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Volleyball: Switching jersey numbers no big deal for FEU's Jeanette Villareal

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Camille B. Naredo, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2017/sports/01/31/jeanette-villareal-013117.jpg"/><figcaption><div class="embed-desc">Jeanette Villareal will be wearing No. 18 when Season 79 of the UAAP women&#x27;s volleyball tournament opens over the weekend</div></figcaption></figure></div>MANILA, Philippines — For the first time in a long while, Jeanette Villareal will not be wearing No. 3 on her jersey as her school, Far Eastern University, retired the number in honor of perhaps its most iconic volleyball player, Rachel Anne Daquis.Villareal along with the rest of the Lady Tamaraws watched on Tuesday, as <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/01/31/17/watch-feu-retires-daquis-jersey-in-emotional-ceremony" target="_blank">Daquis&#x27; jersey</a> was unveiled in the rafters of the FEU Gym, where it now hangs with Johnny Abarrientos&#x27; No. 14 and Arwind Santos&#x27; No. 19.The young player received a special mention in the speech of FEU athletic director Mark Molina, who asked the team if anyone was wearing No. 3.&quot;Si Jeanette?&quot; Molina said. &quot;Kailangan mo na magpalit.&quot;Villareal acknowledged that initially, it was difficult to let go of the number, which she used since she was in high school.&quot;Una, masakit (It was painful at first),&quot; she said. &quot;Pero masaya na ako. OK naman po. Basta, OK lang siya. Wala naman akong hard feelings sa No. 3.&quot;Villareal will be wearing No. 18 when Season 79 of the UAAP women&#x27;s volleyball tournament opens over the weekend, but she will take with her the lessons that she has learned from FEU&#x27;s most iconic No. 3.&quot;Isa siyang malaking inspirasyon,&quot; Villareal said of Daquis. &quot;Marami siyang nasabing hugot lines sa amin, at &#x27;yung mga sinabi niya, itatatak namin sa puso at isip namin.&quot;FEU opens its Season 79 campaign against defending champion De La Salle University at Araneta Coliseum on Sunday.For more sports coverage, visit the <a href="http://sports.abs-cbn.com/" target="_blank">ABS-CBN Sports website</a>.

For the first time in a long while, Jeanette Villareal will not be wearing the No. 3 on her jersey as FEU retired the number in honor of perhaps its most iconic volleyball player, Rachel Anne Daquis.

For the first time in a long while, Jeanette Villareal will not be wearing the No. 3 on her jersey as FEU retired the number in honor of perhaps its most iconic volleyball player, Rachel Anne Daquis.

Volleyball: Switching jersey numbers no big deal for FEU's Jeanette Villareal

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Volleyball: Switching jersey numbers no big deal for FEU's Jeanette Villareal

Camille B. Naredo,

ABS-CBN News

Published January 31, 2017 11:47 PM PHT

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