The coming game would be definitely a dogfight as the former stager De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde and the upstart University of Perpetual Help System DALTA will meet in the NCAA Season 100.
The Blazers (11-2) lock horns against the desperate ALTAs (6-8) at 2:3:00 p.m. Meanwhile, Colegio de San Juan de Letran and Emilio Aguinaldo College face off at 11:00 a.m for their bid to boost their respective standings and chances at joining the Final Four at the FilOil EcoOil Centre.
Benilde has been unbeaten in its last five games, the Taft crew swept JRU, San Sebastian, Arellano University and EAC in a 11-2 record atop the ladder with a number of standouts emerging for head coach Charles Tiu.
But they are still cautious with the ALTAs who will be more than willing to breathe new life to their own semifinals bid and avenge their 78-51 blanking by the Blazers in their first meeting.
Of course, like EAC they will attempt to make the come back. We will also prepare better. They had a nice game last time against LPU, that Men’s Volleyball ranked only third. Once more they again really crave the Final Four, really need this game,” Tiu added.
‘They’re physical, they’re disciplined offensively and defensively as expected from Coach Olsen Racela.” We have a day to prepare so we have to give these guys some rest, Hopefully its enough to prepare against Perpetual.
But attention will be on first game especially Letran and EAC since both needed a win to improve their standings in the standings.
The Knights and the Generals both have coming to the game with losses The wards of head Allen Ricardo fell to JRU 90-86 while the latter suffered a tight defeat to the Blazers.
A Letran victory will further establish the team at the fourth seed while an EAC win will place the Generals at fourth seed on its own.
