DEFENDING champion La Salle downed Ateneo 25-21, 31-29, 25-19 yesterday for its fourth straight win in the preliminaries of the V-League Collegiate Challenge men’s division, at the Paco Arena in Manila.
The Green Spikers rose to 4-0 behind Glen Ventura and Eugene Gloria who tallied 16 and 13 points, respectively.
Joshua Magalaman chipped in nine points for La Salle while setter Jerico Adajar had 16 excellent sets, three digs and three markers.
“I’m sure prepared iyong Ateneo with us pero ganoon pa man, may mga lapses kaming na-encounter,” Green Spikers coach Jose Roque said. “Siguro, it’s more on kailangan talaga namin daanan iyong ganong mga lapses.
“May mga times kasi na super overwhelmed ng team, siguro I keep them reminded lang na kailangan hanggang hindi tapos iyong set, tapusin ninyo,” he added.
Jian Salarzon was the lone bright spot for the Blue Eagles who slipped to 1-3 with 15 points.
“Ganoon din, kung paano namin pinaghandaan itong mga past few teams like from Letran to Ateneo, ganoon lang din,” Roque said. “We’ll make sure iyong lapses na na-encounter namin ngayon, mabago namin para at least, maihanda namin sa next game.
“Through training talaga. Mostly ang nakita naming mga errors diyan ay sa service.
Talagang dadaanan namin iyan sa training. Hindi naman kami nagkukulang pagdating doon, siguro it’s more on making sure iyong ginagawa namin sa training ay talagang maayos, hindi lang just to throw or hit the ball.”
