2025 AVC Champions League – Creamline Cool Smashers, PLDT High Speed Hitters, Petro Gazz Angels
2025 AVC Women’s Champions League quarterfinals schedule
April 25, Friday – PhilSports Arena
- 4pm – Taipower vs VTV Binh Dien Long An
- 7pm – Petro Gazz Angels vs Baic Motor Volleyball Club
AVC: Gia Day emotional after joyful stint with Petro Gazz
Petro Gazz Angels’ Gia Day during an AVC Champions League quarterfinals game against Beijing Baic Motors. –MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.net
MANILA, Philippines—Petro Gazz import Gia Day couldn’t hold back her emotions after the Angels’ campaign came to an end in the 2025 AVC Champions League on Friday at Philsports Arena.
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But the American spiker’s tears weren’t just out of disappointment — they were mostly from pure gratitude and joy after seeing the PVL champions make the powerhouse China club sweat in a five-set marathon.
“It just brought tears to my eyes because the girls wanted it so bad and they had so much fun and this was the most fun game I’ve ever played so I’m very thankful for them,” said Day before breaking down into tears.
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IN PHOTOS: Petro Gazz Angels vs Baic Motor Volleyball Club (Quarterfinals)
AVC: No PH teams left as Petro Gazz also exits with tough QF loss
PVL champions Petro Gazz Angels in a game against Beijing Baic Motors in the AVC Champions League quarterfinals. –MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.net
The Philippines’ campaign in the AVC Women’s Champions League has come to an end after Petro Gazz followed Creamline and PLDT to the exit, with Beijing Baic Motors completing the semifinal cast on Friday.
The visiting crew sealed a semifinal matchup with VTV Bình Điền Long An after outlasting the PVL champions, 31-29, 19-25, 20-25, 25-20, 15-12, in the knockout quarterfinals.
“I’m really proud of how everyone worked so hard. It just brought tears to my eyes because the girls wanted it so bad and they had so much fun, this was like the most fun game I’ve ever played in. So I’m very thankful for them,” said an emotional Petro Gazz import Gia Day after her final game here.
AVC Champions League quarterfinals scores: Petro Gazz Angels vs Baic Motor Volleyball Club
Chie Saet talks about Petro Gazz’s fight in the #AVCChampionsLeague pic.twitter.com/EKJXSz9686
— Rommel Fuertes Jr. (@MeloFuertesINQ) April 25, 2025
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Will we see Gia Day in a Petro Gazz jersey again in the future? 🤔#AVCChampionsLeague @INQUIRERSports pic.twitter.com/8f6u8Z2mnc
— Rommel Fuertes Jr. (@MeloFuertesINQ) April 25, 2025
The Petro Gazz Angels talk about their campaign in the #AVCChampionsLeague which ended in a five-set loss at the hands of the BAIC Motor Volleyball Club-China. @INQUIRERSports pic.twitter.com/HhpO7eHHT3
— Rommel Fuertes Jr. (@MeloFuertesINQ) April 25, 2025
- NO PH TEAM IN THE AVC CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SEMIS 💔
- FINAL: BAIC Motor Volleyball Club-China eliminates the Petro Gazz Angels in the quarterfinals with a 31-29, 19-25, 20-25, 25-20, 15-12 five-set win.
- END OF SET 4: BAIC equalizes the game at 2-2 against Petro Gazz, 25-20, to force a decider. Fifth set incoming for the last semis seat of the AVC ChampionsLeague
Petro Gazz Angels (PHI) take set 3 vs BAIC Motor Volleyball Club (CHN) at the AVC Women’s Volleyball Champions League QF match. #AVCWomenChampionsLeague #AWVCL2025 pic.twitter.com/Us0JKhQKbz
— AVC Champions League (@avcchampions) April 25, 2025
- END OF SET 3: Petro Gazz stuns BAIC in the third set, 25-20, to take the 2-1 lead.
One set each, and the tension’s rising! Petro Gazz Angels (PHI) and BAIC Motor (CHN) are locked in a battle for the last semis spot at the AVC Women’s Club Championship—who’s taking it home?#AVCWomenChampionsLeague #AWVCL2025 pic.twitter.com/GI0jdClKYy
— AVC Champions League (@avcchampions) April 25, 2025
- END OF SET 2: All knotted up. Petro Gazz equalizes the game at 1-1 after taking Set 2, 25-19.
- END OF SET 1: BAIC edges out Petro Gazz in a tight first set for the 1-0 lead, 31-29.
Only one seat remains in the #AVCChampionsLeague semifinals.
It’s Petro Gazz vs. BAIC Motor Volleyball Club-China in the last quarters bout of the day here in Pasig. @INQUIRERSports pic.twitter.com/Xq3FHfNRmt
— Rommel Fuertes Jr. (@MeloFuertesINQ) April 25, 2025
AVC: Binh Dien Long An edges Taipower, books semis seat
Thi Phuong Lu and the Binh Dien Long An-Vietnam in the AVC Champions League. –MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.net
MANILA, Philippines—Binh Dien Long An-Vietnam continued to roll in the 2025 AVC Women’s Champions League.
The Vietnamese squad outlasted Taipower-Chinese Taipei in four sets, 25-20, 18-25, 25-22, 28-26, to inch closer to the Champions League championship on Friday at Philsports Arena in Pasig.
Thi Phuong Lu headlined the Binh Dien Long An victory with 19 points built on 17 successful attacks and two blocks. Thi Nhu Quynh Vi also helped the cause with 18 points to her name.
Thi Thanh Thuy Tran and team manager Thanh Minh Chau Le after the dub over Taipower. #AVCChampionsLeague @INQUIRERSports pic.twitter.com/xeeNGTBq0N
— Rommel Fuertes Jr. (@MeloFuertesINQ) April 25, 2025
- FINAL: Binh Dien Long An-Vietnam outlasts Taipower-Chinese Taipei in four sets, 25-20, 18-25, 25-22, 28-26, to advance to the AVC ChampionsLeague semifinals.
VTV Binh Dien Long An (VIE) clashes with Taipower (TPE) in a battle for the third coveted semifinals spot at the AVC Women's Volleyball Champions League!
Catch all the action LIVE at the PhilSports Arena in Pasig City or stream every heart-pounding moment on VBTV. pic.twitter.com/XDQY6pKWbi
— AVC Champions League (@avcchampions) April 25, 2025
IT’S QUARTERFINALS DAY 2!
Two spots left. Four teams. One mission: SEMI-FINALS at the AVC Women’s Volleyball Champions League!
⏰ 4 PM (PHT): Taipower (TPE) vs VTV Binh Dien Long An (VIE)⁰⏰ 7 PM (PHT): Petro Gazz Angels (PHI) vs BAIC Motor Volleyball Club (CHN) pic.twitter.com/Kn0K2Ja8cP
— AVC Champions League (@avcchampions) April 25, 2025
Van Sickle glad playing tough teams in AVC Champions League
Petro Gazz didn’t even have two weeks to celebrate its PVL All-Filipino Conference title romp, with the Angels now contending for more than a club championship in a league that’s certainly a lot tougher.
“Past is the past. It’s a different stage. This is like a much higher [level] like this is crazy volleyball right now,” Brooke Van Sickle said of the Angels’ stint in the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) Champions League. “[They are] all champions from Asia, so I’m really glad to have this opportunity.”
Petro Gazz made sure that all three local teams made it past group play after a 25-8, 25-12, 25-12 elimination of Hip Hing of Hong Kong on Tuesday night at PhilSports Arena.
AVC: Galanza, Pons cherish PH stint with Creamline despite exit
Creamline Cool Smashers’ Bernadeth Pons during the AVC Champions League. –MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.net
MANILA, Philippines —Jema Galanza and Bernadeth Pons relished the opportunity to represent the country in the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) Champions League, despite Creamline’s quarterfinal exit on Thursday night at Philsports Arena.
The Cool Smashers were swept by Thailand’s Nakhon Ratchasima in the knockout round, 15-25, 22-25, 16-25. Pons and Galanza led the team’s effort, while Ana Kudryashova topscored with nine points.
Pons, who led all local scorers with eight points, couldn’t hold back tears after completing her first indoor international stint with Creamline.
Dell Palomata finds confidence boost in battling overseas teams
PLDT High Speed Hitters’ Dell Palomata during an AVC Champions League game. –MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.net
MANILA, Philippines —Dell Palomata displayed her international poise as she delivered her best performance of the tournament against the towering Zhetysu squad of Kazakhstan in the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) Champions League on Thursday.
While PLDT absorbed a 13-25, 22-25, 20-25 loss to exit in the quarterfinals, Palomata impressed and delivered seven points against the Kazakhs, who have an average height of 5-foot-9.
“Honestly, my mindset was just to fight. The opponents were really tall and strong, so I knew we had no choice — we had to fight back,” Palomata,an Alas Pilipinas mainstay, told reporters in Filipino.
Coach confident PLDT will be better afterAVCexit
PLDT High Speed Hitters in the AVC Champions League quarterfinals. –MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.net
In a field filled with much taller and athletic squads armed with different playing styles and a lot more experience, PLDT knew that it was an uphill battle in the AVC Women’s Champions League.
And the High Speed Hitters couldn’t scale what looks to be the highest peak in the tournament, bowing out of contention after losing in straight sets to Zhetysu VC of Kazakhstan, 25-13, 25-22, 25-20, in the quarterfinals on Thursday at PhilSports Arena in Pasig City.
“In general, the other teams are just on a higher level,” coach Rald Ricafort said in Filipino after his crew gave its all but still fell way short against the talented Kazakhs.
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