The 2025–26 Zus Coffee Thunderbelles season was the second season of the Zus Coffee Thunderbelles in the Premier Volleyball League (PVL).
Ahead of the preseason PVL on Tour, Zus Coffee brought in Alyssa Eroa from the Galeries Tower Highrisers and Maika Ortiz from the Choco Mucho Flying Titans to their roster. In the prelims, Zus Coffee finish with a 3–2 record, but with all of their wins being in five sets, they only accrued seven points, finishing fourth. In the knockout round, the team beat Choco Mucho in a five-set match which led them to the final round, where they were swept by PLDT in the quarterfinals.
Despite not making the semifinals, Zus Coffee was invited to take part in the Invitational Conference following guest team Kurashiki Ablaze's inability to take part. The team lost all five matches in the prelims without earning any points.
For the Reinforced Conference, the team will bring in American player Anna DeBeer to be their foreign guest player for the conference. The team had their best finish in the prelims after placing second with a 7–1 record, racking up 20 points along the way. They then swept Capital1 in the quarterfinals to clinch their first-ever semifinals berth.
Before the All-Filipino Conference, the Thunderbelles reinforced their youth-led roster with Cess Robles while also acquiring veterans Rachel Daquis and Chie Saet.
Roster
Coaching staff Head coach: Jerry Yee Assistant coaches: Rogelio Getigan Justine Dorog Mark Santos Strength & conditioning coach: Paul Ericta & Jimbo Arceo
Team staff Team manager: Jacob Lao
Medical staff Physiotherapist: Juana Roxas
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. Thea Gagate
Draft
Round Pick Player School 1 5 MB Ateneo 2 17 OH Benilde 3 25 Riza Nogales MB UE 4 28 Angela Jackson OH UST
PVL on Tour
Preliminary round
Pool B standings
Match log
|- bgcolor=#fee | 1 || July 5, 2025 || Akari || 2–3 || 110–102 | Ynares Center Montalban 1,393 || 0–1 || 1 | P2 |- bgcolor=#efe | 2 || July 6, 2025 || Capital1 || 3–2 || 109–103 | Ynares Center Montalban 1,203 || 1–1 || 3 | P2 |- bgcolor=#efe | 3 || July 19, 2025 || Creamline || 3–2 || 111–105 | City of Passi Arena 2,174 || 2–1 || 5 | P2 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 4 || July 20, 2025 || Cignal || 1–3 || 80–96 | City of Passi Arena 2,405 || 2–2 || 5 | P2 |- bgcolor=#efe | 5 || July 29, 2025 || Chery Tiggo || 3–2 || 102–97 | Candon City Arena 2,929 || 3–2 || 7 | P2
Knockout round
Match log
|- bgcolor=#efe | August 5, 2025 || Choco Mucho || 3–2 || 107–93 | PhilSports Arena 1,243 | P2
Final round
Bracket
Match log
|- bgcolor=#fcc | August 7, 2025 || PLDT || 0–3 || 61–75 | PhilSports Arena 1,135 | P2
Invitational Conference
Preliminary round
Standings
Match log
|- bgcolor=#fcc | 1 || August 23, 2025 || Kobe Shinwa || 0–3 || 56–77 | PhilSports Arena 850 || 0–1 || 0 | P2 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 2 || August 25, 2025 || Cignal || 1–3 || 81–97 | PhilSports Arena 485 || 0–2 || 0 | P2 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 3 || August 26, 2025 || Chery Tiggo || 0–3 || 57–75 | PhilSports Arena 968 || 0–3 || 0 | P2 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 4 || August 28, 2025 || PLDT || 1–3 || 74–99 | PhilSports Arena 352 || 0–4 || 0 | P2 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 5 || August 29, 2025 || Creamline || 0–3 || 54–75 | Smart Araneta Coliseum 810 || 0–5 || 0 | P2
Reinforced Conference
Preliminary round
Standings
Match log
| 1 || October 7, 2025 || Akari || 3–2 || 107–105 | Ynares Center Montalban 1,533 || — || — | P2 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 2 || October 11, 2025 || Chery Tiggo || 3–1 || 95–83 | City of Dasmariñas Arena 3,266 || 1–0 || 3 | P2 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 3 || October 14, 2025 || Galeries Tower || 3–0 || 75–54 | Smart Araneta Coliseum 1,510 || 2–0 || 6 | P2 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 4 || October 23, 2025 || Creamline || 3–1 || 100–86 | Filoil Centre 1,850 || 3–0 || 9 | P2 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 5 || October 28, 2025 || Petro Gazz || 3–0 || 75–63 | Filoil Centre 1,200 || 4–0 || 12 | P2 |- bgcolor=#efe | 6 || November 4, 2025 || Akari || 3–2 || 110–92 | SM Mall of Asia Arena 1,178 || 5–0 || 14 | P2
|- bgcolor=#cfc | 7 || November 8, 2025 || Choco Mucho || 3–1 || 99–87 | Candon City Arena 2,561 || 6–0 || 17 | P2 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 8 || November 13, 2025 || Cignal || 0–3 || 59–76 | Smart Araneta Coliseum 1,551 || 6–1 || 17 | P2 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 9 || November 18, 2025 || Nxled || 3–0 || 75–55 | Ynares Center Montalban 736 || 7–1 || 20 |P2
Final round
Bracket
Match log
|- bgcolor=#cfc | November 24, 2025 || Capital1 || 3–0 || 75–52 | Smart Araneta Coliseum |P2
|- bgcolor=#cfc | November 27, 2025 || PLDT || 3–0 || 78–70 | Smart Araneta Coliseum |P2
|- bgcolor=#fcc | November 30, 2025 || Petro Gazz || 1–3 || 94–99 | Smart Araneta Coliseum | P2
All-Filipino Conference
Preliminary round
Standings
Match log
|- bgcolor=#fcc | 1 || February 3, 2026 || Capital1 || 1–3 || 77–90 | Filoil Centre 848 || 0–1 || 0 | P2 |- bgcolor=#fee | 2 || February 7, 2026 || Galeries Tower || 2–3 || 102–110 | Ynares Center Montalban 394 || 0–2 || 1 | P2 |- bgcolor=#efe | 3 || February 12, 2026 || Akari || 3–2 || 99–103 | Filoil Centre 740 || 1–2 || 3 | P2 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 4 || February 17, 2026 || Creamline || 1–3 || 76–97 | Filoil Centre 4,569 || 1–3 || 3 | P2 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 5 || February 21, 2026 || Farm Fresh || 0–3 || 50–75 | Filoil Centre 3,570 || 1–4 || 3 | P2 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 6 || February 28, 2026 ||PLDT || 0–3 || 59–75 | Filoil Centre 1,056 || 1–5 || 3 | P2
|- bgcolor=#fcc | 7 || March 5, 2026 || Cignal || 0–3 || 63–75 | Filoil Centre 314 || 0–1 || 3 | P2 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 8 || March 12, 2026 || Nxled || 1–3 || 82–95 | Filoil Centre 1,444 || 0–2 || 3 | P2 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 9 || March 19, 2026 || Choco Mucho || 1–3 || 85–99 | Filoil Centre 984 || 0–3 || 3 | P2
Play-in tournament
Pool B
Match log
|- bgcolor=#fee | March 24, 2026 || Choco Mucho || 2–3 || 94–99 | Filoil Centre 932 | P2
Transactions
Additions Player Date signed Previous team Galeries Tower Highrisers PLDT High Speed Hitters Galeries Tower Highrisers Choco Mucho Flying Titans Ateneo Blue Eagles Benilde Lady Blazers () UE Lady Red Warriors () Chery Tiggo EV Crossovers Chery Tiggo EV Crossovers Chery Tiggo EV Crossovers Petro Gazz Angels Farm Fresh Foxies
Subtractions Player New team Galeries Tower Highrisers Galeries Tower Highrisers Nxled Chameleons Creamline Cool Smashers Galeries Tower Highrisers Capital1 Solar Spikers Galeries Tower Highrisers Capital1 Solar Spikers
Foreign guest player Team Foreign player Moving from Zus Coffee Thunderbelles Anna DeBeer Indy Ignite
Notes
References