Thursday, December 5, 2013

Spikers dominate courts of sand



By Hannah Grace N. Ramil and
Robert Jon L. Garcia

Far Eastern University Advocate
August 2013




A fighter

Enormous digs on the rough sand and her immense saves off the court may leave the audience astonished on their seats while watching her wild plays. FEU’s Christine Agno is one of the new key additions for Coach Joseph Santos’ team.

She is the current libero of FEU Women’s Volleyball team and now changing her style from the solid court to the rough sands.

Adjusting is her top priority now as she is having a hard time regarding her performance on the sand court. The 18-year-old native of Legaspi City drastically gave emphasis on her struggles and how she adjusted.

“Nu’ng una talaga mahirap kasi iba yung galaw namin, pero tinulungan talaga ako ng Men’s [team] at ni Coach [Santos] mag-adjust t’saka sarili ko na din (At first it was hard because our moves was different, but the men’s team and Coach Santos really helped me a lot, and also myself),” said Agno.
Her struggles and discontentment served as her motivation to strived to be a better player.

Being a student-athlete, Agno confessed that she do not go out too much because of school works and all the trainings for the upcoming season.

“Sa gabi ko talaga ginagawa lahat. Kunyari, mga gagawa ng assignment, mag-aaral tapos maglalaba. (I am doing everything at night like my assignment, studying and my laundry),” she added.

Though playing for FEU would mean being far from home, no tears and pain would actually stop her from pursuing her passion and love for volleyball.

These two volleyball lovers won’t simply stop at nothing just to carry the green-and-gold flag all the way to the top. Two words will be the keys to grab the championship--hunger and focus.

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