{{Short description|Filipino volleyball player}} {{use mdy dates|date=August 2022}} {{Infobox volleyball player | name= Alina Bicar | fullname = Alina Joyce Bicar | image = 2025_PVL_IC_CherryTiggo_AlinaBicar_1_(cropped).jpg | imagesize = 150px | caption = Bicar in 2025 | nickname = Alina | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1998|11|17}} | nationality = Filipino | hometown = Basey, Samar | height = {{convert|5|ft|6|in}} | weight = | position = Setter | currentnumber = 18 | college = University of Santo Tomas | currentclub = | years1 = 2017 | team1 = Power Smashers | years2 = 2018 | team2 = Chooks-to-Go Tacloban Fighting Warays | years3 = 2018 | team3 = Smart-Army Giga Hitters | years4 = 2019 | team4 = Philippine Army Lady Troopers | years5 = 2021 | team5 = BaliPure Purest Water Defenders | years6 = 2021 | team6 = Petro Gazz Angels | years7 = 2022 | team7 = BaliPure Purest Water Defenders | years8 = 2022–2025 | team8 = Chery Tiggo Crossovers | years9 = 2026–present | team9 = Choco Mucho Flying Titans }}
'''Alina Joyce Bicar''' (born November 17, 1998) is a Filipino professional volleyball player for the Choco Mucho Flying Titans of the Premier Volleyball League (PVL). Bicar played setter for and was a former captain of the UST Golden Tigresses.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sports.inquirer.net/470883/pvl-alina-bicar-chery-tiggo-determined-to-make-final-push-for-semis-berth/|title=PVL:Alina Bicar-Chery Tiggo determined to make final push for semis|first=Lance|last=Agcaoili|work=Inquirer Sports|date=July 23, 2022|access-date=August 1, 2022}}</ref>
== Volleyball career == === UAAP === Bicar was a member of UST Golden Tigresses collegiate women's University team.
In 2020, Bicar became the captain of the team in the UAAP Season 82 volleyball tournaments but later on, the tournament was cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic.<ref> {{cite web|url=https://sports.inquirer.net/385295/alina-bicar-embraces-challenge-as-ust-captain/|title=Alina Bicar embraces challenge as UST captain|first=Bong|last=Lozada|work=Inquirer Sports|date=February 10, 2020|access-date=August 1, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.abs-cbn.com/amp/sports/04/07/20/uaap-officially-terminates-season-82|title=UAAP officially terminates season 82|first=ABS-CBN|last=Corp|work=ABS-CBN News|date=April 7, 2020|access-date=August 1, 2022}}</ref>
=== PVL === Alina Bicar was a member and Captain of BaliPure Purest Water Defenders in 2021. She left BaliPure in the then ongoing 2021 PVL Open Conference and signed for the Petro Gazz Angels.
In 2022, she signed again with BaliPure Purest Water Defenders and was back as the captain of the team for the 2022 PVL Open Conference.
In May 2022, she transferred to Chery Tiggo Crossovers but she and her Team mates EJ Laure, Justine Dorog, and Buding Duremdes missed the 3 games of 2022 PVL Invitational Conference due to the health and safety protocols.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sports.inquirer.net/469409/pvl-absence-of-key-cogs-too-much-for-chery-tiggo-in-loss-to-choco-mucho/|title=PVL:Absence of key cogs too much for Chery Tiggo in loss to Choco Mucho|first=Lance|last=Agcaoili|work=Inquirer Sports|date=July 9, 2022|access-date=August 2, 2022}}</ref>
On January 1, 2026, Bicar joined the Choco Mucho Flying Titans following Chery Tiggo's disbandment in December 2025.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Demigillo |first1=Kiko |title=Caitlin Viray, Alina Bicar, Jaila Atienza join Choco Mucho in 2026 PVL rebuild |url=https://www.onesports.ph/pvl/article/39786/caitlin-viray-alina-bicar-jaila-atienza-join-choco-mucho-in-2026-pvl-rebuild |website=One Sports |access-date=2026-01-01 |date=2026-01-01}}</ref>
== Clubs == * {{flagicon|PHI}} Power Smashers (2017) * {{flagicon|PHI}} Chooks-to-Go Tacloban Fighting Warays (2018) * {{flagicon|PHI}} Smart-Army Giga Hitters (2018) * {{flagicon|PHI}} PacificTown-Army Lady Troopers (2019) * {{flagicon|PHI}} BaliPure Purest Water Defenders (2021, 2022) * {{flagicon|PHI}} Petro Gazz Angels (2021){{efn|Bicar only played for the team during the 2021 PNVF Champions League for Women before parting ways in January 2022.}} * {{flagicon|PHI}} Chery Tiggo Crossovers (2022–2025) * {{flagicon|PHI}} Choco Mucho Flying Titans (2026–present)
== Awards == === Collegiate === {|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" ! style="width:25px;"|Year ! style="width:180px;"|Season ! style="width:180px;"|Title ! style="width:25px;"|Ref |- |2017 |79 | style="background:#c96;" | '''3rd Place''' | |- |2019 | 81 |style="background:silver;" | '''Runner-up''' |<ref>{{cite web|title=Ateneo regains UAAP volleyball title beats UST in game 3|url=https://sports.inquirer.net/349981/ateneo-regains-uaap-volleyball-title-beats-ust-in-game-3|publisher=Inquirer.net|access-date=April 21, 2023}}</ref> |}
===Clubs === {|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" ! style="width:5px;"|Year ! style="width:25px;"|League ! style="width:10px;"|Season/Conference ! style="width:25px;"|Team ! style="width:180px;"|Title ! style="width:25px;"|Ref |- | 2019 |PVL |Reinforced |PacificTown-Army Lady Troopers | style="background:#c96;" | '''3rd Place''' | |- |2021 |PVL |Open |Petro Gazz Angels | style="background:#c96;" | '''3rd Place''' |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bworldonline.com/sports/2021/08/12/388865/petro-gazz-defeats-choco-mucho-to-bag-third-place/?amp/|title=Petro Gazz defeats Choco Mucho to bag third place|first=Michael Angelo|last=Murillo|work=Business World|date=August 12, 2021|access-date=August 2, 2022}}</ref> |- |2024 | PNVF | Champions League | rowspan=2|Chery Tiggo Crossovers | style="background:#c96;" | '''3rd Place''' | |- | 2025 || PVL || on Tour||style="background:silver;" | '''Runner-up''' || <ref>{{cite web |title=PLDT finally reigns, clinches first PVL crown in On Tour finale |url=https://pvl.ph/news/pldt-finally-reigns-clinches-first-pvl-crown-in-on-tour-finale |access-date=17 August 2025}}</ref> |}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bicar, Alina}} Category:Filipino women's volleyball players Category:Living people Category:1998 births Category:University Athletic Association of the Philippines volleyball players Category:21st-century Filipino sportswomen Category:Setters (volleyball) Category:BaliPure Purest Water Defenders players Category:Chery Tiggo Crossovers players Category:Petro Gazz Angels players Category:PLDT High Speed Hitters players Category:Power Smashers players Category:Tacloban Fighting Warays players