JUST five weeks ago, University of Santo Tomas' Angge Poyos had a nine-point lead in the Statistical Points (SPs) leaderboard which would ultimately determine the MVP of UAAP Season 88.
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Now at the finish line of the race, however, Poyos finds herself at fourth with 77.6 SPs, ceding the top individual player trophy to history-making Shaina Nitura of Adamson who wound up with a whopping 98.5 SPs, as well as MVP runner-up Frances Mordi (82.8) also of the Lady Falcons and Angel Canino (79.8) of La Salle.
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Even more, the once-MVP frontrunner isn't part of the Mythical Team, as she ended up ranked fourth among outside spikers.
Nitura was first with 303 Ranking Points (RPs) with Canino joining her with 272 RPs. Just missing the cut was National U's Sam Cantada at 269, as Poyos and Mordi tied at fourth at 254.
You read that right: both the MVP frontrunner midway through the tournament and the eventual runner-up are not on the Mythical Team.
Mythical Team
Flanking outside spikers Nitura and Canino are middle blockers Lady Spiker Amie Provido (206 RPs) and the University of the Philippines' Niña Ytang (181 RPs), who pass the grade for the second straight season.
Provido led the league with 43 blocks (0.83 per set), while Ytang, now a four-time winner, added 172 points on 126 attacks, 35 blocks, and 11 aces to go with 0.67 blocks per set (third).
La Salle captain Shevana Laput then secured a second straight best opposite spiker award with 188 RPs, backed by a 36.55-percent attack rate (sixth) and 0.65 blocks per set (fifth).
Adamson's Fhei Sagaysay got the best setter nod with 247 RPs behind 4.94 excellent sets per set (No. 2) and a league-best 22 aces (0.47 per set), while NU's Shaira Jardio claimed best libero honors with 238 RPs after topping both digs (3.96 per set) and receptions (58.54-percent).
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