TOTS Carlos and Bea de Leon will be back for Creamline in the 2025 PVL Reinforced Conference.
However, they won’t be returning together.
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Cool Smashers head coach Sherwin Meneses confirmed that the defending champions are nearing a full roster for import-laden play.
“Si Tots, nandyan na, naka-recover na,” Meneses told SPIN.ph.
“Si Bea, naglalaro naman na siya, pero sa eliminations siguro, hindi. Except kay [Bernadeth] Pons sa beach, makakabalik na sila.”
Both Carlos and de Leon dealt with undisclosed minor knee injuries at the tail-end of the 2024-25 All-Filipino Conference that ended last April.
Creamline complete - nearly
Carlos, a three-time MVP, briefly saw action in the last AFC following a prior four-month layoff last year.
Meanwhile, de Leon was hurt late in the championship series of the same conference that saw them surrender the crown to Petro Gazz in three games.
The decorated Cool Smashers duo is expected to fuel their title defense alongside American import Courtney Schwann.
It concurrently serves as a redemption bid for a Creamline team in the midst of its longest title drought, having settled for silver in All-Filipino play and back-to-back bronze medal finishes in the PVL on Tour and Invitational earlier this year.
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