Delos Santos admits pressure key to Lady Tams’ collapse

FEU Lady Tamaraws vs La Salle Lady Spikers. Photo by Tristan Tamayo/INQUIRER.net

Far Eastern University was on the verge of handing De La Salle its second straight loss as the Lady Tamaraws came back down from two sets to force a fifth.

Fate, however, was on the Lady Spikers’ side as they shot down the Lady Tamaraws for their sixth win in eight games.

For FEU head coach Shaq Delos Santos his team failed to handle the pressure that comes with facing a victory-hungry La Salle in a fifth set.

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“Una pag handle ng pressure sa loob ng court kasi siyempre yun talaga kailangang masolusyunan at hopefully ma improve yung receive namin talaga,” Delos Santos said.

Far Eastern University was just embarrassed in the first two sets but then came back with sharpened horns in the third and fourth sets

La Salle raced to an 8-2 lead to start the final set and FEU just faltered amid cheers from predominantly La Salle crowd.

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“May kasamang pressure, inaamin namin,” Delos Santos said whose team slipped to 4-4. “Yun nga yung consistency ng team hinahanap pa rin namin.”

Delos Santos said one way to improve his team’s mental strength is practicing different scenarios and bring that experience to the games.

“Siyempre nagagawa sa training pero pagdating sa game ay kung paano nila dadalhin yung experience na yun.”