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Angel Canino on statement win vs NU: ‘Ito kami as Lady Spikers’

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Karl Cedrick Basco, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Photo from UAAP Media Bureau" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/life/03/22/20230322-uaap-media-bureau.jpg"/><figcaption><em>Photo from UAAP Media Bureau</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA – Angel Canino may have tasted a loss at the hands of the NU Lady Bulldogs in the offseason but she got even on the bigger stage, Wednesday.</p><p>Canino steered the De La Salle Lady Spikers in pummeling the Lady Bulldogs haplessly in the UAAP Season 85 women’s volleyball tournament with 14 points.</p><p>As a result, La Salle finished the first round of eliminations with a perfect 7-0 card against the 5-2 slate of the defending champions, who are currently tied with UST and Adamson in the second spot. </p><p>According to the super rookie, they flaunted the character of the team in their 25-10, 25-15, 25-21 overwhelming win over NU – which beat La Salle in all four of their games last season. </p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=2509008" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div><p>“Kagaya nga po ng sinabi ko dati after noong preseason na laro kalaban sila, sabi ko hindi pa nagsisimula ang laban and natapos na po &#x27;yung laban ngayon, nanalo po kami,” she said after the three-set win. </p><p>“Pinakita po namin kung ano po kami, kung ano po ang kaya namin and pinush po namin &#x27;yung sarili namin as a team and as an individual na ito &#x27;yung kaya namin, ito kami as Lady Spikers.”</p><p>But Canino refused to take all the credit for the victory, explaining that everyone in the team stuck to their system that made the win possible. </p><p>Fifi Sharma and Jolina dela Cruz also tallied double digits in the short game, scoring 12 and 11 points, respectively. </p><p>“I think it&#x27;s not me lang naman po, lahat kami nagtutulungan sa loob and hindi lang po dahil sa akin kaya kami nanalo, lahat po kami, kaya po kami nanalo, kaya &#x27;yan po &#x27;yung resulta. Nag-stick po kami sa game plan and sa system,” she continued. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/03/22/23/uaap-la-salle-batters-nu-to-stay-unbeaten">UAAP: La Salle batters NU to stay unbeaten</a></li></ul><p>Even veteran setter and skipper Mars Alba played a great game with 20 excellent sets and three points. </p><p>Alba also echoed their rookie’s statement, trusting the system imposed by their coaching staff.</p><p>“For me syempre hindi ko yun magagawa kung hindi sa teammates ko, nagtulong-tulong talaga kami and tyinaga namin &#x27;yung game today para makamit namin &#x27;yung win,” Alba said.</p><p>De La Salle will open the second round with a rematch against NU on Saturday, March 25. </p><div><strong>UAAP Season 85 is streaming on iWantTFC every Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday, available for Premium users outside the Philippines.</strong></div>

Angel Canino may have tasted a loss at the hands of the NU Lady Bulldogs in the offseason but she got even on the bigger stage, Wednesday.

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Angel Canino on statement win vs NU: ‘Ito kami as Lady Spikers’

Karl Cedrick Basco,

ABS-CBN News

Published March 22, 2023 06:39 PM PHT

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Updated March 22, 2023 07:17 PM PHT

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