I’ve been busy as you guys can see cause I’m making sulit my volleyball vacation or break. Why? Well, let’s see. What’s in store for the coming months? V-League, UAAP, National Open, Intercollegiate, Home and Away and a lot more so it is but fitting that I used that break to rest myself. And thus, I’m back and so as V-League. How was my break so far? Well, my Green Archers lost to a mightier Ateneo Blue Eagles but no worries, they deserved that. I’m still sad though but not that much. Aside from that, I’ve been meeting a lot of people lately and I’m quite happy with that. I got injured from one of my practices but it’s healing now. Maybe one of the reasons why I’m not gonna go that much to volleyball venues. Haha. And lastly, I miss the volleyball community. Haha. It’s been like 3 or 4 months since I last updated things.

It’s probably the most anticipated and popular volleyball league in the country. The second conference of Shakey’s V-League Season 5 will open this coming October 19 Sunday. Venue will be at the beautiful Arena, in San Juan City. Here are the games to watch for in October (based on the latest Shakey’s V-League Season 5 game sked):

As many of you already know, the second conference of Shakey’s V-League Season 5 is scheduled to start on October 19, 2008 at The Arena, San Juan City. There will be a total of 8 participating teams. (And yes, it’s confirmed that UST and La Salle are back.)

Here’s an excerpt from the Shakey’s V-League Rules and Regulations:

Taken from GMANews.TV:

Lyceum wins 9th straight WNCAA volleyball crown

MANILA, Philippines – Lyceum of the Philippines University claimed its ninth straight WNCAA volleyball title after completing a two-game sweep of St. Francis of Assisi College at the St. Scholastica’s College gym over the weekend.

The Lady Pirates took Game 2, 25-20, 25-21, 25-16, to extend their reign in the Senior A division of the WNCAA’s 39th season. They won Game 1 also in straight sets, 25-18, 25-20, 25-16.

Lyceum’s Bernadette Satsatin was chosen as the finals most valuable player while teammates Syvie Gay Artates, Mary Grace Babalo and Joanna Marie dela Peña joined St. Francis’ Sarah Gonzaga, Iceal Cuevas and Acelyn Dublao in the mythical six.

Meanwhile, host College of Saint Benidle Lady Blazers prevented the Lady Pirates’ sweep bid in the Senior A basketball finals and posted a 61-58 win to force a winner-take-all Game 3.

Lyceum took the series opener, 55-48. – GMANews.TV

University of Santo Tomas and De La Salle University will return in action in the 2nd conference of the Shakey’s V-league which is scheduled to start this October 19, 2008 at The Arena, San Juan City. The return of the two schools was confirmed by the V-League operations director Ricky Palou. Both schools took a leave of absence during the last V-League conference due to academic reasons.

Other schools participating in the league are: Adamson University (1st conference champions), San Sebastian College-Recoletos (84th NCAA champions), Lyceum of the Philippines (WNCCA champions), Ateneo De Manila University (1st conference runner-up), Far Eastern University (UAAP 70 champions), and College of Saint Benilde.