PVL: Ivy Lacsina admits 'friction' with setters

MANILA – Hitter Ivy Lacsina revealed that she had friction with the setters in Nxled after their three-game collapse in the 2024 Premier Volleyball League (PVL) All-Filipino Conference.

The Chameleons previously lost their first three assignments in the tourney, all in straight sets against Choco Mucho, PLDT, and Cignal.

"Siguro po hindi naman nawala 'yung tiwala ko eh sa mga setters po namin. Siguro 'yung connection lang kasi sobrang sobrang dami naming pinagdaanan ni [Kamille] Cal, Maji [Maji Mangulabnan] para lang mag-connect talaga kami," Lacsina shared after a 25-21, 25-18, 25-15 triumph against Galeries on Tuesday at the PhilSports Arena in Pasig City.

(My trust for my setters wasn't gone. Maybe it's the connection because we had to go through a lot with Kamille Cal and Maji Mangulabnan for us to connect.)

"Actually nag-away na din po kami. Sobrang daming times na nag-away kami. Pero ayun nga, hindi kasi pwedeng sila lang mag-aadjust sa akin. So itong buong week na 'to, talagang sinabi ko 'hindi, dapat ako din mag-a-adjust. Ako na mag-a-adjust.' Ayun po," the National University (NU) product added.

(Actually, we fought a lot. But that's it, I need to adjust to them. So this week, I said, "I will adjust to them.")

Adjustments paid off as their connection became better, said Lacsina, after clinching their first win in the volleyball tilt and as they aim to notch more.

"Opo, mas better siya ngayon pero hindi pa po siya hundred percent. So siyempre hindi naman po kami pwede tumigil, na ito na lang po eh. Kasi madami pa po kaming makakalaban and lahat din malalakas din po."

(Yes, the connection is better now but it is still not a hundred percent. Of course, we cannot stop at this. We will still face stronger teams in the league.)

Lacsina said the team was also reminded to have fun while inside the court.

"Sa akin naman po, siguro 'yung hindi naman siya nawala, pero nagkulang lang kami sa teamwork and sa pag-e-enjoy the past few games po na natalo kami. So kanina po parang lagi kaming nire-remind na mag-enjoy lang kami and ayun, nakita naman po pagdating sa game."

(For me, maybe it's not about what we don't have, but we lacked teamwork and enjoyment in the past few games where we lost. So a while ago, we were reminded that we should enjoy the match and it bore fruit.)