2013 Philippine Super Liga Invitational Conference

2013 PSL Invitational Conference Finals

Women's Finals G1 Wins TMS-Philippine Army Lady Troopers 3 1 Cignal HD Spikers 1 0
Duration	July 28, 2013
Arena(s)	Filoil Flying V Arena
Finals MVP	Venus Bernal (CIG)
Winning coach	Sgt. Rico De Guzman
Semifinalists	Petron Blaze Spikers Cagayan Valley Lady Rising Suns
TV network(s)	Solar Sports
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The 2013 Philippine Super Liga Invitational Conference was the first conference of the Philippine Super Liga and its inaugural season. It was held from July 7, 2013 to July 28, 2013. ^[1] The TMS-Philippine Army Lady Troopers emerged as the first PSL champion. ^{[2] [3]}

Participating teams

2013 PSL Invitational Conference teams (Women's Division)
Abbr.	Team	Company	Colors	Head coach	Team captain
CAG	Cagayan Valley Lady Rising Suns	Alvaro Antonio		Nestor Pamilar	Wendy Anne Semana (FEU)
CIG	Cignal HD Spikers	Cignal TV, Inc.		Sammy Acaylar	Venus Bernal (UST)
PSCO	PCSO Bingo Milyonaryo Puffins	Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office		Ronald Dulay	Ivy Remulla (DLSU)
PET	Petron Blaze Spikers	Petron Corporation		Ma. Vilet Ponce de Leon	Roxanne Pimentel-So (UST)
PLDT	PLDT myDSL Speed Boosters	Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company		Francis Vicente	Lou Ann Latigay (SSC-R)
TMS-PA	TMS-Philippine Army Lady Troopers	TMS Ship Agencies, Inc. and Philippine Army		Enrico De Guzman	Joanne Bunag (FEU)

Format

Classification round

• The classification round was a single round-robin tournament, with each team playing one match against all other teams in their pool for a total of five matches.
• The top two teams earned a bye to the semifinals while the remaining teams started in the quarterfinals.

Quarterfinals

• The quarterfinals featured single-elimination matches.
• The match-ups were as follows:
  • QF1: #3 vs. #6
  • QF2: #4 vs. #5
• The winners advanced to the semifinals while the losers would play in the fifth-place match.

Semifinals

• The semifinals also featured single-elimination matches.
• The match-ups were as follows:
  • SF1: #1 vs. QF2 winner
  • SF2: #2 vs. QF1 winner
• The winners advanced to the championship match while the losers would play in the third-place match.

Finals

• Both the championship, third-place, and fifth-place matches were all single-elimination.
• The match-ups were as follows:
  • Championship match: Semifinal round winners
  • Third-place match: Semifinal round losers
  • Fifth-place match: Quarterfinal round losers

Classification round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	TMS-Philippine Army Lady Troopers	5	4	1	12	14	6	2.333	469	373	1.257	Semifinals
2	Cignal HD Spikers	5	3	2	9	11	7	1.571	415	406	1.022
3	Petron Blaze Spikers	5	3	2	9	9	9	1.000	397	407	0.975	Quarterfinals
4	Cagayan Valley Lady Rising Suns	5	3	2	7	10	11	0.909	456	463	0.985
5	PLDT myDSL Speed Boosters	5	1	4	4	8	13	0.615	456	483	0.944
6	PCSO Bingo Milyonaryo Puffins	5	1	4	4	7	13	0.538	391	452	0.865

Source: Philippine Super Liga

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
7 July	14:00	PET	0–3	CIG	22-25	17-25	23–25			62–75
7 July	15:30	PLDT	3–1	PCSO	22–25	25–18	25–22	25–20		97–85
7 July	17:00	TMS-PA	2–3	CAG	23–25	27–25	24–26	25–14	12-15	86–99
10 July	14:00	CIG	1–3	TMS-PA	22-25	15-25	27–25	18-25		82–100
10 July	16:00	PCSO	2–3	CAG	25-16	18-25	25–20	15-25	13-15	96–101
10 July	18:00	PLDT	1–3	PET	22-25	18-25	25–17	20-25		82–92
12 July	14:00	PLDT	1–3	CAG	16-25	17-25	28–26	23-25		84–101
12 July	16:00	PET	0–3	TMS-PA	19-25	15-25	19–25			53-75
12 July	18:00	PCSO	3–1	CIG	16-25	25-23	25–17	25-21		91–86
14 July	14:00	PET	3–1	PCSO	18-25	25-21	25–22	25-16		93–84
14 July	16:00	CAG	0–3	CIG	18-25	21-25	22–25			61-75
14 July	18:00	PLDT	2-3	TMS-PA	14-25	26-24	23–25	19-25	15-10	98–108
17 July	14:00	CIG	3–1	PLDT	21-25	25-21	26–24	25-22		97–92
17 July	16:00	TMS-PA	3–0	PCSO	25-19	25-15	25-11			75-35
17 July	18:00	CAG	1–3	PET	21-25	23-25	25–22	19-25		88–97

Playoffs

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Championship
						1	TMS–Army	3
	4	Cagayan Valley	3			4	Cagayan Valley	2
	5	PLDT	0								1	TMS–Army	3
											2	Cignal	1
						2	Cignal	3
	3	Petron	3			3	Petron	0
	6	PCSO	2

Quarterfinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
21 July	14:00	PET	3–2	PCSO	27–29	25–13	22–25	25-22	15-12	114–101
21 July	16:00	CAG	3–0	PLDT	27–25	25–20	25–15			77–60

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
26 July	17:00	TMS-PA	3-2	CAG	25-22	25-22	25-27	10-25	15-13	100-109
26 July	19:00	CIG	3-0	PET	25-20	25-20	25-23			75-63

Finals

Fifth place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
28 July	14:00	PLDT	3-2	PCSO	25-18	26-24	21-25	21-25	20-18	113-110

Third place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
28 July	16:00	PET	3-1	CAG	25-18	22-25	26-24	25-16		98-83

Championship match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
28 July	18:00	TMS-PA	3-1	CIG	25-15	25-18	14-25	25-16		89-74

Final standing

Rank Team TMS-Philippine Army Lady Troopers Cignal HD Spikers Petron Blaze Spikers 4 Cagayan Valley Lady Rising Suns 5 PLDT myDSL Speed Boosters 6 PCSO Bingo Milyonaryo Puffins

Awards

Award	Awardee
MVP	Venus Bernal (CIG)
Best Spiker	Honey Royse Tubino (CIG)
Best Blocker	Cristina Salak (TMS-PA)
Best Scorer	Ma. Paulina Soriano (PLDT)
Best Server	Sandra delos Santos (CAG)
Best Setter	Arriane Argarin (CIG)
Best Digger	Angelique Dionela (CAG)
Best Receiver	Jennylyn Reyes (CIG)

Venues

• PhilSports Arena
• Filoil Flying V Arena
• Mall of Asia Arena (semi-finals and finals)

Broadcast partner

• Solar Sports

References

1. Cordero, Abac (2013-07-06). "Asian volley official graces PSL opener". The Philippine Star . Retrieved 2013-11-23.
2. "Army beats Cignal, wins inaugural Super Liga championship". Philippine Daily Inquirer . 2013-07-28. Retrieved 2013-11-23.
3. Zarate, Noel (2013-07-29). "TMS-Philippine Army captures inaugural Philippine Super Liga Invitational crown". Yahoo Sports Philippines. Retrieved 2013-11-23.