Dante Alinsunurin proud of Bryan Bagunas’ historic overseas accolades
Taiwan league MVP Bryan Bagunas. – Bryan Bagunas’ Instagram
MANILA, Philippines — Nationwide College coach Dante Alinsunurin was hardly shocked by Bryan Bagunas’ historic first season with WinStreak in Taiwan’s Prime Volleyball League.
Alinsunurin, who coached Bagunas since school, knew that the 6-foot-5 spiker would make waves in his skilled profession as he has been hardworking since arriving at NU 9 years in the past.
“I’m so pleased with my participant for all of his achievements. I do know that he’s actually pushing himself to his limits since he was nonetheless enjoying at NU. That’s why he achieved these issues” Alinsunurin instructed Inquirer Sports activities in Filipino.
“The entire NU group and neighborhood is pleased with his achievements and I hope his profession will proceed to develop,” he added.
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Bagunas was named as TVL MVP and delivered WinStreak’s maiden championship after scoring a career-high 42 factors final week in a do-or-die Finals Recreation 3, dethroning the Pingtung Taipower of their third consecutive recreation day.
“Since NU, he’s been all out and disciplined in the case of coaching and even after apply. So I knew that he’d go to locations after school due to his work ethic. He’s nonetheless doing his routine up till now and placing a premium on his situation,” mentioned the previous Philippine males’s volleyball group coach.
The 25-year-old Bagunas, who performed for Oita Miyoshi in Japan V.League for 3 seasons, scored a complete of 520 factors in TVL’s common season, nailing 453 assaults, 40 blocks, and 27 aces.
Alinsunurin, who steered the lads’s nationwide group to a historic silver medal with Bagunas within the 2019 Southeast Asian Video games, hopes the Batangueno spiker will proceed to encourage the youth and proceed to interrupt the bottom abroad for extra Filipino volleyball gamers.
“His achievements didn’t solely make NU proud however the entire Philippines. I hope he’ll proceed to encourage extra gamers and take Philippine volleyball to larger heights so we will probably be acknowledged within the worldwide scene,” he mentioned.
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Coach Dante Alinsunurin. Photograph by Tristan Tamayo/INQUIRER.internet
Alinsunurin can also be hoping for the most effective for his former gamers from the nationwide group, Marck Espejo, Jau Umandal, JP Bugaoan, and Manuel Sumanguid, who will tryout for the Asian Quota of the Korean V-League on April 25 in Jeju Island.
“As a coach who as soon as dealt with them, I’m so pleased with them similar to different Filipino volleyball gamers who’re additionally dreaming. I hope they are going to make it so extra of our gamers will see motion abroad which is able to assist the Philippine males’s volleyball program,” he mentioned.
Alinsunurin, who was faraway from the nationwide group publish final January, is concentrated on NU’s ‘three-peat’ bid within the UAAP males’s volleyball match as they received 9 video games and haven’t misplaced 27 straight matches relationship again to 2019.
Bagunas and Espejo begged off from enjoying for the nation within the thirty second SEA Video games in Cambodia, whereas Umandal is the lone member of the 2019 group as he leads a rebuilding squad below Brazilian Sergio Veloso.
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