SAN SEBASTIAN College goes for a sweep of the elimination round against College of Saint Benilde (CSB) at the close of the regular season of the 91st National Collegiate Athletic Association women’s volleyball tournament at the FilOil Flying V Arena in San Juan.
The Lady Stags eye their ninth straight win against the Lady Blazers for an outright championship berth where they will hold a thrice-to-beat advantage.
The eliminations in the juniors and men’s divisions also end on Sunday. The matches start at 8 a.m.
The sweep is within reach for the Lady Stags, but their Head Coach Roger Gorayeb doesn’t want to be complacent.
“I don’t look forward to the sweep,” Gorayeb said. “What I look forward to is if we win that game, we automatically go to the finals, and if we loss, we still have the twice-to-beat advantage.” Gorayeb added it’s win-win situation for them—no matter what the result will be.
“For me, it’s our advantage. Our fate is in our hands,” he said. “If we win, it’s because of our effort. If we lose, it’s because of our being too confident. And we cannot be too confident against CSB because they have a tall line-up but everything has a solution, so we have to prepare and I won’t pressure them.”
University of Perpetual Help, tied with CSB with a 6-2 card, will take on the winless Letran in the other women’s match.
In men’s action, Perpetual Help shoots for a twice-to-beat advantage in the semifinals opposite Letran.