NU Woman Bulldogs coach Norman Miguel throughout Recreation 2 of the UAAP Season 86 girls’s volleyball Finals in opposition to the UST Tigresses.–MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.web
MANILA, Philippines — After reprising his teaching function at Nationwide College, Norman Miguel completed his story by successful his first UAAP title with the Woman Bulldogs on the expense of College of Santo Tomas, the place his profession began.
Miguel had a full circle second after NU accomplished its title redemption bid within the UAAP Season 86 girls’s volleyball event following a remaining collection sweep of UST, the place he was as soon as an assistant coach 14 years in the past in Season 72 when the college final gained its championship.
After the Woman Bulldogs took down the Tigresses in 4 units in Recreation 2 on Wednesday in entrance of a roaring 22,515 crowd at Mall of Asia Area, the newly-crowned NU champion coach approached UST legendary tactician and his mentor August Sta. Maria to specific his gratitude and respect.
“I’m so completely happy as a result of that is my first-ever UAAP championship title however the gratitude remains to be there. I approached Boss August to supply this championship,” Miguel stated. “I’m so grateful to boss August for being one in every of my mentors.”
Miguel’s deputy, Karl Dimaculangan, a former champion setter and MVP of the UST males’s staff throughout his taking part in years within the UAAP, gained his second championship in three seasons, this time, with a brand new function after the previous returned as head coach final yr.
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Miguel deflected the credit score to all his hardworking gamers, led by the MVP duo of Bella Belen and Alyssa Solomon, however he additionally praised UST for placing up a hell of a finals collection.
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“UST was wonderful from Recreation 1 as much as the final sport. They’re so spectacular and you may see that they actually need to win the championship. UST made it onerous for us,” he stated.
Miguel took the teaching reins of NU in 2019 when it was rebuilding with rookies Cess Robles, Ivy Lacsina, and Jennifer Nierva. The next season, the Woman Bulldogs had a 2-0 begin in Season 82 however the COVID-19 pandemic occurred, forcing the cancelation of the 2020 season that additionally led to Miguel stepping down from his submit.
He discovered his means again final yr and gained the Shakey’s Tremendous League preseason in opposition to UST and in addition served as assistant coach to Jorge Souza De Brito with the core of NU representing the Philippine girls’s volleyball staff.
“It wasn’t simple. Once I was requested to come back again for this season, I used to be agency with my determination to simply accept it and return to the staff as a result of I do know I may also help them reclaim the title. “However the journey wasn’t simple. I do know the strain is all the time there however alongside the way in which, I skilled the best way to be extra mature and deal with the strain and purpose. It was onerous, which makes this success sweeter.”
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