Maski nalagas sa graduation si star at national player Janine Pontejos, positibo pa ring bubuksan ng Centro Escolar University ang sixth straight seniors basketball title bid sa pagsambulat ngayon ng 47th Women’s National Collegiate Athletic Association sa Makati Coliseum.
Kasalpukan ng CEU Scorpions sa ala-1:30 ng hapon ang Philippine Women’s University sa naging 15-team na lang na 2016-2017 season makalipas ang last-minute withdrawal ng Rizal Technological University.
Sabak din agad ang junior squads host ng Saint Jude Catholic School kontra St. Stephen’s High School sa 12:00 noon, magtutuos ang Miriam College at University of Asia & the Pacific collide sa three o’clock p.m. sa isa pang seniors match.
Panauhing pandangal si volleyball superstar Alyssa Valdez sa 10:00 a.m. opening ceremony ng liga na ang tema’y “Women on Fire. A Legacy of Passion”.
Ang iba pang kalahok ay ang St. Paul College Pasig, De La Salle Zobel, Angelicum College, Assumption College, Chiang Kai Shek College, La Salle College Antipolo, Poveda, San Beda College Alabang at St. Scholastica’s College.
Mag-uumpisa bukas ang volleyball tournament ng country’s first and only tri-level league sa Rizal Memorial Coliseum.