CELINE Domingo is eager to get back in action after helplessly watching Far Eastern University get swept in the PVL finals.
The middle blocker aggravated a knee injury she had been nursing for several matches when FEU played five tough sets in the opener of the title series with the University of the Philippines.
Domingo couldn’t play in the second match, and the Lady Tamaraws got swept by the Lady Maroons.
An MRI showed Domingo had a meniscus degradation in her right knee.
“Mabilis lang po ito, para sa akin mabilis lang ito. Kailangan lang po talaga ng full recovery,” she said.
“Ang result sa MRI ko is degradation of meniscus so parang bugbog lang talaga, overused, kasi wala talaga kaming pahinga eh. Weeks lang ‘to.”
Domingo is looking to make her comeback when Smart — composed of the core of PayMaya under Roger Gorayeb — plays in the Philippine Superliga All-Filipino Conference in October before FEU sees action in the UAAP Season 81 next year.
Domingo said she wanted badly to play in the second match of the best-of-three series on Friday.
The first Best Middle Blocker of the conference Domingo had 16 points before going down in the series opener, and believes just a fraction of that could have helped big.
“Actually lumalapit nga ako kay coach eh. Sabi ko, ‘coach ipasok mo na ako kahit sandal lang’ kasi gusto kong lumaban kasama nila eh,” Domingo said.
“Pinag-usapan na namin ito bago ang finals. Try naman nating kunin ang gold wag naman silver. Siguro kinulang lang, nakita naman sa game,” Domingo said.
“Sobrang sayang talaga kasi gusto talaga naming makuha ang game (two) eh kaya para sa akin (masakit),” she added.
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