MANILA -- Aby Marano, who has been a mainstay in the Philippine women's national volleyball team for years, has retired from national team duties.

The 30-year-old former De La Salle Lady Spiker took to social media to announce her retirement from the national team.

"Nagwakas na ang serbisyo sa bayan, dito naman, dito na lang, dito na palagi 💛Maraming salamat 🇵🇭 Love, Capt. Tyang 🫡," Marano said in her Instagram post.

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Marano has been the team captain for the nationals since 2018.
She represented the country in the 2015, 2017, 2019 and the 2022 Southeast Asian Games.

"Tyang Aby" said it is time to give way to the younger generation.

"I think oras na para sa new blood," said Marano, who was also part of the national volleyball team that won bronze in the ASEAN Grand Prix in 2019.

"Nasa NT (national team) man o wala, Tyang is Tyang. No one else can take that away from me. I worked so hard to be the Tyang Aby of Philippine Volleyball. (I) dedicated myself to the sport and my heart for the Nation in all 7 years na sinurrender ko sarili para mag commit sa NT," she also said.

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Marano is appreciative for all the breaks she received as part of the national team.

"Grateful ako sobra sa lahat ng mga nakasama ko, sa teammates, coaches at National Sports Associations na dinaanan ko within the years na naglaro ako para sa bansa. Lalo na sa mga taong naniwala at nagtiwala sa kakayahan ko," she said.

"But syempre hindi forever nandyan ako, so it’s time for new leadership."

Marano currently plays for F2 Logistics which recently secured a semifinal spot in the Premier Volleyball League All-Filipino Conference.