La Salle, Adamson clash for Shakey’s volley tiara

LA Salle attempts to zero in on capturing another crown, while Adamson is out to try usher in a new era in flying colors as they lock horns in the opening salvo of the 2023 Shakey’s Super League National Invitationals finale Wednesday at the Filoil EcoOil Centre in San Juan.

Action erupts at 4 p.m. with the Lady Spikers and the Lady Falcons racing to draw first blood in the short best-of-three finals to move on the cusp of being the first national champion of the SSL presented by Eurotel as the official hotel and Victory Liner as office transport provider, and in cooperation with the Commission on Higher Education (CHED).

At 2 p.m, the University of Santo Tomas and and University of Per-

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Expectedly, the proven and tested La Salle as the reigning UAAP queen under the tutelage of Ramil de Jesus marches into battle as the heavy favorites but Adamson, the UAAP third-placer, beams with confidence under new mentor JP Yude after an impressive run so far.

The Lady Spikers, sans UAAP Rookie-MVP Angel Canino, swept their way into the Final Four before needing five sets to tame the UST while the Lady Fal- cons have yet to drop a single set in the entire 12-team SSL tourney, including a sweep of Perpetual in the other semis pairing.

Aside from Canino, La Salle is also without ace libero Justine Jazareno while dealing with the graduation of Jolina dela Cruz, Mars Alba and Fifi Sharma. Adamson, for its part, lost a bevy of players led Trisha Tubu and Kate Santiago to the pros.

But even with a different cast, both squads are raring to empty their clips for a 1-0 lead in the nationwide tilt that featured 12 bets from the NCR, Luzon,