Bella Belen and the NU Woman Bulldogs within the 2024 Shakey’s Tremendous League Collegiate Pre-season Championship. –AUGUST DELA CRUZ/INQUIRER
MANILA, Philippines — Nationwide College is a win away from sweeping the 2024 Shakey’s Tremendous League season with its new Grand Slam champion coach within the execs, Sherwin Meneses.
For Meneses, who has completed it within the earlier PVL season with the Creamline Cool Smashers, profitable Recreation 1 shouldn’t cease the Woman Bulldogs from staying hungry to finish a ‘three-peat’ and win its second title this season to pair with their Nationwide Invitationals supremacy.
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“In fact, they’re (Woman Bulld0gs) champions, so there’s nonetheless enchancment that we will carry over to the UAAP as a result of each group needs to face them and beat them,” the brand new NU coach instructed reporters.
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“Enchancment is one thing I at all times inform them. The group’s progress doesn’t finish with the championship. Gamers and coaches are at all times working collectively.”
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Bouncing again from their elimination spherical loss, NU dominated the primary two units however wanted to beat a tricky third set problem by La Salle earlier than eking out a 25-16, 25-12, 27-25 triumph in Recreation 1 of the best-of-three title collection on Friday at Rizal Memorial Coliseum.
NU Woman Bulldogs’ Alyssa Solomon within the 2024 Shakey’s Tremendous League Collegiate Pre-season Championship. –AUGUST DELA CRUZ/INQUIRER
Moments after their match, Meneses traveled to Candon, Ilocos Sur for Creamline’s Saturday’s sport. After his PVL sport, he’ll return to Manila straight away for SSL Recreation 2 on Sunday night.
With a win away from his first championship with NU, Meneses is simply honored to teach such gifted gamers, who gained two of the final three UAAP seasons and three SSL tournaments.
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“NU is a champion group, so that they gained’t simply quit simply. The gamers are true winners and so they actually gained’t let themselves lose,” Meneses mentioned.
Alyssa Solomon, who led NU with 14 factors, although, admitted they performed torpid within the third.
“In fact, they’ll bounce again; they gained’t simply settle for dropping. We’ll be prepared for them and ensure we’re higher than what we confirmed at the moment,” mentioned Solomon.
Bella Belen additionally is aware of that no win or championship ought to cease them from striving for extra.
“I’m very excited to see what extra our group can present on Sunday, and I consider we will surpass how we performed at the moment as a result of the group’s capabilities are excessive. We haven’t stopped bettering from what we have already got,” mentioned Belen, who had 10 factors. “Our starvation to study from Coach Sherwin and the issues he brings to the group is one thing we’re step by step adapting and making use of in coaching and in video games.”
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“I really feel like there are nonetheless issues we have to enhance as a result of there’s Recreation 2 left, so we’ll practice tomorrow and determine what lapses we nonetheless have to work on,” she mentioned.