FILE – Angel Canino de La Salle Lady Spikers in the UAAP Season 86 women's tournament. –MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.net
MANILA, Philippines – Angel Canino returned to action in time for La Salle's crucial final elimination game against the University of Santo Tomas in the UAAP Season 86 women's volleyball tournament after missing five games due to a cut on her right forearm .
The reigning MVP on Saturday didn't start, but she checked in early in the first set and scored her first four points immediately as La Salle and UST battled for the last two-beat bonus on Saturday in front of a depleted Smart Araneta . Coliseum.
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Canino was injured in a non-volleyball-related accident after Holy Week.
Despite losing Canino, La Salle won four of the last five games, with Shevana Laput and Thea Gagate filling in for the Lady Spikers.
Canino was La Salle's leading scorer in the first eight games, averaging 16.3 points per game.
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The Lady Spikers and Tigresses compete for second place and will face each other in the Final Four starting next week.
La Salle looks to bounce back from a devastating 25-18, 25-23, 14-25, 16-25, 15-12 loss to UST in the first round.
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