The DLSU Green Spikers have payback on their minds as they face an early acid test, battling four-time defending champion NU in their first game of UAAP Season 87.
Will third time be the charm for the De La Salle University Green Spikers?
That is the hope as the Taft-based team are out for revenge against the four-time defending champion NU Bulldogs in the main game of the UAAP Season 87 men's volleyball tournament on Sunday, February 16 at 11:00 a.m. at the Mall of Asia Arena.
It was the Bulldogs who became a thorn to La Salle’s title dreams last Season 86 after the Green Spikers lost two consecutive crucial matches to NU.
The Green Spikers lost both games of a virtual best-of-three affair with NU, with the Bulldogs riding the playoff momentum all the way to yet another title.
This time, leading the Animo charge once again is the high-flying Noel Kampton, who will go head-to-head with his fellow Alas Pilipinas standouts Buds Buddin, Choi Diao, and Jade Disquitado to open the new UAAP season.
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Meanwhile, team captain Menard Guerrero is tasked to lead La Salle in its hopes to end a 21-year title-drought.
Will DLSU deliver the right arrows on target and spoil NU’s title-retention bid?
(With reports from Pao Ambat)
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