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Kiwi in the Middle: Ahomiro glad to be back at original position


There was a noticeable drop in Amy Ahomiro’s game when the season started. The Season 77 Finals MVP transitioned from middle blocker to opposite hitter to fill in gaps in Ateneo’s lineup.

“This position (middle) just comes more naturally to me,” said Ahomiro. “I don’t have to think as much, I just play. With the other position naman (opposite), I have to worry about playing defense and being in the back row which I think is one of the hardest parts of playing volleyball. I’m happy to just be in the front, be energetic, go back out, recharge, then go back in.”

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To say the position comes more naturally to Amy is an understatement. In her first match playing middle the entire match, Ahomiro dominated the University of Santo Tomas Tigresses. In the sweep, Ahomiro tallied 10 points on a dazzling five attacks, three blocks, and two aces.

Ahomiro, however, still would prefer to have Maddie Madayag on the team. It was due to Madayag’s ACL tear that Ahomiro had to be slotted back to middle.

“We lost a great a player. But Maddie’s young, she’s strong. That’s sports. Injuries happen. We super miss her but she’s gonna come back even stronger next year,” Ahomiro expressed adding that she wrote the number 17 on her wrists, dedicating the match to Madayag.

“I don’t if we’re going to be better off but we won today. I think everyone played their positions really well hopefully this continues and we keep playing like this for the rest of the season,” Ahomiro answered when asked if her team would perform better with her in her natural position.

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Ahomiro can relate with Madayag’s difficult road to recovery as she also injured her ACL.

“I had two ACL injuries on my left knee during my first year. Therapy’s definitely tough but she’s going to get through it. I just told her to stay positive and God has a plan for everything,” Ahomiro closed.

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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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