Playing in her final UAAP season, Jacqueline Alarca gives her thoughts on her team’s upcoming championship showdown versus UST.
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Video: Final Four postgame interview – Jacq Alarca
Video: Jacqueline Alarca on her team’s upcoming game against UST
Interview by Tin Pe Benito
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Lady Spikers are back in the Finals vs UST
Heartbreaks? Not this time.
The Lady Spikers made it to the finals as expected via a 16-25, 25-16, 25-22, 25-22 victory over Adamson today. They will have a shot to defend their crown as they go up against the UST Tigresses, who in the succeeding semis match scored a straight set win over Ateneo. The best of three championship series starts Wednesday at 4pm in the San Juan Arena.
The team started off sluggishly. The Lady Falcons showed a lot of grit and determination as the combination of Pau Soriano, Angela Benting and Jill Gustillo took the Lady Spikers off their rhythm. As Coach Ramil noted between the first and second sets, they looked like they were still asleep. The Lady Spikers sleepwalked through the first set against the desperate Adamson team, often a step late in their floor defense and committing 9 unforced errors, which was the margin at the end of the first set. The team’s timing seemed a bit off, and during a timeout Coach Ramil calmly advised them to take their time. However, Adamson rode on the momentum to take the first set.
Lady Spikers crush Amazons to secure top spot in semis
Today, the Lady Spikers cemented their position as top seed, breezing through UE in straight sets, 25-10, 25-14 and 25-20. With 2 losses, UST can only finish 2nd.
Michelle Gumabao and Clarisse Yeung were fielded in the 2nd set, while Carmel Garbin, Camille Cerveza and Regine Diego had some playing time in the 3rd. The serve continued to be a double-edged weapon for our team, resulting in some easy points as it frustrated the UE receivers, but also gifted then with some freebies as the aggressive serving resulted in some serves either hitting the net or sailing long. Jacq served at least 2 aces and Gumabao 1. Team captain Steph Mercado had another sterling game as she scored repeatedly off spikes and blocks, and the rest of the team backed her up with good all around play while minimizing their unforced errors.
Jacq Attack! Lady Spikers beat UP
Living up to their team name, the UP Fighting Lady Maroons put up a resilient fight to start the ballgame which enabled them to snatch the first set from the unusually sluggish Lady Spikers. But when the defending champions turned it on in the succeeding sets, the girls from Diliman realized that scoring a colossal upset is just wishful thinking.
Perhaps the only thing colossal today was Jacqueline Alarca’s game as she was instrumental to the team’s win with 22 pts and 17 attacks. With the Lady Spikers 23-25, 25-17, 25-11, 25-18 win today, they still remain unbeaten with an 11-0 slate. They are expected to breeze past their two next assignments against the lower-seeded teams in the coming weeks.
The only team standing in their way for an elimination sweep is UST who is currently in second place. The two powerhouses collide on Feb 14.
Shot down the birds and chained the dogs
For the second time this season, the Lady Spikers reminded the up-and-coming Lady Eagles that they still have their work cut out for them before they can contend for the title. Behind Jacqueline Alarca’s superb performance, the defending champions defeated Ateneo today in four sets 25-15, 25-20, 21-25, 25-21 to remain unbeaten in the tournament with a 9-0 slate.
Earlier this morning, the Green Spikers pulled off a five-set win over the NU Bulldogs 25-19, 30-28, 21-25, 27-29, 15-8. Chris Macasaet paced the team with 29 points. The Green Spikers are currently at solo 4th with a 5-5 card.
Lady Spikers get the win, Heckler gets the exit
The Lady Spikers get their eighth straight win against Adamson 35-33, 25-23, 24-26, 25-17 today. Jacq Alarca led the team with 19 points while Stephanie Mercado added 18.You just got to love the first set, the score truly exemplifies both team’s tenacity to win. We salute the Lady Falcons for giving our team a good fight.
Unfortunately the same could not be said about one of their supporters who relentlessly heckled our players, coaching staff and fans. This fan was escorted out of the arena by security personnel. Such boorish behavior will never be tolerated. Looks like he was there just to throw personal insults at our team rather than cheer for Adamson.
Pipe down! It’s just a game!
Lady Spikers toy with the dogs, near first round sweep
January 9, 2010
3:35 pm
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It only took less than an hour for the Lady Spikers to fashion out an easy 3-0 whipping of NU, 25-17, 25-8, 25-11 in the first game today. Stephanie Mercado led the team with nine hits while Jacqueline Alarca and Joanne Siy scored eight points each.
After showing a bit of rust in the first set, where they allowed NU to keep pace in the first half of the set, our players stepped it up to finish the first pulling away. In the 2nd set, the Lady Spikers poured it on to avoid a 2nd set letdown similar to what happened against UP. They ran away from NU from the start, and totally demoralized the NU players who meekly surrendered the set. Despite this, Coach Ramil took no chances, and only substituted in the 3rd set when victory was assured.
At 6-0, they lead the standings and are on the verge of sweeping the first round. Next up on Wednesday is FEU, their nemesis in last year’s championship series.
Lady Spikers repulse Ateneo 3-0 to stay undefeated
Despite a number of slip-ups they committed the entire game, the Lady Spikers were still able to knock-off Ateneo in a straight-set win (25-17, 28-26, 25-23) today. They now carry a 2-0 slate which puts them on top of the leaderboard.
Not even Ateneo’s new fashion statement could change their fortunes against the defending champions. The Lady Eagles, sporting their trend-setting uniforms were not able to capitalize on the 19 errors made by our volleybelles.
Stephanie Mercado again paced the Lady Spikers with 17 points followed by Jacqueline Alarca and Charleen Cruz with 11 and 10 respectively. Next contest is this Sunday against Adamson.
Steph up into Cruz control on Opening Day
They may have shown some rustiness at the start but in the end, the Lady Spikers proved that they are still the team to beat this UAAP season. The defending champions started their campaign on a high note with a come-from-behind win over pre-tournament favorite and recently crowned V-League champion UST Tigresses 20-25, 25-20, 22-25, 25-22, 15-11 today.
With the win, the Lady Spikers got some payback against the very same team that gave them a straight-set beating in the University Games last October.
Stephanie Mercado and Charleen Cruz led the team with 28 hits and 21 points respectively. Next game is against Ateneo this Friday.
