Choco Mucho Flying Titans’ Sisi Rondina through the PVL All-Filipino Convention semifinals.–PVL PHOTO
MANILA, Philippines—Sisi Rondina had quite a lot of causes to rejoice on Sunday.
For one, her mom membership within the Premier Volleyball League (PVL) simply reached the All-Filipino Convention Finals after defeating Petro Gazz, 23-25, 26-24, 25-19, 25-20.
The finals-clinching victory within the PVL got here not lengthy after her alma mater College of Santo Tomas reached the UAAP Season 86 girls’s volleyball title spherical on the expense of defending champion La Salle.
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“In fact, these youngsters make me proud,” mentioned a giddy Rondina in Filipino after erupting for a game-high 32 factors.
“They confirmed that volleyball isn’t all about physicality. It’s actually all about coronary heart and arduous work. I’m additionally happy with the coaches of UST, Kung Fu (Reyes), as a result of they actually skilled these skills. All of them deserve it. Hopefully, they preserve [the momentum] and never overlook all of the individuals who helped them.”
The final time the Golden Tigresses reached the UAAP Finals was precisely 5 years in the past led by Rondina, who was additionally the league MVP on the time.
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As for the Flying Titans, Rondina mentioned the work is much from performed with an upcoming finals rematch in opposition to the defending champions Creamline Cool Smashers.
“We’ll begin with work. We’ll do what we all the time do in observe. I all the time take into consideration what coach Jessie (Lopez) says to me, which is to only go at it so long as I rating. Once I did that, it was tremendous efficient.”
“Possibly, that influenced my angle and hopefully it additionally motivates the others. We’ll maintain working.”
