NU guns for twice-to-beat edge against vastly improved UE

Games on Wednesday
(Rizal Memorial Coliseum)
11 a.m. – NU vs UE
2 p.m. – UP vs FEU
5 p.m. – CSB vs La Salle

BACK-TO-BACK champion National University (NU) shoots for the last twice-to-beat quarterfinal bonus against University of the East (UE) at the close of the Shakey’s Super League Collegiate Pre-Season Championship second round on Wednesday at the Rizal Memorial Coliseum.      

Game time is at 11 a.m. with the Lady Bulldogs looking to salvage the reward opposite the vastly-improved Lady Warriors after the duels between University of the Philippines-Far Eastern University at 2 p.m. and De La Salle University-College of St. Benilde at 5 p.m.

NU saw its 28-game winning streak since 2022 get snapped by La Salle last week before taking care of St. Benilde to tie UE at 1-1 in Pool E. Leading the pool is La Salle, at 2-0, to leave the only other incentive up for the taking between the Lady Bulldogs and the Lady Warriors.

FEU, for its part, is also out to clinch the top-seeding and win-once bonus in Pool F with no plan of figuring in a complicated three-way tie with UP (1-1) and Santo Tomas (2-1).

Following a 25-18, 25-18, 25-19 win over Ateneo, the Lady Tamaraws control their own fate with a bonus-clinching victory that in the process would also assure the Tigresses the other reward.

La Salle eyes to complete a sweep to stay on course of redemption after missing the finals won by NU in the UAAP Season 86. — John Bryan Ulanday