Myla Pablo and Elaine Kasilag, two members of the women’s volleyball national team pool, will not be joining Clash of Heroes, a fund-raising event that will pit the members of the training pool on Monday, May 15. The Pocari Sweat Lady Warriors, represented by team manager Atty. Eric Ty, made the announcement in a press release.
“I regret to inform you that Myla Pablo and Elaine Kasilag will not be able to participate in the Clash of Heroes,” the statement opened.
Ty cited that both spikers are nursing injuries while the team is in the midst of a tight race in the 2017 PVL Reinforced Conference.
“Both of our heroines are dealing with various injuries and as a precaution, we want them to have as much rest as possible in preparation for our game on Tuesday,” Ty added.
In addition, the officials of Pocari Sweat wished that the organizers could have notified the team about the all-star event prior to announcing the line-ups.
“I wish that the organizers of the event took the time to formally inform us of their intention to have our players participate in their event so I could have requested the PVL to reschedule our game on the 16th to give way to the Clash of Heroes,” Ty shared.
Ty hopes that Pablo’s and Kasilag’s non-participation would not result in the two stalwarts being removed from the pool.
“Our volleyball club leaves it to the sound discretion of the organizers if they wish to remove both Ms. Pablo and Ms. Kasilag from the national team pool because of their commitments to the Pocari Sweat Lady Warriors.
“At all events, we reassure our fans that we fully support both Myla and Elaine in their dreams of making it to the national team,” Ty concluded.
