MANILA, Philippines — Of the 40 players invited by the Philippine National Volleyball Federation (PNVF) for the women’s national volleyball team tryouts on Wednesday in Subic, only 16 showed up.
Among those who chose not to attend was star setter Jia Morado, who begged off due to health and safety concerns brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic.
“I would have loved to take part in the tryouts scheduled by the PNVF this week in Subic. However, I personally decided to beg from the tryouts out of an abundance of caution,” Morado said in a statement Saturday.
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