Maria Fe "Mafe" Casidsid Galanza (born May 11, 2000) is a Filipina volleyball player. She played as setter for the University of Santo Tomas Growling Tigresses in the

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. Currently, she plays with her sister

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for the

Creamline Cool Smashers The Creamline Cool Smashers are a Filipino professional women's volleyball team playing in the Premier Volleyball League (PVL). The team is owned by food company Rebisco and named after its Creamline Creamy Ice Cream brand. They are the most suc ...

in the

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Personal life

Galanza played volleyball at San Pedro Relocation Center National High School in

San Pedro, Laguna San Pedro, officially the City of San Pedro (), is a component city in the province of Laguna, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 326,001 people. It is named after its patron saint, Saint Peter. San Pedro ha ...

. She went to the

University of Santo Tomas The University of Santo Tomas (UST; ), officially the Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas, The Catholic University of the Philippines or colloquially as ''Ustê'' (), is a Private university, private Catholic school, Catholic researc ...

in Manila for her college studies.

Career

The Tigresses began recruiting Galanza when she was still playing for Laguna in

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. She became a key cog in UST's return to the finals in UAAP Season 81 volleyball despite being a rookie. In 2023, Galanza turned pro, playing with her sister

for the

in the PVL.

Awards

Collegiate

* 2018 Philippine Super Liga Collegiate Grand Slam Conference - Silver medal, with

UST Golden Tigresses The UST Golden Tigresses are the women’s collegiate varsity volleyball team of the UST Growling Tigers, representing the University of Santo Tomas in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP). Their head coach as of April 1 ...

* 2019 UAAP Season 81 Volleyball Tournaments – 1st runners-up, with UST Tigresses * 2019 Premier Volleyball League Collegiate Conference - Silver medal, with

Club Team

* 2019 PSL Invitational Conference – runner-up, with Petron Blaze Spikers *

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– champion, with Creamline Cool Smashers *

2024 Premier Volleyball League All-Filipino Conference The 2024 Premier Volleyball League All-Filipino Conference was the seventeenth conference of the Premier Volleyball League and its eighth conference as a professional league. The 2024 PVL season was supposed to have two All-Filipino Conferenc ...

- champion, with Creamline Cool Smashers *

2024 Premier Volleyball League Reinforced Conference The 2024 Premier Volleyball League Reinforced Conference was the eighteenth conference of the Premier Volleyball League and its ninth conference as a professional league. This was the second conference for the 2024 season. It was originally s ...

– champion, with Creamline Cool Smashers *

2024 Premier Volleyball League Invitational Conference The 2024 Premier Volleyball League Invitational Conference was the nineteenth conference of the Premier Volleyball League and its tenth conference as a professional league. This was the third and last conference for the 2024 season. Unlike th ...

– champion, with Creamline Cool Smashers

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Galanza, Mafe Living people Filipino women's volleyball players 2000 births University Athletic Association of the Philippines volleyball players People from San Pedro, Laguna Sportspeople from Laguna (province) Creamline Cool Smashers players