PH volleyball team formed for SEA Games

October 22, 2014 Philippine Sports News SEA Games • Volleyball

The Philippine women’s national volleyball team is finally set after the Philippine Volleyball Federation (PVF) successfully held tryouts last September at the Ninoy Aquino Stadium.

Coming off a 12th place finish in the 2013 Asian Women’s Volleyball Championship and an eighth place finish in the 2014 Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) Women’s Club Volleyball Championship in Thailand, the Philippines is set to battle for the crown once again in the upcoming 2015 Southeast Asian (SEA) Games to be held in Singapore next June.

The team consists of:

NAME	POSITION	SCHOOL
Balse, Mary Jean	Middle Blocker	University of Santo Tomas
Bautista, Nerissa	Outside Hitter	Adamson University
Daquis, Rachel	Outside Hitter	Far Eastern University
Dimaculangan, Rhea	Setter	University of Santo Tomas
Fajardo, Kim	Setter	De La Salle University
Galang, Victonara	Outside Hitter	De La Salle University
Gonzaga, Jovelyn	Opposite HItter	Central Philippine University
Lazaro, Dennise	Libero/Defensive Specialist	Ateneo de Manila University
Ortiz, Maika	Middle Blocker	University of Sto. Tomas
Pantone, Lizlee	Libero/Defensive Specialist	Adamson University
Pontillas, Aiza	Opposite Hitter	University of Santo Tomas
Reyes, Jennyln	Libero/Defensive Specialist	National University
Reyes, Mika	Middle Blocker	De La Salle University
Salak, Tina	Setter	Far Eastern University
Santiago, Aleona	Middle Blocker/Outside and Opposite Hitter	National University
Santiago, Alyja	Middle Blocker	National University
Tubino, Royse	Outside Hitter/Middle Blocker	University of Perpetual Help
Valdez, Alyssa	Middle Blocker/Outside and Opposite Hitter	Ateneo de Manila University

Among the holdovers from the previous PH squads were the Santiago sisters, Maika Ortiz, Alyssa Valdez, Rhea Dimaculangan, Jen Reyes, Mary Jean Balse, Lizlee Pantone, Rachel Daquis, and Royse Tubino.

There were also some notable snubs with the likes of La Salle’s Abigail Maraño, Adamson’s Bang Pineda, Perpetual Help’s Jheck Dionela, UST’s Angeli Tabaquero, University of the East’s Sue Roces and San Sebastian’s Gretchel Soltones missing the final cut.

The team will be handled by La Salle’s multi-titled head coach Ramil de Jesus.

Meanwhile the men’s team is composed of the following:

NAME	SCHOOL
Mark Alfafara	University of Santo Tomas
Raffy Mosuela	San Sebastian College
Jon Vic de Guzman	College of Saint Benilde
Jeffrey Malabanan	Rizal Technological University
Pitrus de Ocampo	Far Eastern University
Marck Jesus Espejo	Ateneo de Manila University
Kheeno Franco	Eulogio “Amang” Rodriguez Institute of Science and Technology
Reyson Fuentes	National University
John Paul Torres	National University
Alnakran Abdilla	De La Salle University Dasmariñas
Jeffrey Labrador	Far Eastern University
Jayson Ramos	University of Santo Tomas
Vincent Mangulabnan	National University
Jessie Lopez	Far Eastern University
Sandy Montero	University of Perpetual Help
Howard Mojico	Emilio Aguinaldo College
Henry Pecaña	University of Santo Tomas
Peter Den Mar Torres	National University