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Ligament damage feared as Milena Alessandrini suffers gruesome fall

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The University of Santo Tomas Golden Tigresses may be without sophomore winger Milena Alessandrini for a while.

The 6-foot-1 Fil-Italian open hitter suffered an apparent knee injury during the second set of their match against the Far Eastern University Lady Tamaraws.

Alessandrini crumpled on her left knee after a botched combination play with UST up 19-18 in the second frame. She was stretchered to the UST dugout and was replaced by rookie Rachel Roldan.

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According to a source, Alessandrini will be sent to UST hospital for an MRI with multiple ligament injuries feared.

Last season, Alessandrini missed six matches last season due to a dislocated right shoulder.

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Miguel Luis Flores fell face first into sports writing in high sch9l and has never gotten up. He reluctantly stumbled into the volleyball beat when he started with Tiebreaker Times three years ago. Now, he has waded through everything volleyball - from its icky politics to the post-modern art that is Jia Morado's setting.


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