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Game 1 of the UAAP Season 79 women’s volleyball Finals between longtime rivals De La Salle and Ateneo will be played on May 2 at Smart Araneta Coliseum, the league announced on Tuesday.
Initially, the championship round was scheduled to begin on Saturday at Mall of Asia Arena.
Game 2 is set on May 6 and if the series goes the distance, Game 3 will be on May 10. All games will begin at 4 p.m. and will be held at the Big Dome.
This season’s MVP and other top performers will be named during the awarding ceremony an hour before Game 2 unfolds.
This year’s finals mark the sixth straight time the Lady Spikers and Lady Eagles will dispute the coveted crown.
La Salle leads the head-to-head finals match-ups with Ateneo, 3-2, after regaining the title last season in three games.
Ateneo, which holds the No. 1 seed, is primed for redemption after sweeping La Salle in the elimination round.
Both squads needed only a game to dispose of their respective semifinals foes.
The Lady Eagles ousted No. 4 Far Eastern University in four sets, 25-22, 25-10, 16-25, 26-24, on Sunday a day after the Lady Spikers scored a 25-14, 25-20, 24-26, 25-13 win to boot out No. 3 University of Santo Tomas.
Meanwhile, the rubber match between FEU and National University in the men’s division is on Wednesday, 12nn, at Filoil Flying V Centre in San Juan.
The men’s finals will be played, 12 nn, on the same day as the women’s.