By ADRIAN STEWART CO
De La Salle University Lady Spikers’ Angel Canino was named Best Outside Spiker in the UAAP Season 87 women’s volleyball tournament awarding ceremony at the SM Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City yesterday.
Negrense Canino secured her second award alongside three-time winner Mhicaela Belen of the National University Lady Bulldogs, also the Season 87 Most Valuable Player.
Canino, the UAAP Season 85 Rookie of the Year-MVP, finished second in the said award with 250 ranking points (RP), behind three-time UAAP MVP Belen, who dominated the position with 381 RPs.
Canino ranked second in scoring with 264 points while placing fourth in spiking (35.78 percent success rate), ninth in blocking (0.45 per set), and seventh in reception (41.64 efficiency).
Ilongga Amie Provido of the Lady Spikers also secured the Best Middle Blocker award after finishing with 179 RPs from her 30 total blocks this season and 0.55 per set average.
Aside from Provido, the University of the Philippines Fighting Maroons’ Niña Ytang was also cited for the Best Middle Blocker award for the third straight season with 166 RPs, from 30 blocks and a 0.54 average per set.
Guimarasnon Camille Lamina of the Lady Bulldogs edged out Negrense Cassie Carballo of the University of Santo Tomas Golden Tigresses for the season’s Best Setter citation.
Lamina prevailed over Carballo in RPs, 185-177, by leading the setting category with a 5.34 average per set compared to the latter’s 4.89 per frame.
Other metrics like blocking, serving and digging were close, but the setting numbers sealed the win.
Meanwhile, Adamson University Lady Falcons’ Shaina Nitura bagged the Rookie of the Year award with 74.259 statistical points after shattering several records, including the highest scoring season across all divisions with 371 points.
Completing the individual awardees are Lady Spikers’ Shevana Laput and Lyka de Leon as Best Opposite Spiker and Best Libero, respectively./ASC, WDJ