Petro Gazz Angels

Petro Gazz Angels

Short name	Petro Gazz
Nickname	Angels
Founded	2018
Head coach	Gary Van Sickle
Captain	Remy Palma
League	Premier Volleyball League
2025 PVL on Tour	9th place
Uniforms
Home Away
Championships
Premier Volleyball League: 3 (2019, 2022, 2024–25) PNVF Champions League: 1 (2024)

The Petro Gazz Angels is a professional women's volleyball team playing in the Premier Volleyball League (PVL). ^{[1] [2]}

History

The team debuted in the 2018 PVL Reinforced Conference. Petro Gazz Angels was primarily composed of former players of the DLSU Lady Spikers in the UAAP and the CSB Lady Blazers in the NCAA. ^[1]

Petro Gazz won their first conference in 2019 winning the Reinforced Conference. This was followed by a 2022 Reinforced Conference title under coach Rald Ricafort. They often lost to the Creamline Cool Smashers in the finals. ^[3]

Under Oliver Almadro, Petro Gazz finished second in the 2023 First All-Filipino Conference. However the latter half of the 2023 season, saw Petro Gazz's worse finish; ninth place in the Invitational under Almadro and sixth place in the Second All-Filipino Conference under Timmy Santo Tomas. ^[3]

At the start of the 2024 season, the club hired Japanese coach Koji Tsuzurabara. Petro Gazz return to the podium after finishing third at the 2024 All-Filipino Conference. However in the 2024 Reinforced Conference, Creamline ended Petro Gazz' stint in the quarterfinals. ^[3]

In 2025, they won their first ever All-Filipino Conference title by winning the 2024–25 competition. ^[4]

They were supposed to compete at the VTV Cup but was replaced by the national team.

Current roster

Main article: 2025 Premier Volleyball League Reinforced Conference

Petro Gazz Angels roster
No.	Nat.	Player	Pos.	Height	DOB	From
1		Antonette Adolfo	Opposite Hitter	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	(2001-03-23) March 23, 2001 (age 24)	Adamson
2		Djanel Cheng	Setter	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	(1994-08-28) August 28, 1994 (age 31)	St. Benilde
4		Julyana Tolentino	Setter	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	(2002-07-08) July 8, 2002 (age 23)	De La Salle
5		Joy Dacoron	Middle Blocker	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	(1995-10-11) October 11, 1995 (age 29)	Adamson
6		Pauline De Guzman	Opposite Hitter		(2001-10-14) October 14, 2001 (age 23)	Arellano
7		Jellie Tempiatura	Libero	1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)	(1997-07-24) July 24, 1997 (age 28)	Adamson
8		Aiza Maizo-Pontillas	Opposite Hitter	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	(1988-02-29) February 29, 1988 (age 37)	UST
9		Remy Palma  (C)	Middle Blocker	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)	(1995-09-08) September 8, 1995 (age 30)	Far Eastern
10		Brooke Van Sickle	Outside Hitter	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	(1999-03-22) March 22, 1999 (age 26)	Hawaiʻi
11		Marian Alisa Buitre	Middle Blocker	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	(1996-05-12) May 12, 1996 (age 29)	Philippines
13		Mar-Jana Phillips	Middle Blocker	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	(1995-06-15) June 15, 1995 (age 30)	Juniata
15		Myla Pablo	Outside Hitter	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	(1993-09-12) September 12, 1993 (age 32)	National-U
16		Ranya Musa	Middle Blocker	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	(1997-02-13) February 13, 1997 (age 28)	St. Benilde
17		Chie Saet	Setter	1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)	(1984-11-24) November 24, 1984 (age 40)	De La Salle
19		Nicole Tiamzon	Outside Hitter	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)	(1995-11-03) November 3, 1995 (age 29)	Philippines
20		Jonah Sabete	Outside Hitter	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	(1994-01-29) January 29, 1994 (age 31)	Bulacan State
21		Bang Pineda	Libero	1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)	(1991-01-21) January 21, 1991 (age 34)	Adamson
23		Babylove Barbon	Libero	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)	(1999-04-25) April 25, 1999 (age 26)	UST
–		Lindsey Vander Weide	Outside Hitter	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	(1997-10-19) October 19, 1997 (age 27)	Oregon

Coaching staff Head coach: Gary Van Sickle Assistant coach: Stephen James Patrona Jay Chua Ramona Bagatsing Cha Cruz-Behag Lisa Van Sickle Conditioning Coach: Paolo Rivero

Team staff Team Coordinator: Evelyn Dris Team Manager: David Dichupa

Medical staff Physical Therapist: Rod Ann Oaferina Fe Marie Joy Acordon

Rivalries

Creamline Cool Smashers

Main article: Creamline–Petro Gazz rivalry

Since joining the PVL, Petro Gazz is involved in a rivalry with the Creamline Cool Smashers. Despite the latter's dominance, Petro Gazz won two of their three league championships against Creamline.

Honors

Team

Premier Volleyball League:

Season	Conference	Title	Source
2018	Reinforced	5th place	[5]
	Open	4th place	[6]
2019	Reinforced	Champions	[7]
	Open	Runner-up	[8]
2021	Open	3rd place	[9]
2022	Open	Runner-up	[10]
	Invitational	6th place	[11]
	Reinforced	Champions	[12]
2023	1st All-Filipino	Runner-up	[13]
	Invitational	9th place	[14]
	2nd All-Filipino	6th place	[15]
2024	All-Filipino	3rd place	[16]
	Reinforced	6th place	[17]
2024-25	All-Filipino	Champions	[18]
	PVL on Tour	9th place	[19]

PNVF Champions League:

Season	Title	Source
2021	3rd place	[20]
2024	Champions	[21]

AVC Women's Volleyball Champions League:

The Petro Gazz Angels during the 2025 AVC Women's Champions League

Season	Title	Source
2025	6th place	[22]

Individual

Season	Conference	Award	Name	Ref.
2018	Open	Best Libero	Cienne Marie Arielle Cruz	[23]
2019	Reinforced	2nd Best Middle Blocker	Cherry Rose Nunag	[24]
		Best Foreign Guest Player	Wilma Salas
		Most Valuable Player (Finals)	Janisa Johnson
	Open	1st Best Outside Spiker	Jovielyn Grace Prado	[25]
		2nd Best Middle Blocker	Jeanette Panaga
2021	Open	2nd Best Outside Spiker	Myla Pablo	[26]
		1st Best Middle Blocker	Ria Meneses
		Best Libero	Kath Arado
2021	PNVF Champions League for Women	1st Best Outside Spiker	Frances Molina	[27]
2022	Open	2nd Best Outside Spiker	Grethcel Soltones	[28]
	Reinforced	2nd Best Outside Spiker	Myla Pablo	[29]
		1st Best Middle Blocker	Mar-Jana Phillips
		Best Foreign Guest Player	Lindsey Vander Weide
		Most Valuable Player (Finals)
2023	1st All-Filipino	1st Best Middle Blocker	Mary Remy Joy Palma	[30]
		2nd Best Middle Blocker	Mar-Jana Phillips
2024	PNVF Champions League for Women
		Most Valuable Player	Brooke Van Sickle	[31]
		1st Best Outside Spiker
		2nd Best Outside Spiker	Jonah Sabete
		2nd Best Middle Blocker	Mary Remy Joy Palma
2024	All-Filipino
		Most Valuable Player (Conference)	Brooke Van Sickle	[32]
		Best Opposite Spiker	Aiza Maizo-Pontillas
	Reinforced	1st Best Outside Spiker	Brooke Van Sickle	[33]
2024–25	All-Filipino
		Most Valuable Player (Conference)	Brooke Van Sickle	[34] [35]
		Most Valuable Player (Finals)	Mar-Jana Phillips
	PVL on Tour
		2nd Best Outside Spiker	Myla Pablo

Team captains

• Stephanie Mercado (2018)
• Janisa Johnson (2019)
• Relea Ferina Saet (2019–2023)
• Mary Remy Joy Palma (2024–present)

Imports

Season	Name	Country
2018	Kadi Kullerkann [a]	Estonia
	Anastasia Trach	Ukraine
	Olena Lymareva-Flink [a]
2019	Wilma Salas	Cuba
	Janisa Johnson	United States
2022	Lindsey Vander Weide
2024	Wilma Salas [36]	Cuba
2025 AVC CL	Gia Day [37]	United States
2025	Lindsey Vander Weide [38] [39]

Notes

1. Olena Lymareva-Flink replaced Kadi Kullerkann in the latter stage of the preliminary round. ^[40]

Coaches

• Jerry Yee (2018, 2022)
• Arnold Laniog (2019–2021)
• Rald Ricafort (2022)
• Oliver Almadro (2023 1st All-Filipino–Invitational) – elevated as the team's head of volleyball operations ^[41]
• Timmy Santo Tomas – (2023 2nd All-Filipino) ^[41]
• Koji Tsuzurabara (2024–2025) ^{[42] [43]}
• Brian Esquibel (interim; 2025)
• Gary Van Sickle (2025–present) ^[44]

Former players

Local players Cienne Cruz [45] Rachel Anne Austero Maricar Nepomuceno-Baloaloa Cherry Nunag Marites Pablo Jeanette Panaga Jovielyn Grace Prado Frances Xinia Molina Jeushl Wensh Tiu Stephanie Mercado-de Koenigswarter Alyssa Gayle Layug Kathleen Faith Arado Marivic Velaine Meneses Grethcel Soltones

Foreign players  Cuba Wilma Salas  Estonia Kadi Kullerkann  Ukraine Olena Lymareva-Flink Anastasiya Trach  United States Janisa Johnson

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