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De La Salle University’s Angel Canino (#12) against National University in UAAP Season 88 women‘s volleyball. UAAP Media.

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<div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1773581135362UAAP 88 WVB NU vs. DLSU- Angel Canino-1119.jpeg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960"/>De La Salle University’s Angel Canino (#12) against National University in UAAP Season 88 women‘s volleyball. UAAP Media. MANILA — De La Salle University on Sunday ended a five-game, two-year skid against National University in UAAP women’s volleyball.</div>But for the veteran pair of Angel Canino and Shevana Laput, their victory over the Lady Bulldogs to end the first round of UAAP Season 88 meant more than that.Canino took this as an opportunity to correct their mistakes of the past, noting that it was their chance to fully reintroduce themselves and flex their prowess after years of heartbreak.<div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/sports/volleyball/2026/3/15/uaap-la-salle-overcomes-defending-champ-nu-to-complete-first-round-sweep-1920">READ: La Salle overcomes defending champ NU to complete first-round sweep</a></div>“Gusto naming magkaroon ng statement,” said Canino after their four-set win over NU as they ended their first-round campaign with seven wins in as many outings.“Matagal na namin ‘tong inaantay. Ayaw  naming palagpasin yung moment na ‘to. Wala nang ibang time para ipakita sa ibang tao na, once again, Lady Spikers kami,” she added.Canino, Laput, and fellow senior Amie Provido were champions in their rookie year in Season 85, providing added firepower to the core of Mars Alba, Fifi Sharma, and Thea Gagate.Unfortunately for the Taft-based spikers, what followed was a Final Four exit at the hands of University of Santo Tomas in Season 86, and Canino acknowledged that those results left a deep wound.“Sobrang sakit,” Canino lamented. “Noong rookies kami, siyempre andoon yung tiwala ng community. Kasi yung buong tapang namin, andoon eh. Pero nawala kami as a team and individually. Hinayaan naming magkaroon ng streak yung NU against us.”La Salle then succumbed to NU in the Season 87 Finals, but for Canino, the wounds from those years also made the team even more eager to bounce back.“So kaming seniors, pinapangako namin na pagpasok pa lang sa loob ng court, gusto na naming ipakilala kung sino kami,” she said.Meanwhile, Laput said the victory showed how the Lady Spikers should approach the rest of the season, especially with the targets on their backs growing even bigger.<div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1773581199284UAAP 88 WVB NU vs. DLSU- Shev Laput-1202.jpeg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960"/>De La Salle University’s Shevana Laput (#7) against National University in UAAP Season 88 women‘s volleyball. UAAP Media. </div>“The beautiful thing about today’s game is that we showed that we can work hard — we will work hard for what we want,” she said. “At the end of the day, this is a long journey. We need to keep working hard, we cannot be complacent.”The Lady Spikers now move into the next stage of their chase for their first championship since Season 85, but Laput knows the challenge is far from over, especially with how potent the Lady Bulldogs are as two-time defending titlists.“There was such a big ‘hugot’ against this team. Coming into the game, we knew that this is our time, this is our season,” she said. “We let them have their time, but we had to step up, rise to the occasion, and do what we know we can do.”“We know that we can be a championship-level team, but we have to earn it and work for it for us to be worthy of being a championship-level team,” Laput added.And for Canino, achieving a full-circle moment from how Season 85 ended would require more than just adding more wins to their totals.“Lahat ng values as a Lady Spiker, dito na makikita sa Season 88. Hindi lang sa words, pero sa hard work talaga, sa lahat-lahat ng kalaban namin,” she said.

La Salle finally ended a five-game, two-year skid against National U in UAAP women’s volleyball, but their Season 88 first-round victory meant much more than that for Angel Canino and Shevana Laput.

La Salle finally ended a five-game, two-year skid against National U in UAAP women’s volleyball, but their Season 88 first-round victory meant much more than that for Angel Canino and Shevana Laput.

UAAP: For Canino and Laput, statement win over NU reintroduces La Salle’s might

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UAAP: For Canino and Laput, statement win over NU reintroduces La Salle’s might

Rom Anzures,

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Published Mar 15, 2026 09:44 PM PHT

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