Hope, CSA target Shakey’s volley NCR finals slots

HOPE CHRISTIAN High School and Colegio San Agustin shoot for finals berths when they face separate rivals in the Shakey’s Girls’ Volleyball League NCR leg at Rizal Memorial Coliseum tomorrow.

The Hope CHS and CSA tossers swept their respective groups in the single-round classification phase and are tipped to dispute the crown and the lone berth in the Tournament of Champions of the event put up by Shakey’s Pizza and organized by Metro Sports.

But nothing is guaranteed for the fancied teams as Angelicum and Miriam College, which finished with identical 3-1 cards in the classification, are bullish about their own finals chances in the tournament sponsored by Toby’s Sports, Mikasa as official ball, Tune Hotels as official residence of the Tournament of Champions, Asics and Volley Prep.

The defending champion Hope CHS squad takes on Angelicum at 10 a.m. while CSA mixes it up with Miriam at 11 a.m.  The winners dispute the crown at 1 p.m.

Joining the NCR leg champion in the T-of-C, set Jan. 22 to 26, are the other regional leg winners and Australia’s Victoria High School team.

Desiree Cheng, Bel Molde and Chester Ong are again expected to lead the Hope team’s charge against Angelicum’s Carla Sandoval, Melanie Torres, Cristine Alvarez and Dianne Ong.

CSA, meanwhile, will pin its hopes on Ana Gopico, Samantha Torres and Julia Morado against a crack Miriam squad headed by Ana Gomez, Angelique Principe and Isabela Romero.