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National University may be on a two-game winning streak, but captain Jaja Santiago knows the Lady Bulldogs have yet to recover from their recent skid in the UAAP Season 79 women’s volleyball tournament.
That three-game losing streak erased NU’s impressive 3-0 start and almost put the Lady Bulldogs’ season in jeopardy. They finally snapped the skid with a win over University of the Philippines to end the first round.
“I can’t say we’ve recovered because I can see that we still lack the edge,” said Santiago after NU dispatched Adamson 25-21, 25-20, 25-19, Wednesday at Filoil Flying V Centre.
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NU now sits at third with a 5-3 record, but Santiago said they did not play their best game en route to their slate.
“We played complacent against Adamson and that can’t happen on our next game against La Salle,” said Santiago, who had 15 points in the match.
La Salle, despite losing its first round finale against Ateneo, is the second-best team in the tournament with a 6-2 slate and is still considered to repeat as champions.
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“The good thing that happened today was we learned how to execute correctly what our coaches have been teaching us and at the same time improve on the other aspects of the game,” said Santiago.