Alas Pilipinas eyes robust AVC Nations Cup run in Vietnam

Alas Pilipinas arrive in Vietnam for the AVC Nations Cup. –ALAS PILIPINAS PHOTO

MANILA, Philippines — Alas Pilipinas hopes to pick out up the place it left off as the ladies’s nationwide volleyball staff goals to maintain—or even surpass—closing yr’s historical medal end within the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) Nations Cup, beginning Saturday in Vietnam.

The 16 younger Filipino spikers landed safely in Vietnam on Wednesday morning, having a look to hold over the momentum from a podium end within the beginning of Alas Pilipinas—the rustic’s first AVC medal in 63 years—on the former Challenge Cup held at Rizal Memorial Coliseum closing yr.

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Alas head trainer Jorge Souza De Brito is banking at the core of closing yr’s squad, together with reigning league Best Setter and captain Jia De Guzman and Best Opposite Spiker Angel Canino.

Also suiting up for the nationwide staff are mainstays Dawn Macandili-Catindig and fellow libero Jen Nierva, in addition to Bella Belen, Alyssa Solomon, Eya Laure, Vanie Gandler, Thea Gagate, Fifi Sharma, Dell Palomata, and Julia Coronel—all of whom additionally contributed to 2 bronze medals within the SEA V.League closing yr.

UAAP Rookie of the Year Shaina Nitura of Adamson, Far Eastern University freshman Cla Loresco, National University’s two-time Best Setter Lams Lamina, and Capital1’s Leila Cruz are making their Alas debuts.

Nitura, who shattered scoring information in UAAP Season 87, joins fellow Rookie of the Year awardees Laure, Belen, and Canino in a tender however potent Alas lineup.

The staff opens its Pool B marketing campaign in opposition to Mongolia on Saturday. They then face Indonesia on Sunday and Iran on Monday, ahead of a spoil on Tuesday.

Alas wraps up the crowd level with suits in opposition to New Zealand on June 11 and Kazakhstan on June 12.

Belen, in conjunction with new Capital1 trainer De Brito—who holds the No. 1 pick out—will pass over the PVL Rookie Draft night time on Sunday because of their dedication to the nationwide staff.