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 Reinforced	6th 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)
2026 Creamline Cool Smashers season

The Creamline Cool Smashers are a Filipino professional women's volleyball team owned by Rebisco. The team competes in the Premier Volleyball League (PVL), where they were one of the six original women's teams in 2017. The team is named after Creamline Creamy Ice Cream, one of Rebisco's products.

The Cool Smashers saw instant success under head coach Tai Bundit, which later continued into the professional era under Sherwin Meneses. The team has won ten PVL championships, more than any other team in the league, and are the only franchise to have accomplished the rare Grand Slam by winning all three conferences in the 2024 season. From 2017 to 2025, the team also had a podium streak that lasted for nineteen conferences.

Many star players have competed for the team, including Alyssa Valdez, Jia de Guzman, Jema Galanza, Jeanette Panaga, and Michele Gumabao among others. The Cool Smashers also have a sister team in the Choco Mucho Flying Titans. The two teams contest the Rebisco Clasico, the league's most popular active rivalry. They also had a rivalry with the now-inactive Petro Gazz Angels, with both teams being the league's two most successful teams.

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: 2026 Premier Volleyball League All-Filipino 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 29)	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
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 34)	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
17		Rosemarie Vargas	Outside Hitter	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	(1992-12-12) December 12, 1992 (age 33)	Far Eastern
18		Tots Carlos	Opposite Hitter	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)	(1998-07-07) July 7, 1998 (age 27)	Philippines
23		Jema Galanza	Outside Hitter	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	(1996-11-28) November 28, 1996 (age 29)	Adamson
24		Aleiah Torres	Libero / Outside Hitter	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)	(2001-09-24) September 24, 2001 (age 24)	Brock
–		Jennifer Nierva	Libero	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)	(1999-11-08) November 8, 1999 (age 26)	National-U
Updated as of: January 9, 2026 | Source: PVL.ph

Coaching staff Head coach: Sherwin Meneses Assistant coach: Mark Alfafara 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

Until 2025, the Creamline Cool Smashers and Petro Gazz Angels were the two longest-tenured and most successful teams in the PVL. Before Petro Gazz took a leave of absence in 2026, both teams met in the championship five teams with Creamline winning three of them.

Season-by-season records

Premier Volleyball League

List of the last five conferences completed by the Creamline Cool Smashers. For the full-season history, see List of Creamline Cool Smashers seasons.

Season	Conference	Preliminary round	Final round	Ranking	Source
2024	Invitational	1st (4–0, 12 pts)	Won in championship vs. Cignal, 3–2	Champions	[8]
2024–25 (team)	All-Filipino	1st (10–1, 29 pts)	Won in quarterfinals vs. Chery Tiggo, 2–0 Finished 2nd in semifinals (2–1, 6 pts) Lost in championship vs. Petro Gazz, 1–2	Runner-up	[9]
	PVL on Tour	2nd (3–2, 10 pts) (Pool B)	Won in quarterfinals vs. Farm Fresh, 3–0 Lost in semifinals vs. PLDT, 2–3 Won in third place match vs. Cignal, 3–0	3rd place	[10]
	Invitational	4th (2–3, 5 pts)	Won in third place match vs. Chery Tiggo, 3–0	3rd place	[11]
	Reinforced	4th (5–3, 17 pts)	Lost in quarterfinals vs. Petro Gazz, 1–3	6th place	[12]

AVC Women's Volleyball Champions League

Year	Conference	Preliminary round	Final round	Ranking	Source
2025	2nd (1–1, 3 pts) (Pool A)	Lost in quarterfinals vs. Nakhon Ratchasima	8th place	[13] [14]

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	Tots Carlos
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
	Reinforced	Jeanette Panaga

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	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 [15] [16]	USA
2025 AVC CL	22
	5	Anastassiya Kolomoyets [17]	Kazakhstan
	3	Anastasya Kudryashova [17]	Russia
2025	22	Courtney Schwan [18] [19]	USA

Team captains

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

Coaches

• Tai Bundit (2017–18; ^[20] 2019–2021)
• Li Huanning (2019, withdrew) ^[21]
• Sherwin Meneses (2022–present)

Former players

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

Foreign players  Kazakhstan Anastassiya Kolomoyets - AVC Women’s Champions League 2025  Russia Anastasiya Kudryashova - AVC Women’s Champions League 2025  Serbia Nikolina Aščerić  Thailand Kuttika Kaewpin  Turkey Yeliz Başa  United States Laura Schaudt Erica Staunton Courtney Schwan  Venezuela Aleoscar Blanco

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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