UNIVERSITY of the Philippines star Isa Molde and Adamson team captain Paolo Pablico earned the Most Valuable Player awards in the Premier Volleyball League Season 2 Collegiate Conference.
Molde, the UAAP Season 78 rookie of the year, dedicated the top individual award to her teammates.
“Siyempre di ko makukuha ito without my teammates kasi hindi lang naman ako yun nagwo-work para rito kundi pati sila,” said Molde, who averaged 15.14 points in the eliminations.
“Siguro idi-dedicate ko ito sa teammates ko and sa coaching staff.”
“Hindi naman ako nagdala. Sobrang thankful din na nakapasok kami sa finals kasi preparation na rin ito para sa UAAP. Siguro sobrang importante nito sa team namin,” she added.
Molde also won the 1st Best Outside Spiker award, finishing as the No. 2 server in the conference with 0.48 ace per set and No.4 spiker with a 30.25 success rate.
“Hindi ko in-expect kasi kapag sinasabi naman ang stats, sinasabi lang na ‘ganyang points ka Isa’ tapos sasabihin din nila kung ano ang mali mo. So parang di nanamin iniisip kung ano ang award na mukukuha namin,” she said. “Sabi ko ‘ba’t ako?’ actually marami naman dyan na mas deserve nila, deserving. Tapos sabi ko bakit ako so siguro ide-dedicate ko na lang ‘to sa teammates ko.”
Women’s tournament top scorer Eli Soyud, who averaged 17.29 points in the seven-game eliminations for Adamson and finished No. 2 in blocking at 0.76 blocks per set and No. 8 in spiking, was named Best Opposite Spiker.
Other Lady Falcons also earned awards, with Bern Flora, the No. 5 scorer in the women’s tournament averaging 13.47 points the eliminations to earn the 2nd best outside spiker award. MJ Igao won the Best Setter award with 6.21 excellent sets per frame, while Tang Ponce bagged the Best Libero award after leading PVL in digs (6.38 average by sets) and in receives (52.72%)
FEU’s top scorer Celine Domingo was named 1st Best Middle Blocker award, while UP’s Aie Gannaban won the 2nd Best Middle Blocker plum.
Pablico also won the 2nd Best Outside spiker award after finishing No. 4 in the scoring race with a 15.1 average and wound up no. 8 in spiking with a 41.35 percent success rate.
“Napakaoverwhelming kasi lalo fourth place lang kami hindi ko ineexpect na mapapasa akin pa yung Conference,” said Pablico, whose team settled for fourth place Falcons after Adamson got swept by FEU in two games in the battle for bronze.
“Hindi ko ineexpect talaga kasi akala ko talaga yung mga naglaro sa championship yung conference mvp tapos ayun luckily ako pala yung napili nila na MVP.”
Bryan Bagunas was named Finals MVP and 1st Best Outside right after delivering the maiden PVL championship of NU.
“Ang mahalaga champion kami ‘yun ang pinakamahalaga. ‘Yung individual awards diyan lang naman yan mahalaga yung crown talaga,” said Bagunas, who only played seven games in the elimination and finished No. 6 in scoring with 17.14 points average and top the spiking race with 53.97 percent success rate.
UST’s Joshua Umandal was the Best Opposite Spiker of the conference, Jayvee Sumagaysay of UST and Far Eastern University’s John Paul Bugaoan were named 1st and 2nd Middle Blockers, respectively.
UST’s Timmy Tajanlangit was the Best Setter, while NU’s Ricky Marcos won the Best Libero award.
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