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UAAP: Ateneo Lady Eagles eye consistency, improvement after first win

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Camille B. Naredo, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2019/sports/02/21/1550651706_feb-20-admu-vs-ust-1.jpg"/><figcaption>The Ateneo Lady Eagles earned their first win on Wednesday. <em>Josh Albelda, <a href="https://sports.abs-cbn.com/uaap/volleyball/photos">ABS-CBN Sports</a></em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA, Philippines – The Ateneo de Manila University Lady Eagles claimed their first win of UAAP Season 81 in impressive fashion, downing a preseason favorite in University of Santo Tomas (UST) in four sets last Wednesday at the FilOil Flying V Centre in San Juan.</p><p>The game was a showcase of Ateneo&#x27;s net defense, as the Lady Eagles tallied 12 kill blocks – six from veteran Maddie Madayag alone. They checked UST&#x27;s freshman sensation Eya Laure, and limited towering Fil-Italian Milena Alessandrini to only 10 points.</p><p>&quot;I think the game was a good show of our character towards the end, just that we could finish the game,&quot; said Ateneo&#x27;s Kat Tolentino after their 25-21, 25-18, 16-25, 25-22 triumph.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/v2Fjv9itJ5k?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div><p>It was far from smooth-sailing for the Lady Eagles, as their service reception completely fell apart in the third set when they gave up eight aces. They also nearly lost a six-point lead in the fourth frame, before Tolentino&#x27;s clutch hit and an error by Alessandrini sealed their victory.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://sports.abs-cbn.com/uaap/news/2019/02/20/uaap-season-81-lady-maroons-snatch-solo-lead-53614">READ: Lady Maroons snatch solo lead</a></li></ul><p>&quot;Our team needs to work on that for the coming games,&quot; said Tolentino. &quot;It also shows that we&#x27;re still growing, and we still have a lot to work on.&quot;</p><p>With a 1-1 record after their first two games, the Lady Eagles are looking to improve further, and play with more consistency. They needed to recover from deficits to win the first two sets against UST, and they know that their poor reception will haunt them against other teams.</p><p>&quot;Nakikita namin na marami pa kaming pagkukulang inside the court, and that&#x27;s what we need to work on,&quot; said Madayag. &quot;Hopefully, sana maging consistent kami sa mga maganda naming napakita.&quot;</p><p>&quot;Every game, we&#x27;ll improve,&quot; said Tolentino. &quot;We&#x27;re not fully there yet, but we&#x27;ll get to the character that we want our team to be.&quot; </p><p>They also need to get better performances from their open spikers. Tolentino exploded for 22 points on Wednesday, and Madayag added 15 points while fellow middle blocker Bea de Leon was solid with six points.</p><p>But their other wing spikers in Jules Samonte, Ponggay Gaston, and Vannie Gadler combined for just 11 points. They also had the same number of points in their season-opening loss to De La Salle University last Sunday.</p><p>&quot;We&#x27;re still working on the consistency of our open spikers,&quot; said Madayag. &quot;But the good thing about it is, ready silang tatlo kung first six sila o huhugutin sila. Kung may magkakamali, may bubuhat.&quot;</p><p>Tolentino is confident that as the season goes along, they will grow into a better, more cohesive unit.</p><p>&quot;We&#x27;ll keep improving,&quot; she said. &quot;That&#x27;s still not enough for this UAAP, since there&#x27;s also stronger teams that we&#x27;re gonna be going up against.&quot;</p><p>The Lady Eagles play Far Eastern University on Sunday.</p><div><strong>For more sports coverage, visit the <a href="http://sports.abs-cbn.com/">ABS-CBN Sports website</a>.</strong></div>

<p>The Ateneo Lady Eagles claimed their first win of UAAP Season 81 in impressive fashion, downing a preseason favorite in University of Santo Tomas in four sets last Wednesday at the FilOil Flying V Centre in San Juan.</p>

The Ateneo Lady Eagles claimed their first win of UAAP Season 81 in impressive fashion, downing a preseason favorite in University of Santo Tomas in four sets last Wednesday at the FilOil Flying V Centre in San Juan.

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UAAP: Ateneo Lady Eagles eye consistency, improvement after first win

Camille B. Naredo,

ABS-CBN News

Published February 21, 2019 01:15 PM PHT

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