The 2025–26 Galeries Tower Highrisers season was the third season of the Galeries Tower Highrisers in the Premier Volleyball League (PVL). The team was initially coached by Lerma Giron before parting ways with the team on August 22, 2025. He was subsequently replaced by Godfrey Okumu on the same day.
Ahead of the preseason PVL on Tour, the team lost Alyssa Eroa after she signed with the Zus Coffee Thunderbelles. The team went winless in the preliminary round and were swept by the Chery Tiggo Crossovers to eliminate the Highrisers from the tournament.
The team then signed Montenegrin player Jelena Cvijović to be the team's foreign guest player for the Reinforced Conference.
On January 9, 2026, the Highrisers announced a major rebuild, which included the appointment of Clarence Esteban as head coach and the release of a majority of their roster, only retaining four players. Their acquisitions were led by veteran Aiza Maizo-Pontillas and 2023 V-League Collegiate Challenge Finals MVP Gayle Pascual.
Roster
Coaching staff Head coach: Clarence Esteban Assistant coaches: Rommel Abella Franz Damian John David Subere Lorence Cruz John Michael Millado Statistician: Enzo Miguel Vinarao John Emmanuel Dedoroy Strength and conditioning coach: Kim Robert Bejo
Team staff Team manager: Rontristan Notado Jolina Paz Nicolas
Medical staff Physical therapist: Juan Miguel Duzon
National team players Players who were part of the Philippines women's national team were excluded from playing with the team due to various commitments. This affected the team's roster for the PVL on Tour. Julia Coronel
Draft
Round Pick Player School 1 2 MB FEU 2 15 MB Perpetual
PVL on Tour
Preliminary round
Pool A standings
Match log
|- bgcolor=#fcc | 1 || June 28, 2025 || Choco Mucho || 1–3 || 86–88 | Batangas City Sports Center 2,437 || 0–1 || 0 | P2 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 2 || June 29, 2025 || Petro Gazz || 0–3 || 68–76 | Batangas City Sports Center 2,345 || 0–2 || 0 | P2
|- bgcolor=#fcc | 3 || July 12, 2025 || Nxled || 0–3 || 70–76 | Filoil Centre 515 || 0–3 || 0 | P2 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 4 || July 13, 2025 || Farm Fresh || 0–3 || 60–77 | University of San Jose–Recoletos 2,350 || 0–4 || 0 | P2 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 5 || July 29, 2025 || PLDT || 0–3 || 51–75 | University of San Jose–Recoletos 1,398 || 0–5 || 0 | P2
Knockout round
Match log
|- bgcolor=#cfc | August 2, 2025 || Chery Tiggo || 0–3 || 66–75 | City of Dasmariñas Arena
Reinforced Conference
Preliminary round
Standings
Match log
|- bgcolor=#fcc | 1 || October 9, 2025 || Petro Gazz || 0–3 || 54–75 | City of Dasmariñas Arena 461 || 0–1 || 0 | P2 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 2 || October 14, 2025 || Zus Coffee || 0–3 || 54–75 | Smart Araneta Coliseum 1,510 || 0–2 || 0 | P2 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 3 || October 18, 2025 || Creamline || 0–3 || 35–75 | Capital Arena 6,491 || 0–3 || 0 | P2 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 4 || October 23, 2025 || Chery Tiggo || 0–3 || 48–75 | Filoil Centre 574 || 0–4 || 0 | P2 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 5 || October 28, 2025 || Akari || 0–3 || 57–75 | Filoil Centre 580 || 0–5 || 0 | P2
|- bgcolor=#fcc | 6 || November 8, 2025 || PLDT || 1–3 || 81–94 | Candon City Arena 1,550 || 0–6 || 0 | P2 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 7 || November 15, 2025 || Farm Fresh || 0–3 || 47–75 | Ynares Center Montalban 148 || 0–7 || 0 | P2 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 8 || November 20, 2025 || Capital1 || 1–3 || 89–81 | SM Mall of Asia Arena 690 || 0–8 || 0 | P2
All-Filipino Conference
Preliminary round
Standings
Match log
|- bgcolor=#fcc | 1 || January 31, 2026 || Cignal || 0–3 || 42–75 | Filoil Centre 1,934 || 0–1 || 0 | P2
|- bgcolor=#efe | 2 || February 7, 2026 || Zus Coffee || 3–2 || 110–102 | Ynares Center Montalban 394 || 1–0 || 2 | P2 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 3 || February 14, 2026 || Farm Fresh || 0–3 || 41–75 | Ynares Center Antipolo 673 || 1–1 || 2 | P2 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 4 || February 19, 2026 || Nxled || 3–1 || 92–85 | Filoil Centre 440 || 2–1 || 5 | P2 |- bgcolor=#fee | 5 || February 26, 2026 || Choco Mucho || 2–3 || 99–108 | Filoil Centre 1,092 || 2–2 || 6 | P2
|- bgcolor=#fcc | 6 || March 3, 2026 || Creamline || 1–3 || 80–92 | Filoil Centre 2,246 || 0–1 || 6 | P2 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 7 || March 10, 2026 || PLDT || 0–3 || 57–75 | Filoil Centre 588 || 0–2 || 6 | P2 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 8 || March 17, 2026 || Akari || 1–3 || 95–90 | Filoil Centre 2,008 || 0–3 || 6 | P2 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 9 || March 21, 2026 || Capital1 || 1–3 || 91–98 | Filoil Centre 1,661,|| 0–4 || 6 | P2
Play-in tournament
Pool A
Match log
|- bgcolor=#cfc | 1 || March 24, 2026 || Capital1 || 3–0 || 80–64 | Filoil Centre 613 || 1–0 || 3 | P2 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 2 || March 28, 2026 || Nxled || 0–3 || 64–75 | Ninoy Aquino Stadium 1,875 || 1–1 || 3 | P2
Transactions
Additions Player Date signed Previous team Perpetual Lady Altas Nxled Chameleons Nxled Chameleons Zus Coffee Thunderbelles Petro Gazz Angels Nxled Chameleons Akari Chargers Chery Tiggo EV Crossovers Zus Coffee Thunderbelles Akari Chargers Capital1 Solar Spikers Zus Coffee Thunderbelles Petro Gazz Angels Chery Tiggo EV Crossovers Zus Coffee Thunderbelles Lyceum Lady Pirates Nxled Chameleons FEU Lady Tamaraws Perpetual Lady Altas
Subtractions Player New team Free agency Free agency Free agency Free agency Cignal Super Spikers Zus Coffee Thunderbelles Free agency Capital1 Solar Spikers Zus Coffee Thunderbelles Free agency Free agency Free agency Free agency Free agency Cignal Super Spikers Capital1 Solar Spikers
Foreign guest player Team Foreign player Moving from Galeries Tower Highrisers Jelena Cvijović EA Larissa
Coaching changes Team Outgoing coach Manner of departure Replaced by Ref Galeries Tower Highrisers Lerma Giron Replaced Godfrey Okumu Galeries Tower Highrisers Godfrey Okumu Replaced Aying Esteban
References