Chenie Tagaod (proper) hammers some extent for FEU. —PVL PHOTO
Far Japanese College (FEU) ended the ladies’s V-League Collegiate Problem on Wednesday with an ideal slate.
However the Woman Tamaraws know that their work continues to be removed from over.
“It’s crucial for us to enter the semifinals [at No.1] as a result of all the things that we labored for and all that we skilled is coming collectively now,” participant of the sport Chenie Tagaod mentioned on the heels of dealing College of the East (UE) a second straight loss, 16-25, 28-26, 25-13, 25-21, at Paco Area in Manila.
“However we nonetheless need to work on [our game]. We’re not executed but. There may be nonetheless numerous work to be executed.”
The Woman Tamaraws have been fighting a recurring drawback of minimizing their errors and Far Japanese’s win over the Woman Warriors nonetheless confirmed a 38-error gap of their play.
And 15 of these errors got here within the Woman Tamaraws’ shaky first set.
“We adjusted our play and we accepted that we had lapses [in the first set] so within the second set we [hit] reset and determined to name their performs extra,” mentioned Tagaod who led the Woman Tamaraws within the come-from-behind win with 16 factors on 13 kills.
Tagaod is among the tenured gamers for FEU with Tin Ubaldo and libero Max Juangco. The extra skilled trio has been offering management for youthful teammates.
“We talked about giving our all and educating the youthful gamers to work extra throughout our coaching in order that we are able to unleash what we practiced in our video games,” Tagaod mentioned after spearheading FEU’s cost from the second set and shifting the momentum to her squad.
FEU interim coach Manolo Refugia echoed Tagaod on nonetheless needing to enhance their play after seeing his wards battle to achieve match level and permitting UE to shut the hole within the last set.
Refugia continues to guide the Woman Tams with former coach Tina Salak’s system in place.
“Going into the V-league, our goal was to construct the workforce chemistry and the system … thus far we’ve been getting optimistic outcomes,” Refugia mentioned. “However as we mentioned, there may be nonetheless numerous work to do.”
Tagaod didn’t neglect to thank FEU’s former mentor who had migrated to the US after only a season with Far Japanese.
“Coach Tina, I hope you’re happy with us,” Tagaod mentioned.
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