UNIVERSITY of Perpetual Help and Letran try to hitch on the semifinals bus against separate foes on Monday in the National Collegiate Athletic Association Season 95 women’s volleyball tournament at the Filoil Flying V Centre in San Juan.
Coming off a 25-21, 25-15, 25-22 loss to No. 3 San Beda University Lady Red Spikers (5-2), The No. 4 Lady Altas (5-3) try to regain their winning form against the cellar-dwelling Emilio Aguinaldo College Lady Generals (1-6) in the 12 noon match.
The Lady Atlas’ mettle will get tested against The Lady Generals, who recently notched their first and morale-boosting win—led by sophomore player Catherine Almazan’s huge 30-point performance—over San Sebastian College Lady Stags (1-6) last Thursday.
The No. 5 Lady Knights (3-3), fresh from a 25-14, 26-28, 25-19, 25-16 loss to the defending champion Arellano University Lady Chiefs (6-1), go for a potential playoff spot as they square off with the No. 7 Jose Rizal University Lady Bombers (3-5) at 2 p.m.
The Lady Bombers will play with no remorse as they recently bowed out of the playoff race after yielding to the No. 1 College of Saint Benilde Lady Blazers (7-0), also last Thursday.
The unbeaten Lady Blazers are the first to secure a semifinals seat and a nine-game win-streak would give them an outright finals slot with a thrice-to-beat advantage.
In men’s action, two undefeated teams—the No. 1 Generals (7-0) and the No. 2 Altas (6-0)—battle for supremacy in the 10 a.m. match.
Letran (1-5) clashes with JRU (1-7) at 4 p.m. in the other men’s match.