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PVL: Alyssa Valdez to make most of repping PH for AVC-bound Creamline
PVL: Alyssa Valdez to make most of repping PH for AVC-bound Creamline
Rom Anzures,
ABS-CBN News
Published Mar 02, 2025 06:33 PM PHT
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Updated Mar 02, 2025 06:58 PM PHT
Creamline Cool Smashers star Alyssa Valdez. Photo from PVL Images.MANILA — Creamline Cool Smashers star Alyssa Valdez will be playing for the Philippines anew, this time in the 2025 AVC Women’s Champions League in April.
Creamline Cool Smashers star Alyssa Valdez. Photo from PVL Images.MANILA — Creamline Cool Smashers star Alyssa Valdez will be playing for the Philippines anew, this time in the 2025 AVC Women’s Champions League in April.Creamline, together with the Petro Gazz Angels, are the country’s two bets in the short tournament which will be held at the PhilSports Arena in Pasig in April.
Creamline, together with the Petro Gazz Angels, are the country’s two bets in the short tournament which will be held at the PhilSports Arena in Pasig in April.
“We look forward to playing champion teams in the region,” said the Ateneo de Manila University legend on the sidelines of the Blue Eagles’ UAAP Season 87 women’s volleyball clash on Sunday.
“We look forward to playing champion teams in the region,” said the Ateneo de Manila University legend on the sidelines of the Blue Eagles’ UAAP Season 87 women’s volleyball clash on Sunday.
Philippine National Volleyball Federation (PNVF) vice president Ricky Palou revealed this development on Saturday, and for Valdez, this brings the Cool Smashers another glory to chase aside from their All-Filipino Campaign in the Premier Volleyball League.
Philippine National Volleyball Federation (PNVF) vice president Ricky Palou revealed this development on Saturday, and for Valdez, this brings the Cool Smashers another glory to chase aside from their All-Filipino Campaign in the Premier Volleyball League.
“We’re very excited, but we can’t also veer away from the fact that we still need to focus on our campaign in the PVL,” she pointed out.
“We’re very excited, but we can’t also veer away from the fact that we still need to focus on our campaign in the PVL,” she pointed out.
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This will be the first time that Valdez will play for the country on home soil since the 2019 Southeast Asian Games here.
This will be the first time that Valdez will play for the country on home soil since the 2019 Southeast Asian Games here.
That is why the multiple-time volleyball champion — whose last national stint came during the 2023 SEA Games in Cambodia — wants to make the most of her upcoming AVC stint.
That is why the multiple-time volleyball champion — whose last national stint came during the 2023 SEA Games in Cambodia — wants to make the most of her upcoming AVC stint.
“Ngayon, binigyan ulit ako ng pagkakataon,” Valdez said. “So I will take it as a big opportunity to showcase kung ano yung mga things na natutunan ko sa previous experiences ko sa National team.”
“Ngayon, binigyan ulit ako ng pagkakataon,” Valdez said. “So I will take it as a big opportunity to showcase kung ano yung mga things na natutunan ko sa previous experiences ko sa National team.”
“It’s been a while. The last time that I played for the National team in front of our home crowd was back in 2019 in the SEA Games, so it’s very exciting. I’m very blessed to be given this opportunity, and I hope maging maayos and maganda yung mapakita namin for the Philippines.”
“It’s been a while. The last time that I played for the National team in front of our home crowd was back in 2019 in the SEA Games, so it’s very exciting. I’m very blessed to be given this opportunity, and I hope maging maayos and maganda yung mapakita namin for the Philippines.”
“It’s so nice na kasama natin yung mga kababayan natin lumaban, representing the country, so exciting times for Philippine volleyball,” she continued.
“It’s so nice na kasama natin yung mga kababayan natin lumaban, representing the country, so exciting times for Philippine volleyball,” she continued.
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But now that Valdez will be competing for flag and country anew, will this open the door for her long-time teammate Jia de Guzman to join her again?
But now that Valdez will be competing for flag and country anew, will this open the door for her long-time teammate Jia de Guzman to join her again?
“We’re really excited if those scenarios come through,” Valdez said of her fellow Ateneo legend who is playing in Japan.
“We’re really excited if those scenarios come through,” Valdez said of her fellow Ateneo legend who is playing in Japan.
“We really miss Jia, and we can’t wait to see her back in action with the pink jerseys. But we still don’t know kung ano yung mga commitments niya, so we’re just hoping,” she added.
“We really miss Jia, and we can’t wait to see her back in action with the pink jerseys. But we still don’t know kung ano yung mga commitments niya, so we’re just hoping,” she added.
Valdez, the Cool Smashers, and the Angels will compete against 10 other countries in the AVC tilt from April 20 to 27.
Valdez, the Cool Smashers, and the Angels will compete against 10 other countries in the AVC tilt from April 20 to 27.
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