National U guns for Spikers’ Turf title vs Cignal
National University (NU) -Sta. Elena knew that a successful attempt by Cignal to win the Spikers’ Turf Open Conference championship wouldn’t just result in a duel for the men’s volleyball jewel.
It will also motivate their enemies in the all-win.
That is why the people of the Nation know exactly what the task at hand is.
“We need to get it done and win the title on Saturday,” coach Dante Alinsunurin said after taking the Nationals past HD Spikers, 25-21, 20-25, 25-23, 25- 18, in their best opener- of three series last Thursday.
Young NU-Sta. Team Elena won the fight against a more experienced Cignal team but Alinsunurin believes that handling things on the defensive side of the floor will be more important in the team’s title hunt.
“Since the start, our advantage has been to receive and block and our mind has always been to win the championship,” he said.
However, HD Spikers knows how winning Game 2, which begins at 5:30 p.m. at the Paco Arena, could change the situation for the series.
And Cignal certainly has enough talent to force a Game 3, with the likes of Marck Espejo, JP Bugaoan, Ysay Marasigan and Louie Ramirez surging ahead.
NU will need to distill every bit of skill from its stalwart characters to wrap up the series in Game 2.
Alinsunurin will take out Joshua Retamar, who battled cramps in the 4th set that ended the match to finish with a stellar 26 sets, on Cignal in the hopes that the player will pull the right strings and unlock his offense. celebrities like Nico Almendras and Mike Buddin.
Meanwhile, PGJC-Navy also managed to wrap up its own best series to take third place with VNS-One Alicia at 2:30 p.m.
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