Iris Tolenada signs with GS Caltex Seoul in Korean V-League

F2 Logistics stter Iris Tolenada. PVL PHOTO

Filipino player Iris Tolenada is set to join GS Caltex Seoul as their Asian quota import in the Korean V-League.

The Premier Volleyball League (PVL) announced on Friday Tolenada’s surprise signing with GS Caltex Seoul as she replaces Thailand setter Soraya Phomla as their Asian quota import.

Tolenada joined the Korean V-League’s first-ever Asian quota draft last April but was not picked by any of the seven clubs.

The 5-foot-9 setter is listed as part of the F2 Logistics’ roster in the PVL Invitational Conference but she did not suit up in any of the Cargo Movers’ games in the tournament, which wraps up Sunday.

Tolenada joins fellow Filipino import MJ Phillips in the Korean V-League. Phillips was the lone player from the country to be picked in the Asian quota draft, joining the Gwangju AI Peppers.

Phillips already departed for South Korea last month and did not participate in any of Petro Gazz’s games in the PVL Invitationals.

According to the PVL update, Tolenada is scheduled to join her Korean club in August.

GS Caltex originally selected Medi Yoku, an outside hitter from Indonesia, as their Asian quota import, before going with Soraya then Tolenada.