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UAAP Players of the Week Shevana Laput, Vince Maglinao star for La Salle as Final 4 nears

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Romwel Anzures

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<div style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);min-height:13.8px"><span></span><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1713853138342IMG_3538.jpeg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">The De La Salle Lady Spikers. <em>Photo from UAAP Media.</em></span></span></span></div><p>MANILA — De La Salle University’s squads in the UAAP Season 86 volleyball tournaments continue to gain steam as the league’s Final Four nears.</p><p>The Lady Spikers and the Green Spikers both went undefeated in two games from April 17 to 21, and leading them were Shevana Laput and Vince Maglinao, respectively.</p><p>This allowed the duo to receive the Collegiate Press Corps’ Player of the Week plums for that span. This is the first time that two players from La Salle earned the weekly award in Season 86.</p><div><span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);min-height:13.8px"><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1713853179801IMG_3536.jpeg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner">La Salle’s Shevana Laput. <em>Photo from UAAP Media.</em></span></span></span></div><p style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);min-height:13.8px">Laput continued to step up for the Lady Spikers who are still without the injured Angel Canino as the 6-foot-2 second-year player fired 24 points built on 22 attacks and two blocks during their four-set victory over Adamson University.</p><div style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);min-height:13.8px"><br/></div><p style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">The towering opposite hitter then torched their lifelong rival Ateneo de Manila University with 15 points, and this pushed her numbers to 20.4 markers and 1.8 digs in their last five outings. </p><div style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);min-height:13.8px"><br/></div><p style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">She, however, downplayed her stellar numbers for the Taft-based squad.</p><div style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><br/></div><div style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/2024/4/21/uaap-best-is-yet-to-come-for-la-salle-s-shevana-laput-2233"></a><span><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/2024/4/21/uaap-best-is-yet-to-come-for-la-salle-s-shevana-laput-2233"><strong>READ: </strong></a><span id="isPasted" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color:rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.3);-webkit-text-size-adjust:auto;caret-color:rgb(29, 29, 29);color:rgb(29, 29, 29)"><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/2024/4/21/uaap-best-is-yet-to-come-for-la-salle-s-shevana-laput-2233"><strong>Best is yet to come for La Salle’s Shevana Laput</strong></a></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);min-height:13.8px"><span></span><br/></div><p>“You know, I&#x27;m just glad that there&#x27;s progress. I always think to myself that I&#x27;m a work in progress, so this isn&#x27;t my best and I know I can do so much more but I&#x27;m glad that right now I&#x27;m contributing to the team,” said Laput, while also giving her teammates their flowers. </p><p>“I&#x27;m also proud of my teammates because from the stats here, we can see that everyone did something, so I&#x27;m just glad that we&#x27;re working together as a team. I&#x27;m very excited to show everybody we&#x27;re the Lady Spikers and this is how we play,” added Shevana, who bested Far Eastern University’s Faida Bakanke, National University’s Bella Belen, and University of Santo Tomas’ Angge Poyos for the weekly honor.</p><p>Maglinao was just as admirable as hisLady Spikers counterpart.</p><div><br/></div><div style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);min-height:13.8px"><span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);min-height:13.8px"><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1713853216363IMG_3571.jpeg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner">La Salle’s Vince Maglinao. Photo from UAAP Media. </span></span></span></div><p>The outside hitter posted 11 points and eight excellent receptions in their three-set drubbing of the Soaring Falcons, and he followed it with a 19-point, nine-dig, seven-receptions game in their four-set thriller over the Blue Eagles to eliminate the Katipunan-based team from playoffs contention. </p><p>Maglinao delivered all-around performances to help the Green Spikers secure a Final Four slot and remain in the hunt for a twice-to-beat advantage.</p><p>In their straight-set victory over the Adamson Soaring Falcons, 26-24, 25-17, 25-23, Maglinao finished with a solid 11 points to go along with eight excellent receptions.</p><p>La Salle’s outside hitter then had 19 points along with nine excellent digs and seven excellent receptions in the team’s 25-21, 23-25, 26-24, 25-19, over the Ateneo Blue Eagles, which eliminated their long-time rivals from Final Four contention in the process.</p><p>And while La Salle has already booked a twice-to-beat incentive in the semifinals, Maglinao is still opting to focus on how they can improve more come playoff time.</p><p>“Siguro nandun pa rin kami sa paghahanap namin ng improvement every after ng game namin kasi hindi kami puwede na makontento kung ano &#x27;yung meron kami. We have to keep on improving para sa next round,” said Maglinao.</p><p>He earned all the media votes, besting teammate Nathaniel Del Pillar, FEU’s Andrei Delicana, UST’s Josh Ybañez, and NU’s Leo Aringo for his first weekly honors award.</p><div><span><strong>RELATED VIDEO:</strong></span></div><div style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span><strong><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/dUfbHhz66T8?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span></strong></span><br/></div>

<p>De La Salle University’s squads in the UAAP Season 86 volleyball tournaments continue to gain steam as the league’s Final Four nears.</p>

De La Salle University’s squads in the UAAP Season 86 volleyball tournaments continue to gain steam as the league’s Final Four nears.