After posting its worst start in almost two decades at 1-2, De La Salle seemed to have finally regained its old form by finishing the first round of the UAAP Season 87 women’s volleyball with a four-game winning streak.

Its last victory -- a 25-17, 25-20, 25-22 decision over Far Eastern University on Saturday, March 15 -- finally gave Lady Spikers’ long-time coach Ramil De Jesus something to smile about as it put them at solo third with a 5-2 win-loss record.

De Jesus hopes they could sustain this in the next round.

“Ako sa nakikita ko, eto maganda ‘yong pinakita nila and gusto ko lang maging tuloy-tuloy [na ganto] ‘yong galaw nila,” said de Jesus, whose team currently trails National University (6-0) and University of Santo Tomas (5-1).

“Mas maganda pa kung mapo-polish pa nang todo-todo hanggang [simula] at patapos ng second round,” he added.

Shevana Laput carried the scoring cudgels for the Lady Spikers with 22 points -- a fitting follow-up from her career-high 25 points against Ateneo -- whie Alleiah Malaluan and Angel Canino chipped in 12 and 10 points, respectively.

“Happy ako kasi kahit na hindi gaano halos nakapagpahinga and wala kaming time na nakapag-ready sa FEU, so at least ‘yong short time na ‘yon nagawa nila ‘yong game plan namin,” De Jesus said.

“Sa nakita ko ngayon, well focus sila, sometimes may mga times na nagpa-panic, ‘yon lang medyo kailangan lang makabalik. Eto ‘yong gusto kong makita sa kanila mag-mature pa,” De Jesus added.