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/2016/sports/02/28/022816_admu.jpg"/><figcaption><div class="embed-desc">Ateneo&#x27;s Jhoana Maraguinot (15) attacks the defense of La Salle&#x27;s Kim Fajardo (9) and Mika Reyes (3). Photo by Arvin Lim, <a href="http://sports.abs-cbn.com/uaap/volleyball/photos">ABS-CBN Sports</a></div></figcaption></figure></div>MANILA, Philippines – The Ateneo de Manila University Lady Eagles remained in high spirits even after suffering their first loss in two years, and were seemingly not bothered to see their 24-match winning streak come to an end.Ateneo entered their highly anticipated showdown against De La Salle University on Saturday with a winning streak that started in March 2014. But they were thoroughly outplayed by their rivals and lost in straight sets in their UAAP Season 78 first-round encounter.&quot;Golden State!&quot; Ateneo star Alyssa Valdez exclaimed when it was pointed out to her that their winning streak had ended at 24 games -- much like the Warriors&#x27; run to start the NBA season.(READ: <a href="http://sports.abs-cbn.com/uaap/news/2016/02/27/lady-spikers-top-lady-eagles-shocker-9193">Lady Spikers top Lady Eagles in shocker</a>)&quot;Sabi nga nila, it&#x27;s meant to be broken,&quot; Valdez added. &quot;But then, if we&#x27;re not gonna experience something like this, how can we manage to get up again and be on our feet again?&quot;&quot;So I guess, there&#x27;s a reason naman in everything that&#x27;s happening in our team, and in the season.&quot;For Ateneo setter Jia Morado, the end of the streak did not have much meaning, as they never put too much thought into it in the first place.&quot;Lahat ng nag-tanong sa akin na, anong iniisip ko about the streak, ano iniisip namin about the streak… we never thought about the streak,&quot; Morado said. &quot;Like what we say all the time, one game at a time ang iniisip namin.&quot;Valdez echoed Morado&#x27;s thoughts, saying: &quot;Honestly speaking, we never felt that way din kasi we never really think that we&#x27;re winning.&quot;Valdez further pointed out that players have come and gone since Ateneo started their winning run. Key contributors like Ella de Jesus and Denden Lazaro have graduated, and others, like Michelle Morente, are out of the line-up this year.&quot;Iba na rin &#x27;yung mga tao na pumapasok sa winning streak,&quot; she said. &quot;If it was like, super tuloy-tuloy na kami-kami, it&#x27;s really different siguro. But then, may nadagdag, may naalis, so that&#x27;s the difference siguro, kaya hindi rin namin na-fi-feel, in a way.&quot;Valdez acknowledged that they were outplayed by La Salle in their first round encounter. &quot;La Salle played really well today, and we really played… well, they prepared really well, &#x27;yun na lang ang sabihin natin,&quot; she said.Even Ateneo team manager Tony Boy Liao pulled no punches about the team&#x27;s performance.&quot;If you ask me, I think La Salle really wanted to win more than us,&quot; he said frankly. &quot;They had more service aces, we had poor reception. They had lots of tips… look at the stats. They really wanted to win more, period. &#x27;Yun na &#x27;yun. Wala kang makitang iba.&quot;With their winning streak now over, the Lady Eagles said they will simply go back to the drawing board and try to start another.&quot;Again we&#x27;ll take it one game at a time,&quot; said Liao. &quot;That&#x27;s what we&#x27;ve been doing the past three seasons.&quot;&quot;It was a good run for us,&quot; said Valdez. &quot;But then, it really has to stop. Make another one and try to do our best. That&#x27;s all.&quot;&quot;Of course, makakabawi din kami,&quot; said Morado. &quot;We&#x27;ll try our best to play harder, play better next time. That&#x27;s what we do naman in training – we try to improve.&quot;The Lady Eagles ended the first round with a 6-1 win-loss record.(For more sports coverage, visit the <a href="http://sports.abs-cbn.com/"> ABS-CBN Sports website.</a>)

The Ateneo Lady Eagles remained in high spirits even after suffering their first loss in two years, and were seemingly not bothered to see their 24-match winning streak come to an end.

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Ateneo shrugs off end of 24-match winning streak

Camille B. Naredo,

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Published Feb 28, 2016 11:38 AM PHT

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