The 2025–26 PLDT High Speed Hitters season was the eighth season of the PLDT High Speed Hitters and fifth in the Premier Volleyball League (PVL).
Before the PVL on Tour, three more players, Rachel Anne Austero, Fiola Ceballos, and Erika Santos also departed from PLDT, the latter moving to sister team Cignal HD Spikers. In the preseason tournament, Cignal topped Pool A with a five-match sweep, gaining the maximum 15 points on the way to the final round. After a sweep against Zus Coffee in the quarterfinals, they were put against Creamline in the semifinals, who they would beat in five sets. In their championship match against Chery Tiggo, PLDT were leading 2–0 before the Crossovers tied the match, forcing a decider set. PLDT then beat Chery Tiggo in the final set, 15–8, to claim their first championship in franchise history and their first podium in the PVL.
PLDT qualified for the Invitational Conference, which saw an equally dominant performance, once again topping the preliminary round with a 5–0 record, dopping only one point from their semifinal match against Creamline in the Tour. They then beat Japanese guest team Kobe Shinwa University to claim their second title.
For the Reinforced Conference, PLDT signed Anastasia Bavykina from Russia to be their foreign guest player.
Roster
Coaching staff Head coach: Rald Ricafort Assistant coaches: Arnold Laniog Manolo Refugia Jr. Fritz Michael Santos Ervin James Peralta Strength & conditioning coach: Juan Paolo Escaño
Team staff Team manager: Christian Joy del Rosario
Medical staff Physical therapists: Kenneth Mary Jane Yam Nica Claire Ozoa
National team players Players who are part of the Philippines women's national team are excluded from playing with the team due to various commitments. This affected the team's roster for both the PVL on Tour and Invitational Conference. Alleiah Malaluan Dell Palomata
Draft
Round Pick Player School 1 9 OP/OH De La Salle 2 21 MB Enderun
PVL on Tour
Preliminary round
Pool A standings
Match log
|- bgcolor=#cfc | 1 || July 1, 2025 || Farm Fresh || 3–0 || 78–65 | Filoil Centre 950 || 1–0 || 3 | P2 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 2 || July 12, 2025 || Petro Gazz || 3–0 || 75–53 | Capital Arena 6,448 || 2–0 || 6 | P2 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 3 || July 13, 2025 || Choco Mucho || 3–1 || 97–80 | Capital Arena 7,693 || 3–0 || 9 | P2 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 4 || July 26, 2025 || Nxled || 3–0 || 75–49 | University of San Jose–Recoletos 2,157 || 4–0 || 12 | P2 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 5 || July 27, 2025 || Galeries Tower || 3–0 || 75–51 | University of San Jose–Recoletos 1,398 || 5–0 || 15 | P2
Final round
Bracket
Match log
|- bgcolor=#cfc | August 7, 2025 || Zus Coffee || 3–0 || 75–61 | PhilSports Arena 1,135 | P2
|- bgcolor=#efe | August 12, 2025 || Creamline || 3–2 || 108–101 | Smart Araneta Coliseum 3,709 | P2
|- bgcolor=#efe | August 17, 2025 || Chery Tiggo || 3–2 || 108–93 | SM Mall of Asia Arena 11,055 | P2
Invitational Conference
Preliminary round
Standings
Match log
|- bgcolor=#efe | – || August 12, 2025 || Creamline || 3–2 || 108–101 | Smart Araneta Coliseum 3,709 || 1–0 || 2 | P2 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 1 || August 21, 2025 || Chery Tiggo || 3–0 || 75–50 | PhilSports Arena 2,627 || 2–0 || 5 | P2 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 2 || August 23, 2025 || Cignal || 3–0 || 75–54 | PhilSports Arena 2,046 || 3–0 || 8 | P2 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 3 || August 25, 2025 || Kobe Shinwa || 3–0 || 75–65 | PhilSports Arena 420 || 4–0 || 11 | P2 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 4 || August 28, 2025 || Zus Coffee || 3–1 || 99–74 | Smart Araneta Coliseum 352 || 5–0 || 14 | P2
Final round
Match log
|- bgcolor=#cfc | August 31, 2025 || Kobe Shinwa || 3–1 || 102–94 | Smart Araneta Coliseum 3,449 | P2
Reinforced Conference
Preliminary round
Standings
Match log
|- bgcolor=#cfc | 1 || October 13, 2025 || Capital1 || 3–0 || 75–65 | Smart Araneta Coliseum 1,390 || 1–0 || 3 | P2 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 2 || October 16, 2025 || Choco Mucho || 3–0 || 75–60 | Smart Araneta Coliseum 1,867 || 2–0 || 6 | P2 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 3 || October 21, 2025 || Cignal || 0–3 || 60–75 | Smart Araneta Coliseum 1,260 || 2–1 || 6 | P2 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 4 || October 25, 2025 || Farm Fresh || 3–1 || 97–78 | Ynares Center Montalban 810 || 3–1 || 9 | P2 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 5 || October 31, 2025 || Nxled || 3–0 || 75–63 | Filoil Centre 2,352 || 4–1 || 12 | P2
|- bgcolor=#cfc | 6 || November 8, 2025 || Galeries Tower || 3–1 || 94–81 | Candon City Arena 1,550 || 5–1 || 15 | P2 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 7 || November 15, 2025 || Chery Tiggo || 3–1 || 101–69 | Ynares Center Montalban 622 || 6–1 || 18 | P2 |-bgcolor=#fcc | 8 || November 20, 2025 || Petro Gazz || 1–3 || 92–100 | SM Mall of Asia Arena 1,274 || 6–2 || 18 | P2
Final round
Bracket
Match log
|- bgcolor=#cfc | November 24, 2025 || Cignal || 3–1 || 98–85 | Smart Araneta Coliseum 3,557 | P2
|- bgcolor=#fcc | November 27, 2025 || Zus Coffee || 0–3 || 70–78 | Smart Araneta Coliseum 2,063 | P2
|- bgcolor=#fee | November 30, 2025 || Akari || 2–3 || 115–107 | Smart Araneta Coliseum 1,998 | P2
All-Filipino Conference
Preliminary round
Standings
Match log
|- bgcolor=#cfc | 1 || February 5, 2026 || Creamline || 3–0 || 75–62 | Filoil Centre 2,400 || 1–0 || 3 | P2 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 2 || February 12, 2026 || Capital1 || 3–1 || 97–78 | Filoil Centre 601 || 2–0 || 6 | P2 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 3 || February 19, 2026 || Akari || 3–1 || 100–85 | Filoil Centre 386 || 3–0 || 9 | P2 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 4 || February 24, 2026 || Cignal || 0–3 || 63–75 | Filoil Centre 1,025 || 3–1 || 9 | P2 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 5 || February 28, 2026 || Zus Coffee || 3–0 || 75–59 | Filoil Centre 1,056 || 4–1 || 12 | P2
|- bgcolor=#efe | 6 || March 5, 2026 || Farm Fresh || 3–2 || 111–102 | Filoil Centre 440 || 1–0 || 14 | P2 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 7 || March 10, 2026 || Galeries Tower || 3–0 || 75–57 | Filoil Centre 588 || 2–0 || 17 | P2 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 8 || March 14, 2026 || Choco Mucho || 3–1 || 98–84 | Filoil Centre 2,409 || 3–0 || 20 | P2 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 9 || March 19, 2026 || Nxled || 1–3 || 75–96 | Filoil Centre 799 || 3–1 || 20 | P2
Qualifying round
Match log
|- bgcolor=#cfc | March 26, 2026 || Farm Fresh || 3–1 || 93–85 | Smart Araneta Coliseum 1,534 | P2
Semifinal round
Standings
Match log
|- bgcolor=#fee | 1 || April 11, 2026 || Creamline || 2–3 || 111–111 | SM Mall of Asia Arena 9,940 || 0–1 || 1 | P2 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 2 || April 14, 2026 || Farm Fresh || 1–3 || 90–93 | SM Mall of Asia Arena 6,047 || 0–2 || 1 | P2 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 3 || April 16, 2026 || Cignal || 3–0 || 75–62 | Filoil Centre 3,761 || 1–2 || 4 | P2
3rd place series
Match log
|- bgcolor=#efe | 1 || April 21, 2026 || Farm Fresh || 3–2 || 115–110 | Smart Araneta Coliseum 3,214 || 1–0 || 2 | P2 |- bgcolor=#efe | 2 || April 23, 2026 || Farm Fresh || 3–2 || 107–90 | Smart Araneta Coliseum 8,609 || 2–0 || 4 | P2
Transactions
Additions Player Date signed Previous team De La Salle Lady Spikers Enderun Colleges Lady Titans Chery Tiggo EV Crossovers
Subtractions Player New team Capital1 Solar Spikers Zus Coffee Thunderbelles Chery Tiggo Crossovers Cignal HD Spikers
On temporary release Player Temporary team Return date Medan Falcons To be announced
Foreign guest player Team Foreign player Moving from PLDT High Speed Hitters Anastasiia Bavykina Columbus Fury
Notes
References