Wednesday Vball Madness Preview: La Salle vs Ateneo (W)

Separated from all the chaos in the lower rungs are the two current powerhouses in collegiate women's volleyball. Ateneo is looking forward to sweeping the elimination rounds (for the first time in its volleyball history) for an outright thrice-to-beat finals appearance on a stepladder semi-finals format. In contrast, La Salle would want to win against Ateneo today to prevent the stepladder format, and would result to them being #1 in the standings (regardless if they win in 3, 4 or 5 sets).

Looking at the skills, both teams seem to cancel each other out. In order for them to win the game, they should be able to improve on their negatives and enhance all their positives. Both these teams are eager to win today, and whatever the outcome is will affect the 5 teams vying for the last 2 spots in the top 4.

La Salle - keys to the match:

• Service faults should not erode their service aces
• Receive the opponent's service successfully at least 75% of the time

Ateneo - keys to the match:

• Get at least 10 atks/set from excellent plays
• Unforced errors should not be more than half of the team’s point production (in atks, blks, and aces)

Prediction: ??? Honestly, too close to tell!