THE Perpetual Help Junior Altas Spikers shoot for the crown in Game 2 of their best-of-three finals against the Letran Squires in the NCAA Season 100 Juniors Boys Indoor Volleyball Championship at 8 a.m. on Tuesday at the FilOil EcoOil Centre in San Juan City.
Coach Sandy Rieta and his Las Piñas squad are determined to secure the championship and add to their 13th titles.
Six of these championships have been won under the Caviteño bench tactician, alongside assistant coaches Jason Sapin and Chi Cha Bautista.
Perpetual Help gained the advantage in the series by winning Game 1, 25-21, 29-27, and 28-26.
John Lat led the Altalettes with a career-high 15 points, tallying 10 attack points and 5 blocks, while Zyro Ornos contributed 13 points, and Nathan Ciriaco added 12 points.
For the Squires, King Nimo led with a team-high 18 points, while Vergel Balajadia and Jasper Algao scored 15 and 11 points, respectively.
Ciriaco, Ornos, Resty Santos, Charles Concina, Kirby Alecida, Miguel Dela Cruz, and Michael Medina are all eager to bring a championship to their alma mater before they graduate and move to the Senior Level.
The Perpetual Junior Volleyball Team has been dominant for a decade, producing well-known volleyball players in the country such as EJ Casaña and Vince Lorenzo of the National Team, along with Noel Kampton, Kirth Rosos, Joshua Zareno, Luis Gamban, Hero Austria, Shawie Caritativo, Joshua Pozas, and Leo Coguimbal.
