It’s V-league volleyball action time once again! The opening of the first conference of Shakey’s V-League Season 7 will commence this April 11 (Sunday) at the San Juan Arena. There’s going to be a total of 10 teams participating and these teams are divided into Group A and Group B.

If you’ve been with this road trip for the past 2 years, you’ll be surprised at how far you can go down south this summer!

Each year, The Province of Camarines Norte, The Department of Tourism’s Office of Product and Research and Development, DOT Region 5, and MOJO Slippers and Sandals put together the biggest effort into getting people out of their offices and schools and into the waves!

The 3rd Bagasbas Summer Surf Festival will be held from April 9-11, 2010 at Bagasbas Beach, Daet, Camarines Norte and is open to everyone! This is a long weekend, Friday being Araw ng Kagitingan.

Among other things, this event will feature:

• Bagasbas Open Surf Competition.
• National Sport Climbing Competition.
• Bagasbas Amateur Beach Volleyball Open.
• Beach Ultimate Tournament.
• Various clinics – surf clinic with board rental and instructor, rock climbing clinics, and frisbee clinics.
• Beach party featuring live bands.

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The Finals has been exciting in a way that we can see a lot of rallies. Especially in the Men’s. Those three sets were fun. I mean, if you would look at it, after the game, it’s as if you actually witnessed a five-setter game because of how both teams played. The women’s game kind of bored me. UST just really showed dominance over La Salle in Game 1 especially in the third set. Was hoping for a closer game, but then since I predicted a UST win last time in 3 to 4 sets, I should not have expected. Haha. Silly me.

I heard tomorrow will be a reunion of some sorts for the UST alumni/alumnae athletes not just in volleyball but also in basketball, swimming, etc. I guess the community in Espana is just so psyched up to win the games tomorrow. I just love how the supporters of UST come out to support their teams. It’s as if the school spirit in this schools is very much alive and that they really inspire and encourage their athletes to do their best.

I hope the La Salle crowd won’t be outnumbered much though tomorrow. After all, they are still the defending champions. I’m sure a lot of LaSallians out there will support the girls to force a decider on Wednesday. Gang Green will be supporting the team tomorrow so I’m expecting a non-stop cheering.

Prepare for some wild but fun action tomorrow. I’m sure the game tomorrow will be celebrity-studded or at least in sports. Have fun guys!

I’m sorry if I can’t make predictions today because of some problems. But I’ll make it up in our next article. Our next article will feature what we think of the awardees and if there will be a Game 3, we will be making predictions once more. If not, we will making our farewell to UST and DLSU. That’s all for now.

The Finals Game 2 this coming Saturday for the UAAP 72 Women’s Volleyball are as follows:

Saturday, February 27, 2010
venue: San Juan Arena

2 PM: FEU vs UST (Men’s)
4 PM: UST vs DLSU (Women’s)

Here are our predictions for the coming Finals Game 2 games and the list of awardees…

It was just three months ago when everyone actually was itching to be in the Final Four. Here we are again. In the Finals. Now everyone’s itching to go back to Day One to reminisce the great volleyball games that has happened this year. I, for one, can’t even move on and believe that it’s already in the Finals. I mean, come on, it’s really early. I still want more games! Haha.

For the first time in years, La Salle and UST will actually make it to the UAAP Finals. I can still remember 4 years back when La Salle and UST would face off in the V-League Finals perennially with Michelle Carolino playing for La Salle and Roxanne Pimentel for UST. Man, those games were ecstatic. It’s as if volleyball is in the same level already as basketball that time with the many fans watching the games. This year, I’m sure it will be as exciting as the basketball games. If you remember months back, in basketball, La Salle and UST had very exciting games against each other. You’d be surprised that Araneta had so many spectators that time despite UST being 4th and La Salle being only 6th. I am expecting more LaSallians and Thomasians to watch the game later. I hope students from both schools can egg on their teams to win the championship. Of course, nothing beats school pride. It’s what makes college wars really exciting I guess.

The Games this coming Wednesday for the UAAP 72 Women’s Volleyball 2nd Round are as follows:

Sunday, February 24, 2010
venue: San Juan Arena

2 PM: UST vs FEU (Men’s)
4 PM: DLSU vs UST (Women’s)

Here are our farewell messages to Adamson and Ateneo and our predictions for the coming Finals Game 1 games…

Whew! I can’t believe we’re already in the Final Four. It’s fast. It was not so long ago that the UAAP opened and I was there to actually witness the first two games. And now, here we are. Final Four. Damn. I just can’t imagine how The Arena will be filled later with fans of La Salle, Ateneo, UST and Adamson. Last Sunday was a blast. Expect more today when the additional fans of Ateneo and Adamson will come of course. We’re down to last four teams. Last four who rose to the occasion. Last four who stood out and became mighty throughout the season. Meet your Final Four this year:

DLSU (13-1)

UST (12-2)

ADMU (10-4)

ADU (9-5)

Again, Congratulations to the four and may you bring us exciting and quality games from hereon. To all the fans out there, hoping you will likewise have fun and enjoy the Final Four games. Let us not also forget that the Men’s Volleyball tournament will also have their Final Four later on with FEU (2) going up against Ateneo (3) at 9 AM and UST (1) going up against UP (4). Good luck to the 8 teams! Wish You All The Best and God Bless!

The Final Four Games this coming weekend for the UAAP 72 Women’s Volleyball 2nd Round are as follows:

Saturday, February 20, 2010
venue: San Juan Arena

2 PM: DLSU vs AdU
4 PM: UST vs ADMU

Here are our predictions for the coming Final Four weekend games…

It’s going to be the last weekend in the elimination and last games also for certain players. As the season comes to an end, it’s time to evaluate performances of different teams. The games of the past are usually games which might just define a team’s season. But the last game of a team is usually the game that will describe what might be, what could have been and what might have been. Improvements and other misfortunes have been in this season. Despite that, excitement still rose to the occasion and here we are. Only weeks away in determining which team will be hailed as champions. To the Final Four team, La Salle, Ateneo, UST and Adamson, congratulations. To those who failed to make it, I’m sure we will watch out for you next season.

We decided to make our Elimination Ender with a blast. And thus, we will post our game predictions and our farewells to non-Final Four teams. Watch out for the upcoming articles as we will be doing also the Men’s.

The Games this coming weekend for the UAAP 72 Women’s Volleyball 2nd Round are as follows:

Saturday, February 13, 2010
venue: San Juan Arena

2 PM: FEU vs UP
4 PM: ADMU vs AdU

Sunday, February 14, 2010
venue: San Juan Arena

2 PM: NU vs UE
4 PM: DLSU vs UST

Here are our farewell messages to non-final four teams and our predictions for the coming weekend games…

Progressive Volleyball Centre (PVC) 2010 kicked off last January 31 at the Jose Rizal University (JRU) gym. This tournament has a Women’s and Men’s divisions. There are a lot of volleyball veterans playing here. I would love to drop by sometime and watch some PVC volleyball action. The participating teams are:

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You are invited to the kick-off on February 13 to preview the actual event that will start on February 20 at the Fort Open Grounds. Bring as many friends as you can!

I got this Nestea Fit invite and what caught my attention is BEACH VOLLEYBALL!! As you can see from the official Nestea Fit Camp Hot poster below, they are going to offer 8 hot courses or sports. And one of those is going to be beach volleyball. So I said to myself, what? Beach volleyball at Bonifacio Histreet… Where? How? Are there going to be guest athletes to conduct the courses? Hmmm.. this will be very interesting.

It’s time to press the panic button, at least for some teams. Among all teams, UE, UP and NU are teams who are looking ahead of things, at least for recruitment and development for next season. They are there to spoil things around. Needless to say, they will try to challenge and win over teams who are aspiring to be on top or to achieve something. Oh believe me, UAAP’s crazy. Anything in the UAAP is crazy. Anything can happen. They may be in the cellar, but they can pull teams down, and pull teams up.

The remaining games are very exciting. Even the main game tomorrow is as exciting since we all know Adamson has a hard time against blocking teams. UP is one of the best blocking teams and thus, making the game tomorrow crucial but exciting. On Sunday of course, it will be the volleyball rivalry featuring UST and FEU. Who will prevail? Let’s see.

The Games this coming weekend for the UAAP 72 Women’s Volleyball 2nd Round are as follows:

Saturday, February 6, 2010
venue: San Juan Arena

2 PM: UE vs ADMU
4 PM: AdU vs UP

Sunday, February 7, 2010
venue: San Juan Arena

2 PM: NU vs DLSU
4 PM: UST vs FEU

Here are our predictions for the coming weekend games…