Consistency is the key for UST’s Angge Poyos and Josh Ybañez as they continue to display stellar performances in the resumption of the UAAP Season 86 women’s and men’s volleyball tournaments.
Coming off a 10-day Holy Week break, the UST stars hardly missed a beat, flaunting their scoring prowess to lead their respective squads to the semifinals of the women’s and men’s plays, respectively.
For the third time this season, Poyos and Ybañez earned the Collegiate Press Corps’ UAAP Players of the Week presented by San Miguel Corporation for the period April 3 to April 4.
The 5-foot-8 rookie Poyos put up another impressive night on April 3 by resetting her rookie scoring record to 31, surpassing UE spiker Casiey Dongallo’s 30-point output and matching former Tigress Eya Laure’s 31 points in Season 84 last 2022.
By pouring in 27 attacks, three aces, and a block, the Golden Tigresses’ super rookie brought back the team’s winning ways with a 22-25, 25-20, 26-24, 25-20 win over the Adamson Lady Falcons to book a Final Four berth for the fourth consecutive season.
“Thankful kasi comeback game for us kasi natalo kami nung last game namin against NU. Thankful kasi nakapag-contribute pa rin ako sa team,” said Poyos, now with most Players of the Week plums so far.
Poyos was voted as the unanimous winner of the weekly citation, supported by minor sponsors Discovery Suites and Jockey, beating La Salle’s Shevana Laput, and Maicah Larroza, FEU’s Faida Bakanke, and NU’s Bella Belen.
Meanwhile, Ybañez delivered the goods anew for the Golden Spikers with another triple-double performance of 25 points, 12 excellent digs, and 27 excellent receptions to resume their second-round campaign with a 25-17, 25-19, 23-25, 25-23 victory over the Adamson Falcons.
Buoyed by their big five-set win over defending champion National U, the reigning MVP led UST to its second straight win, tightening its grip of the solo fourth place with a 6-4 record.
Ybañez, who won the MVP and Rookie of the Year last season, gave credit to his coaches for their trust and non-stop support to him and his teammates.
