“Para sa amin ni Jovelyn nakita namin ang FEU potential so kami nag-step up kami as leader, kasi lahat sila may skills, lahat sila kaya mag-contribute, so kami ang ginawa lang namin makapagbigay din ng contribution na maangat namin ang morale nila,” said Daquis.ĭaquis noted that young FEU leader Bernadette Pons managed to keep in step with them, averaging over 15 points after the preliminaries. The Lady Tamaraws dropped just four of 25 sets played with their new reinforcements, shutting out the Lady Bulldogs in the finals with a 26-24, 26-24, 25-22 win in the opener and pulling off a 21-25, 23-25, 18-25 to seal the title.īut the 26-year-old Daquis said more than scoring, she and Gonzaga were brought in to show the way for the young FEU players. Daquis, one of the country’s sexiest women according to men's magazine FHM, was with fellow UAAP graduates Aby Marano, Gretchen Ho and Michelle Gumabao for an exhibition match at the System Plus College in Angeles, Pampanga. The team that went 3-2 in the preliminaries went on to win six of the next seven matches as soon as Daquis and Gonzaga came onboard. MANILA - Volleyball star Rachel Anne Daquis agreed to twerk much to the delight of volleyball fans at an out-of-town event over the weekend.

FAR Eastern University experienced a sudden surge after acquiring national team mainstays and Army spikers as reinforcements, zooming from struggling squad to conference champion.īut Rachel Anne Daquis is deflecting the credit after claiming another Finals MVP award - she won it with Army in Season 8 - insisting it was a total team effort that earned the Lady Tamaraws their first-ever Shakey's V-League title in 11 seasons in the pioneering volleyball league.ĭaquis and Jovelyn Gonzaga, Army teammates and national team mainstays, led the way for the FEU squad that turned back perennial contender Adamson in the semifinals and title holder National University in the finals.

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