For the record, Angel Canino is not turning professional, is not pregnant, and is not failing in her academics.
This is the statement Angel's mother Sol made amid the speculations hurled online before and after La Salle's Thursday game against UP in the UAAP Season 86 women's volleyball tournament at the Mall of Asia Arena.
'She'll bounce back. She's not going anywhere; she's not going pro (pls stop dragging Akari). She's not pregnant (pls stop dragging anyone). She doesn't have acads problems and definitely she's not faking this. She's hurt, and she will recover,' wrote Sol on a Facebook post on Thursday.
'As a mom, I pray that we must be responsible for what we post and comment because somewhere along the way there are people who get hurt. I still believe in kindness, so please, just please be kind.'
Canino, the league's reigning MVP, did not play on Thursday, but the outside hitter was still wearing her Lady Spikers gear, albeit her right arm was heavily wrapped and in a sling.
After the match where the defending champs Lady Spikers earned a 26-24, 25-19, 24-26, 27-25 triumph over the Fighting Maroons, La Salle assistant coach Noel Orcullo said that the 20-year-old got her injury in an accident, incurring cuts on her right arm.
The TV broadcast report before the contest said the accident was 'non-volleyball related.'
The outside hitter's playing status in the next games would be day-to-day.
Before Thursday's game, the sophomore Canino played 24 straight games, eight of which were in the ongoing Season 86 women's volleyball tournament, where she averaged 16.3 points per match on top of 5.75 excellent receptions and 4.75 digs.