NU coach Norman Miguel.–SSL PHOTO
MANILA, Philippines — Nationwide College coach Norman Miguel attributed the rise of their girls’s volleyball program to all of the coaches who labored for the staff and developed the gamers from highschool to varsity.
Miguel, who returned to NU this preseason after three years, might have gained his first title with the staff however the credit score goes to the previous coaches of this system from his teaching employees together with the UAAP Season 84 champion head tactician-turned-deputy Karl Dimaculangan to ex-Girl Bullpups mentor Babes Castillo.
“Truthfully, because the first time I went to NU [in 2019], I actually applaud their volleyball program from the recruitment, the standard of gamers, who have been educated by coach Babes and different coaches. I all the time admire them,” stated Miguel in Filipino.
“Now that I’m a part of this championship, I’m so glad and proud. However I gained’t take all of the credit score as a result of a variety of coaches taught these gamers and I applaud their efforts to raise the volleyball program,” he added.
Regardless of getting pushed to the restrict by College of Santo Tomas within the Shakey’s Tremendous League Preseason Championship Finals, Miguel knew that the Girl Bulldogs, led by Bella Belen and Alyssa Solomon, would flaunt their maturity and composure to drag off a 25-17, 15-25, 25-20, 25-20 win in Recreation 2 on Saturday at Rizal Memorial Coliseum.
NU Girl Bulldogs.–SSL PHOTO
“It’s concerning the stage of character of our gamers. They’ve been champions since highschool and in addition skilled a championship title in faculty. I feel [playing their] hearts out made them obtain this type of success,” the returning NU coach stated.
The Girl Bulldogs swept all of their 10 video games within the second SSL season, extending their profitable streak to 18 video games within the preseason match.
However their fundamental objective is to assert the UAAP crown because the final time they dominated SSL, they misplaced to La Salle within the Season 85 Finals.
“As a lot as we wish to really feel we’re 100% prepared, we don’t wish to as a result of we wish to all the time have a motive to work more durable and push one another. We all the time suppose that there’s nonetheless a void to fill in for us to regain the title,” Miguel stated.
NU, armed with the Philippine girls’s volleyball staff expertise and one other SSL championship, seeks to reclaim the crown with the core of Belen, Solomon, Vange Alinsug, Lams Lamina, and Sheena Toring in addition to rookies Kaye Bombita and Arah Panique.
Belen, a third-year Girl Bulldogs, vows to take it one step at a time of their title-redemption bid.
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“We gained’t rush the method. We’ll take it step-by-step till we attain the place we wish to be,” Belen stated.
