La Salle’s Galang, Maraño named as co-MVPs
By Mark Giongco
De La Salle, the deepest team in the league, wound up with two MVPs in the UAAP Season 75 women’s volleyball tournament.

De La Salle, the deepest team in the league, wound up with two MVPs in the UAAP Season 75 women’s volleyball tournament.

Ateneo head coach Roger Gorayeb’s adjustments on Saturday night all worked out for the Lady Eagles – until the third set came.

Defending champion La Salle overwhelmed Ateneo in the fifth set to complete a 20-25, 17-25, 25-22, 25-22, 15-6 comeback and snatch game one of the UAAP season 75 women’s volleyball on Saturday at the Smart Araneta Coliseum.

Ateneo watched as De La Salle clinched its fifth consecutive finals berth after making quick work of National University.

Defending champion De La Salle gave National University a rude welcome in its first trip to the Final Four.

It was a day of firsts in the UAAP Season 75 women’s volleyball. Cai Nepomuceno pumped in a game-high 23 points to lead National University over University of Santo Tomas, 25-19, 21-25, 25-16, 25-23, and into its first-ever Final Four appearance Wednesday afternoon at the FilOil Flying V Arena in San Juan.

National University kept its Final Four bid going after whipping Far Eastern University, 25-19, 25-12, 25-18, Saturday in the UAAP Season 75 women’s volleyball tournament at the Arena in San Juan.

Defending champion De La Salle showed no mercy against winless University of the East en route to an easy 25-11, 25-13, 25-15 win Saturday afternoon in the UAAP Season 75 women’s volleyball tournament at the Arena in San Juan.

Down but not out. Resilient National University overcame huge deficits to nail a crucial win over Adamson, 30-28, 20-25, 25-22, 25-19, Wednesday in the UAAP Season 75 women’s volleyball tournament at the Arena in San Juan.

De La Salle banked on its solid defense to shut Ateneo down, 25-19, 25-23, 25-21, Saturday night in the UAAP Season 75 women’s volleyball tournament.

University of Santo Tomas picked up a crucial win over National University, 25-21, 25-21, 23-25, 25-17, Saturday to move into solo fourth place in the UAAP Season 75 women’s volleyball tournament at the SM Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City.

Adamson got even with University of Santo Tomas, 25-10, 25-19, 19-25, 25-16, Saturday in the UAAP Season 75 women’s volleyball tournament at the Arena in San Juan.

Alyssa Valdez tallied a game-high 21 points as Ateneo hardly broke a sweat in defeating also-ran University of the Philippines, 25-14, 25-8, 25-16, Saturday in the UAAP Season 75 women’s volleyball tournament at the Arena in San Juan.