Ivy Lacsina delivered her best performance yet as a Chameleon, scoring 17 points and tallying 11 excellent digs in a straight-sets victory against the Galeries Tower Highrisers last Tuesday.
Four games into the PVL 2024 All-Filipino Conference, Lacsina seemed to be finding her rhythm with her new team, especially in building chemistry with her teammates, particularly her setters Kamille Cal and Maji Mangulabnan.
“Hindi naman nawala ‘yung tiwala ko sa mga setters po namin eh, siguro yung connection lang kasi sobra-sobrang dami naming pinagdaanan ni Cal at ni Maji para lang magconnect po kami,” Lacsina said.
To fully utilize Lacsina’s 6’1″ frame, the team needed to intensify their efforts in practice. There were even instances when tensions rose during training, as the former National University standout confessed.
“Actually nag-away na din po kami, sobrang daming times na nag-away kami pero hindi kasi pwedeng sila lang ‘yung mag-aadjust sa’kin so itong buong week na ‘to talagang sinabi ko, ‘Hindi, dapat ako rin mag-aadjust.’”
Finally breaking into the win column, Lacsina noticed improvement in her connection with her setters but also understood the importance of not becoming complacent.
“Opo mas better siya (connection) ngayon pero hindi pa po siya 100%, so siyempre hindi naman po kami pwedeng tumigil na ito na lang po eh kasi marami pa po kaming makakalaban and lahat po yun is malalakas din po,” Lacsina reminded.
