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La Salle braces for new opponents in UAAP women's volleyball finals

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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/2018/sports/04/23/042318-dlsu.jpg"/><figcaption>For the first time since Season 73, La Salle will not be facing Ateneo in the UAAP women&#x27;s volleyball finals. Arvin Lim, <a href="https://sports.abs-cbn.com/uaap/volleyball/photos" target="_blank">ABS-CBN Sports</a></figcaption></figure></div>MANILA, Philippines – The UAAP women&#x27;s volleyball finals will look drastically different in Season 80, as for the first time in 2011, the De La Salle University will not be facing Ateneo de Manila University for the championship.Instead, it will be the Far Eastern University Lady Tamaraws who will try to deny the Lady Spikers their third consecutive women&#x27;s volleyball title.FEU earned their shot after defeating Ateneo in the Final 4, thus making the finals for the first time since Season 71 – when they lost to La Salle in three games. The Lady Spikers, meanwhile, are in the championship round for the 10th season in a row after sweeping National University (NU) in their Final 4 match-up.La Salle and Ateneo had engaged in classic finals encounters over the past six years, but head coach Ramil de Jesus is confident that their series with FEU will also be an entertaining one.&quot;First round and second round, both five sets ang inabot naming ng FEU,&quot; he pointed out. &quot;So siguro, itong darating na finals, very exciting.&quot;&quot;Kung sino &#x27;yung mas may gusto, or sino &#x27;yung mas may puso sa game, ayun siguro &#x27;yung su-swertehin or papalarin,&quot; he added.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://sports.abs-cbn.com/uaap/news/2018/04/22/up-last-minute-jaja-wanted-keep-fighting-nu-40675">(READ: Up to the last minute, Jaja wanted to keep fighting for NU)</a></li></ul>For the players, it will be an entirely new experience as this will be the first time that they will play a team other than Ateneo in the finals. The last time that La Salle didn&#x27;t play Ateneo in the finals was in Season 73, when a team anchored by Jacqueline Alarca and Paneng Mercado went to war against the Aiza Maizo-led University of Santo Tomas Golden Tigresses.La Salle&#x27;s current &quot;Big Three&quot; of Kianna Dy, Dawn Macandili and Majoy Baron have never known any other finals opponent but Ateneo. &quot;Well for us, kahit sinong makalaban mo diyan, dapat ready ka kasi ibang usapan na talaga pag-finals,&quot; said Baron. &quot;And for me, since sila (FEU) nga &#x27;yung and&#x27;yan sa finals, ibig sabihin, deserve nila na andoon sila.&quot;Dy admits that the atmosphere may be a bit different this time around, as they are not facing their archrivals for the title. Their past finals series against the Lady Eagles were almost always watched by packed crowds at the Mall of Asia Arena or the Araneta Coliseum, and regularly set social media ablaze.&quot;Iba lang &#x27;yung aura pag Ateneo-La Salle. Siyempre, andoon &#x27;yung school rivalry,&quot; said Dy.&quot;Pero I think FEU will also bring their crowd, so we&#x27;ll never know,&quot; she quickly added.What Dy, Baron, and Macandili do know is that they have an advantage in terms of experience. None of the players in the Lady Tamaraws&#x27; roster have competed in the biggest UAAP stage, while the Lady Spikers are used to the bright lights of the finals.&quot;Feeling ko naman may advantage kami kasi may experience nga kami, lagi kaming nasa finals. Tiwala naman ako sa teammates ko and sa coaches na mabibigay namin &#x27;yung best namin,&quot; said Macandili.&quot;Yung experience, &#x27;yun ang lamang namin since parang ilang years na rin kaming nasa finals,&quot; Baron said for her part.The first game of the best-of-3 series is on Saturday at the Araneta Coliseum.For more sports coverage, visit the <a href="http://sports.abs-cbn.com/" target="_blank">ABS-CBN Sports website.</a>

La Salle and Ateneo had engaged in classic Finals encounters over the past six years, but head coach Ramil de Jesus is confident that their series with FEU will also be an entertaining one.

La Salle and Ateneo had engaged in classic Finals encounters over the past six years, but head coach Ramil de Jesus is confident that their series with FEU will also be an entertaining one.

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La Salle braces for new opponents in UAAP women's volleyball finals

Camille B. Naredo,

ABS-CBN News

Published April 23, 2018 09:55 PM PHT

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