Creamline Cool Smashers’ Tots Carlos in the PVL All-Filipino COnference. –PVL PHOTO Tots Carlos erased Creamline’s two-set deficit by setting a PVL-high 38 points—the most of any local player—to survive a 26-28, 22-25, 25-22, 25-21, 16-14 marathon match against Cignal late Tuesday night at PhilSports Arena. The Cool Smashers avoided a second loss this All-Filipino … Read more
Jau Umandal and the Cignal HD Spikers during a game against RichMarc in the Spikers’ Turf Open Conference.–PVL IMAGES MANILA, Philippines — Defending champion Cignal turned to Jau Umandal anew to score its second straight win with a 25-15, 25-20, 25-16 rout of RichMarc Sports 3B in the 2024 Spikers’ Turf Open Conference on Sunday … Read more
Cignal HD Spikers in the PVL All-Filipino Conference. –PVL PHOTO MANILA, Philippines–Cignal listed itself among the top teams in the PVL All-Filipino Conference after escaping a late-game resistance by Nxled, 25-21, 25-17, 25-21, on Thursday at PhilSports Arena. The HD Spikers are now in a three-way tie with All-Filipino Conference defending champions Creamline and Choco … Read more
Cignal HD Spikers’ Jheck Dionela.–MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.net MANILA, Philippines — Jheck Dionela believes contentment is the key to becoming the longest-tenured volleyball player with the same team for a decade as she is set for Year 11 with the Cignal HD Spikers in the 2024 Premier Volleyball League (PVL) season. More than her steady floor defense … Read more
Cignal HD Spikers’ Gel Cayuna. –MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.net MANILA, Philippines — Gel Cayuna opted to run it back with the Cignal HD Spikers in the 2024 Premier Volleyball League (PVL) season despite getting “so many tempting offers” from other squads. VP Global Management, Cayuna’s camp, bared on Friday that the reigning PVL Best Setter renewed her … Read more
Vanie Gandler and Cignal HD Spikers close in on PVL All-Filipino Conference bronze. –PVL PHOTO MANILA, Philippines — Cignal inched closer to another bronze medal in the Premier Volleyball League (PVL) after venting its ire on Chery Tiggo, 25-19, 21-25, 25-15, 25-20, in Game 1 of their best-of-three battle for third in the second All-Filipino … Read more
Choco Mucho star Sisi Rondina hugs setter Deanna Wong. –MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.net Choco Mucho was nowhere near championship contention in the last Premier Volleyball League All-Filipino Conference. In fact, the Flying Titans—despite the huge following they command and the star-laden team that they are—have never come close to winning a title. Tapping Dante Alinsunurin as coach … Read more
Ria Meneses comes through in clutch for Cignal HD Spikers in the PVL All-Filipino Conference semifinals. –MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.net MANILA, Philippines — Cignal stole Game 1 of the semifinals as it snapped Choco Mucho’s 10-game win streak with a come-from-behind 18-25, 23-25, 25-14, 25-19, 15-10 victory in the 2023 Premier Volleyball League (PVL) second All-Filipino Conference … Read more
Cignal spiker Ces Molina.–MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.net MANILA, Philippines — Cignal recovered from a third set loss before turning back Galeries Tower, 25-17, 25-17, 24-26, 25-11, for its third straight win in the 2023 Premier Volleyball League (PVL) second All-Filipino Conference on Tuesday at Philsports Arena. The HD Spikers couldn’t complete a sweep in the third set … Read more
Cignal HD Spikers’ Vanie Gandler in the PVL All-Filipino Conference. –MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.net MANILA, Philippines — Vanie Gandler stepped up when it mattered most to end Cignal’s two-game skid with a 25-18, 19-25, 25-21, 25-20 victory over Akari in the 2023 Premier Volleyball League (PVL) All-Filipino Conference on Tuesday at FilOil EcoOil Centre in San Juan … Read more