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Dawn Macandili-Catindig offered Alas Pilipinas’ historic bronze medal in the AVC Challenge Cup to the past Philippine women’s volleyball team players, who have been part of the program’s ups and downs.
The veteran national team libero was one of the two remaining members of the 2018 Asian Games team with captain and setter Jia De Guzman ushering in the Alas era of the national team.
Catindig and De Guzman provided great leadership to the young Nationals and made history by winning bronze in the country’s successful Challenge Cup hosting — the program’s first AVC medal since 1961.
Although only two of them were the holdovers of the past national squads, Catindig still credited the current team’s success to the former players since she started representing the country in 2017.
“Para ito sa mga ate ko na nag simula ng Women’s Volleyball sa Pilipinas at sa mga nakasama ko sa NT, sa hirap at ginhawa. Salamat sa mga pangarap niyo dahil ito’y patuloy na umaagos sa puso ko at patuloy ko kayong ipaglalaban,” wrote Catindig, who teamed up with former national stars Alyssa Valdez, Jaja Santiago, Aby Maraño, Jovelyn Gonzaga, and Mylene Paat in the past.
