Louie Ramirez hugged the spotlight when it was directed to him on Saturday night at the 2022 Spikers' Turf Open Conference.
With Marck Espejo leaving mere minutes after the first serve after feeling pain in his left Achilles, Ramirez was given the load of sets that the former usually gets.
And he did not disappoint, leading Cignal to a 25-20, 26-24, 25-18 win against VNS-One Alicia at the Paco Arena.
"Wala naman (pressure) kasi lahat naman is nagpeperform nang maganda at siguro, inaapply lang namin 'yung napagtrainingan namin," said Ramirez, a Perpertual Help product who finished with 16 points on 13 attacks, two blocks, and an ace.
"Nandoon na rin 'yung tiwala ko sa sarili ko na nabuboost ako every game kasi may tiwala rin 'yung teammates ko sa akin."
Espejo might suit up in the HD Spikers finals-or-nothing clash with PGJC-Navy on Tuesday, according to head coach Dexter Clamor.
But in case the star needed more time to recover, the Dasol, Pangasinan pride will welcome the scoring duties again.
"Always prepared naman po."
