IT'S Capital1’s turn to blitz PVL free agency, with the Solar Spikers unveiling their first four offseason signings in one sweeping announcement.
The Solar Spikers officially welcomed Shaya Adorador, Jas Nabor, Rachel Jorvina and Ezra Madrigal, all of whom signed their contracts on Tuesday to kick off the club’s roster rebuild ahead of the 2026 PVL season.
Adorador and Nabor became the sixth and seventh former Chery Tiggo standouts to secure new PVL homes following the Crossovers’ disbandment at the close of 2025.
A real-life couple off the court, the two have mirrored each other’s club volleyball paths since the league’s pro era began in 2021.
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Both were part of Chery Tiggo’s original lineup during the pandemic and played key roles in the franchise’s historic 2021 Open Conference championship run, which crowned the Crossovers as the PVL’s first professional champions.
They took a brief detour at Foton and went back to Chery Tiggo after its one-conference spell as a PVL club in the 2023 Invitational Conference.
At Capital1, the duo is expected to address immediate needs for a young Solar Spikers squad.
Adorador bolsters the outside hitting rotation alongside Bella Belen and Trisha Genesis, while Nabor brings added stability and experience to the playmaking unit with Iris Tolenada and Nikka Yandoc.
Meanwhile, Madrigal and Jorvina are set to turn the page on their careers as they join a team outside the Akari stable for the first time in the PVL.
Madrigal, a former Akari mainstay with podium finishes to her name, adds veteran presence to Capital1’s net defense alongside Rachel Austero, KC Galdones, Julia Ipac, and Ivy Aquino.
She is also expected to help fill the void left by Sydney Niegos, who departed the Solar Spikers after two seasons.
Jorvina, for her part, strengthens Capital1’s backcourt as the third key piece of the team’s floor defense with Roma Doromal and Rica Rivera-Pancho, rounding out a balanced first wave of offseason additions.
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