9th NAASCU Volleyball opening

STI Men's and Women's Volleyball Team

The National Athletic Association of schools Colleges and Universities opened the ninth season of its volleyball tournament. Defending champion University of Manila is favored to win the men’s division which will be joined by nine other teams. The Women’s division will be up for grabs since last year’s champion Holy Angel University will not join this year. Ten teams are also joining the women’s team of the NAASCU.

The OLFU Dancers dancing their winning piece

To add spice to the opening ceremonies, two new gimmicks were added to the delight of the crowd. One is the choosing of Ms. NAASCU Volleyball. This search is a simple look at NAASCU volleyball players and judges will look at who is the most beautiful among the NAASCU Volleybelles. Our Lady of Fatima University’s tall and beautiful spiker won the contest followed by CEU and PLP.

Ms. NAASCU Volleyball Winners (2nd - CEU, 1st- OLFU, 3rd PLP)

After that, instead of having the usual intermission number, the NAASCU held its first Hip Hop Dance competition. The schools that participated included AMA Computer University, Centro Escolar University , San Sebastian College Cavite, Our Lady of Fatima University, University of Manila and the University of Makati. Our Lady of Fatima was declared the winner followed by AMA Computer University and Centro Escolar University. Six other teams did not field their dance groups.

Volleyball action - UM won in straight sets