Angel Canino, Alyssa Solomon top UAAP women’s volleyball scoring after first round

MANILA, Philippines – Angel Canino and Alyssa Solomon led the league in scoring and spiking after the first round of the UAAP Season 85 women’s volleyball tournament.

La Salle rookie Canino and National University’s Best Opposite Spiker Solomon emerged as the top scorers in the league with a total of 112 points.

University of Santo Tomas star Eya Laure, last season’s top scorer, finished third with 105 points with 86 spikes, 15 blocks, and four aces. Adamson spiker Kate Santiago placed fourth after seven games with 97 points, while her rookie teammate Trisha Tubu and Faith Nisperos tied for No.5 with 96 points each.

Most Valuable Player Bella Belen is the top 7 scorer tied with Far Eastern University’s Jov Fernandez with 89 points. Ateneo spiker Vanie Gandler had 80 points in the first round, followed by La Salle senior player Jolina Dela Cruz with 79 markers at No. 10.

Solomon leads the league in offense with a spiking efficiency of 40.57%. Canino is the No.2 Best Speaker with 37.84%, followed by Santiago (37.66%), Fernandez (36.10%), and Laure (35.68%).

Canino and Dela Cruz are all in the top 10 in every statistical department after helping La Salle sweep the first round for the first time since Season 76 closed with a statement 25-10, 25-15, 25-21 victory over defending champion NU.

Canino has made a strong case for the Rookie of the Year award and even MVP as he is also a top 5 receiver with a 39.01% efficiency rate and a top 7 server with 0.29 aces per set.

Dela Cruz has also shown an all-around performance in the first round as the third best blocker with 0.58 blocks per set, fourth in receiving with an efficiency rate of 42.72%, seventh in digs with 2.33 digs per set, and fourth 10 in serving with 0.25 ace. every frame.

Lady Spiker Thea Gagate was the top blocker in the first round with 0.79 blocks per set, followed by University of the Philippines’ Nina Ytang (0.75), Dela Cruz and Laure (0.58), and NU middle blockers Erin Pangilinan and Fifi Sharma from La Salle. with 0.54 kill blocks per flight.

La Salle captain Mars Alba was the top server with 0.58 aces per set ahead of NU pair Sheena Toring and Putri Robles, who both averaged 0.35 aces per frame, followed by Lady Bulldogs setter Lams Lamina, a rookie UST Regina Jurado, and Pangilinan, who all tallied 0.31 ace per set.

Adamson Playmaker Louie Romero is ahead of Best Setter Lamina in the race with an impressive 5.08 sets per frame as the latter is second after seven games with 4.54 sets per frame. Alba was No.3 (4.46), followed by UST freshman Cassie Carballo (3.50), and Ateneo’s Taks Fujimoto (3.33).

FEU rookie libero Marga Encarnacion was the top digger in the first round with 4.37 digs per set, followed by La Salle’s Justine Jazareno (3.92), UST’s Dett Pepito (3.35), NU’s Best Libero winner Jennifer Nierva (3.12), and Roma Doromal of Ateneo (3.12). 3.04).

Pepito is the best receiver with an efficiency rate of 52.51%. Karen Verdeflor Adamson was in the top 2 with 49.59% followed by Nierva with 46.72%, while Dela Cruz and Canino finished the top 5 as the only non-liberos.

Defending champion NU, which finished the round with a 5-2 record, led four of the six departments as the best spiking team with a 34.69% attack rate, the best serving team with an average of 2.04 aces per set, the best setting team with 5.50 sets is great per set. frame, and the best receiving team with an efficiency rate of 38.08%.

La Salle is the top blocking team with 3.17 blocks per set ahead of No.2 Adamson (1.96). The Lady Spikers are also No.2 in spiking (33.86%), No.2 in service aces (1.88 aces per set), top two in receiving (38.07%), second in digs (12.08 digs per frame) behind the leader FEU (13.74), and No.4 in the setting with 4.67 excellent sets per frame.

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