Detdet Pepito and Bella Belen on the awarding of UAAP Season 86 ladies’s volleyball. –MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.internet
MANILA, Philippines —They might have had contrasting endings to their UAAP ladies’s volleyball Finals tales, however Bella Belen and Detdet Pepito nonetheless shared the identical feeling on the finish of the day.
Pleasure.
From teammates at Lucas R. Pascual Memorial Elementary College in Baesa, Quezon Metropolis to main their groups within the UAAP ladies’s volleyball Finals, Belen and Pepito’s friendship and careers have positively come far.
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However Belen and the Girl Bulldogs star bought the higher of Pepito and the Tigresses with a title-clinching Sport 2 earlier than a jampacked Mall of Asia Area on Wednesday for the varsity’s second title in three consecutive Finals appearances.
“We’re pleased that we’re appreciated as a pair and that we met in he Finals. We’ve been collectively since elementary and I do know her effectively,” mentioned Belen in entrance of Pepito as they met up on the hallway of the MOA Area locker rooms.
“We might not have ended up as teammates, however not less than we’re right here and I noticed that she actually gave her finest with the best way she tried to hold her workforce,” she added.
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After selecting completely different paths in highschool with Belen becoming a member of Nazareth College and Pepito finding out at UST, they met within the UAAP ladies’ division Finals thrice till they clashed towards within the seniors division.
Pepito, now a two-time UAAP Greatest Libero, was proud to see Belen for hoisting her second championship and season MVP.
Detdet Pepito takes a video of Bella Belen through the UAAP Season 86 volleyball awarding ceremony. –MARLO CUETO/INQUIREr.internet
“I hope we’ve made kuya Henry and all those that helped us throughout our elementary days proud. I by no means anticipated to be taking part in in a giant college,” Pepito mentioned, speaking to Belen.
“I’m pleased with Bella. I believed she was going to be a giant libero together with her measurement, however she was capable of push by being a spiker.”
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Their friendship and humor introduced a distinct taste to this 12 months’s UAAP season, entertaining and galvanizing the followers by their unbreakable bond regardless of taking part in for various faculties.
“It’s all wholesome competitors,” mentioned Belen. “I do know her capabilities and UST’s as effectively. They’re fighters, you’ll be able to’t underestimate them. So long as the sport isn’t over, they are going to struggle.”
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“We actually had a tough time towards UST, so we would have liked to show onerous that we had been a greater workforce.”
Belen, although, believed it will be chaotic in the event that they ended up taking part in in a single workforce in faculty. Pepito joked that the previous would nonetheless be a libero and he or she could be a spiker if their duo pushed by in highschool and faculty.
Amid all their humorous and heartwarming moments in Season 86, Pepito inspired Belen to proceed to reside their dream, hoping to face one another once more within the finals.
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“Let’s proceed with our ardour for volleyball. Let’s not get uninterested in pursuing this as a result of it’s our dream job to play volleyball within the PVL and that’s the place we’ll be in a number of years,” Pepito informed Belen.
