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All smiles for Tyang Aby as Bolick graduates a champion

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Camille 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/tvpatrol/11/05/20181112-robert-bolick-aby-marano.jpg"/><figcaption>San Beda&#x27;s Robert Bolick celebrates with Aby Marano after the Red Lions won the NCAA Season 94 title. George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News</figcaption></figure></div>MANILA -- The Philippine Superliga (PSL) schedule was kind to Aby Maraño this year.For the past two years, &quot;Tyang Aby&quot; had to watch from afar as her boyfriend, Robert Bolick, won the NCAA championship with the San Beda Red Lions. It wasn&#x27;t as though she wanted to miss his games: it was just that their title-clinching contests always coincided with her own PSL games for F2 Logistics.In 2018, the scheduling gods smiled down on the couple. Game 2 of the NCAA Season 94 Finals was set on a Monday -- November 12, to be exact -- and the PSL held their games on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. Thus, Maraño was free to watch Bolick play in what turned out to be his final game for San Beda.&quot;Timing talaga, kasi every year na lang, nagdadamdam siya na hindi ako nakakanood ng Game 2,&quot; said Maraño, who watched Game 1 live in Season 93, but was playing in an out-of-town contest for Game 2 of the series.&quot;Importante para sa kanya &#x27;yung (Game 2),&quot; she added.So important was Game 2 of the Finals that it even comes up during their little arguments, Maraño revealed.&quot;Kaya every time na mabi-bring up sa mga tampuhan namin, &#x27;yun &#x27;yung wala akong mapang-laban kasi wala naman talaga ako magagawa, may game ako,&quot; she said.&quot;Nagpapasalamat kami kay Lord na timing, last playing year niya, pang-three-peat, makakapanood ako kasi wala akong game, bukas pa,&quot; she added, referring to F2 Logistics&#x27; game against Generika-Ayala in the All-Filipino Conference.Bolick played like a man on a mission for San Beda all year long, and it was no different on Monday. He had some trouble with his shot -- Bolick made only one of his 11 attempts from the field -- but he dished out 12 assists as San Beda romped to a 71-56 victory over the Lyceum Pirates.Maraño, herself a decorated collegiate athlete, was suitably impressed with her beau&#x27;s performance.<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2018/tvpatrol/11/05/20181112-robert-bolick.jpg"/><figcaption>Robert Bolick and Aby Marano celebrate with San Beda supporters after their title win. George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News</figcaption></figure></div>&quot;Gusto ko &#x27;yung nilaro ni Robert, kasi although alam natin, sa points hindi naging effective ang puntos niya, nakita natin ang patience niya,&quot; she said. &quot;Alam niya kung saan siya makakapag-contribute sa game.&quot;&quot;So nakita ko &#x27;yung maturity niya, nakita ko sa kanya na aware siya sa role nya sa team. Ang dami niyang assists. Binigay niya yung best niya para makakuha ng open spots sa mga teammates na nag-deliver din for the team,&quot; she added.Bolick had immediately rushed to the Mall of Asia Arena stands to greet his family and Maraño following their triumph. It was San Beda&#x27;s third straight men&#x27;s basketball title, and it gave Bolick a glorious end to what has been an eventful collegiate career.<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en">.<a href="https://twitter.com/BabesBolick?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BabesBolick</a> immediately goes to his family and <a href="https://twitter.com/Abymarano?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Abymarano</a> to celebrate another title for San Beda. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NCAASeason94?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#NCAASeason94</a> <a href="https://t.co/sNN6K9Ai91">pic.twitter.com/sNN6K9Ai91</a>— ABS-CBN Sports (@abscbnsports) <a href="https://twitter.com/abscbnsports/status/1061926342827008000?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 12, 2018</a></blockquote>Bolick&#x27;s story is well known by now: formerly a bench player for La Salle, he made the decision to transfer to San Beda, and there, he blossomed into one of the best players in the collegiate level. Maraño, who has been by his side all throughout the journey, was nearly bursting with pride as she watched Bolick celebrate his triumph with his teammates.&quot;Iba &#x27;yung pinagdaanan naming dalawa noong umalis siya ng La Salle. So nakita ko yung struggle niya, yung hirap niya,&quot; she shared. &quot;Kaya sobrang special nito for him, and for us, na nakuha niya yung last playing year niya ng mabuti.&quot;For Maraño, what makes Bolick&#x27;s achievement even more special is that he ended his collegiate career as a champion -- a glorious ending that so painfully eluded the volleyball star.Maraño was the captain of the powerful De La Salle University team that swept the UAAP Season 76 women&#x27;s volleyball tournament and advanced outright to the Finals -- only to suffer a historic, and agonizing, upset at the hands of the Alyssa Valdez-led Ateneo Lady Eagles.It was even at the same venue -- Maraño played her last collegiate game at the Mall of Asia Arena, where they lost in straight sets to the Lady Eagles on March 15, 2014. On Monday, she watched as her boyfriend made a far more satisfying exit in the NCAA.<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2018/tvpatrol/11/05/20181112-aby-marano.jpg"/><figcaption>Aby Marano takes a picture with a San Beda cheerleader after the Red Lions won the NCAA title. George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News</figcaption></figure></div>&quot;Sobra akong proud kasi gusto ko talaga grumaduate si Robert na nag-champion siya. Sabi ko nga kay Lord, Lord kun&#x27;di man napunta sa akin yung championship noong last playing year ko, ibigay mo sa kanya kasi gusto ko maramdaman niya ang sarap na mag-champion,&quot; she said.&quot;Alam niya rin yung pinagdaaanan ko noong last playing year ko na hindi ako nag-champion. Nakita niya kung gaano ako sobrang na-hurt, almost three years akong hindi naka-get over noon,&quot; she added.&quot;Siya, alam niya yung pinagdaanan ko, so sabi ko na ayaw ko maranasan mo yung naranasan ko, so ibigay mo ang sarili mo sa bawat laro. Nakita ko naman, yung talagang puso niya na maipanalo ang game na ito.&quot;Maraño has gotten over those painful memories of her own final season. &quot;Naibawi na rin ako ng mga bata,&quot; she said, referring to the young Lady Spikers who currently rule the UAAP volleyball scene. Instead, she will celebrate this new championship moment with Bolick.&quot;(Bolick had) a three-peat, also,&quot; she said, grinning. &quot;How sweet, kasi parehas kami nakaranas ng three-peat.&quot;<div>For more sports coverage, visit the <a href="https://sports.abs-cbn.com">ABS-CBN Sports website</a>.</div>

The Philippine Superliga schedule was kind to Aby Maraño this year as she was finally able to watch her boyfriend, Robert Bolick of San Beda, win an NCAA championship.

The Philippine Superliga schedule was kind to Aby Maraño this year as she was finally able to watch her boyfriend, Robert Bolick of San Beda, win an NCAA championship.

All smiles for Tyang Aby as Bolick graduates a champion

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All smiles for Tyang Aby as Bolick graduates a champion

Camille Naredo,

ABS-CBN News

Published November 12, 2018 10:44 PM PHT

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