For the second season in a row, the UAAP women’s volleyball tournament has a rookie Most Valuable Player.
Angel Canino of De La Salle University was hailed as the Season 85 MVP and Rookie of the Year after accumulating 89.375 statistical points (SP).
She ranked third in scoring with 227 points; fourth in spiking with a 36.42 percent efficiency; fourth in reception with a 40.85 percent rate; seventh in service with 0.27 ace per set; and ninth in blocking with 0.44 kill blocks per frame.
The 19-year-old outside spiker edged out teammate Jolina Dela Cruz with 86.875 SP and University of Santo Tomas’ Eya Laure with 84.074 SP in the tight race for the top individual prize.
Canino became the second rookie MVP in the league’s women’s volleyball history after National University’s Mhicaela Belen achieved the feat last season. This also marked the first time in UAAP history that both the men’s and women’s divisions had a rookie MVP.
The Bacolod native also became the first De La Salle player to capture the highest individual honor since Majoy Baron in 2017 (Season 79).
Dela Cruz was named the 1st Best Outside Spiker, while Canino earned the 2nd Best Outside Spiker award. The former ranked eighth in spiking, seventh in blocking, third in service, fifth in reception, and 11th in digging, totaling 298 ranking points (RP). The latter tallied 289 RP.
Laure finished third with 286 RPs.
Thea Gagate and Mars Alba rounded out the De La Salle awardees.
Gagate received the 1st Best Middle Blocker award, leading the blocking department with an average of 0.69 per set and accumulating 178 RPs.
University of the Philippines’ Niña Ytang followed closely with 0.66 per set for 163 RP, earning her the 2nd Best Middle Blocker recognition.
Alba ranked second in setting with 4.48 excellent sets per period and first in service with 0.50 aces per frame, boosting her RP to 235. Camilla Lamina of NU placed second with 211 RP.
Jovelyn Fernandez of Far Eastern University was awarded the Best Opposite Spiker tag after placing fourth in service (0.29 per set) and seventh in spiking (31.89 percent), earning 203 RP. She narrowly edged out NU’s Alyssa Solomon by three RP.
Bernadett Pepito of the Golden Tigresses was the runaway Best Libero, ranking second in reception (51.16 percent) and third in digging (3.57 per set), totaling 212 RP. This put her 15 points ahead of Ateneo’s Roma Mae Doromal.
Since UAAP Season 81, the league has been adopting the FIVB-position based awards.
The statistical points are computed by adding all the Rank Points of each player and multiplying the sum by 10. Games won are also included and multiplied by 30. The grand total is then divided by the number of sets played by the player’s team.
Rank Points are determined by the player’s place in each department, with each rank having corresponding Rank Points.
The cutoff has always been set after the elimination round.
