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Many UAAP volleyball stars likely to skip LVPI tryout

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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/2018/sports/04/04/uaap-2018-2018-040418.jpg"/><figcaption>UST&#x27;s Sisi Rondina and Ateneo&#x27;s Maddie Madayag are both unlikely to show up to the LVPI&#x27;s tryout on April 13. Arvin Lim, <a href="https://sports.abs-cbn.com/uaap/volleyball/photos">ABS-CBN Sports</a></figcaption></figure></div>MANILA, Philippines – Many high profile UAAP volleyball stars are unlikely to attend the open tryout scheduled by the Larong Volleyball sa Pilipinas, Inc. (LVPI) at the Arellano University gym on April 13.The LVPI announced on Tuesday that it will hold a tryout from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m., with incumbent members of the national team expected to show up. But players from the collegiate leagues are also welcome to attend and try their luck at making it to the national team.However, several UAAP players on Wednesday said that they will most likely not attend the tryout, which aims to form a pool of players for the Asian Games and the AVC Asian Women&#x27;s Cup.&quot;I didn&#x27;t know there was a tryout,&quot; said Ateneo de Manila University&#x27;s Kat Tolentino, who together with Maddie Madayag were invited by the LVPI to try out last year as well. &quot;(I&#x27;m) probably not (going to attend), because I really want to focus on the UAAP.&quot;Ateneo on Wednesday secured a spot in the Final 4 of the UAAP Season 80 women&#x27;s volleyball tournament.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://sports.abs-cbn.com/uaap/news/2018/04/04/up-stays-alive-pounding-already-grounded-nu-39840">UAAP VOLLEYBALL: UP stays alive after pounding on already grounded NU</a></li></ul>The head of Ateneo&#x27;s volleyball program, Sherwin Malonzo, stressed that it will be up to the players to decide if they will go – assuming that there was no conflict with their school work and responsibilities with the team.&quot;If they&#x27;re free, walang problema sa klase, walang problema sa training… It&#x27;s really up to the players if they want to go,&quot; he said.Given Ateneo&#x27;s schedule, however, it seems unlikely that the Lady Eagles can make it. They will play defending champion De La Salle University on Sunday, April 15, in a game that can have massive implications for the twice-to-beat advantage in the Final 4.Malonzo, also the manager of Creamline in the Premier Volleyball League (PVL), did say that the Cool Smashers are all free to attend the tryout, although star setter Jia Morado may miss out as she continues to recover from an injury.Also unlikely to attend is University of Santo Tomas (UST) superstar Sisi Rondina, the leading scorer in the league.&quot;Wala pa akong plano,&quot; said Rondina. &quot;If may opportunity, grab agad tayo. Pero for now, tapusin ko muna &#x27;tong UAAP.&quot; Players from the University of the Philippines (UP) will not be allowed to attend the tryout, too. Team manager Andie Lagman said Wednesday that the Lady Maroons will instead focus on the rest of the tournament as well as their plans for the offseason.&quot;I don&#x27;t think we will allow, because for one, we wanted the team to join these leagues as a team,&quot; said Lagman. &quot;We wanted this also to be a preparation for the next season, so that&#x27;s our goal. I don&#x27;t think we will be able to allow them for the tryouts.&quot;Last year, former UP captain Kathy Bersola tried out for the national team, but those tryouts were held before the start of the UAAP Season 79 tournament.This time around, players like Diana &quot;Tots&quot; Carlos and Isa Molde will have to wait, according to their team manager.&quot;They&#x27;ll always have time naman for (the national team),&quot; she said. &quot;Now that they&#x27;re still in college, siyempre, they play for UP first.&quot;The one high-profile player who was willing to attend the April 13 tryout is National University&#x27;s Jaja Santiago, who was a member of the national team that competed in the Southeast Asian Games last year.&quot;Siyempre kung may time ka, as a professional, kailangan mo pumunta kasi doon din naman makikita ng mga tao &#x27;yung willingness mo na maglaro para sa Pilipinas. Pakita mo kung ano &#x27;yung talento mo, na talagang gusto mong maglaro. So why not?,&quot; said Santiago.The towering Santiago foresees no issues with the tryout because their team curfew is not until 10 p.m.&quot;Ano ba yung 5-9? Kahit magpunta ka lang siguro ng 5-7, &#x27;O may game po kami bukas,&#x27; maiintindihan naman siguro nila. Kahit kaunting attendance or appearance doon,&quot; she said.However, Santiago also understands why most other UAAP players will opt not to go, and believes the LVPI will also understand their reasons.&quot;Siguro &#x27;yung LVPI, maiintindihan naman din nila siguro kung hindi man makapunta ang mga UAAP players,&quot; she said.The LVPI has said that it plans to send formal invitations to players who are on the wish list of the new coach of the women&#x27;s national team, whose identity they have yet to reveal.(For more sports coverage, visit the <a href="http://sports.abs-cbn.com/">ABS-CBN Sports website</a>.)

NU's Jaja Santiago willing to attend but Rondina, Ateneo stars unlikely to show up.

NU's Jaja Santiago willing to attend but Rondina, Ateneo stars unlikely to show up.

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Many UAAP volleyball stars likely to skip LVPI tryout

Camille B. Naredo,

ABS-CBN News

Published April 04, 2018 08:35 PM PHT

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Updated January 13, 2019 10:23 AM PHT

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