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Dy, Cantada add firepower to Alas Pilipinas roster

Published Apr 27, 2026 02:22 pm

At A Glance

  • Veteran Kim Kianna Dy and rookie sensation Sam Cantada get their Alas Pilipinas call-up as the team prepares for the AVC Women's Volleyball Nations Cup slated June 6 to 14 in Candon City, Ilocos Sur.
Veteran Kim Kianna Dy and rookie sensation Sam Cantada get their Alas Pilipinas call-up as the team prepares for the AVC Women’s Volleyball Nations Cup slated June 6 to 14 in Candon City, Ilocos Sur.
According to the PNVF list released Monday, April 27, PLDT’s Dy and potential Season 88 Rookie of the Year Cantada of National University join a 27-player pool from the Premier Volleyball League (PVL), UAAP, and NCAA, with Alyssa Solomon as the lone hitter competing overseas.
They will all try to impress the coaching staff, including Alas Pilipinas head coach Tai Bundit as preparations are expected to kickstart this coming week.
Dy, 30, is no stranger to national duties, having donned the tricolors since 2015, while the 18-year-old Cantada looks for her first Philippine team stint in seniors level with her NU teammate libero Shaira Jardio, Far Eastern University veterans Tin Ubaldo and Jazz Ellarina, and University of the Philippines’ Niña Ytang.
Also getting the call are UAAP MVP frontliner Shai Nitura of Adamson, NU’s Arah Panique, and De La Salle’s troika Angel Canino, Shevana Laput, and Amie Provido. All of them are in the league’s stepladder round with the Lady Spikers awaiting in the Finals.
As expected, this year's PVL All-Filipino Conference champion with Creamline’s Jia De Guzman, along with fellow Cool Smasher Jen Nierva, is in the roster as skipper, joined by fellow pro stars and mainstays such as Osaka’s Alyssa Solomon, Capital1’s Bella Belen, Cignal’s Vanie Gandler, PLDT’s Alleiah Malaluan, Choco Mucho’s Eya Laure, and Akari’s Mars Alba, Justine Jazareno, Fifi Sharma, and Maddie Madayag. Cignal’s Erika Santos, Galeries Tower’s Jean Asis, and ZUS Coffee’s Riza Nogales are also named in the pool.
NCAA bets College of St. Benilde's Zam Nolasco and Letran's Vanessa Sarie, who both starred in the NCAA Season 101  Finals, where the Lady Knights emerged as champion, are included as well in the pool.
The De Guzman-led squad, which had a breakthrough bronze and finals appearance in the last two editions, aims to improve its finish in the continental showpiece, which features 12 countries divided into two pools.
The host and world No. 46 Philippines is bracketed in Pool A together with Chinese Taipei (37), South Korea (40), Kyrgyzstan (62), Australia (73), and Uzbekistan (87), while Pool B is bannered by reigning champion Vietnam (28) with Kazakhstan (35), Iran (47), Indonesia (70), Hong Kong (81), and Lebanon.

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