Cignal Super Spikers (women)

Cignal Super Spikers

Full name	Cignal Super Spikers
Short name	Cignal
Nickname	Super Spikers
Founded	2013
Head coach	Shaq Delos Santos
Captain	Gel Cayuna
League	Premier Volleyball League Philippine Super Liga (2013–2020)
2025 Invitational	5th place
Uniforms
Home Away
Championships
Philippine Super Liga: 1 (2017)

The Cignal Super Spikers are a professional women's volleyball team in the Philippines. The club is owned by Cignal TV, Inc., a subsidiary of MediaQuest Holdings, Inc., a PLDT company.

History

The Cignal HD Spikers logo used until 2025.

Philippine Super Liga

The team was established in 2013 as the Cignal HD Spikers, they competed in the Philippine Super Liga (PSL) as one of the league's founding teams. They went on to appear in the finals of their first two conferences. ^[1]

Cignal HD were co-champions of the 2017 PSL Invitational Cup. The team had a total of one title, three runner-up finishes and four bronze-medal finishes in the PSL. ^[2]

Premier Volleyball League

In 2021, it was one of four PSL teams that made the jump to the professional Premier Volleyball League. ^[2]

In October 2025, the team changed their name to the Cignal Super Spikers. ^[3]

Current roster

Main article: 2025 Premier Volleyball League Reinforced Conference

Cignal Super Spikers women's roster
No.	Nat.	Player	Pos.	Height	DOB	From
1		Pearl An Denura	Libero	1.42 m (4 ft 8 in)	(2000-10-24) October 24, 2000 (age 24)	National-U
2		Roselyn Doria	Middle Blocker	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	(1996-09-02) September 2, 1996 (age 29)	National-U
3		Jewel Encarnacion	Outside Hitter	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)	(2000-12-22) December 22, 2000 (age 24)	Philippines
4		Tin Tiamzon	Outside Hitter	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)	(1997-05-04) May 4, 1997 (age 28)	De La Salle
5		Vanessa Gandler	Outside Hitter	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	(2000-12-05) December 5, 2000 (age 24)	Ateneo
6		Ishie Lalongisip	Outside Hitter	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)	(2001-12-30) December 30, 2001 (age 23)	Adamson
7		Maria Jessa Ordiales	Middle Blocker	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	(2000-12-14) December 14, 2000 (age 24)	De La Salle
8		Erika Mae Santos	Opposite Hitter	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)	(1998-05-13) May 13, 1998 (age 27)	De La Salle
9		Judith Abil	Opposite Hitter	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	(1997-12-04) December 4, 1997 (age 27)	UE
10		Erin May Pangilinan	Middle Blocker	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	(2001-10-12) October 12, 2001 (age 23)	National-U
11		Jacqueline Acuña	Middle Blocker	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	(2000-07-28) July 28, 2000 (age 25)	National-U
12		Gyzelle Sy	Setter	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)	(1992-08-02) August 2, 1992 (age 33)	Far Eastern
14		Ethan Arce	Middle Blocker	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)	(2001-06-06) June 6, 2001 (age 24)	Philippines
15		Heather Anne Guino-o	Outside Hitter	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	(1997-11-27) November 27, 1997 (age 27)	Far Eastern
16		Dawn Macandili-Catindig	Libero	1.53 m (5 ft 0 in)	(1996-06-01) June 1, 1996 (age 29)	De La Salle
22		Gel Cayuna  (C)	Setter	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)	(1998-08-17) August 17, 1998 (age 27)	Far Eastern
24		Ria Janelle Beatriz Duremdes	Libero	1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)	(1998-06-07) June 7, 1998 (age 27)	Far Eastern
–		Eva Chantava	Outside Hitter	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	(1990-10-26) October 26, 1990 (age 34)	–

Coaching staff Head coach: Shaq Delos Santos Assistant coach(s): Rico de Guzman Kirk Beliran Mark Detablan Justin Santos JC Salvador Yani Fernandez Trainer(s): Edwin Ajon Strength & conditioning coach: Dox Delos Reyes

Team staff Team Manager: Arjuna Cubes Escol

Medical staff Team Physician: Physical Therapist: Mike Cabungan Physical Trainer: Gabriel Atienza

Honors

Team

Premier Volleyball League:

Season	'Conference	Title	Source
2021	Open	10th place	[4]
2022	Open	3rd place	[5]
	Invitational	3rd place	[6]
	Reinforced	Runner-up	[7]
2023	First All-Filipino	6th place	[8]
	Invitational	3rd place	[9]
	Second All-Filipino	3rd place	[10]
2024	All-Filipino	6th place	[11]
	Reinforced	3rd place	[12]
	Invitational	Runner-up	[13]
2024-25	All-Filipino	9th place	[14]
	PVL on Tour	4th place	[15]
	Invitational	5th place	[16]
	Reinforced	TBD

Philippine Superliga:

Philippine SuperLiga

Season Conference Title Source 2013 Invitational Runner-up [17] [18] Grand Prix Runner Up [19] 2014 All-Filipino 7th place [20] [21] Grand Prix 4th place [22] 2015 All-Filipino 5th place Beach Challenge Cup Team A: 13th place Team B:3rd Place Grand Prix 4th place 2016 Invitational 4th place Beach Challenge Cup Team A:Champions Team B: 7th place All-Filipino 6th place Grand Prix 6th place 2017 Invitational Champions Beach Challenge Cup Team A: 5th place Team B: 6th place All-Filipino 3rd Place Grand Prix 5th place 2018 Grand Prix 6th place Beach Challenge Cup Team A: 6th place Team B: 8th place Invitational 3rd Place All-Filipino 4th place [23] 2019 Grand Prix 4th place Beach Challenge Cup Team A: 8th place Team B: All-Filipino Runner-up Invitational 3rd Place 2020 Grand Prix Cancelled

PNVF Champions League:

Season	Title	Source
2024	Runner-up	[24]

Individual

Premier Volleyball League:

Season	Conference	Award	Name	Source
2022	Open	1st Best Outside Spiker	Frances Molina	[25]
		1st Best Middle Blocker	Roselyn Doria
		2nd Best Middle Blocker	Ria Meneses
		Best Setter	Angelica Cayuna
	Invitational	2nd Best Outside Spiker	Frances Molina	[26]
Reinforced	2nd Best Middle Blocker	Roselyn Doria	[27]
2023	Invitational	Most Valuable Player (Conference)	Frances Molina	[28]
		Best Setter	Angelica Cayuna
	2nd All-Filipino	2nd Best Middle Blocker	Ria Meneses	[29]
Best Setter		Angelica Cayuna
2024	Reinforced	Best Setter	Angelica Cayuna	[30]
		Best Foreign Guest Player	María José Pérez
	Invitational	1st Best Middle Blocker	Jacqueline Acuña	[31]
		1st Best Outside Spiker	María José Pérez
2024–25	All-Filipino	Rookie of the Conference	Ishie Lalongisip	[32]
	PVL on Tour	Most Valuable Player (Conference)	Erika Santos	[33]

Philippine Superliga:

Philippine SuperLiga

Most Valuable Player Coach of the Year Best Libero Venus Bernal - 2013 Invitational [17] [34] [35] Jovelyn Gonzaga - 2017 Invitational Jennylyn Reyes - 2013 Invitational [36] Angelique Dionela - 2017 Invitational, 2017 All-Filipino, 2019 All-Filipino 1st Best Setter 2nd Best Setter 1st Best Middle Blocker Arriane Argarin - 2013 Invitational [36] Relea Ferina Saet - 2017 Invitational Alohi Robins-Hardy - 2019 All-Filipino Honey Royse Tubino - 2013 Invitational [36] Maureen Penetrante-Ouano - 2013 Grand Prix [37] 2nd Best Middle Blocker 1st Best Opposite Spiker 2nd Best Opposite Spiker Maica Morada - 2017 Invitational Roselyn Doria - 2019 Invitational Erika Wilson - 2019 Grand Prix 1st Best Outside Spiker 2nd Best Outside Spiker Zhanzhan Li - 2013 Grand Prix [37] [38] Lindsay Stalzer - 2014 Grand Prix [39] Ariel Elizabeth Usher - 2015 Grand Prix Rachel Anne Daquis - 2018 Invitational, 2018 All-Filipino, 2019 All-Filipino Rachel Anne Daquis - 2017 Invitational

PNVF Champions League:

Season	Conference	Award	Name	Source
2024	PNVF Champions League for Women	Best Setter	Angelica Cayuna	[40]
		Best Libero	Dawn Macandili-Catindig

Team captains

• Venus Bernal (2013)
• Michelle Datuin (2013–2014)
• Royse Tubino (2014)
• Charisse Ancheta (2015)
• Michelle Laborte (2015–2016)
• Stephanie Mercado (2017)
• Rachel Daquis (2018–2023)
• Frances Molina (2023–2025)
• Dawn Macandili-Catindig (2025–present)

Imports

Season	Number	Player	Country
2013		Zhanzhan Li	China
		Lei Xie
2014		Lindsay Stalzer	USA
		Sarah Ammerman
2015		Ariel Usher
		Amanda Anderson
2016		Lynda Morales	Puerto Rico
		Laura Schaudt	USA
2017	2	Mami Miyashita	Japan
	12	Beth Carey	Australia
	18	Alexis Mathews	USA
2018	11	Jeane Horton
	20	Sonja Milanović	Bosnia and Herzegovina
2019	9	Anastasiya Artemeva	Azerbaijan
	11	Erica Wilson	USA
2020	18	Liannes Castaneda Simon	Cuba
2022	4	Tai Bierria	USA
2024	15	María José Pérez [41]	Venezuela
2025	–	Eva Chantava [42] [43]	Greece

Coaches

• Sammy Acaylar (2013–2016)
• George Pascua (2017)
• Edgar Barroga (2018–2020)
• Shaq Delos Santos (2021–present)

See also

• Cignal HD Spikers (men)

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