La Salle-Dasma women’s beach volleyball team defeats the University of the Philippines in the 2011 Petron Ladies’ Beach Volleyball Tournament match
Recently, the La Salle-Dasma women’s beach volleyball team handed out a defeat to the University of the Philippines in a thrilling match. The contest was part of the prestigious 2011 Petron Ladies’ Beach Volleyball Tournament. The players that were part
of the winning team were Ailene Abuel and Giselle Bembo while that of the losing team consisted of Pauline Genido and Ana Maria del Mundo.
Despite the fact that the University of Philippines lost the match, they are still able to qualify for the semi finals. As a result, both the Lady Maroons as well as the La Salle-Dasma team will be displaying their skill in the semi finals of the tournament.the
two other teams that have qualified for the semis are also strong opponents.
At the end of the match, Abuel gave the following statement when asked about the Lady Maroons: “Maybe they were just tired.”
Volleyball is a sport that has now achieved global popularity. The game has done this in a relatively short amount of time as compared to other team sports. Not only is the game played by men, it is also taken up by the women enthusiastically across the
world. Volleyball is not just restricted to the university and professional levels, it is also inculcated as a regular sport by many schools with vigorous training programs.
The reason for the game’s popularity and the speed of success may lie with the fact that it has simple rules and does not require a lot of preparation to play. All that is needed is a ball, a net and some players.
A variation of the volleyball is also becoming popular; however, it is currently restricted to a few countries yet. Beach volleyball is a sport that is becoming standardized and has its own national and international tournaments. In a slight variation from
its originator, beach volleyball features two players on a team instead of the usual six. However, beach volleyball is also a sport in which both the men and the women take part.
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