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Complacency is far from the minds of the Lady Eagles as the clash against rival La Salle Lady Spikers looms
SEMIS-BOUND. The Lady Eagles Eagles aim to close the eliminations in their favor. Photo of Michael Gatpandan / Rappler
MANILA, Philippines – Even a 10th consecutive victory in a Final Four will not force the Eagles Lady Eagles to drop their guards in their season 81 women's volleyball campaign of UAAP.
The Lady Eagles consolidated their grip on first place and officially won their semifinal spot with a four-set victory over the NU Lady Bulldogs on Sunday, April 7th.
"We do not want to show that just because we are part of the Final Four, it's easy, easy, lang na yan. Of course, yung mga patapos na games, we really want to finish it strong pa rin", said veteran Maddie Madayag
(We do not want to show that just because we are part of the Final Four, everything will be easy, of course, we want to finish strong in our remaining games.)
Ateneo head coach Oliver Almadro echoed Madayag's sentiments and said his team is gearing up for the long-term, not just for the top four.
"I told them that the eliminations will not determine your character right now that you're in the Final Four,"Almadro said.
One reason for not relaxing is that NU managed to take the 2nd set and threatened Ateneo at the start of the 3rd and 4th set.
"It does not matter who we play, and I think we must always win convincingly and we will learn from it," said Kat Tolentino. (READ: Ateneo's Kat Tolentino clinches the player's second plum of the week in the UAAP)
The Lady Eagles still have 3 games to play. They will play nothing better than their rivals La Salle Lady Spikers at Coliseum Araneta on Sunday, April 13th.
"La Salle is the best team, they are the defending champions, so we're just going to do the things that matter and we're really going to continue to excel, because we know that big teams are just going to move us forward," said Almadro. . – Juro Morilla / Rappler.com
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