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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:958px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1747300983461AVC 2024 Presscon - Jia De Guzman-0596.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Alas Pilipinas captain Jia de Guzman. <em>PVL Media Bureau/file photo</em></span></span></span></div><p>MANILA, Philippines – Alas Pilipinas captain Jia de Guzman is gearing up for the 2025 season with the national team.</p><p>De Guzman has returned to the country to lead the women&#x27;s national volleyball team once more, as it is set to join three significant competitions this year — the AVC Women&#x27;s Volleyball Nations Cup, the Southeast Asian V. League, and the 33rd Southeast Asian Games in Thailand.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/sports/volleyball/2025/4/16/jia-de-guzman-to-exit-denso-airybees-shifts-focus-to-alas-pilipinas-1858"><strong>READ: Jia de Guzman to exit Denso Airybees, shifts focus to Alas Pilipinas<br/></strong></a></div><p>There may be some pressure to perform better this year after snagging several bronze medals last year, De Guzman acknowledged, while sharing that &quot;they need more time&quot; to get ready for the upcoming contests.</p><p>&quot;Siyempre there&#x27;s a little bit... there&#x27;s some pressure this year kasi we got bronze medals last year pero we&#x27;re starting from zero again kasi naghihiwa-hiwalay kami. And we need more time to prepare,&quot; said De Guzman.</p><div><iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?height=476&amp;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Freel%2F1008639211374145%2F&amp;show_text=false&amp;width=267&amp;t=0" width="267" height="476" style="border:none;overflow:hidden" scrolling="no" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div><p>The national team captain said she&#x27;s hoping for more players to join the pool, especially after the conclusion of the UAAP.</p><p>Among those who were in Philippine National Volleyball Federation&#x27;s wishlist for Alas are National University&#x27;s Bella Belen and Alyssa Solomon, and De La Salle University&#x27;s Angel Canino and Shevana Laput.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/sports/volleyball/2025/3/27/33-athletes-to-be-invited-for-alas-pilipinas-women-tryouts-1632"><strong>READ: 33 athletes to be invited for Alas Pilipinas Women tryouts<br/></strong></a></div><p>&quot;And right now, our first tournament is coming up, it&#x27;s in June 7, the AVC Cup, and ngayon we&#x27;re also expecting girls from UAAP, so hindi namin alam kung kailan kami makukumpleto. Right now we&#x27;re 12, 13 na nagte-train together and hopefully madagdagan.&quot;</p><p>De Guzman said she continues to remind the girls to &quot;take it day by day&quot; and absorb coach Jorge de Brito&#x27;s system.</p><p>She also said that she hopes for more medals this year with Alas Pilipinas.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/sports/volleyball/2025/4/26/van-sickle-phillips-waiting-patiently-and-hoping-to-represent-ph-with-alas-women-2147"><strong>READ: Van Sickle, Phillips &#x27;waiting patiently and hoping&#x27; to represent Philippines with Alas Women<br/></strong></a></div><p>&quot;&#x27;Yun lang. We&#x27;re reminding all the girls na take it day by day, &#x27;yung pag-training namin, just focus on coach&#x27;s system talaga. And hopefully we get more wins and medals sana this year.&quot;</p><p>The former Denso Airybees setter returned to training on Thursday, as she promised yesterday, expressing excitement in seeing Season 87 super rookie Shaina Nitura, among others.</p><div><iframe class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" id="instagram-embed-2" src="https://www.instagram.com/reel/DJqgQBvTT3w/embed/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=675&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fod2-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&amp;rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A2%2C%22os%22%3A12561099.599999905%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="881" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-2" scrolling="no" style="background:white;max-width:540px;width:calc(100% - 2px);border-radius:3px;border:1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219);box-shadow:none;display:block;margin:0px 0px 12px;min-width:326px;padding:0px"></iframe></div><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><p>&quot;I wanna go to training na so bukas [today] pupunta na &#x27;ko kasi I saw nga na marami nang bagong dumating, sina Shaina and everyone,&quot; she said.</p>

<p>"Marami kaming kailangang paghandaan talaga this season," the Alas Pilipinas kapitana acknowledges #volleyball</p>

"Marami kaming kailangang paghandaan talaga this season," the Alas Pilipinas kapitana acknowledges #volleyball

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Jia de Guzman joins Alas Pilipinas training, gears up for 2025 season

Kennedy Caacbay,

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Published May 15, 2025 05:40 PM PHT

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