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MANILA, Philippines – It’s definitely her time.
Ateneo de Manila’s Alyssa Valdez had her strong showing throughout the year rewarded as she was adjudged the 76th UAAP Women’s Volleyball tournament Most Valuable Player, edging closest rival Dindin Santiago of National University, and last year’s co-MVPs Aby Marano and Ara Galang from De La Salle.
On top of her MVP plum, the Batangas-native also took home the Best Scorer and Best Server awards to help her tally in a total of 100.000 statistical points.
On her third MVP Season since high school, Valdez delivered a league-best 19.2 points, 15.1 attacks, 1.6 blocks, and 2.5 service aces per outing to tow Ateneo to a 10-4 elimination round finish en route to the third spot in the table come playoffs.
The Lady Bulldogs’ Santiago finished second in the MVP race, ending her collegiate career with 96.304 points – and the Best Attacker award – but it was not enough to lift the F. Jhocson-based side to the Last Dance as they blew a twice-to-beat advantage against the Lady Eagles in the stepladder semifinals.
La Salle’s tandem of Galang and Marano ended up third and fourth amassing 86.364 and 82.272 points respectively, and proved to be instrumental in the Lady Spikers’ sweep of the elimination round.
Shiela Pineda – after putting up a string of 20-point games towards the end of the eliminations for Adamson University – wraps up the top five with 79.811 points but she could have positioned herself higher if not for the eight losses they absorbed in the eliminations.
Placing sixth to tenth are La Salle’s Kim Fajardo, who grabbed the Best Setter honors, (77.727), NU’s Carmina Aganon (70.870), Santo Tomas’ Carmela Tunay (70.625), Rookie of the Year Jaja Santiago, also from NU (68.261) and Lady Spiker Mika Reyes (68.182). All statistical points courtesy of uaapsports.tv – the official website of league broadcaster ABS-CBN.
Denden Lazaro, who injured her ankle in the first set of Finals Game 2 but came back late in the game for Ateneo, copped the Best Receiver and Best Digger prize, while University of the Philippines’ Katherine Bersola claimed the Best Blocker trophy. – Rappler.com
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