![Rival coaches acknowledge Creamline as the team to beat this season. [PVL Images]](https://sportsbytes.com.ph/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/PVL-AFC-Presscon-Creamline-8121-400x200.jpg)
Creamline Cool Smashers are set to make a statement in the 2026 PVL All-Filipino Conference as key players return, including Jia de Guzman and Bernadeth Pons.
![Sunny Villapando and Dij Rodriguez dominate the deciding set to secure gold. [POC Media Pool]](https://sportsbytes.com.ph/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Villapondo-and-Rodriguez-400x200.jpg)
Alas Pilipinas Women pulled off one of the greatest upsets in SEA Games beach volleyball history, dethroning eight-time champion Thailand on home sand to secure the Philippines’ first women’s gold in the event.
![Bernadeth Pons in action at Jomtien Beach Arena during the SEA Games. [POC Media Pool]](https://sportsbytes.com.ph/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Beach-Volley-Bernadeth-Pons-400x200.jpg)
The Philippine women’s beach volleyball team booked a historic finals berth at the 33rd SEA Games with a 2-0 sweep of Vietnam, setting up their first-ever gold medal match appearance.
![Champions Sisi Rondina and Bernadeth Pons headline the women's podium finishers. [BVR photo]](https://sportsbytes.com.ph/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/EM-4202-400x200.jpg)
Sisi Rondina and Bernadeth Pons rallied past Alas teammates Sunny Villapando and Dij Rodriguez to claim the women’s title at the PNVF Beach Volleyball Invitational in Santa Rosa, Laguna.
![Sisi Rondina and Bernadeth Pons lead Alas Pilipinas in the PNVF Beach Volleyball Invitational [BVR photo]](https://sportsbytes.com.ph/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Jihan_2025_05.24_044604-400x200.jpg)
The Philippine National Volleyball Federation Beach Volleyball Invitational kicks off Saturday, November 15, 2025, with 13 women’s teams, including four Alas Pilipinas squads led by Sisi Rondina and Bernadeth Pons.
![Sisi Rondina and Bernadeth Pons in action at the Nuvali Sands Court. [PNVF photo]](https://sportsbytes.com.ph/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Rondina-and-Pons-Alas-Pilipnas007-400x200.jpg)
Philippine beach volleyball teams are targeting gold at the 33rd Southeast Asian Games in Thailand, with head coach Joao “Kioday” Barbosa confident in their preparation.
![Sisi Rondina and Bernadeth Pons in action during the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour Challenge. [PNVF photo]](https://sportsbytes.com.ph/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Rondina_pons_barbosa_pnvf-photo-400x200.jpg)
After competing in the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour Challenge, Alas Pilipinas’ beach volleyball squads are now training full time for the 33rd SEA Games in Bangkok.
Sisi Rondina and Bernadeth Pons nearly pulled off a Cinderella run on home soil but fell in a heartbreaking three-setter to Switzerland in the Volleyball World Beach Volley Pro Tour Challenge round of 24.
Four Alas Pilipinas pairs dropped their opening matches in the Volleyball World 2025 Beach Pro Tour Challenge, leaving them in must-win situations to stay in contention.
![Jenny Gaviola (left) and Alexa Poledario of Alas Pilipinas. [PNVF photo]](https://sportsbytes.com.ph/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Jenny-Gaviola-left-and-Alexa-Poledario-of-Alas-Pilipinas-against-Amanda-Harnett-and-Davin-Corah-of-Canadas03-e1760540874858-400x200.jpg)
Sisi Rondina and Bernadeth Pons face tough Brazilian opponents as the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour main draw kicks off at Nuvali Sands Court, while Alas Pilipinas looks to bounce back from a rainy qualifying day.