Adrian Villados grateful to be under Sherwin Meneses

Adrian Villados is peaking at the right time for Arellano University in the 2022 V-League Men’s Collegiate Challenge.

Villados showed up on both ends in the Chiefs’ 25-22, 25-21, 25-20 victory over Adamson University on Saturday, delivering 12 excellent sets to go along with three rejections for five points.

Arellano head coach Sherwin Meneses said that Villados will play an important role for the Chiefs in the upcoming NCAA Season 98 men’s volleyball tournament which is why he is elated to see the third year playmaker step up and contribute in the team’s on-going V-League campaign.

“Masaya ako kasi nagre-respond siya kasi malaki yung role niya dito sa team na ‘to. Yun nga, setter malaki yung trabaho niya talaga. Medyo sophomore na kaya dapat talagang mag-control siya ng mga teammates niyang bago,” said Meneses. 

For his part, Villados said that he just stuck with Meneses’ instructions. Moreover, he said that playing for the decorated mentor, who also played the same role back in his playing days, helped a lot in his improvement.

“Sinunod ko lang po yung mga sinabi ni coach na kailangan i-deliver ko lang nang maayos yung bola sa mga spikers ko. Malaking challenge kasi as a setter mahirap talagang mag-deliver ng bola pero training lang kami nang training tapos lagi kaming tinuturuan ni coach kasi setter din naman si coach,” said Villados.

“Malaki yung knowledge ni coach sa pagseset. Mas napapadali yung pag-adapt ko kung anong gagawin sa loob ng court,” he added.

Come the quarterfinals, Villados will try to pick up where he left off and steer Arellano to the semifinals.

“Same pa rin yung preparations ko pero mas gagandahan ko pa yung performance ko para matulungan yung team. Tutulungan ko lang nang tutulungan yung teammates ko maka-atake.”