University of Santo Tomas Golden Tigresses head coach Emilio “Kung Fu” Reyes, along with the rest of the team, is committed to ensuring that the outcome of the UAAP Season 86 women’s volleyball tournament differs from their last finals appearance five years ago.
Reyes emphasized that the Golden Tigresses will ramp up their preparations in the coming days to face either the National University Lady Bulldogs or the Far Eastern University Lady Tamaraws.
“Sabi nila, ‘History repeats itself.’ Pero babaguhin namin ‘yun result,” Reyes said in a post-game interview. “Babaguhin namin ‘yung history na kung ano ang nakalipas nung 2019.”
“Pipilitin namin, sama-sama kami ng mga bata, ‘yung hard work, ‘yung tsinatsambahan namin, ‘yung mga laro namin, pipilitin uli namin makatsamba pagpasok sa finals,” he added.
The Golden Tigresses, led by EJ Laure and Cherry Rondina, advanced to the UAAP Season 81 finals after defeating the Lady Spikers. However, they were defeated by the Ateneo de Manila University Blue Eagles in the finals.
Reyes also noted the coincidence that their victory over the Lady Spikers occurred on May 5, the same date UST defeated DLSU in the UAAP Season 81 semifinals in 2019.
“Actually, pagpasok ko dito (sa MOA Arena), may nagsabi sa akin, ‘Coach May 5. Ito rin ‘yung moment na nakuha nyo ‘yung finals appearance (nung UAAP Season 81), same venue din,'” Reyes said.
“Very special itong araw na ito, hindi ko alam kung coincidence, 2019 going back nabanggit na rin lang, very memorable lang, meron din kaming pinaghuhugutan,” he added. “Pero, ‘yun lang, hopefully mabago namin ang resulta.”
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