secure UAAP women’s volleyball title number nine. It turns out that the two-time defending champion Ateneo […]

Defying DLSU head coach Ramil de Jesus’ assessment, it turns out that the “underdog” Lady Spikers only needed three days to fully prepare for the two-time defending champions Ateneo Lady Eagles. The 25-22, 25-22, 25-21 Game 1 win was a testament to the resiliency of La Salle as well as their relentlessness on defense, pushing […]