Petro Gazz Angels


The Petro Gazz Angels were a professional women's volleyball team playing in the Premier Volleyball League.

History

The team debuted in the 2018 PVL Reinforced Conference. Petro Gazz Angels was primarily composed of former players from CSB Lady Blazers in the NCAA and DLSU Lady Spikers in the UAAP.
Petro Gazz won their first conference in the 2019 Reinforced Conference, followed by a 2022 Reinforced Conference title under coach Rald Ricafort. They often lost to the Creamline Cool Smashers in the finals.
Under Oliver Almadro, Petro Gazz finished second in the All-Filipino Conference|2023 First All-Filipino Conference]. However the latter half of the 2023 season, Petro Gazz's worse finish; ninth place in the Invitational under Almadro and sixth place in the Second All-Filipino Conference under Timmy Santo Tomas.
At the start of the 2024 season, the club hired Japanese coach Koji Tsuzurabara. Petro Gazz return to the podium after finishing third at the 2024 All-Filipino Conference. However in the 2024 Reinforced Conference, Creamline ended Petro Gazz' stint in the quarterfinals.
Petro Gazz took part at the 2024–25 All-Filipino Conference. As one of the top two teams in the prelimary round they qualified for the 2025 AVC [Women's Volleyball Champions League]. They later finished their campaign by winning their first ever All-Filipino Conference in April 2025. The team competed in the AVC tournament hosted at in Pasig within the same month. Their run ended in the quarterfinals and was eliminated by Chinese club Beijing BAIC Motor women's [volleyball team|BAIC Motor].
They were supposed to compete at the VTV Cup but was replaced by the national team.
In October 2025, Petro Gazz brought in Gary and Lisa Van Sickle as head coach and assistant coach respectively aiming for a more "American-style of play". The couple are parents of player Brooke Van Sickle. The team went on to obtain their fourth overall title by winning the 2025 Reinforced Conference.
On January 7, 2026, the PVL blocked a merger of Petro Gazz with the Nxled Chameleons with the former could be potentially be disbanded rather than formally merged to the latter.
On January 10, 2026, the team officially filed a leave of absence from the league after seven successful years with a total of 4 PVL trophies, 3 runner-up finishes, and 2 bronze finishes, citing financial concerns. Team manager David Dichupa clarified however that the team is not yet technically dissolved and it has a "very big chance" to return to the PVL.

Rivalry with Creamline

Petro Gazz was involved in a rivalry with the Creamline Cool Smashers. Despite the latter's dominance, Petro Gazz won two of their three league championships against Creamline.

Honors

Team

Premier Volleyball League:
SeasonConferenceTitleSource
2018Reinforced5th place
2018Open4th place
2019ReinforcedChampions
2019OpenRunner-up
2021Open3rd place
2022OpenRunner-up
2022Invitational6th place
2022ReinforcedChampions
20231st All-FilipinoRunner-up
2023Invitational9th place
20232nd All-Filipino6th place
2024All-Filipino3rd place
2024Reinforced6th place
2024-25All-FilipinoChampions
2024-25PVL on Tour9th place
2024-25ReinforcedChampions
2024-25---

PNVF Champions League:
SeasonTitleSource
2021 PNVF [Champions League for Women|2021]3rd place
2024Champions

AVC Women's Volleyball Champions League:
SeasonTitleSource
20256th place

Team captains

Imports

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Coaches

Former players

Local players
Foreign players