IF they do things right, coach Oliver Almadro of reigning champion Ateneo is convinced his belles can sustain their title dreams.
“UST is a great team, and palagi naming sinasabi that great teams will just push us forward and they are an intact team, and they have a deep bench, they are well coached,” Almadro said.
“Kami, we just follow our system, and we have to be sound fundamentally, and do things right,” he added.
Whether the Blue Eagles can rise to the occasion will be known when they tangle with third seed University of Santo Tomas today in a knockout duel in the stepladder semifinals of the 84th UAAP women’s volleyball tournament at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay.
The match is set at 6:30 p.m., with the winner advancing to take on No. 2 and twice-to-beat La Salle on Thursday at the same venue.
Waiting for its opponent in the Big Dance is fancied National University, which completed a 14-0 elimination round sweep that enabled the Lady Bulldogs to gain a historic first finals berth in the Final Four era.
