DLSU stakes clean slate

MANILA, Philippines — La Salle is poised to stretch its unbeaten run to five games when it clashes against lowly University of the East in UAAP Season 88 women’s volleyball today at the Smart Araneta Coliseum.

Action sizzles at 1 p.m. with the Lady Spikers (4-0) expected to make short work of the Lady Warriors (0-5), who have taken 19 straight losses since last season before a key duel between Santo Tomas (2-2) and Adamson (2-2) at 3 p.m.

A win by La Salle would give it enough cushion ahead of the bumper-to-bumper race featuring rival NU (4-1), UP (3-1) and Far Eastern U (3-2), leading up to the final assignments in the first-round elims against the Lady Bulldogs and the Lady Falcons next week.

And the least La Salle wants entering a tough stretch is a stumble, at the expense of the winless UE at that.

“Hindi namin pwedeng biruin ang kalaban,” said coach Noel Orcullo in spite of La Salle’s torrid start.