2015 Philippine Super Liga season

2015 Philippine Super Liga season
Duration	March 21 - December 5, 2015
Teams	Women's: 6
TV partner(s)	TV5, AksyonTV, Sports5.ph, Solar Sports
Top draft pick	Iris Tolenada (San Francisco State)
Picked by	Philips Gold Lady Slammers
All-Filipino champions	Women's: Petron Blaze Spikers Men's: (no tournament)
All-Filipino runners-up	Women's: Shopinas.com Lady Clickers
Beach Challenge Cup champions	Women's: Giligan's Sisig Queens Men's: SM By The Bay (Team A)
Beach Challenge Cup runners-up	Women's: Foton Tornadoes Men's: Champion Infinity (Team B)
Grand Prix champions	Women's: Foton Tornadoes Men's: (no tournament)
Grand Prix runners-up	Women's: Petron Blaze Spikers
Seasons
← 2014 2016 →

The 2015 Philippine Super Liga season was the third season of the Philippine Super Liga (PSL). There were two conferences for the season, the All-Filipino Conference and the Grand Prix Conference. Additionally, the Beach Volleyball Challenge Cup was established this season with its inaugural edition. ^[1]

Starting with this season, the league no longer holds a men's division for its indoor volleyball conferences as many teams left for Spikers' Turf. The men's division would only be held for the Beach Volleyball Challenge Cup.

Developments

• The PSL is now sanctioned under the Larong Volleyball sa Pilipinas, Inc. (LVPI), the newest governing body for volleyball in the Philippines under the leadership of POC 1st Vice President Joey Romasanta, aside for being recognized by the AVC and the FIVB. The PSL was first sanctioned by the Philippine Volleyball Federation (PVF) until the federation was stripped of its recognition by the local (POC) and foreign (FIVB, AVC) sport governing bodies. The LVPI also supported the stints of Cignal and Petron who participated in the Asian Club Championships, and helped on the processing of the imports transfer clearances for the 12 imports that played in the Grand Prix. ^[2]
• The PSL introduced the use of "skorts", a combination of tennis-like skirts and shorts, as part of the women's uniforms during the All Filipino Conference, but it was discontinued during the PSL Grand Prix.
• Continuous coaching and players, television crew, officiating (referees), volleyball information system, press corps and medical seminars.
• After the introduction of the Men's Division in the PSL in 2013, the PSL launched the Beach Volleyball division thru the Challenge Cup and Open Series.
• The PSL's official newspaper, PSL Trending, managed by the PSL Press Corps under its president, Marc Anthony Reyes of the Philippine Daily Inquirer . PSL Trending is given to the fans for free at the venues during gamedays.
• The PSL has partnered with the TV5 Network (TV5, AksyonTV and Sports5.ph) for three years starting 2015, for broadcast and online coverage.
• The PSL became the third Southeast Asian-based volleyball club league (next to Thailand and Vietnam) to utilize the video challenge system to decide crucial calls of the games for a fair and balanced officiating, as part of the full compliance to the FIVB rules. The video challenge equipment arrived on October 26, 2015 and was used during the second round of the 2015 Grand Prix conference. ^[3]

Draft

Further information: Philippine Super Liga draft

The draft was held on March 12, 2015 at SM Aura Premier, Taguig. ^{[4] [5] [6]}

First round

Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Team	College
1	Iris Tolenada	Setter	United States	Philips Gold Lady Slammers	San Francisco State
2	Angeli Araneta	Middle Blocker	Philippines	Foton Tornadoes	UP
3	Rica Enclona	Libero	Philippines	Cignal HD Spikers	CSB
4	Rizza Jane Mandapat	Opposite Spiker	Philippines	Shopinas.com Lady Clickers	NU
5	Maureen Veronas	Opposite Spiker/ Outside Hitter	Philippines	Mane 'n Tail Lady Stallions	CSB
6	Alexa Micek	Opposite Spiker	United States	Petron Blaze Spikers	NC State

Second round

Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Team	College
1	Siemens Desiree Dadang	Middle	Philippines	Philips Gold Lady Slammers	NU
2	Dennise Michelle Lazaro	Libero	Philippines	Foton Tornadoes	ADMU
3	Diane Ticar	Setter	Philippines	Cignal HD Spikers	Arellano
4	Djanel Welch Cheng	Setter	Philippines	Shopinas.com Lady Clickers	CSB
5	Samantha Dawson	Opposite Spiker	Philippines	Mane 'n Tail Lady Stallions	FEU
6	Ivy Jizel Perez	Setter	Philippines	Petron Blaze Spikers	NU

All-Filipino Conference

Further information: 2015 Philippine Super Liga All-Filipino Conference

The Petron Blaze Spikers became the first team to sweep a PSL tournament with a 13–0 record and claim the All-Filipino championship, its second consecutive PSL title. ^{[7] [8] [9]}

2015 PSL All-Filipino Conference teams (Women's Division)
Abbr.	Team	Company	Colors	Head coach	Team Captain
CIG	Cignal HD Spikers	Cignal TV, Inc.		Sammy Acaylar	Charrisse Ancheta (SSC-R)
FOT	Foton Tornadoes	United Asia Automotive Group, Inc.		Ma. Vilet Ponce de Leon	Ivy Remulla (DLSU)
MNT	Mane 'n Tail Lady Stallions	Federated Distributors, Inc.		Rosemarie Prochina	Jill Gustilo (Adamson)
PHG	Philips Gold Lady Slammers	Federated Distributors, Inc.		Francis Vicente	Michele Gumabao (DLSU)
PET	Petron Blaze Spikers	Petron Corporation		George Pascua	Maica Morada (FEU)
SHOP	Shopinas.com Lady Clickers	Air21 Global, Inc.		Ramil de Jesus	Michelle Laborte (USLS)

Classification round

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Petron Blaze Spikers	10	10	0	28	30	7	4.286	881	709	1.243	Semifinals
2	Shopinas.com Lady Clickers	10	6	4	19	22	16	1.375	812	819	0.991
3	Foton Tornadoes	10	5	5	16	20	18	1.111	843	795	1.060	Quarterfinals
4	Philips Gold Lady Slammers	10	5	5	14	18	21	0.857	811	849	0.955
5	Cignal HD Spikers	10	2	8	7	10	24	0.417	718	797	0.901
6	Mane 'n Tail Lady Stallions	10	2	8	7	10	24	0.417	713	809	0.881

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Playoffs

	Quarterfinals (single-elimination)					Semifinals (single-elimination)					Championship (best-of-three)
						1	Petron	3
	4	Philips Gold	3			4	Philips Gold	0
	5	Cignal	2								1	Petron	3	3	–
											2	Shopinas.com	0	1	–
						2	Shopinas.com	3
	3	Foton	3			6	Foton	2
	6	Mane 'n Tail	0

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Final standings

Rank Team Petron Blaze Spikers Shopinas.com Lady Clickers Philips Gold Lady Slammers 4 Foton Tornadoes 5 Cignal HD Spikers 6 Mane 'n Tail Lady Stallions

2015 Philippine Super Liga All-Filipino Conference Petron Blaze Spikers 2nd title Team roster Mary Grace Masangkay, Abigail Maraño, Rachel Anne Daquis, Carmina Aganon, Luisa Mae Zapanta, Jozza Cabalsa, Frances Xinia Molina, Alexa Micek, Ivy Perez, Ana Ma. Del Mundo, Jennylyn Reyes, Mecaila Irish May Morada (c), Fille Cayetano, Aleona Denise Manabat Head coach George Pascua

Awards

Award		Women's
MVP		Rachel Anne Daquis
Best Outside Spiker	1st:	Charleen Abigail Cruz
	2nd:	Patty Jane Orendain
Best Middle Blocker	1st:	Aleona Denise Manabat
	2nd:	Abigail Maraño
Best Opposite Spiker		Michele Gumabao
Best Setter		Iris Tolenada
Best Libero		Jennylyn Reyes

Grand Prix Conference

Further information: 2015 Philippine Super Liga Grand Prix Conference

The Grand Prix Conference started on October 10, 2015 at the Alonte Sports Arena in Binan, Laguna.

2015 PSL Grand Prix Conference teams (Women's Division)
Abbr.	Team	Company	Colors	Head coach	Team Captain	Imports
CIG	Cignal HD Spikers	Cignal TV, Inc.		Sammy Acaylar	Michelle Laborte (USLS)	Amanda Anderson Ariel Usher
FOT	Foton Tornadoes	United Asia Automotive Group, Inc.		Ma. Vilet Ponce de Leon	Ivy Remulla (DLSU)	Katie Messing Lindsay Stalzer
MER	MERALCO Power Spikers	Manila Electric Company		Ramil de Jesus	Charleen Abigail Cruz (DLSU)	Christina Alessi Liis Kullerkann
PET	Petron Blaze Spikers	Petron Corporation		George Pascua	Maica Morada (FEU)	Erica Adachi Rupia Inck Furtado
PHG	Philips Gold Lady Slammers	Federated Distributors, Inc.		Francis Vicente	Michele Gumabao (DLSU)	Alexis Olgard Bojana Todorovic
RCC	RC Cola Air Force Raiders	ARC Refreshments Corporation		Rhovyl Verayo	Judy Ann Caballejo (UST)	Sarah McClinton Lynda Morales

Classification round

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Philips Gold Lady Slammers	10	8	2	22	27	14	1.929	930	865	1.075	Semifinals
2	Petron Blaze Spikers	10	7	3	21	26	15	1.733	923	831	1.111
3	Cignal HD Spikers	10	7	3	20	23	17	1.353	866	829	1.045
4	Foton Tornadoes	10	6	4	19	23	15	1.533	838	767	1.093
5	MERALCO Power Spikers	10	1	9	5	9	27	0.333	735	839	0.876	Fifth place match
6	RC Cola Air Force Raiders	10	1	9	3	9	29	0.310	747	908	0.823

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Playoffs

	Semifinals (single-elimination)					Championship (best-of-three)
	1	Philips Gold	2
	4	Foton	3
						4	Foton	3	1	3
						2	Petron	1	3	0
	2	Petron	3
	3	Cignal	1

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Final standings

Rank Team Foton Tornadoes Petron Blaze Spikers Philips Gold Lady Slammers 4 Cignal HD Spikers 5 MERALCO Power Spikers 6 RC Cola Air Force Raiders Qualified for the 2016 Asian Club Volleyball Championship

2015 Philippine Super Liga Grand Prix Conference Champions  Foton Tornadoes 1st title Team roster 1.) Angeli Araneta 2.) Katie Messing 3.) Jaja Santiago 4.) Patty Orendain 5.) Kara Acevedo 6.) Lindsay Stalzer 7.) Ivy Remulla (c) 8.) May Macatuno 9.) Ivy Perez 10.) Kayla Williams 11.) Bia General 16.) Royce Estampa 17.) Fiola Ceballos 18.) Jeannie delos Reyes Head coach: Ma. Vilet Ponce de Leon

Awards

Award		Name/Team
MVP		Lindsay Stalzer (Foton)
Best Outside Spiker	1st:	Ariel Elizabeth Usher (Cignal)
	2nd:	Bojana Todorovic (Philips Gold)
Best Middle Blocker	1st:	Alexis Olgard (Philips Gold)
	2nd:	Alyja Daphne Santiago (Foton)
Best Opposite Spiker	1st:	Michele Gumabao (Philips Gold)
	2nd:	Frances Xinia Molina (Petron)
Best Setter	1st:	Ivy Jizel Perez (Foton)
	2nd:	Erica Adachi (Petron)
Best Libero		Jennylyn Reyes (Petron)
Coach of the Year		George Pascua (Petron)

Beach Volleyball Challenge Cup

Further information: 2015 Philippine Super Liga Beach Volleyball Challenge Cup

Women's division

2015 PSL Beach Volleyball Challenge Cup teams (Women's Division)
Abbr.	Team	Company	Colors	Head coach	Players
AQP-A	Accel Quantum (Team A)	Sporteum Philippines / UPHSD-Molino			Evangeline Pastor and Kim Ygay
AQP-B	Accel Quantum (Team B)	Sporteum Philippines / UPHSD-Molino			Tripoli Aurora and Rochet Dela Paz
AMY	Amy's Kitchen	Sonia Trading, Inc.			Marleen Cortel and Samantha Dawson
BEN	BENECO	Benguet Electric Cooperative		Jun Nisperos	Cindy Benitez and Florence Madulid
CIG-A	Cignal HD Spikers (Team A)	Cignal TV, Inc.		Sammy Acaylar	Charleen Cruz and Michelle Laborte
CIG-B	Cignal HD Spikers (Team B)	Cignal TV, Inc.		Sammy Acaylar	April Rose Hingpit and Jeushl Wensh Tiu
FOT-A	Foton Hurricanes	United Asia Automotive Group, Inc.		Yani Fernandez	Maria Paulina Soriano and Bea Tan
FOT-B	Foton Tornadoes	United Asia Automotive Group, Inc.		Yani Fernandez	Patty Orendain and Fiola Ceballos
GIL	Giligan's Sisig Queens	Giligan's Restaurant			Danika Gendrauli and Norie Jane Diaz
MER	MERALCO	Manila Electric Company		Emil Lontoc	Jem Gutierrez and Jusabille Brillo
PET-A	Petron Sprint 4T	Petron Corporation		George Pascua	Alexa Micek and Fille Cayetano
PET-B	Petron XCS	Petron Corporation		George Pascua	Gretchen Ho and Ma. Rosario Soriano
PHG	Philips Gold Lady Slammers	Federated Distributors, Inc.			Aileen Abuel and Rossan Fajardo

Final standings

Rank Team Giligan's Sisig Queens Foton Tornadoes Cignal HD Spikers (Team B) 4 Foton Hurricanes 5 MERALCO Power Spikers 6 Petron XCS 7 Amy's Kitchen 8 Philips Gold Lady Slammers 9 Petron Sprint 4T 10 Accel Quantum (Team B) 11 BENECO 12 Accel Quantum (Team A) 13 Cignal HD Spikers (Team A)

2015 Philippine Super Liga Beach Challenge Cup Giligan's Sisig Queens 1st title Team roster Danika Gendrauli and Norie Jane Diaz

Men's division

2015 PSL Beach Volleyball Challenge Cup teams (Men's Division)
Abbr.	Team	Company	Colors	Head coach	Players
CEN	CenterStage Family KTV	CenterStage Family KTV			John Carlo Lozada and Rence Melgar
CHAMP-A	Champion Infinity Active Smashers (Team A)	Peerless Products Corporation			Angelo Espiritu and Nestor Molate
CHAMP-B	Champion Infinity Active Smashers (Team B)	Peerless Products Corporation			Marjun Alingasa and Tippy Tipgos
CIG-A	Cignal HD Spikers (Team A)	Cignal TV, Inc.		Sammy Acaylar	Sandy Montero and Edmar Bonono
CIG-B	Cignal HD Spikers (Team B)	Cignal TV, Inc.		Sammy Acaylar	Jay dela Cruz and Emmanuel Luces
IEM	IEM Volley Masters	Instituto Estetico Manila			Michael Ian Conde and Karl dela Calzada
SM-A	SM By The Bay (Team A)	SM Prime Holdings		Eric Lecain	Jade Becaldo and Hachaliah Gilbuena
SM-B	SM By The Bay (Team B)	SM Prime Holdings		Eric Lecain	Tim Young and Daniel Young
UPHSD-A	UPHSD Altas - Molino (Team A)	University of Perpetual Help System DALTA - Molino			Fernando Alboro and Ronel del Mundo
UPHSD-B	UPHSD Altas - Molino (Team B)	University of Perpetual Help System DALTA - Molino			Emanuel Gamat and Paolo Aloña

Final standings

Rank Team SM By The Bay (Team A) Champion Infinity (Team B) Cignal HD Spikers (Team A) 4 CenterStage Family KTV 5 Cignal HD Spikers (Team B) 6 Champion Infinity (Team A) 7 UPHSD Altas - Molino (Team A) 8 IEM Volley Masters 9 UPHSD Altas - Molino (Team B) 10 SM By The Bay (Team B)

2015 Philippine Super Liga Beach Challenge Cup SM By The Bay (Team A) 1st title Team roster Jade Becaldo and Hachaliah Gilbuena Head Coach: Eric Lecain

International competitions

AVC Asian Women's Championship

Further information: 2015 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship

An all-PSL selection represented the Philippines in the 2015 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship. ^{[10] [11] [12] [13]} The team placed 12th out of 14 competitors.

Philippines (18th Asian Women's Championship)
No.	Player	Ht.	College	PSL Club	Position
3	Angelique Beatrice Dionela	1.50 m (4 ft 11 in)	UPHSD	Cignal HD Spikers	Defensive specialist
4	Carmina Aganon	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	NU	Petron Blaze Spikers	Outside hitter
5	Melissa Gohing	1.59 m (5 ft 2+1⁄2 in)	DLSU	Philips Gold Lady Slammers	Libero
6	Jeanette Panaga	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	CSB	Cignal HD Spikers	Middle blocker
7	Michele Gumabao (c)	1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)	DLSU	Philips Gold Lady Slammers	Opposite hitter
10	Iris Tolenada	1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)	San Francisco State	Philips Gold Lady Slammers	Setter
11	Ma. Lourdes Clemente	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	UPHSD	Cignal HD Spikers	Middle blocker
13	Kim Kianna Dy	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	DLSU	Shopinas.com Lady Clickers	Middle blocker
14	Ma. Abigail Praca	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	USJ-R	Mane 'n Tail Lady Stallions	Middle blocker
15	Ivy Jisel Perez	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	NU	Petron Blaze Spikers	Setter
17	Myla Pablo	1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)	NU	Philips Gold Lady Slammers	Outside hitter
18	Frances Molina	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	San Beda	Petron Blaze Spikers	Middle hitter/outside hitter

Coaching staff Head coach: Sinfronio "Sammy" Acaylar (CIG) Assistant coach(es): Francis Vicente (PHG) Rosemarie Prochina (MNT) Benson Bocboc (SHP)

Team staff Team manager: Team Utility:

Medical staff Team physician: Physical therapist: Marie Ong

AVC Club Championships

The champions of the 2014 Grand Prix - the Petron Blaze Spikers (women's) ^[14] and the Cignal HD Spikers (men's) ^{[15] [16]} - represented the Philippines in the 2015 AVC Club Volleyball Championships.

• The Petron Blaze Spikers placed 8th out of 9 competitors in the women's tournament held in Vietnam on September 12 to 20, 2015. ^[17]
• The Cignal HD Spikers placed 12th out of 16 competitors in the men's tournament held in Taipei on August 13 to 21, 2015.

Spike For Peace International Beach Volleyball

Further information: 2015 Spike For Peace International Beach Volleyball Tournament

The women's division champions of the 2015 Beach Challenge Cup, Danika Gendrauli and Norie Jane Diaz, were the PSL representatives in the 2015 Spike For Peace International Beach Volleyball Tournament held in Manila from November 29 to December 3, 2015.

Gendrauli and Diaz played as Philippines (Team B). Charo Soriano and Alexa Micek represented the Shakey's V-League and played as Philippines (Team A).

Team A finished 12th and Team B finished 13th (last).

Venues

All-Filipino Conference: Cuneta Astrodome (main venue) Mall of Asia Arena (March 21 - opening day) Filoil Flying V Arena (March 29 and March 30) Alonte Sports Arena ("Spike on Tour" / March 26, April 9 and April 18) Quezon Convention Center ("Spike on Tour" / April 25) [18] Imus City Sports Center ("Spike on Tour" / May 11 / Finals Game 1) Beach Volleyball: Sands - SM By The Bay (SM Mall of Asia)

Grand Prix: Cuneta Astrodome (main venue) Filoil Flying V Arena (secondary venue) Alonte Sports Arena (October 10 - opening day) Malolos Sports and Convention Center ("Spike on Tour" / November 7) De La Salle Lipa ("Spike on Tour" / November 14) Imus City Sports Center ("Spike on Tour" / November 21)

Brand ambassador

• Charleen Abigail Cruz ^[19]

Broadcast partners

• TV5, AksyonTV, Sports5.ph
• Solar Sports

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