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Morente makes La Salle debut in UAAP beach volleyball

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Camille B. Naredo, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2018/sports/09/24/20180924_morente.jpg"/><figcaption>Michelle Morente (R) in action for La Salle in UAAP beach volleyball. Josh Albelda, <a href="https://sports.abs-cbn.com/uaap/volleyball/photos">ABS-CBN Sports</a></figcaption></figure></div>MANILA, Philippines – More than a year since she last played a UAAP game, Michelle Morente made a triumphant return.Now suiting up for De La Salle University, Morente joined forces with Tin Tiamzon to defeat the Far Eastern University (FEU) pair of Ivana Agudo and Marianne Calinawan, 21-14, 20-22, 15-10, in their first game of the UAAP Season 81 beach volleyball tournament on Monday at the Sands SM By the Bay.It marked the first time that Morente had played a collegiate volleyball game – beach or indoor – since Game 2 of the UAAP Season 79 women&#x27;s volleyball finals in April 2017, when she and the Ateneo de Manila University Lady Eagles fell to the De La Salle Lady Spikers.<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/UAAPS81BeachVolleyball?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#UAAPS81BeachVolleyball</a> Women&#x27;s: DLSU&#x27;s Michelle Morente&#x27;s thoughts on finally being back with competitive volleyball. She also expressed earlier that she is most likely to see action for indoor volleyball too. <a href="https://twitter.com/abscbnsports?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@abscbnsports</a> <a href="https://t.co/4EGgBqfme4">pic.twitter.com/4EGgBqfme4</a>— Danine Cruz (@the9cruz) <a href="https://twitter.com/the9cruz/status/1044098920719085570?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 24, 2018</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div>&quot;Siyempre, first game jitters,&quot; said Morente, who left Ateneo due to academic issues after Season 79, then found her way to the other side of the rivalry sometime after.&quot;Sinasabi ko nga, parang rookie ulit ako. Ganoong level, kahit last playing year ko na,&quot; she added. &quot;Pero alam mo &#x27;yun – it&#x27;s good to be back.&quot;<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://sports.abs-cbn.com/uaap/news/2018/09/24/uaap-beach-volleyball-ust-tigresses-win-opener-47352">READ: Tigresses win opener, Bulldogs fall to Tams</a></li></ul>Morente, one of the best all-around players in the UAAP, spent the past year serving her residency in La Salle, even as her collegiate volleyball career was in limbo. There was no assurance that she would even be allowed to play for the Lady Spikers, be it in the sand court or on the taraflex.The opposite spiker acknowledged that the past year had been tough on her.&quot;Sobrang hindi ako makapaniwala, kasi alam mo &#x27;yung I almost gave up on myself,&quot; she admitted.&quot;Noong time na natanggal ako sa Ateneo, that time, I didn&#x27;t know where to go. I didn&#x27;t know what to do actually with my life talaga that time,&quot; she added.Thankfully for Morente, F2 Logistics helped her back to her feet, and she was welcomed by La Salle. The versatile spiker played a big role in the Cargo Movers&#x27; triumph in the Philippine Superliga Invitational Conference last July.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/07/29/18/after-winning-title-with-f2-morente-hopeful-for-la-salle-stint">FULL STORY: After winning title with F2, Morente hopeful for La Salle stint</a></li></ul>&quot;(There were) a lot of people na nasa likod ko, sobrang sumu-support sa akin na, &#x27;Mich, kaya mo &#x27;yan, andito lang kami para sa&#x27;yo,&quot; she said. &quot;Alam mo &#x27;yun, they were really helping me be back on my feet talaga.&quot;&quot;Sobrang thankful ako sa kanila, kasi naging madali &#x27;yung journey ko dito,&quot; she said of F2 Logistics and the La Salle women&#x27;s volleyball program, headed by legendary coach Ramil de Jesus.Now, Morente&#x27;s journey back to the UAAP is virtually complete. She has kept her grades up, even making it to La Salle&#x27;s Dean&#x27;s List, and was given clearance to suit up for the Lady Spikers in beach volleyball.The next step for Morente is making it to the team&#x27;s roster for indoor volleyball, where the Lady Spikers are gunning for a fourth straight title.&quot;They said naman I&#x27;m cleared na for UAAP, so hopefully sa indoor din, cleared na rin ako,&quot; she said. Her inclusion in the indoor volleyball line-up is still &quot;up to the coaches,&quot; said Morente, but she is doing all she can to make sure that when the time comes, she will be ready.&quot;Siyempre, sabi nila, ipagpatuloy ko lang &#x27;yung grades ko and stuff like that, ayun,&quot; she said.In the meantime, her focus is on the sand court where she and Tiamzon bucked a second set meltdown to open their campaign on a winning note.&quot;Ang goal namin this tournament, one game a time lang,&quot; said Morente. &quot;Titingnan namin kung saan pa &#x27;yung kakayanin namin ni Tin.&quot;&quot;Basta, i-give namin &#x27;yung all namin every game,&quot; she promised. For more sports coverage, visit the <a href="http://sports.abs-cbn.com/">ABS-CBN Sports website</a>.

More than a year since she last played a UAAP game, Michelle Morente made a triumphant return.

More than a year since she last played a UAAP game, Michelle Morente made a triumphant return.

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Morente makes La Salle debut in UAAP beach volleyball

Camille B. Naredo,

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Published Sep 24, 2018 05:23 PM PHT

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