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The dust had not yet settled at the Mall of Asia Arena when I heard familiar chants of “Beat Ateneo! Animo La Salle!” After a nightmarish five-set upset during Game 1 last Sunday, the DLSU Lady Spikers finally put the FEU Lady Tamaraws in their rearview mirrors with an inspired, focused, and efficient 25-15, 27-25, […]

Sunday’s 25-15, 25-23, 23-25, 21-25, 14-16 Final Four loss to FEU left several DLSU Lady Spikers in tears; wasting several chances to punch its ticket to the championship round against Ateneo, while giving up a lot of free points to their lower seeded rivals as the Lady Tamaraws forced a rubber-match scheduled on Wednesday. After […]

In the field of economics and decision theory, the concept of loss aversion states that losses are twice as powerful, psychologically, as gains or wins. In the context of the UAAP and women’s volleyball, the gravity and resulting misery of Sunday’s five-set loss at the Mall of Asia Arena feels much, much heavier than the […]

The De La Salle Lady Spikers make a sudden change in their rotation as the coaching staff confirmed this week that veteran Cyd Demecillo will be moving to the Libero position until the end of the tournament. She replaces rookie CJ Saga who will now play as a Setter. Speculation of the change emerged in their last […]

Early in the season, I had a notion that the UP Lady Maroons, with their fantastic, do-everything rookies and sophomores, solid coaching, and renewed winning culture, could be a dangerous team in one to two years. The first set of yesterday’s second round meeting of DLSU and UP could have been a preview of the […]