PLDT High Speed Hitters

The PLDT High Speed Hitters are a Philippine professional women's volleyball team owned by PLDT. The team competes in the Premier Volleyball League (PVL), where they have been a member of since 2021, and previously took part in the Philippine Super Liga (PSL) from 2018 to 2020. They are also the sister team to the Cignal Super Spikers.

The team was originally known as the Smart Giga Hitters when they began play in the 2018 PSL Grand Prix. Later that year, their sister team in the PVL, the PayMaya High Flyers (who themselves previously competed in the PSL under the PLDT banner), was merged into this team, prompting a name change to the PLDT Home Hibr Power Hitters in 2019. In 2021, they, alongside Cignal, moved to the PVL as part of Cignal TV's broadcast partnership with the league. In 2022, the team rebranded once more, this time to their current moniker.

Until 2025, despite consistently finishing in the top six, the team was only able to reach the podium once, which came in the 2019 PSL Grand Prix. Their streak of middling results came to an end when the new PLDT franchise won back-to-back championships in 2025 with the core of Majoy Baron, Kath Arado, Mika Reyes, and Savi Davison. They became one of three teams to win multiple titles in the PVL after the Creamline Cool Smashers and Petro Gazz Angels.

History

The team debuted in 2018 as the Smart Prepaid Giga Hitters.[1] The team was owned by Smart Communications.[1]

For the 2018 PSL Invitational Cup, the team partnered with the Philippine Army Lady Troopers and competed as the Smart–Army Giga Hitters.[2]

In September 2018, the PayMaya High Flyers, their affiliate team in the Premier Volleyball League (PVL), was merged with the team.[3] In February 2019, the Smart Prepaid Giga Hitters changed its name to the PLDT Home Fibr Power Hitters.[4]

The team transferred to the PVL in February 2021, following the league's professionalization.[5] The team changed their name to the High Speed Hitters in January 2022, in a lead up to the upcoming PVL season.[6]

PLDT won the 2025 PVL on Tour tournament, its first ever league title.[7] They followed it by winning the 2025 Invitational Conference defeating Japanese guest team Kobe Shinwa University in the final.[8]

Names

• Smart Prepaid Giga Hitters (2018 Grand Prix)
• Smart–Army Giga Hitters (2018 Invitational)
• Smart Giga Hitters (2018 All-Filipino)
• PLDT Home Fibr Power Hitters (2019)
• PLDT Home Fibr Hitters (2020)
• PLDT Home Fibr Power Hitters (2021)
• PLDT High Speed Hitters (2022–)

Current roster

Season-by-season records

Individual awards

Team captains

• Janet Serafica (2018)
• Ging Balse (2018)
• Aiko Sweet Urdas (2018)
• Grethcel Soltones (2019)
• Jerrili Malabanan (2019)
• Rysabelle Devanadera (2019–2020)
• Rhea Dimaculangan (2021–2022)
• Mika Reyes (2023)
• Kath Arado (2024–present)

Former players

Foreign players

• Aiko Sweet Urdas
• Aiza Maizo-Pontillas
• Alyssa Eroa
• Alyssa Valdez
• Celine Domingo
• Charo Soriano
• Christine Agno
• Czarina Grace Carandang
• Eli Soyud
• Erika Santos
• Fiola Ceballos
• Genie Sabas
• Gretchel Soltones
• Heather Guino-o
• Honey Royse Tubino
• Isa Molde
• Jaja Santiago
• Janet Serafica
• Janine Marciano
• Jasmine Nabor
• Jerrili Malabanan
• Jorelle Singh
• Joyce Sta.Rita
• Jules Samonte
• Kath Villegas
• La Rainne Fabay
• Lhara Clavano
• Lizlee Anne Gata-Pantone
• Lutgarda Malaluan
• Maria Angelica Cayuna
• Mariella Gabarda
• Marist Layug
• Mary Anne Mendrez
• Mary Jean Balse
• Maureen Penetrante-Ouano
• Michelle Morente
• Rachel Austero
• Rhea Dimaculangan
• Royse Tubino
• Rubie De Leon
• Ryssabelle Devanadera
• Suzanne Roces
• Toni Rose Basas
• Venice Puzon
• Vira Guillema
• Wendy Anne Semana
• Ysabel Jimenez

• Gyselle Silva
• Wilma Salas

• Maeve Orle

• Elena Savkina-Samoilenko
• Anastasia Bavykina

• Grace Lazard

• Kendra Dahlke

Draft history

Coaches

• Ronald Dulay (2018 Grand Prix)
• Emilio Reyes Jr. (2018 Invitational)
• Roger Gorayeb (2018–2021)
• George Pascua (2022)
• Rald Ricafort (2023–present)

Imports

• 🇨🇺 Gyselle Silva[33] (2018)
• Marija Jelic[33] (2018)
• 🇺🇸 Grace Lazard (2019)
• 🇺🇸 Kendra Dahlke (2019)
• 🇫🇷 Maeva Orle (2020)
• 🇷🇺 Elena Savkina-Samoilenko (2022)
• 🇷🇺 Elena Savkina-Samoilenko[34] (2024)
• 🇨🇺 Wilma Salas[35] (2025 AVC CL)
• 🇷🇺 Anastasiia Bavykina[36][37] (2025)

See also

• PLDT women's volleyball team (2013–2018)
• PLDT men's volleyball team