2019 PSL Grand Prix Conference

2019 PSL Grand Prix
Duration	February 16 - May 4, 2019 ;
Arena(s)	Filoil Flying V Arena
Finals MVP	Stephanie Niemer (Petron)
Winning coach	Cesael delos Santos (Petron)
Semifinalists	PLDT (3rd place), Cignal
TV network(s)	ESPN 5, 5 Plus, One Sports

Last updated January 15, 2024

The 2019 PSL Grand Prix was the first conference and first indoor tournament for the Philippine Super Liga's seventh season. The formal opening ceremony and games began on February 16, 2019, at the Ynares Sports Arena, Pasig.^[1]

Teams

2019 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	Erica Wilson Anastasiya Artemeva
F2L	F2 Logistics Cargo Movers	F2 Global Logistics Inc.		Ramil de Jesus	Charleen Cruz-Behag Lindsay Stalzer	Lindsay Stalzer Rebecca Perry (withdrew) María José Pérez
FOT	Foton Tornadoes Blue Energy	United Asia Automotive Group, Inc.		Aaron Vélez	Maika Ortiz	Courtney Felinski Selime İlyasoğlu (withdrew) Milagros Collar
GAL	Generika-Ayala Lifesavers	Actimed, Inc.		Sherwin Meneses	Angeli Pauline Araneta	Nikolle del Rio (withdrew) Kseniya Koçyiğit Kanjana Kuthaisong
PET	Petron Blaze Spikers	Petron Corporation		Cesael delos Santos	Katherine Bell	Stephanie Niemer Katherine Bell
PLD	PLDT Home Fibr Power Hitters	PLDT		Roger Gorayeb	Gretchel Soltones	Grace Lazard Kendra Dahlke
SLR	Sta. Lucia Lady Realtors	Sta. Lucia Realty and Development Corporation		Raymund Castillo	Pamela Tricia Lastimosa	Molly Lohman Casey Schoenlein
UVC	United Volleyball Club	United Volleyball Club		Joshua Ylaya	Kalei Mau	Yaasmeen Bedart-Ghani Shar Latai Manu-Olevao (withdrew) Sutadta Chuewulim

Preliminary round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR
1	Petron Blaze Spikers	14	14	0	42	42	1	42.000	1073	699	1.535
2	F2 Logistics Cargo Movers	14	11	3	33	35	13	2.692	1037	956	1.085
3	PLDT Home Fibr Power Hitters	14	8	6	22	26	24	1.083	1090	1097	0.994
4	Cignal HD Spikers	14	7	7	20	23	28	0.821	1097	1123	0.977
5	United Volleyball Club	14	7	7	19	25	29	0.862	1046	1031	1.015
6	Generika-Ayala Lifesavers	14	4	10	14	24	35	0.686	1197	1285	0.932
7	Foton Tornadoes Blue Energy	14	3	11	11	16	36	0.444	1134	1250	0.907
8	Sta. Lucia Lady Realtors	14	2	12	7	14	39	0.359	994	1226	0.811

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First round

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
16 Feb	16:00	UVC	1–3	FOT	24–26	20–25	25–15	21–25		90–91	[P–2]
16 Feb	18:00	SLR	3–2	GAL	25–21	22–25	25–23	16–25	16–14	104–108	[P–2]
19 Feb	14:00	PET	3–0	PLD	25–19	25–9	25–10			75–38	[P–2]
19 Feb	16:15	UVC	3–2	SLR	12–25	15–25	25–17	25–22	15–9	92–98	[P–2]
19 Feb	19:00	CHD	1–3	FTL	24–26	25–21	21–25	14–25		84–97	[P–2]
21 Feb	14:00	PLD	0–3	CHD	22–25	25–27	19–25			66–77	[P–2]
21 Feb	16:15	FTL	3–0	SLR	25–21	25–19	25–19			75–59	[P–2]
21 Feb	19:00	PET	3–0	GAL	25–16	25–23	25–15			75–54	[P–2]
23 Feb	14:00	CHD	3–1	SLR	23–25	25–11	25–16	25–23		98–75	[P–2]
23 Feb	16:00	PLD	3–2	GAL	24–26	25–23	19–25	25–21	15–8	108–103	[P–2]
23 Feb	18:00	FOT	0–3	PET	19–25	11–25	12–25			42–75	[P–2]
26 Feb	14:00	FTL	3–1	UVC	23–25	25–23	25–21	25–22		98–91	[P–2]
26 Feb	16:15	FOT	0–3	PLD	16–25	20–25	17–25			53–75	[P–2]
26 Feb	19:00	GAL	1–3	CHD	25–19	17–25	15–25	19–25		76–94	[P–2]
28 Feb	14:00	SLR	0–3	PET	8–25	8–25	18–25			34–75	[P–2]
28 Feb	16:15	FOT	0–3	FTL	20–25	20–25	24–26			64–76	[P–2]
28 Feb	19:00	CHD	0–3	UVC	22–25	13–25	27–29			62–79	[P–2]
02 Mar	14:00	FOT	2–3	CHD	25–15	22–25	25–21	13–25	19–21	104–107	[P–2]
02 Mar	16:00	SLR	0–3	PLD	17–25	23–25	18–25			58–75	[P–2]
02 Mar	18:00	GAL	2–3	UVC	23–25	25–17	22–25	25–23	11–15	106–105	[P–2]
05 Mar	14:00	FOT	1–3	SLR	25–13	21–25	23–25	21–25		90–88	[P–2]
05 Mar	16:15	UVC	0–3	PET	12–25	16–25	20–25			48–75	[P–2]
05 Mar	19:00	GAL	1–3	FTL	25–21	19–25	22–25	16–25		82–96	[P–2]
07 Mar	14:00	FOT	2–3	GAL	21–25	22–25	25–19	25–20	11–15	104–104	[P–2]
07 Mar	16:15	UVC	3–1	PLD	25–18	17–25	25–22	25–17		92–82	[P–2]
07 Mar	19:00	PET	3–1	FTL	23–25	25–15	25–22	25–18		98–80	[P–2]
09 Mar	16:00	PET	3–0	CHD	25–15	25–19	25–14			75–48	[P–2]
09 Mar	18:00	FTL	3–0	PLD	25–20	25–21	25–19			75–60	[P–2]

Second round

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
12 Mar	14:00	GAL	2–3	PLD	21–25	25–20	27–29	25–13	12–15	110–102	[P–2]
12 Mar	16:15	PET	3–0	FOT	25–20	25–13	25–21	–	–	75–54	[P–2]
12 Mar	19:00	SLR	1–3	CHD	25–21	13–25	13–25	19–25	–	70–96	[P–2]
14 Mar	14:00	PLD	3–1	FOT	25–16	27–25	22–25	26–24	–	100–90	[P–2]
14 Mar	16:15	CHD	0–3	GAL	17–25	20–25	22–25	–	–	59–75	[P–2]
14 Mar	19:00	UVC	0–3	FTL	22–25	21–25	22–25	–	–	65–75	[P–2]
16 Mar	16:00	PLD	3–1	FTL	25–20	23–25	25–21	25–18	–	98–84	[P–2]
16 Mar	18:00	CHD	0–3	PET	10–25	7–25	19–25	–	–	36–75	[P–2]
19 Mar	14:00	UVC	3–1	CHD	14–25	25–21	25–21	26–24	–	90–91	[P–2]
19 Mar	16:15	PLD	0–3	PET	18–25	21–25	14–25	–	–	53–75	[P–2]
19 Mar	19:00	SLR	0–3	FTL	23–25	14–25	16–25	–	–	53–75	[P–2]
21 Mar	14:00	UVC	2–3	GAL	23–25	25–21	25–19	25–27	12–15	110–107	[P–2]
21 Mar	16:15	FOT	1–3	CHD	25–15	20–25	18–25	20–25	–	83–90	[P–2]
21 Mar	19:00	SLR	0–3	PLD	15–25	24–26	13–25	–	–	52–76	[P–2]
23 Mar	16:00	GAL	3–1	SLR	25–20	25–20	21–25	25–18	–	96–83	[P–2]
23 Mar	18:00	PET	3–0	FTL	25–14	25–17	25–21	–	–	75–52	[P–2]
26 Mar	14:00	GAL	0–3	PET	23–25	13–25	21–25	–	–	57–75	[P–2]
26 Mar	16:15	CHD	3–1	PLD	25–16	25–23	17–25	25–18	–	92–82	[P–2]
26 Mar	19:00	FOT	0–3	UVC	18–25	23–25	22–25	–	–	63–75	[P–2]
28 Mar	12:00	PLD	3–0	UVC	25–23	25–16	25–22	–	–	75–61	[P–2]
28 Mar	14:00	PET	3–0	SLR	25–21	25–12	25–20	–	–	75–53	[P–2]
30 Mar	16:00	FTL	3–0	FOT	28–26	25–15	25–23	–	–	78–64	[P–2]
30 Mar	18:00	PET	3–0	UVC	25–14	25–17	25–19	–	–	75–50	[P–2]
02 Apr	16:15	SLR	1–3	FOT	25–12	14–25	20–25	15–25	–	74–87	[P–2]
02 Apr	19:00	GAL	1–3	FTL	12–25	27–25	24–26	14–25	–	77–101	[P–2]
04 Apr	14:00	SLR	2–3	UVC	25–21	18–25	25–23	14–25	11–15	93–109	[P–2]
04 Apr	16:15	CHD	0–3	FTL	19–25	20–25	24–26	–	–	63–76	[P–2]
04 Apr	19:00	GAL	1–3	FOT	20–25	25–20	22–25	11–25	–	78–95	[P–2]

Playoffs

Quarter-finals Ranked 1 to 4 has twice-to-beat advantage		Semi-finals Best-of-three series		Finals Best-of-three series



(1) Petron Blaze Spikers	2

(8) Sta. Lucia Lady Realtors	0
		Petron Blaze Spikers	2

		Cignal HD Spikers	0
(4) Cignal HD Spikers	2

(5) United Volleyball Club	0
				Petron Blaze Spikers	2

				F2 Logistics Cargo Movers	1
(2) F2 Logistics Cargo Movers	2

(7) Foton Tornadoes Blue Energy	1
		F2 Logistics Cargo Movers	2

		PLDT Home Fibr Power Hitters	0	Bronze medal match
(3) PLDT Home Fibr Power Hitters	2

(6) Generika-Ayala Lifesavers	1
				Cignal HD Spikers	2

				PLDT Home Fibr Power Hitters	3

Quarterfinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
06 Apr	16:00	PET	3–0	SLR	25–17	25–11	25–18			75–46	[P–2]
06 Apr	18:00	FTL	2–3	FOT	25–27	25–19	22–25	25–16	12–15	109–102	[P–2]
09 Apr	16:00	PLD	1–3	GAL	25–21	22–25	22–25	24–26		93–97	[P–2]
09 Apr	19:00	CIG	3–1	UVC	25–22	18–25	25–21	25–20		93–88	[P–2]
11 Apr	19:00	FOT	1–3	FTL	22–25	27–25	21–25	19–25		89–100	[P–2]
13 Apr	16:00	GAL	2–3	PLD	15–25	20–25	26–24	27–25	12–15	100–114	[P–2]

Semifinals

Best-of-three series

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
23 Apr	16:15	FTL	3–1	PLD	25–14	18–25	25–16	25–22	93–77	[P–2]
23 Apr	19:00	PET	3–1	CIG	20–25	25–14	25–13	25–18	95–70	[P–2]
25 Apr	16:15	PET	3–1	CIG	23–25	25–17	25–16	25–21	98–79	[P–2]
25 Apr	19:00	FTL	3–0	PLD	26–24	26–24	25–17		77–65	[P–2]

Bronze match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
30 April	16:15	CIG	2–3	PLDT	19–25	18–25	25–20	25–20	17–19	104–109	[P–2]

Finals

Best-of-three series

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
30 April	19:00	PET	1–3	FTL	20–25	25–16	23–25	23–25	91–91	[P–2]
02 May	19:00	FTL	1–3	PET	25–23	23–25	14–25	19–25	81–98	[P–2]
04 May	18:00	PET	3–1	FTL	26–24	25–19	23–25	25–19	99–87	[P–2]

Final standing

Rank	Team
	Petron Blaze Spikers
	F2 Logistics Cargo Movers
	PLDT Home Fibr Power Hitters
4	Cignal HD Spikers
5	United Volleyball Club
6	Generika-Ayala Lifesavers
7	Foton Tornadoes Blue Energy
8	Sta. Lucia Lady Realtors

2019 PSL Grand Prix Champions
Petron Blaze Spikers
Team roster Katherine Bell (Captain)/(Import), Bernadeth Pons, Mika Aereen Reyes, Stephanie Niemer (Import), Mary Anne Esguerra, Frances Xinia Molina, Aiza Maizo-Pontillas, Mary Remy Joy Palma, Toni Rose Basas, Princess Ira Gaiser (Libero), Rhea Katrina Dimaculangan, Dennise Michelle Lazaro (Libero), Chlodia Eiriel Ysabella Cortez, Angelica Legacion, Ma. Carmela Tunay, Cesael delos Santos (Head Coach)

Individual awards

Award		Name/Team
MVP		Stephanie Niemer (Petron)
Best Outside Spikers	Foreign	Katherine Bell (Petron)
Best Outside Spikers	Local	Victonara Galang (F2 Logistics)
Best Middle Blockers	Foreign	Grace Lazard (PLDT)
Best Middle Blockers	Local	Abigail Maraño (F2 Logistics)
Best Opposite Spikers	Foreign	Erika Wilson (Cignal)
Best Opposite Spikers	Local	Aiko Urdas (PLDT)
Best Setter		Rhea Katrina Dimaculangan (Petron)
Best Libero		Dawn Macandili (F2 Logistics)
Best Scorer		Stephanie Niemer (Petron)

Venues

Main venues

Filoil Flying V Arena (main venue)
Ynares Sports Arena (opening day)

"Spike on Tour" venues

Strike Gymnasium - Bacoor, Cavite
Malolos Sports and Convention Center - Malolos, Bulacan
Muntinlupa Sports Complex - Muntinlupa
Alonte Sports Arena - Biñan, Laguna

Broadcast partners

ESPN 5, 5 Plus, One Sports

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