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Jade Disquitado. Spikers’ Turf Photo
MANILA, Philippines—Young weapons Jade Disquitado, Lloyd Josafat, and Jay Rack De la Noche hope to contribute to the rebuilding Philippine males’s volleyball staff, which seeks to return to the rostrum within the thirty second Southeast Asian Games in Cambodia in May.
Disquitado, the youngest nationwide staff participant at 18 years previous, seeks to maintain his breakout efficiency from the Spikers’ Turf Open Conference, the place he prime scored with a complete of 293 factors, main Iloilo to the semifinals.
“I really want to contribute to the national team for us to earn a medal this SEA Games,” stated the D’Navigators star, who received the first Best Outside Hitter, in Filipino. “I’m looking forward to training in Japan because I will learn a lot from there and as the youngest player on this team, I’m sure that I will get a lot of guidance from our veteran teammates.”
Lloyd Josafat, who was a part of the nationwide staff coaching pool final yr however didn’t make the reduce within the Hanoi Games, was glad to meet his dream of representing the nation.
But he admitted that he feels the strain in enjoying for a rebuilding squad after coach Dante Alinsunurin was faraway from his put up and Marck Espejo, Bryan Bagunas, and Joshua Retamar begged off.
“I’m happy because this is my dream as a volleyball player and at the same time I am pressured because it’s hard to replace the former players of the team. They are big-time players,” stated Josafat in Filipino.
Josafat, who’s enjoying for University of the East within the UAAP and performed for Cotabato in Spikers’ Turf, guarantees to go away the whole lot on the ground as what Brazilian coach Sergio Veloso has been instilling in them.
“What I can offer to the team is I will contribute whatever the team needs from me and I will give my 110 percent as coach Sergio said,” he expressed. “The UAAP and Spikers’ Turf were big boosts to build my confidence and composure.”
De La Noche, a UST Golden Spiker, additionally admitted having a chip on his shoulder but it surely received’t cease him from working arduous and giving his all for the nation.
“I’m blessed to be part of this team. I need to be patient in practice because I can feel the pressure. But I will keep on grinding every training,” stated De La Noche, who performed within the U-20 and U-21 seashore volleyball tournaments.
Leading the younger nationwide staff are skipper Vince Mangulabnan and the lone member of the 2019 silver medalist squad Jau Umandal.
Cotabato gamers Kim Dayandante, Vince Patrick Lorenzo, and Jayvee Sumagaysay are additionally a part of the staff in addition to Filipino-American recruits Steve Rotter, Cyrus De Guzman, and Michael Vicente, and Cignal libero Manuel Sumanguid, Rwenzmel Taguibolos, and Leo Ordiales.
The staff will fly to Osaka on Easter Sunday for a 15-day coaching camp, together with tune-up matches towards the Panasonic Panthers.
The Philippine males’s volleyball squad was not too long ago overlooked of the SEA Games draw resulting from a clerical oversight, which led to a late or no entry of the staff members’ names.
But the Philippine Olympic Committee has already settled the error and the Cambodia SEA Games Organizing Committee expressed its assist to incorporate the boys’s staff and maintain a re-draw.
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