UAAP: Detdet Pepito returns for ultimate yr with UST Tigresses

MANILA, Philippines — Five days after University of Santo Tomas’ Final Four go out within the UAAP Season 87 ladies’s volleyball event, Detdet Pepito has determined to play yet one more yr for the Tigresses.

Pepito has granted the UST group’s want for her to go back in Season 88 subsequent yr as she determined to make use of her 5th and ultimate taking part in yr of eligibility.

READ: UAAP: UST captain Pepito nonetheless undecided of go back for ultimate yr

Pepito’s control, Hustle and Groove, and UST deputy trainer Yani Fernandez showed to Inquirer Sports the superstar libero’s determination after the Institute of Physical Education and Athletics director Fr. Rodel Cansancio, O.P. posted a photograph of him with Pepito and Jonna Perdido with a caption “one more year.”

Pepito left the whole lot at the ground with 25 digs and 14 superb receptions just for UST to fall to the twice-to-beat La Salle, 22-25, 25-11, 21-25, 21-25, on Saturday evening at Smart Araneta Coliseum.

After a long workforce assembly on the dugout, Pepito with fellow graduating participant Pia Abbu have been showered with love because the UST enthusiasts and individuals have been chanting “one more year” till they entered the bus prior to nighttime struck.

The two-time UAAP Best Libero mentioned on Sunday that she was once undecided about one closing run with the Tigresses subsequent yr however she checklist a large number of causes for need to keep within the UAAP.

UST captain libero Detdet Pepito turns emotional after a loss to La Salle in UAAP ladies’s volleyball Final Four.–MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.internet

“Definitely the coaches, Father (Rodel), my teammate, and the UST community—it’s really something else. The support we get is on another level,” Pepito informed newshounds in Filipino. “Like what Ate Eya (Laure) said is true: ‘The UAAP is different.’ It really is, and so is the way UST supports us. So, of course, we still want to experience that… but we’ll see.”

True sufficient, her love for UST has made her keep. In her closing run, she is predicted to guide the Tigresses redemption excursion with Perdido, who overlooked the season because of an ACL harm closing November, rejoining Angge Poyos, Reg Jurado, Marga Altea, Em Banagua, and setter Cassie Carballo.

Pia Abbu and Ren Peñafiel, in the meantime, have determined to go into the impending PVL Draft, in keeping with Hustle and Groove.

With Abbu becoming a member of the draft, she remained pleased with her squad regardless of the bronze end in her ultimate taking part in yr.

“I’m super proud of my teammates and my coaches. We all know how much work we put into this. The sacrifices were huge. We couldn’t be with our families, we had to stay far from them. We couldn’t leave because we had to train. But despite everything, I’m still really grateful,” mentioned Abbu.

“Like our coaches always say, a lot of people wish they were in our place right now, and not everyone gets the chance to reach the Final Four. So we’re thankful we even got a podium finish, we got the bronze.”