2018 Philippine Super Liga Grand Prix Conference

2018 Philippine Super Liga Grand Prix Conference
Duration	February 17 – May 5, 2018
Teams	8
TV partner(s)	ESPN 5, AksyonTV, Hyper, ESPN5.com
Results
Champions	Petron Blaze Spikers
Runners-up	F2 Logistics Cargo Movers
Third place	Foton Tornadoes Blue Energy
Fourth place	Cocolife Asset Managers
Awards
MVP	Lindsay Stalzer
Best OH	Sara Klisura María José Pérez
Best MB	Aby Maraño Mika Reyes
Best OPP	Elizabeth Ann Wendel Kennedy Lynne Bryan
Best Setter	Kim Fajardo
Best Libero	Minami Yoshioka Katarina Vukomanović
PSL Grand Prix Conference chronology
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The 2018 Philippine Super Liga Grand Prix Conference (also known as the 2018 Chooks-to-Go Philippine Super Liga Grand Prix Conference due to sponsorship reasons) was the 13th indoor volleyball conference of the Philippine Super Liga, the first conference of the 2018 season, and the 16th conference overall. The games commenced February 17, 2018 at the Ynares Sports Arena in Pasig and the formal opening ceremony was held on February 24, 2018 at the Santa Rosa Multipurpose Complex in Santa Rosa, Laguna. ^[1]

The tournament was moved from October to February in order to align with the new competition calendar approved by the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) and the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC). ^[2]

Teams

2018 PSL Grand Prix Conference teams (Women's Division)
Abbr.	Team	Company	Colors	Head coach	Team captain	Imports
CIG	Cignal HD Spikers	Cignal TV, Inc.		Edgar Barroga	Rachel Anne Daquis	Jeane Horton Sonja Milanović
CCL	COCOLIFE Asset Managers	United Coconut Planters Life Assurance Corporation		Moro Branislav	Sara Klisura	Taylor Milton (withdrew) Sara Klisura Marta Drpa
F2L	F2 Logistics Cargo Movers	F2 Global Logistics Inc.		Arnold Laniog	Charleen Cruz-Behag	Kennedy Lynne Bryan María José Pérez Minami Yoshioka
FOT	Foton Tornadoes Blue Energy	United Asia Automotive Group, Inc.		Rommel Abella	Aleona Denise Santiago-Manabat	Brooke Kranda (withdrew) Elizabeth Wendel Katarina Vukomanović Channon Thompson
GAL	Generika-Ayala Lifesavers	Actimed, Inc.		Sherwin Meneses	Angeli Pauline Araneta	Darlene Ramdin Symone Hayden Kimberly Gutierrez
PET	Petron Blaze Spikers	Petron Corporation		Cesael delos Santos	Lindsay Stalzer	Hillary Hurley (withdrew) Lindsay Stalzer Yuri Fukuda Katherine Bell
SMA	Smart Prepaid Giga Hitters	Smart Communications		Ronald Dulay	Janet Serafica	Gyselle Silva Sanja Trivunović
SLR	Sta. Lucia Lady Realtors	Sta. Lucia Realty and Development Corporation		George Pascua	Pamela Tricia Lastimosa	Bohdana Anisova Kristen Moncks Marisa Field

Preliminary round

Team standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR
1	F2 Logistics Cargo Movers	10	9	1	27	28	6	4.667	823	649	1.268
2	Petron Blaze Spikers	10	9	1	25	27	12	2.250	876	783	1.119
3	Cocolife Asset Managers	10	6	4	18	21	17	1.235	837	822	1.018
4	Foton Tornadoes	10	5	5	16	20	21	0.952	907	918	0.988
5	Sta. Lucia Lady Realtors	10	5	5	14	20	19	1.053	876	865	1.013
6	Cignal HD Spikers	10	3	7	9	14	23	0.609	829	844	0.982
7	Generika-Ayala Lifesavers	10	3	7	8	14	25	0.560	769	897	0.857
8	Smart Prepaid Giga Hitters	10	0	10	3	9	30	0.300	785	924	0.850

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

• All times are in Philippines Standard Time (UTC+08:00)

First round

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
17 Feb	14:00	Generika-Ayala Lifesavers	1–3	Foton Tornadoes Blue Energy	19–25	25–22	16–25	22–25		82–97	P–2
17 Feb	16:00	Sta. Lucia Lady Realtors	1–3	Petron Blaze Spikers	21–25	25–18	17–25	20–25		83–93	P–2
20 Feb	16:15	Sta. Lucia Lady Realtors	3–2	Generika-Ayala Lifesavers	21–25	25–21	23–25	25–15	15–7	109–93	P–2
20 Feb	19:00	Cocolife Asset Managers	0–3	Cignal HD Spikers	15–25	26–28	15–25			56–78	P–2
24 Feb	14:00	Cignal HD Spikers	1–3	Petron Blaze Spikers	17–25	25–8	20–25	17–25		79–83	P–2
24 Feb	16:00	F2 Logistics Cargo Movers	3–0	Cocolife Asset Managers	25–21	25–15	25–16			75–52	P–2
27 Feb	16:15	Smart Prepaid Giga Hitters	0–3	Cocolife Asset Managers	20–25	22–25	13–25			55–75	P–2
27 Feb	19:00	Cignal HD Spikers	3–2	Foton Tornadoes Blue Energy	25–22	25–23	26–28	20–25	15–11	111–109	P–2
01 Mar	16:15	Petron Blaze Spikers	3–0	Smart Prepaid Giga Hitters	25–12	25–14	25–17			75–43	P–2
01 Mar	19:00	Sta. Lucia Lady Realtors	1–3	Cocolife Asset Managers	25–23	21–25	19–25	16–25		81–98	P–2
03 Mar	16:00	Foton Tornadoes Blue Energy	0–3	Cocolife Asset Managers	19–25	22–25	18–25			59–75	P–2
03 Mar	18:00	F2 Logistics Cargo Movers	1–3	Petron Blaze Spikers	25–20	19–25	19–25	19–25		82–95	P–2
06 Mar	16:00	Generika-Ayala Lifesavers	0–3	Petron Blaze Spikers	21–25	15–25	21–25			57–75	P–2
06 Mar	18:00	Smart Prepaid Giga Hitters	2–3	Foton Tornadoes Blue Energy	25–21	20–25	29–27	15–25	12–15	101–113	P–2
08 Mar	16:15	Smart Prepaid Giga Hitters	0–3	F2 Logistics Cargo Movers	22–25	18–25	17–25			57–75	P–2
08 Mar	19:00	Sta. Lucia Lady Realtors	3–0	Cignal HD Spikers	32–30	25–22	25–21			82–73	P–2
10 Mar	14:00	Cocolife Asset Managers	3–1	Generika-Ayala Lifesavers	25–19	25–16	21–25	25–17		96–77	P–2 [ dead link ]
10 Mar	16:00	Foton Tornadoes Blue Energy	2–3	Petron Blaze Spikers	25–14	16–25	25–22	18–25	13–15	97–101	P–2
13 Mar	16:15	Generika-Ayala Lifesavers	3–2	Smart Prepaid Giga Hitters	25–21	25–23	23–25	22–25	15–11	110–105	P–2
13 Mar	19:00	Sta. Lucia Lady Realtors	1–3	F2 Logistics Cargo Movers	25–18	16–25	19–25	21–25		81–93	P–2
15 Mar	16:15	F2 Logistics Cargo Movers	3–0	Cignal HD Spikers	25–21	25–17	25–14			75–52	P–2
15 Mar	19:00	Petron Blaze Spikers	3–1	Cocolife Asset Managers	26–24	25–18	21–25	25–20		97–87	P–2
17 Mar	13:45	Foton Tornadoes Blue Energy	1–3	F2 Logistics Cargo Movers	18–25	25–23	20–25	16–25		79–98	P–2
17 Mar	16:10	Cignal HD Spikers	3–0	Smart Prepaid Giga Hitters	25–21	25–18	25–20			75–59	P–2
20 Mar	16:15	Sta. Lucia Lady Realtors	3–1	Smart Prepaid Giga Hitters	25–15	25–20	23–25	25–22		98–82	P–2
20 Mar	19:00	Generika-Ayala Lifesavers	0–3	F2 Logistics Cargo Movers	18–25	16–25	12–25			46–75	P–2
22 Mar	16:15	Generika-Ayala Lifesavers	3–2	Cignal HD Spikers	26–24	18–25	16–25	25–22	15–11	100–107	P–2
22 Mar	19:00	Foton Tornadoes Blue Energy	3–1	Sta. Lucia Lady Realtors	25–18	22–25	25–20	28–26		100–89	P–2

Second round

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
24 Mar	16:00	Petron Blaze Spikers	3–1	Smart Prepaid Giga Hitters	25–22	22–25	25–18	26–24		98–89	P–2
24 Mar	19:00	F2 Logistics Cargo Movers	3–0	Generika-Ayala Lifesavers	25–22	25–14	25–10			75–46	P–2
03 Apr	16:15	Foton Tornadoes Blue Energy	3–1	Cignal HD Spikers	25–23	27–25	21–25	32–30		105–103	P–2
03 Apr	19:00	Cocolife Asset Managers	3–1	Sta. Lucia Lady Realtors	25–20	25–18	20–25	25–22		95–85	P–2
05 Apr	16:15	Petron Blaze Spikers	0–3	Sta. Lucia Lady Realtors	18–25	21–25	17–25			56–75	P–2
05 Apr	19:00	F2 Logistics Cargo Movers	3–1	Cignal HD Spikers	23–25	27–25	25–16	25–23		100–89	P–2
07 Apr	16:00	Foton Tornadoes Blue Energy	3–1	Generika-Ayala Lifesavers	25–21	25–17	21–25	25–20		96–83	P–2
07 Apr	18:00	Cocolife Asset Managers	3–2	Smart Prepaid Giga Hitters	25–23	25–21	25–27	19–25	16–14	110–110	P–2
10 Apr	16:15	Petron Blaze Spikers	3–2	Cocolife Asset Managers	25–14	23–25	15–25	25–14	15–13	103–91
10 Apr	19:00	F2 Logistics Cargo Movers	3–0	Foton Tornadoes Blue Energy	25–17	25–18	25–17			75–52
12 Apr	16:15	Cignal HD Spikers	0–3	Generika-Ayala Lifesavers	22–25	20–25	20–25			62–75
12 Apr	19:00	Sta. Lucia Lady Realtors	3–1	Smart Prepaid Giga Hitters	25–22	18–25	25–17	25–18		93–82

Playoffs

	Quarter-finals One-game playoff				Semi-finals Best-of-3 series				Finals Best-of-three series
	FOT	1
	SLR	0
					FOT	0
					FTL	2
	FTL	1
	SMA	0
									FTL	1
									PET	2
	PET	1
	GAL	0
					PET	2
					CCL	0			Bronze medal match
	CCL	1
	CIG	0
									CCL	0
									FOT	1

Quarterfinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
14 Apr	16:00	F2 Logistics Cargo Movers	3–0	Smart Prepaid Giga Hitters	25–18	25–18	27–25			77–61	P–2
14 Apr	18:00	Petron Blaze Spikers	3–0	Generika-Ayala Lifesavers	25–19	25–20	25–21			75–60	P–2
17 Apr	16:15	Cocolife Asset Managers	3–0	Cignal HD Spikers	25–22	25–21	28–26			78–69	P–2
17 Apr	19:00	Foton Tornadoes Blue Energy	3–0	Sta. Lucia Lady Realtors	25–22	25–23	25–19			75–64	P–2

Semifinals

Best-of-three series

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
24 Apr	16:15	Petron Blaze Spikers	3–1	Cocolife Asset Managers	25–18	23–25	25–16	25–23		98–82	P–2
24 Apr	19:00	F2 Logistics Cargo Movers	3–1	Foton Tornadoes Blue Energy	25–22	25–23	22–25	25–22		97–92	P–2
26 Apr	16:15	F2 Logistics Cargo Movers	3–0	Foton Tornadoes Blue Energy	25–19	25–18	25–21			75–58	P–2
26 Apr	19:00	Petron Blaze Spikers	3–0	Cocolife Asset Managers	25–15	25–15	25–16			75–46	P–2

Bronze match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
01 May	16:15	Cocolife Asset Managers	1–3	Foton Tornadoes Blue Energy	25–21	22–25	24–26	19–25		90–97	P–2

Finals

Best-of-three series

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
01 May	19:00	F2 Logistics Cargo Movers	2–3	Petron Blaze Spikers	25–23	25–20	15–25	22–25	9–15	96–108
03 May	19:00	Petron Blaze Spikers	0–3	F2 Logistics Cargo Movers	17–25	22–25	19–25			58–75	P–2
05 May	18:00	F2 Logistics Cargo Movers	1–3	Petron Blaze Spikers	19–25	20–25	25–22	18–25		82–97

Final standing

Rank Team Petron Blaze Spikers F2 Logistics Cargo Movers Foton Tornadoes Blue Energy 4 COCOLIFE Asset Managers 5 Sta. Lucia Lady Realtors 6 Cignal HD Spikers 7 Generika-Ayala Lifesavers 8 Smart Prepaid Giga Hitters

2018 PSL Grand Prix Champions Petron Blaze Spikers Team roster Lindsay Stalzer (Captain)/(Import), Yuri Fukuda (Libero)/(Import), Katherine Bell (Import), Mika Aereen Reyes, Angelica Legacion, Frances Xinia Molina, Aiza Maizo-Pontillas, Mary Remy Joy Palma, Rhea Katrina Dimaculangan, Chlodia Eiriel Ysabella Cortez, Luthgarda Malaluan, Carmela Tunay, Princess Ira Gaiser (Libero), Cesael delos Santos (Head Coach)

Individual awards

Award		Name/Team
MVP		Lindsay Stalzer (Petron)
Best Outside Spiker	1st:	Sara Klisura (COCOLIFE)
	2nd:	María José Pérez (F2 Logistics)
Best Middle Blocker	1st:	Abigail Maraño (F2 Logistics)
	2nd:	Mika Aereen Reyes (Petron)
Best Opposite Spiker	1st:	Elizabeth Ann Wendel (Foton)
	2nd:	Kennedy Lynne Bryan (F2 Logistics)
Best Setter		Kim Fajardo (F2 Logistics)
Best Libero	1st:	Minami Yoshioka (F2 Logistics)
	2nd:	Katarina Vukomanović (Foton)
Best Scorer in a Match		Gyselle de la Caridad Silva (Smart), 56 points

Venues

Main venues

• Ynares Sports Arena
• Filoil Flying V Centre
• Smart Araneta Coliseum (finals)

"Spike on Tour" venues

• Sta. Rosa Multipurpose Complex - Santa Rosa, Laguna (opening ceremonies)
• Strike Gymnasium - Bacoor, Cavite
• Muntinlupa Sports Complex - Muntinlupa
• Malolos Sports and Convention Center - Malolos, Bulacan
• Imus Sports Complex - Imus, Cavite
• Batangas Sports and Convention Center - Batangas City, Batangas
• Baliwag Sports Center - Baliwag, Bulacan
• Centennial Arena Laoag Coliseum - Laoag City, Ilocos Norte
• Gen. Trias Sports Complex - General Trias, Cavite

Broadcast partners

• ESPN 5: AksyonTV, Hyper (SD and HD), ESPN5.com

References

1. "3 teams tipped as favorites for PSL Grand Prix crown". ABS-CBN News. February 12, 2018. Retrieved February 12, 2018.
2. "PSL Calendar for 2018; Crucial Matches For Quarterfinals Placement". Philippine Super Liga. November 30, 2017. Archived from the original on December 30, 2017. Retrieved February 12, 2018.