Suzanne "Sue" Roces (born January 17, 1985), is a Filipino former volleyball player.

Career

College

Sue Roces attended the

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for her collegiate studies and played the UE Lady Warriors women's volleyball team in the

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. She was named Rookie of the Year in 2002 in Season 65. She also competed in beach volleyball, helping UE clinch a silver medal in

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for the 2006–07 academic year. She also played for UE at the

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in 2006.

Club

Shakey's V-League/PVL

After playing for the UE Lady Warriors at the

in 2006, Roces has also played for other colleges as a guest player. In 2007, she played for the

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. The following season, she competed for

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helping the team win the season's 2nd Conference and with her being named the Finals MVP. She was also named the conference MVP for the 2010 season's 1st Conference. In 2012, Roces won the Open Conference with San Sebastian. She also played for Ateneo de Manila University in the same year, helping the squad win the 1st Conference. She has also competed for non-collegiate sides in the Shakey's V-League. With the PLDT Home Ultera, Roces helped the team win the

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and the Reinforced Open Conferences in 2015. The following year Roces joined the BaliPure Purest Water Defenders. Roces' last club was with the Perlas Spikers. She played from 2017 when the V-League was renamed as the

Premier Volleyball League The Premier Volleyball League (PVL) is the top-level professional women's volleyball league in the Philippines organized by the Sports Vision Management Group, Inc. The PVL was established in 2004 as the inter-collegiate Shakey's V-League (SV ...

until 2021 during the Open Conference. She decided to retire from competitive volleyball in January 2022.

AVC Club Championship

Roces was part of the non-league PLDT Home TVolution team which competed at the 2014 Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship.

National team

Roces has represented the Philippines internationally. She was part of the Philippine women's national team roster which took part in the 2014 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship Asian qualifiers. She also played with the national team at the 2015 VTV International Women's Volleyball Cup. As part of the Philippine national beach volleyball team, she competed at the

2008 Asian Beach Games The 2008 Asian Beach Games or ABG 2008 (, Pesta Olahraga Pantai Asia Dua Ribu Delapan), officially the 1st Asian Beach Games () and commonly as Bali 2008 (, Bali Dua Ribu Delapan), the inaugural Asian Beach Games, was held in Bali, Indonesia, from ...

and was paired with Michelle Carolino. The pair managed to advance to the round of 16.

Personal life

Since 2020, Roces is a relationship with Sarah Asido, who is a host and beauty queen who represented the Philippines in the 2018 Ms. United Continents.

References

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