Sophomore setter Ariel Cacao has been orchestrating a balanced offense to keep Far Eastern University the lone unbeaten team with a 3-0 record in the UAAP Season 86 Men’s Volleyball Tournament.
Cacao dished out 15 excellent sets and scored five points as FEU swept the winless University of the East, 25-22, 25-17, 25-15, to earn the men’s weekly recognition backed by minor sponsors Discovery Suites and Jockey.
Prior to this game, the 22-year-old Cacao had 14 excellent sets as three Tamaraws scored in double figures to sweep University of the Philippines and tallied his season-best 24 excellent sets in their four-set triumph over La Salle.
“Kumpiyansa kasi ako kung sinong bibigyan ko ng bola alam ko na pupuntos, alam ko na aatake nang maayos kasi sa training pa lang ginagawa na nila nang maayos so pagdating ng laro, madali na sa kanila na ipakita yun,” said Cacao.
“Magandang simula po sa amin ito kaya mas magkaka-kumpyansa pa yung team at sana mas gumanda pa yung performance namin sa mga susunod na game.”
Cacao bested UST’s Josh Ybañez and La Salle’s Noel Kampton for the first men’s volleyball Player of the Week for Season 86.
