Libero Jewelle Bermillo is looking to return to the PVL. –MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.net MANILA, Philippines — Among the 47 rookie aspirants, libero Jewelle Bermillo was the lone player who experienced playing in the PVL when the league was still under semiprofessional status in 2019 with the defunct BaliPure Water Defenders. Her last PVL action didn’t exactly … Read more
Steph Bustrillo during the PVL Rookie Draft Combine.–MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.net MANILA, Philippines — Steph Bustrillo and the University of the Philippines Fighting Maroons are thrilled to try their luck together in the inaugural PVL Rookie Draft on July 8 at Novotel. Bustrillo, the top scorer of UP in the UAAP Season 86, is turning pro with … Read more
Lucille Almonte, center, during the PVL Rookie Draft combine.–MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.net MANILA, Philippines — Lucille Almonte is raring to redeem herself after a subpar final year with Adamson in the UAAP as she hopes to prove her worth in PVL. Almonte, who had a reduced playing time when Adamson missed the UAAP Season 86 women’s volleyball … Read more
Jamie Solina during the PVL Rookie Draft combine.–MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.net MANILA, Philippines — Unheralded setter Jamie Solina may not be coming from an NCAA or UAAP or any top school from Manila but it didn’t stop her from chasing her PVL dream all the way from Marinduque. The 27-year-old playmaker from Marinduque State University came from … Read more
FILE–Dindin Santiago Manabat is now with Choco Mucho Flying Titans in the PVL. –MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.net MANILA, Philippines — Dindin Santiago-Manabat is taking her act to Choco Mucho after her release from Akari ahead of the PVL Reinforced Conference in July. Multiple sources on Thursday bared to Inquirer Sports that the Flying Titans have acquired Manabat … Read more
St. Benilde Blazers star Cloanne Mondoñedo during Collegiate Press Coprs Awards. –MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.net MANILA, Philippines — After steering the College of Saint Benilde to an unbeaten ‘three-peat’ in the NCAA, Cloanne Mondoñedo prepares for the next chapter of her career with ZUS Coffee in the PVL Reinforced Conference starting in July. Mondoñedo, the Collegiate Press … Read more
Bella Belen, left, and Alyssa Solomon during Game 1 of the UAAP Season 86 women’s volleyball Finals.–MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.net The absence of National University’s (NU) Bella Belen and Alyssa Solomon has left the PVL draft pool rather shallow when it comes to talent, team officials told the Inquirer on Saturday after names of the applying rookies … Read more
Close to 50 players have signed up for the first ever PVL Rookie Draft set for July 8. Alas Pilipinas players Thea Gagate and Julia Coronel are among the headliners for the inaugural draft, which drew 47 applicants. The live draft lottery determining the order of the first four picks between Zus Coffee, Farm Fresh, Capital1, … Read more
Alyssa Solomon and Bella Belen. UAAP PHOTO MANILA, Philippines — National University’s hard-hitting pair Bella Belen and Alyssa Solomon are running it back with the Lady Bulldogs next UAAP season after skipping the inaugural 2024 PVL Rookie Draft. Amid the high interest for Belen and Solomon, both NU stars didn’t throw their names in the … Read more
FILE – Alas Pilipinas stars and La Salle standouts Thea Gagate and Julia Coronel (left and second to left) join the inaugural PVL Rookie Draft. –MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.net MANILA, Philippines — Alas Pilipinas players Thea Gagate and Julia Coronel were among the 47 aspirants — mostly composed of UAAP and NCAA student-athletes — joining the inaugural … Read more