Creamline's Sheena Toring, Capital1's Bella Belen, and Cignal's Erin Pangilinan. Photos from PVL Media BureauMANILA — Capital1's Bella Belen bared the players she wanted to play against in the Premier Volleyball League (PVL).
The 2025 PVL Rookie Draft number one overall pick, one of the more anticipated players in the upcoming Reinforced Conference, said that she wants to face former teammates in National University (NU) -- Sheena Toring (Creamline) and Erin Pangilinan (Cignal HD) -- citing their bond that is now about 12 years long, which started while they were in NU-Nazareth.
Now opponents in the professional league, Belen wants to see how she would fare against them.
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"Ako, for me, 'yung dating kong teammates si ate Sheena [Toring] and ate Erin [Pangilinan], kasi parang after 11 years or 12 years, makakalaban ko naman sila," Belen answered when asked who she wants to meet on the other side of the net.
"So parang sa tagal ng panahon na naging ka-teammate ko sila, excited ako kung paano ako magpe-perform against them," she added.
Belen was at the press launch of the 2025 PVL Reinforced Conference on Thursday in Pasig City.
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As coach Sherwin Meneses made his entrance to the media event, Belen also said she is eager to battle her former coach, Sherwin Meneses, who is with Creamline, the defending champion of the import-laden tourney.
"And siyempre, kay coach Sherwin [Meneses], ayan, ‘yung dati kong coach excited na po akong makalaban siya, kung paano ako magpe-perform kapag sila ‘yung kalaban namin," she said.
Belen will be with Capital1 import Ukrainian outside hitter Oleksandra Bytsenko at the wing, hoping to improve the franchise's standing which concluded at 6th in the 2025 PVL on Tour and 11th at the 2024-25 All-Filipino Conference.
Just last month, Belen saw her NU jersey retired by her school on September 4 at the SM Mall of Asia.