Aby Maraño through the Chery Tiggo Crossovers’ PVL on Tour sport in opposition to Cignal HD Spikers. –PVL PHOTO
MANILA, Philippines–Aby Maraño relished her homecoming in Passi, Iloilo, after serving to Chery Tiggo keep unbeaten in three video games within the PVL on Tour.
The Chery Tiggo captain helped restore order after her squad dropped the second set, regaining momentum to fend off the Cignal HD Spikers, 25-13, 26-28, 25-15, 25-15, in entrance of her mom’s facet of the household and hometown supporters at Metropolis of Passi Area in Iloilo.
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“I’ve a number of family right here in Passi. The Palmares clan is right here, so it felt like my complete household was watching earlier,” stated Maraño in Filipino after scoring seven factors.
“It’s very particular as a result of rising up, I had many childhood reminiscences right here with my grandmother. We might come house for New Yr, Christmas, and spend the entire summer season. Many individuals right here knew I used to be a volleyball participant since school. I’m very grateful to the PVL for bringing it right here.”
The 32-year-old center blocker performed sparingly the final time she suited up in Passi, tallying simply two factors in two units in Chery Tiggo’s straight-set loss to Choco Mucho final February within the 2024–25 All-Filipino Convention.
This time, Maraño was decided to ship a stronger efficiency.
“Final time there was a event right here, I didn’t get to play a lot. I solely had restricted time on court docket. However once I discovered we had been coming again, I informed myself that if coach lets me play, I have to showcase who I’m so I can present everybody in Passi who Aby Maraño is. I actually loved having the ability to do this at the moment,” stated the previous nationwide staff captain.
“We had been actually glad as a result of individuals stayed to observe even when it was already late, and you understand how it’s within the province–individuals get up early. We’re grateful to everybody who got here and made the trouble. I’m positive there have been individuals who weren’t from Passi Metropolis however got here from Dumangas, Pototan, and different components of Iloilo,” she added.
Maraño and the Crossovers rose to the highest of Pool B with three wins in as many video games. They appear to clinch an outright quarterfinal berth in opposition to Creamline on Sunday at 6:30 p.m.
“Our sport actually confirmed how we helped one another as teammates. I draw power and confidence from my teammates, from the teaching employees, and from everybody within the staff,” she stated.
“We actually studied them (Cignal) nicely, and we caught with our plan and system. We simply targeted on what we may do as one staff. We didn’t take a look at them because the primary staff or something like that. The grit of our staff was there. We stored it lowkey. Regardless of the staff can provide, it’s for everybody.”
