Creamline Cool Smashers

Creamline Cool Smashers

Short name	Creamline
Nickname	Cool Smashers
Founded	2017
Head coach	Sherwin Meneses
Captain	Alyssa Valdez
League	Premier Volleyball League
2025 Invitational	3rd place
Uniforms
Home Away
Championships
Premier Volleyball League: 10 (2018 Reinforced, 2018 Open, 2019 Open, 2022 Open, 2022 Invitational, 2023 All-Filipino, 2023 Second All-Filipino, 2024 All-Filipino, 2024 Reinforced, 2024 Invitational)
2024–25 season

The Creamline Cool Smashers are a Filipino professional women's volleyball team playing in the Premier Volleyball League (PVL). The team is owned by food company Rebisco and named after its Creamline Creamy Ice Cream brand. They are the most successful team in the PVL, having won ten championships. In the 2024 season, they became the first PVL team to achieve a "grand slam" (winning all three conferences in a season).

History

The Creamline Cool Smashers made their Premier Volleyball League (PVL) debut at the Reinforced Open Conference in 2017 with Thai coach Tai Bundit as their first head coach. The team is owned by Rebisco.^[1] It is named after their Creamline Creamy Ice Cream brand.^[2]

They finished in third place in the 2017 Reinforced Open Conference. As one of the more successful teams in the PVL, Creamline has never finished less than third place,^[3] In 2024, Creamline became the first team to win all three conferences of the season, achieving a "grand slam".^[4]

Creamline also formed part of the Philippine national team's core and staff for the 2022 Asian Women's Volleyball Cup on account of winning the 2022 Invitational Conference.^[5][6] Creamline, acting as the national team, finished sixth in the tournament hosted at home.^[7]

Current roster

Main article: 2025 Premier Volleyball League Reinforced Conference

Creamline Cool Smashers roster
No.	Nat.	Player	Pos.	Height	DOB	From
1		Kyle Negrito	Setter	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)	(1996-12-15) December 15, 1996 (age 28)	Far Eastern
2		Alyssa Valdez (C)	Outside Hitter	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)	(1993-06-29) June 29, 1993 (age 32)	Ateneo
3		Michelle Gamit	Middle Blocker	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	(2000-05-09) May 9, 2000 (age 25)	St. Benilde
5		Sheena Toring	Middle Blocker	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	(2001-05-28) May 28, 2001 (age 24)	National-U
6		Jeanette Panaga	Middle Blocker	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	(1994-07-25) July 25, 1994 (age 31)	St. Benilde
7		Michele Gumabao	Opposite Hitter	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	(1992-09-02) September 2, 1992 (age 33)	De La Salle
8		Ella de Jesus	Libero / Outside Hitter	1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)	(1993-08-17) August 17, 1993 (age 32)	Ateneo
9		Lorie Bernardo	Opposite Hitter	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	(2000-08-01) August 1, 2000 (age 25)	Philippines
10		Pau Soriano	Middle Blocker	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	(1991-12-31) December 31, 1991 (age 33)	Adamson
11		Kyla Atienza	Libero	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)	(1997-04-12) April 12, 1997 (age 28)	Far Eastern
13		Denden Lazaro-Revilla	Libero	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)	(1992-01-21) January 21, 1992 (age 33)	Ateneo
14		Bea de Leon	Middle Blocker	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	(1996-08-02) August 2, 1996 (age 29)	Ateneo
15		Nica Celis	Middle Blocker	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	(2001-07-07) July 7, 2001 (age 24)	Philippines
16		Rizza Mandapat	Opposite Hitter	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	(1994-02-28) February 28, 1994 (age 31)	National-U
17		Rosemarie Vargas	Outside Hitter	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	(1992-12-12) December 12, 1992 (age 32)	Far Eastern
18		Tots Carlos	Opposite Hitter	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)	(1998-07-07) July 7, 1998 (age 27)	Philippines
20		Mafe Galanza	Setter	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)	(2000-05-11) May 11, 2000 (age 25)	UST
21		Rhea Dimaculangan	Setter	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	(1991-03-21) March 21, 1991 (age 34)	UST
23		Jema Galanza	Outside Hitter	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	(1996-11-28) November 28, 1996 (age 28)	Adamson
24		Aleiah Torres	Libero / Outside Hitter	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)	(2001-09-24) September 24, 2001 (age 24)	Brock
-		Courtney Schwan	Outside Hitter	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	(1996-05-09) May 9, 1996 (age 29)	Washington
-		Michelle Morente	Opposite Hitter	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)	(1994-11-04) November 4, 1994 (age 30)	Ateneo
Updated as of: July 1, 2025 | Source: PVL.ph

Coaching staff Head coach: Sherwin Meneses Assistant coach: Karlo Martin Santos Ariel Morado Jr. Carl Bryan Vitug Lawrence Magadia

Team staff Team manager: Alan Acero Trainer: Mark Christopher Caron Utility: Sonny Cruz Eduardo Martinez

Medical staff Physiothrapist: Jigs Daguque Physical therapist: Haree Jan Rañeses

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Rivalries

Choco Mucho Flying Titans

Main article: Choco Mucho–Creamline rivalry

Creamline has a rivalry with sister team Choco Mucho Flying Titans, despite mostly dominating the rivalry. It has become one of the PVL's most popular rivalries, with matches between the two seeing large attendance turnouts. The two teams met in the championship twice.

Petro Gazz Angels

Main article: Creamline–Petro Gazz rivalry

The Creamline Cool Smashers and Petro Gazz Angels are the two longest-tenured and most successful teams in the PVL. As of the 2024–25 All-Filipino Conference, both teams met in the championship five teams with Creamline winning three of them.

Season-by-season records

Premier Volleyball League

Creamline Cool Smashers
Year	Season	Preliminary round				Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Finals		Ranking	Ref.
		GP	W	L	Pts	Opp.	Result	Opp.	Result	Opp.	Result
2017	Reinforced	10	4	6	10	2nd		BLP	L	PSM	W	3rd	[8]
	Open	7	7	0	20	—		BLP	L	PAF	W	3rd	[9]
2018	Reinforced	7	6	1	19	1st		POC–PAF	W	PMY	W	1st	[10]
	Open	14	11	3	34	—		PGA	W	ADMU	W	1st	[11]
2019	Reinforced	10	9	1	27	—		PAT	W	PGA	L	2nd	[12]
	Open	16	16	0	48	—		MOT	W	PGA	W	1st	[13]
2021	Open	9	8	1	21	—		PGA	W	CTC	L	2nd	[14]
2022	Open	3	3	0	8	CTC	W	CMF	W	PGA	W	1st	[15]
	Invitational	6	5	1	15	—		2nd		KWT	W	1st	[16]
	Reinforced	8	7	1	22	—		3rd		CTC	W	3rd	[17]
2023	1st All-Filipino	8	7	1	22	—		FTL	W	PGA	W	1st	[18]
	Invitational	4	4	0	12	—		2nd		KUR	L	2nd	[19]
	2nd All-Filipino	11	11	0	32	—		CTC	W	CMF	W	1st	[20]
2024	All-Filipino	11	8	3	24	—		2nd		CMF	W	1st	[21]
	Reinforced	8	6	2	20	PGA	W	CHD	W	AKA	W	1st	[22]
	Invitational	4	4	0	12	—				CHD	W	1st	[23]
2024–25	All-Filipino	11	10	1	29	CTC	W	2nd		PGA	L	2nd	[24]
	PVL on Tour	5	3	2	10	FFF	W	HSH	L	CHD	W	3rd	[25]
	Invitational	5	2	3	7	—				CTC	W	3rd	[26]

AVC Women's Volleyball Champions League

Creamline Cool Smashers
Year	Field	Ranking	Preliminary round				Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final round		Ref.
			Finish	W	L	Pts	Opponent	Result	Opponent	Result	Opponent	Result
2025	12	8th place	2nd (Pool A)	1	1	3	Nakhon Ratchasima	L	Did not qualify				[27][28]

Individual awards

PVL awardees

Most Valuable Player

Year	Conference	Player	Ref.
2017	Reinforced	Alyssa Valdez
2018	Open
2019	Reinforced
	Open	Jema Galanza
2022	Open	Tots Carlos
	Invitational
2023	1st All-Filipino
2024	Reinforced	Bernadeth Pons
	Invitational	Michele Gumabao

Finals Most Valuable Player

Year	Conference	Player	Ref.
2018	Reinforced	Jia de Guzman
	Open
2019	Open
2022	Open	Alyssa Valdez
	Invitational	Ced Domingo
2023	1st All-Filipino	Jia de Guzman
	2nd All-Filipino
2024	All-Filipino	Jema Galanza
	Reinforced	Bernadeth Pons
	Invitational	Kyle Negrito

1st Best Outside Hitter

Year	Conference	Player
2017	Reinforced	Alyssa Valdez
2018	Reinforced
	Open
2019	Open	Jema Galanza
2021	Open	Alyssa Valdez
2022	Invitational
	Reinforced
2023	1st All-Filipino	Tots Carlos
2024–25	PVL on Tour	Alyssa Valdez
	Invitational	Jema Galanza

2nd Best Outside Hitter

Year	Conference	Player
2018	Open	Jema Galanza
2019	Reinforced	Alyssa Valdez
2023	1st All-Filipino	Jema Galanza
	Invitational	Alyssa Valdez
	2nd All-Filipino	Jema Galanza
2024	All-Filipino
	Invitational	Erica Staunton
2024–25	All-Filipino	Bernadeth Pons

1st Best Middle Blocker

Year	Conference	Player
2023	2nd All-Filipino	Jeanette Panaga
2024–25	PVL on Tour
	Invitational

2nd Best Middle Blocker

Year	Conference	Player
2023	Invitational	Ced Domingo
2024	All-Filipino	Jeanette Panaga
2024–25	All-Filipino	Bea de Leon

Best Opposite Hitter

Year	Conference	Player
2018	Reinforced	Michele Gumabao
2022	Open	Tots Carlos
	Invitational
2023	1st All-Filipino	Michele Gumabao
	Invitational	Tots Carlos
	2nd All-Filipino	Michele Gumabao

Best Setter

Year	Conference	Player
2017	Open	Jia de Guzman
2018	Reinforced
	Open
2019	Reinforced
	Open
2021	Open
2022	Open
	Reinforced
2023	1st All-Filipino
2024	All-Filipino	Kyle Negrito
	Invitational
2024–25	All-Filipino
	PVL on Tour

Best Libero

Year	Conference	Player
2019	Open	Kyla Atienza

PVL Press Corps awardees

Year	Award	Player	Ref.
2025	Best Outside Hitter	Bernadeth Pons
	Best Middle Blocker	Bea de Leon

Imports

Season	Number	Player	Country
2017	11	Laura Schaudt	USA
	16	Kuttika Kaewpin	Thailand
2018	1	Nikolina Aščerić (withdrew)	Serbia
	18	Kuttika Kaewpin	Thailand
	21	Laura Schaudt	USA
2019	16	Kuttika Kaewpin	Thailand
	18	Aleoscar Blanco	Venezuela
2022	21	Yeliz Başa	Turkey
2024	22	Erica Staunton [29][30]	USA
2025 AVC CL	22
	5	Anastassiya Kolomoyets [31]	Kazakhstan
	3	Anastasya Kudryashova [31]	Russia
2025	–	Courtney Schwan [32][33]	USA

Team captains

• Alyssa Valdez (2017 – present)
• Jia Morado (2023) – Interim captain
• Michele Gumabao (2024) – Interim captain

Coaches

• Tai Bundit (2017–18;^[34] 2019–2021)
• Li Huanning (2019, withdrew)^[35]
• Sherwin Meneses (2022–present)

Former players

Local players Celine Domingo Theo Bea Bonafe Alexine Danielle Cabaños Jem Nicole Gutierrez Jonalyn Ibisa Paula Maninang Angela Nunag Mary Jean Balse Joyce Antonniette Palad Aerieal Patnongon Cesca Racraquin Ivy Elayne Remulla Janet Serafica Jamela Suyat Heather Guino-o Melissa Gohing Coleen Laurice Bravo Risa Sato Fille Cainglet-Cayetano

Foreign players  Thailand Kuttika Kaewpin  Serbia Nikolina Aščerić  United States Laura Schaudt Erica Staunton  Venezuela Aleoscar Blanco  Turkey Yeliz Başa

Drafts

Season	Pick No.	Name	Country
2024	12	Aleiah Torres	Philippines  Canada
2025	12	Sheena Toring	Philippines
	23	Maria Dannica Celis	Philippines

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