FEU’s Clarisse Loresco throughout a recreation in opposition to Ateneo in UAAP Season 87 ladies’s volleyball.–UAAP PHOTO
MANILA, Philippines — Cla Loresco supplied the set off the bench to assist Far Japanese College inch nearer to clinching a Remaining 4 berth within the UAAP Season 87 ladies’s volleyball event.
Loresco solely performed within the final two units however delivered seven factors together with three blocks, as FEU eradicated Ateneo from the Remaining 4 race, 25-23, 22-25, 25-22, 25-13, on Wednesday at Philsports Enviornment.
The FEU Excessive Faculty product embraces the chance and belief given to her by coach Tina Salak.
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Cla Loresco relishes the chance to be a part of Alas Pilipinas’ 33-player wishlist.
Coach Tina Salak, a former nationwide staff star: Seize the chance.#UAAPSeason87 @INQUIRERSports pic.twitter.com/v9yhdfczqY
— Lance Agcaoili (@LanceAgcaoilINQ) April 9, 2025
“For me, what our coaches at all times inform us is that we have to have the need to win and the eagerness to play. That’s one thing we have to carry with us each time,” stated Loresco in Filipino.
“Should you evaluate collegiate to highschool, it’s actually completely different. In collegiate, you possibly can actually really feel the thrill each time you play. I at all times attempt to give my greatest in each recreation,” she added.
On the younger age of 18, the rookie center blocker was a part of coach Jorge De Brito’s Alas Pilipinas’ 33-player wishlist for 3 worldwide tournaments this 12 months, together with the Southeast Asian Video games in Thailand.
Loresco’s focus is with FEU, believing her first collegiate stint may also assist her put together for the Alas tryouts.
“Realizing that I’m on the wishlist for Alas, I must focus first on the UAAP and work on the issues I nonetheless want to enhance. I additionally want to organize for the tryouts,” she stated.
FEU coach Salak, a UAAP three-peat champion and a part of the nationwide staff’s final SEA Video games bronze medalist in 2005, urges Loresco to guess on herself, sharing the respect of representing the nation coming from her previous experiences as a Philippine squad setter and Military personnel.
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“My greatest recommendation to her is to seize the chance. Not everybody will get the possibility to be lined up for the nationwide staff and even get an invite. There are such a lot of gamers hoping for that spot. As an athlete and as a coach, the very best place you possibly can go is the nationwide staff. You’re serving the nation. I come from a navy background, and it’s onerous for me to not serve. Turning down the chance to serve your nation isn’t simple,” stated Salak.
“That is the chance given to you—take it. No matter the issue or battle could also be, it should take time to unravel. It’s not simple balancing being within the nationwide staff, the FEU program, and being a student-athlete. You’ll miss out on issues, and also you gained’t at all times be together with your teammates.”
Loresco is the lone FEU participant from the wishlist which embody different UAAP stars Bella Belen, Alyssa Solomon, Lams Lamina, Vange Alinsug, and Arah Panique of Nationwide College, La Salle’s Angel Canino, Shevana Laput, Em Provido, and Alleiah Malaluan, and Adamson rookie sensation Shaina Nitura.
“On the finish of the day, it’s your private progress that issues. When you fulfill that dream and contribute to the staff, you’ll categorical your experiences from the nationwide staff together with your teammates. Not everybody will get it, and in case you miss it, that’s the top. It gained’t come again,” Loresco added.
Proper now, Loresco and the Girl Tamaraws proceed their Remaining 4 push in opposition to Adamson on Saturday at Sensible Araneta Coliseum.
