Blazers & Altas reign supreme in NCAA Volleyball Finals

By Jhon Marc Austria

C ollege of Saint Benilde and the University of Perpetual Help System

Altas protected their title in the tournament after the nail-biting games in the Finals held at FilOil Eco Oil in San Juan from April 11 to 14.

The Lady Blazers’ unblemished record and not losing a full game since season 95 with a 29-game winning streak. In the Finals, the Lady Blazers didn’t lose a single set against the Lady Pirates, sweeping the Finals (2-0).

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University settled as the silver medalist this season, besting out the eliminations’ second placer University of Perpetual Help System Daltas after the stepladder format (3-1).

Lady Blazer, Jade Gentapa, was hailed as the Finals MVP as she emerged from the two games in the Finals.

Coach Jerry Yee, College of Saint Benilde, was awarded the Coach of the Year for boasting the Lady Blazers’ back-to-back championships.

Meanwhile, in the Men’s Division of the NCAA Volleyball, The

Altas bested out the San Beda Red Spikers in a three-game thriller series.

The Red Spikers snapped the 32-game winning streak that the Altas had since Season 94 after pulling a reverse sweep on game 2 of their Finals series (3-2).

The Altas came on top as they sealed their three straight championships, the second feat for the team, a replication of their season 86 to 89 run where they achieved the same feat.

The San Beda Red Spikers were fixed as the silver medalist after the eliminations; second placer

Arellano University via another stepladder format (3-1).

Louie Ramirez bolstered his team on reaching the 3-peat by bagging the MVP in the eliminations and Finals MVP.

Coach Sammy Acaylar of UPHSD was hailed as the Coach of the Year in the men’s division.

The season for the NCAA volleyball tournament concluded as successful with thousands watching and anticipating the games this season 98; a motivation for the next season that there will be more actions to come.