LIVE UPDATES: UAAP Season 86 volleyball April 4

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UAAP volleyball schedule of games (April 4)

Mall of Asia Arena

10 a.m. – UP vs La Salle (men’s)
12 noon – FEU vs Ateneo (men’s)
2 p.m. – UP vs La Salle (women’s)
4 p.m. – FEU vs Ateneo (women’s)

FULL SCHEDULE

UAAP Season 86 women’s volleyball standings as of April 4

UAAP: La Salle stays locked in on goal as Angel Canino recovers

La Salle Lady Spikers with injured star Angel Canino ahead of their game in the UAAP Season 86 women’s volleyball tournament. –MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.net

MANILA, Philippines — With Angel Canino’s return still up in the air, Shevana Laput and the De La Salle Lady Spikers vow to keep on working in their title-retention bid in the UAAP Season 86 women’s volleyball tournament.

The reigning season MVP on Thursday entered the Mall of Asia Arena court wearing a sling in her right arm and heavily wrapped hidden under a La Salle jacket due to a cut she sustained from an unfortunate accident not related to volleyball.

VIDEO: FEU coach Manolo Refugia, Faida Bakanke, and Tin Ubaldo after beating Ateneo

UAAP volleyball: FEU nears Final Four bid after edging Ateneo

FEU Lady Tamaraws, paced by Tin Ubaldo, in the UAAP Season 86 women’s volleyball tournament. –MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.net

Tin Ubaldo effectively orchestrated Far Eastern University’s unyielding offense in a gripping 19-25, 25-20, 25-20, 25-22 win over Ateneo on Thursday night at the UAAP Season 86 women’s volleyball tournament.

Ubaldo accounted for 26 excellent sets that armed hitters Faida Bakanke, Chenie Tagaod and Gerzel Petallo in battering the Blue Eagles’ lair on their way to picking up a fifth victory after nine outings. FULL STORY

UAAP: With Angel Canino out, Maicah Larroza grabs chance to step up

La Salle Lady Spikers’ Maicah Larroza in the UAAP Season 86 women’s volleyball tournament. She is embracing the challenge of stepping up with Angel Canino injured. –MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.net

MANILA, Philippines — Maicah Larroza is embracing the daunting challenge of trying to fill the void left by reigning MVP Angel Canino, whose return is still uncertain amid La Salle’s title defense in the UAAP Season 86 women’s volleyball tournament.

With Canino recovering from an injury cut on her right arm sustained from an unfortunate accident “not related to volleyball,” Larroza showed next man up mentality after helping La Salle pull through a 26-24, 25-19, 24-26, 27-25 win over the University of the Philippines on Thursday at Mall of Asia Arena. FULL STORY

LIVE UPDATES: FEU Lady Tamaraws vs Ateneo Blue Eagles

UAAP volleyball: La Salle earns tough win over UP without Angel Canino

La Salle Lady Spikers celebrate a point against UP Fighting Maroons in the UAAP Season 86 women’s volleyball tournament. –MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.net

La Salle badly missed a crucial keystone in its rotation before escaping with a thrilling 26-24, 25-20, 24-26, 27-25 win over University of the Philippines on Thursday at the UAAP Season 86 women’s volleyball tournament.

The defending champions had to endure the absence of Angel Canino and the stiff resistance from the Lady Maroons as they inched toward a clear Final Four stint with their eighth victory after nine games.

Shevana Laput and Alleiah Malaluan took over the task of filling the void left by Canino, last season’s rookie-MVP who had to sit out the match after suffering from an accident. FULL STORY

VIDEO: La Salle deputy coach Noel Orcullo, Shevana Laput, and Maicah Larroza

LIVE UPDATES: La Salle Lady Spikers vs UP Fighting Maroons

UAAP: Angel Canino has right arm injury, out for La Salle vs UP

La Salle Lady Spikers star Angel Canino is sidelined with arm injury in the UAAP Season 86 women’s volleyball tournament. –MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.net

MANILA, Philippines — Angel Canino won’t play in La Salle’s game against the University of the Philippines on Thursday in the UAAP Season 86 women’s volleyball tournament due to a right arm injury.

Amid the rumors about her well-being the past few days, Canino still arrived with her team for the game at Mall of Asia Arena but was wearing a sling in her right arm hidden under a La Salle jacket. Her whole arm is heavily wrapped.

According to La Salle courtside reporter Patrice Dabao, Angel Canino sustained the injury from an accident not related to volleyball. FULL STORY

Angel Canino sits out La Salle vs UP due to injury

Angel Canino arrives at MOA Arena amid injury rumors

UAAP men’s volleyball: FEU survives Ateneo to keep top spot

FEU Tamaraws’ Zhydryx Saavedra in the UAAP Season 86 men’s tournament. –UAAP PHOTO

MANILA, Philippines — Far Eastern University survived Ateneo in five sets, 25-20, 20-25, 18-25, 25-18, 15-12, to stay on top of the UAAP Season 86 men’s volleyball tournament on Thursday at Mall of Asia Arena.

The Tamaraws banked on the troika of Andrei Delicana, JJ Javelona, and Dryx Saavedra to fight back from a 1-2 deficit and rise to a league-leading 8-1 record with four straight wins. FULL STORY

UAAP men’s volleyball: FEU(8-1) overcomes Ateneo (5-5)

VIDEO: La Salle coach Jose Roque and Eco Adajar after the win

UAAP men’s volleyball: La Salle (6-3) eliminates the winless UP

No longer trying too hard, NU rediscovers vaunted form

NU Lady Bulldogs’ Bella Belen.–MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.net

Before the start of the UAAP Season 86 women’s volleyball tournament, National University (NU) underlined redemption as its theme after getting its heart broken by La Salle in their Finals series last year.

But in trying to pick up the pieces of their shattered dreams, the Lady Bulldogs may have tried too hard to reach their goal.

“Sometimes in our desire to get back and uphold that word, redemption, we forget to enjoy and show our real game,” NU star Bella Belen told the Inquirer in Filipino after a dominant 25-14, 25-14, 25-12 triumph against hapless University of the East (UE) on Wednesday at Mall of Asia Arena. FULL STORY

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