Bella Belen and the NU Girl Bulldogs within the 2024 Shakey’s Tremendous League Collegiate Pre-season Championship. –AUGUST DELA CRUZ/INQUIRER
MANILA, Philippines — Nationwide College is a win away from sweeping the 2024 Shakey’s Tremendous League season with its new Grand Slam champion coach within the professionals, Sherwin Meneses.
For Meneses, who has completed it within the earlier PVL season with the Creamline Cool Smashers, profitable Sport 1 shouldn’t cease the Girl Bulldogs from staying hungry to finish a ‘three-peat’ and win its second title this season to pair with their Nationwide Invitationals supremacy.
Article continues after this commercial
“After all, they’re (Girl Bulld0gs) champions, so there’s nonetheless enchancment that we are able to carry over to the UAAP as a result of each staff needs to face them and beat them,” the brand new NU coach informed reporters.
READ: NU turns again La Salle in Sport 1, nears Shakey’s Tremendous League 3-peat
“Enchancment is one thing I at all times inform them. The staff’s progress doesn’t finish with the championship. Gamers and coaches are at all times working collectively.”
Article continues after this commercial
Bouncing again from their elimination spherical loss, NU dominated the primary two units however wanted to beat a tricky third set problem by La Salle earlier than eking out a 25-16, 25-12, 27-25 triumph in Sport 1 of the best-of-three title collection on Friday at Rizal Memorial Coliseum.
NU Girl Bulldogs’ Alyssa Solomon within the 2024 Shakey’s Tremendous League Collegiate Pre-season Championship. –AUGUST DELA CRUZ/INQUIRER
Moments after their match, Meneses traveled to Candon, Ilocos Sur for Creamline’s Saturday’s recreation. After his PVL recreation, he’ll return to Manila straight away for SSL Sport 2 on Sunday night.
With a win away from his first championship with NU, Meneses is simply honored to educate such gifted gamers, who gained two of the final three UAAP seasons and three SSL tournaments.
READ: Shakey’s Tremendous League: Bulldogs, Girl Spikers renew bitter feud for preseason crown
“NU is a champion staff, in order that they gained’t simply quit simply. The gamers are true winners and so they actually gained’t let themselves lose,” Meneses stated.
Alyssa Solomon, who led NU with 14 factors, although, admitted they performed torpid within the third.
“After all, they’ll bounce again; they gained’t simply settle for shedding. We’ll be prepared for them and ensure we’re higher than what we confirmed at this time,” stated Solomon.
Bella Belen additionally is aware of that no win or championship ought to cease them from striving for extra.
“I’m very excited to see what extra our staff can present on Sunday, and I imagine we are able to surpass how we performed at this time as a result of the staff’s capabilities are excessive. We haven’t stopped bettering from what we have already got,” stated Belen, who had 10 factors. “Our starvation to study from Coach Sherwin and the issues he brings to the staff is one thing we’re regularly adapting and making use of in coaching and in video games.”
Your subscription couldn’t be saved. Please strive once more.
Your subscription has been profitable.
“I really feel like there are nonetheless issues we have to enhance as a result of there’s Sport 2 left, so we’ll prepare tomorrow and work out what lapses we nonetheless must work on,” she stated.
