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PVL: Jules Tolentino impresses Brooke Van Sickle: 'She's running the offense very well'

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John Franklin Kennedy Caacbay

ABS-CBN News

<div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/17642496292031764249660642.jpeg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960"/>Petro Gazz&#x27;s Jules Tolentino (#4) and Brooke Van Sickle (#10). PVL Media Bureau</div>MANILA — Petro Gazz&#x27;s Jules Tolentino is proving her worth as the team&#x27;s first-round pick in the 2025 PVL Rookie Draft.Tolentino has impressed even former PVL MVP Brooke Van Sickle, who calls her &quot;very calm and collected&quot; in pressure-packed moments.The rookie playmaker steered the Angels past Akari in the semifinals, 25-19, 25-17, 15-25, 22-25, 15-13, to secure the first finals spot in the 2025 PVL Reinforced Conference on Thursday at the Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City.<div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/sports/volleyball/2025/11/27/petro-gazz-weathers-akari-scare-to-secure-pvl-finals-berth-1843">READ: Petro Gazz weathers Akari scare to secure PVL finals berth</a></div>&quot;I&#x27;m really proud of Jules [Tolentino]. She&#x27;s our rookie, and she&#x27;s filling in some really big shoes,&quot; said Van Sickle on Tolentino. &quot;We stepped into the finals with her as a setter, and she&#x27;s doing fine. She&#x27;s running the offense very well.&quot;Tolentino is a crucial piece in Petro Gazz&#x27;s bid to return to the finals, and Van Sickle acknowledged it.<div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/sports/volleyball/2025/11/27/2022-pvl-reinforced-champ-lindsey-vander-weide-relishes-return-trip-to-finals-with-angels-2026">READ: 2022 PVL Reinforced champ Lindsey Vander Weide relishes return trip to finals with Angels</a></div>&quot;She&#x27;s also staying very calm and collected. So, I just think all the pieces are fitting,&quot; said Van Sickle.But for the former Lady Spiker, it was her ates who kept her composure. Tolentino connected well with her spikers and blockers, having tallied 27 excellent sets.&quot;Actually, it was my ates. Sobrang pinakalma nila ako this game,&quot; she said.In her first PVL semifinals, she said that she was just eager to help her team reach the gold medal match.&quot;Siyempre, also my first semis sa PVL so, given also I&#x27;m a rookie, the pressure is there, pero &#x27;yun naisip ko na kahit rookie man ako, parang kailangan ko maging composed para sa team kasi gusto ko talaga dalhin &#x27;yung team na &#x27;to sa finals.&quot;

Petro Gazz's Jules Tolentino is proving her worth as the team's first-round pick in the #PVL2025 Rookie Draft.

Petro Gazz's Jules Tolentino is proving her worth as the team's first-round pick in the #PVL2025 Rookie Draft.