FILE–La Salle Girl Spikers. –MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.web
MANILA, Philippines — La Salle is banking on third-year spiker Shevana Laput, new predominant setter Julyana Tolentino, and different holdovers to prepared the ground for the rebuilding Girl Spikers of their 2024 Shakey’s Tremendous League (SSL) Collegiate Pre-season Championship marketing campaign.
After dropping key gamers final season together with Alas Pilipinas gamers Thea Gagate and Julia Coronel, La Salle ushers in its new period and returns to the SSL after a yr of absence in preparation for the UAAP Season 87 subsequent yr.
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The Girl Spikers assistant coach Noel Orcullo expects maturity and management from Laput, who will prepared the ground with Alleiah Malaluan, Jyne Soreño, Amie Provido and workforce captain Angel Canino, whereas Tolentino will embrace the primary setter position after Coronel’s departure.
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“For Shevana, since she’s now in her third yr, we anticipate her to mature extra in her sport. We’ve already seen some progress, however each day in coaching, we hope she beneficial properties extra publicity and confidence, particularly from our journey to Taiwan, and applies it right here,” stated Orcullo, talking on behalf of La Salle coach Ramil De Jesus.
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“The identical goes for Julyana—what we want from her is confidence and consistency within the sport.”
Gagate, Leila Cruz, Coronel, and Maicah Larroza have been the highest 4 picks of the first-ever PVL Rookie Draft final July.
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Regardless of dropping key gamers and fielding a rebuilding line-up together with 5 highschool gamers, La Salle continues to be bringing a fruitful expertise from a pocket match in Taiwan
“Loads has modified for us. Virtually half of the workforce is gone, so we’re in a rebuilding part,” Orcullo stated. “As ordinary, after getting back from Taiwan, we’re again to our common coaching routine. We joined this competitors to provide our workforce publicity and construct connections. We even needed to embrace senior highschool gamers as a result of now we have so few gamers.”
Amid taking part in by way of a retooled roster, Orcullo stated the workforce’s objective continues to be to succeed in the highest of the SSL, the place they settled for a runner-up end within the inaugural match in 2022 and dominated the Nationwide Invitationals final yr.
“You be a part of not simply to take part, however to intention for the championship. No workforce’s objective is second place. Our goal is to win,” stated Orcullo. “If we attain that, then thanks. However for now, it’s about publicity, constructing workforce connections, and gelling since our workforce is new.”
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La Salle is slated in Pool C with Letran School, Jose Rizal College, and the College of the Philippines, which would be the Girl Spikers’ first sport on Saturday.
