After leaving UST, Laure settles with pro league family


Eya Laure will bring her talent and energy to a new home. —UAAP MEDIA

Eya Laure will deliver her expertise and vitality to a brand new residence. —UAAP MEDIA

For somebody who needed to wrestle with the thought of lastly leaving College of Santo Tomas (UST), it was essential that Eya Laure felt proper at residence in her subsequent profession cease.So it wasn’t actually fairly a shock that she selected Chery Tiggo. She’s acquired household there, actually.

“I’m comfortable that I get to play with ate (EJ Laure) once more,” the star hitter stated. “It’s actually totally different if she’s there.”Eya’s choice to hitch the Crossovers reunites the Laure sisters anew, and that reunion was an ace that gave Chery Tiggo an edge amongst all those that needed to signal the proficient Tigress.

That Laure shall be joined by UST center blocker Imee Hernandez, who additionally opted to signal with the Crossovers, was an enormous bonus.

“I’m additionally excited to hitch my former teammates like Imee, ate B (former UST setter and captain Alina Bicar), ate My (Paat), ate Ponggay (Gaston), ate Buding (Duremdes) and Jen (Nierva),” Laure added.

Laure performed with Paat and Duremdes throughout a earlier look with the franchise whereas Gaston was a former teammate at UST excessive. Nationwide U star Nierva, in the meantime, was a teammate of Laure within the nationwide group.

Chery Tiggo made Laure its last reveal in a bumper crop of recruits forward of the 2023 Premier Volleyball League Invitational Convention.

Laure, probably the most sought-after standout from the school ranks, will be part of fellow recruits Hernandez, Nierva and Woman Bulldogs standouts Cess Robles and Joyme Cagande with the Crossovers.

The reigning back-to-back UAAP Greatest Scorer admitted in an emotional social media publish that she agonized over the choice to go away UST, the place she had spent nearly half her life, and even seemed for a strategy to swimsuit up another yr earlier than deciding to lastly depart the Tigresses.

“It seems like I’m breaking apart with hundreds of individuals and my coronary heart is shattering into items. It’s painful and exhausting to say goodbye,” Laure stated in her publish, the place she revealed that her solely remorse was leaving the España squad and not using a title.

“I’m sorry that I didn’t provide the championship that you simply deserve,” Laure stated. “You (UST supporters) all the time reward me since you say ‘I actually love UST.’ However I hope you understand that you simply taught me that.” INQ



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