Lady Eagles palalakasin ng Brazilian coach

MANILA, Philippines — Desidido ang Ateneo de Manila University na maibalik ang ningning ng women’s volleyball team nito matapos kunin ang serbisyo ni Brazilian head coach Sergio Veloso.

Aminado si Veloso na sabik na itong masimulan ang volleyball program ng Lady Eagles para sa UAAP women’s volleyball tournament.

Nagpasalamat ito sa pamunuan ng Ateneo sa tiwalang ibinigay sa kanya.

“For me it’s a pleasure to work in a program in Ateneo. This is my first school here. To play with the whole Philippine volleyball team. I’m so exci­ted about this program now. It’s a good opportunity to contribute to Phi­lippine volleyball too,” ani Veloso.

Si Veloso ang kasalu­kuyang head coach ng na­tional men’s volleyball team.

Pormal na itong ipinakilala bilang bagong head coach ng Lady E­agles kapalit ni dating mentor Oliver Almadro.

“I work with men and women’s a long time. Now here, all the players worked with my ex-club in Brazil. I work with the women’s too. And the system, it’s not so different when you play women’s and men’s,” ani Veloso.

Inaasahang maibabalik ni Veloso ang winning mentality sa Lady Eagles na magtatangka ring maka­balik sa Final Four matapos sumadsad sa nakalipas na season.

“The big difference in the girls, it’s more explosive in men’s but this new, how can I say, this new mentality that we can use in the high level, you can use in the men’s too. And I try to introduce the same idea in the Ateneo, then I introduce in the men’s national team,” ani Veloso.

Nanawagan din si Veloso sa suporta ng Ateneo community upang maibalik ang kampeonato sa Katipunan.