BELLA Belen of National University and Kennedy Batas of Ateneo de Manila University emerged as the statistical points (SP) leaders in their respective divisions at the conclusion of the opening round of the UAAP Season 87 Collegiate Volleyball Tournaments.
Belen, the UAAP Season 84 (2022) and Season 86 (2024) Most Valuable Player, amassed 159.600 SPs to top the women’s division.
The 5-foot-8 opposite spiker, now in her senior year, ranked seventh in the league with 107 points. She also placed eighth in spiking efficiency at 33.47%, first in aces with 0.63 per set, sixth in digs at 2.60 per set, and fifth in receiving with a 33.58% efficiency rate.
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Meanwhile, Batas, a third-year spiker out of Santiago, Isabela, tallied 160.370 SPs to lead the men’s division. He ranked first in points with 142, fourth in spiking efficiency at 45.52%, fourth in aces with 0.37 per set, and eighth in digging with 1.44 per set.
In the race for Best Outside Spiker, Belen also leads with 303 positional points (PPs), followed by La Salle’s Angel Canino (267), Adamson’s Shaina Nitura (252), NU teammate Vange Alinsug (240), and UST’s Angge Poyos (217).
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La Salle’s Shevana Laput is second in the SP rankings with 157.692 SPs, followed by Nitura (145.556), Season 85 MVP Canino (141.538), and Alinsug (130.000). Rounding out the top 10 are NU’s Alyssa Solomon (126.000), Poyos (120.345), UST’s Regina Jurado (113.103), NU’s Shaira Jardio (106.400), and Camilla Lamina (101.600).
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In the Best Middle Blocker race, La Salle’s Lilay Del Castillo leads with 181 PPs, closely followed by Ateneo’s AC Miner with 171. Completing the top five are UE’s Riza Nogales (160), La Salle’s Amie Provido (158), and Ateneo’s Yvana Sulit (139).
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Laput also leads the Best Opposite Spiker rankings with 274 PPs, with Solomon (214) and Jurado (185) rounding out the top three.
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FEU’s Tin Ubaldo leads the competitive Best Setter race with 192 PPs, followed by Season 84 Best Setter Lamina (173) and UST’s Season 86 Best Setter Cassie Carballo (164).
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Meanwhile, Jardio leads the Best Libero standings with 205 PPs. Adamson’s Juris Manuel (197) and UST’s two-time Best Libero Detdet Pepito (189) complete the top three.
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In the men’s division, UST rookie JJ Macam is second in the SP rankings with 148.750, followed by FEU’s Mikko Espartero (147.917), La Salle’s Noel Kampton (145.000), and UST’s Popoy Colinares (140.833).
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Batas also leads the Best Opposite Spiker race with 230 PPs, followed by FEU’s Dryx Saavedra (175), UST’s Jay Rack Dela Noche (158), Adamson’s Jude Aguilar (142), and NU’s Leo Ordiales (132).
Macam heads the Best Outside Spiker table with 281 PPs, followed by Espartero (259) and Kampton (226).
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In the Best Middle Blocker race, Colinares leads with 245 PPs, trailed by Ateneo’s Jettlee Gopio (194), Adamson’s Leo Caguimbal (185), FEU’s Doula Ndongala (141), and Ateneo’s Brian Castro (137).
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UST’s Dux Yambao leads the Best Setter category with 196 PPs, followed by Ateneo’s Enzo Gutierrez (175), La Salle’s Eco Adajar (162), and Adamson’s Lourenz Domingo (162).
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La Salle senior and reigning Best Libero Nard Guerrero is in a tight battle to keep his throne, topping the race with 210 PPs. FEU’s Vennie Ceballos trails closely with 201 PPs.
