2019 Philippine Super Liga Grand Prix Conference

2019 Philippine Super Liga Grand Prix Conference
Duration	February 16 – May 4, 2019
Teams	8
TV partner(s)	ESPN 5, 5 Plus, One Sports
Results
Champions	Petron Blaze Spikers
Runners-up	F2 Logistics Cargo Movers
Third place	PLDT Home Fibr Power Hitters
Fourth place	Cignal HD Spikers
Awards
MVP	Stephanie Niemer
Best OH	Khat Bell Ara Galang
Best MB	Grace Lazard Aby Maraño
Best OPP	Erika Wilson Aiko Urdas
Best Setter	Rhea Dimaculangan
Best Libero	Dawn Macandili
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The 2019 Philippine Super Liga Grand Prix Conference was the 17th indoor volleyball conference of the Philippine Super Liga, the first conference of the 2019 season, and the 21st conference overall. 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

Format

Preliminary round

• The preliminary round was a double round-robin tournament, with each team playing two matches against all other teams for a total of 14 matches.

Quarterfinals

• The quarterfinals featured the twice-to-beat advantage. The top four teams only needed to win one out of two matches to advance while the bottom needed to win two matches back-to-back to do so.
• The match-ups were as follows:
  • QF1: #1 vs. #8
  • QF2: #2 vs. #7
  • QF3: #3 vs. #6
  • QF4: #4 vs. #5
• The winners advanced to the semifinals while the losers were eliminated.

Semifinals

• The semifinals featured best-of-three series.
• The match-ups were as follows:
  • SF1: QF1 winner vs. QF4 winner
  • SF2: QF2 winner vs. QF3 winner
• The winners advanced to the championship match while the losers would play in the third-place match.

Finals

• The third-place match was single-elimination while the championship was a best-of-three series.
• The match-ups were as follows:
  • Championship: Semifinal round winners
  • Third-place match: Semifinal round losers

Preliminary round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Petron Blaze Spikers	14	14	0	42	42	1	42.000	1073	699	1.535	Twice-to-beat in quarterfinals
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	Twice-to-win in quarterfinals
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	United Volleyball Club	1–3	Foton Tornadoes Blue Energy	24–26	20–25	25–15	21–25		90–91
16 Feb	18:00	Sta. Lucia Lady Realtors	3–2	Generika-Ayala Lifesavers	25–21	22–25	25–23	16–25	16–14	104–108
19 Feb	14:00	Petron Blaze Spikers	3–0	PLDT Home Fibr Power Hitters	25–19	25–9	25–10			75–38
19 Feb	16:15	United Volleyball Club	3–2	Sta. Lucia Lady Realtors	12–25	15–25	25–17	25–22	15–9	92–98
19 Feb	19:00	Cignal HD Spikers	1–3	F2 Logistics Cargo Movers	24–26	25–21	21–25	14–25		84–97
21 Feb	14:00	PLDT Home Fibr Power Hitters	0–3	Cignal HD Spikers	22–25	25–27	19–25			66–77
21 Feb	16:15	F2 Logistics Cargo Movers	3–0	Sta. Lucia Lady Realtors	25–21	25–19	25–19			75–59
21 Feb	19:00	Petron Blaze Spikers	3–0	Generika-Ayala Lifesavers	25–16	25–23	25–15			75–54
23 Feb	14:00	Cignal HD Spikers	3–1	Sta. Lucia Lady Realtors	23–25	25–11	25–16	25–23		98–75
23 Feb	16:00	PLDT Home Fibr Power Hitters	3–2	Generika-Ayala Lifesavers	24–26	25–23	19–25	25–21	15–8	108–103
23 Feb	18:00	Foton Tornadoes Blue Energy	0–3	Petron Blaze Spikers	19–25	11–25	12–25			42–75
26 Feb	14:00	F2 Logistics Cargo Movers	3–1	United Volleyball Club	23–25	25–23	25–21	25–22		98–91
26 Feb	16:15	Foton Tornadoes Blue Energy	0–3	PLDT Home Fibr Power Hitters	16–25	20–25	17–25			53–75
26 Feb	19:00	Generika-Ayala Lifesavers	1–3	Cignal HD Spikers	25–19	17–25	15–25	19–25		76–94
28 Feb	14:00	Sta. Lucia Lady Realtors	0–3	Petron Blaze Spikers	8–25	8–25	18–25			34–75
28 Feb	16:15	Foton Tornadoes Blue Energy	0–3	F2 Logistics Cargo Movers	20–25	20–25	24–26			64–76
28 Feb	19:00	Cignal HD Spikers	0–3	United Volleyball Club	22–25	13–25	27–29			62–79
02 Mar	14:00	Foton Tornadoes Blue Energy	2–3	Cignal HD Spikers	25–15	22–25	25–21	13–25	19–21	104–107
02 Mar	16:00	Sta. Lucia Lady Realtors	0–3	PLDT Home Fibr Power Hitters	17–25	23–25	18–25			58–75
02 Mar	18:00	Generika-Ayala Lifesavers	2–3	United Volleyball Club	23–25	25–17	22–25	25–23	11–15	106–105
05 Mar	14:00	Foton Tornadoes Blue Energy	1–3	Sta. Lucia Lady Realtors	25–13	21–25	23–25	21–25		90–88
05 Mar	16:15	United Volleyball Club	0–3	Petron Blaze Spikers	12–25	16–25	20–25			48–75
05 Mar	19:00	Generika-Ayala Lifesavers	1–3	F2 Logistics Cargo Movers	25–21	19–25	22–25	16–25		82–96
07 Mar	14:00	Foton Tornadoes Blue Energy	2–3	Generika-Ayala Lifesavers	21–25	22–25	25–19	25–20	11–15	104–104
07 Mar	16:15	United Volleyball Club	3–1	PLDT Home Fibr Power Hitters	25–18	17–25	25–22	25–17		92–82
07 Mar	19:00	Petron Blaze Spikers	3–1	F2 Logistics Cargo Movers	23–25	25–15	25–22	25–18		98–80
09 Mar	16:00	Petron Blaze Spikers	3–0	Cignal HD Spikers	25–15	25–19	25–14			75–48
09 Mar	18:00	F2 Logistics Cargo Movers	3–0	PLDT Home Fibr Power Hitters	25–20	25–21	25–19			75–60

Second round

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
12 Mar	14:00	Generika-Ayala Lifesavers	2–3	PLDT Home Fibr Power Hitters	21–25	25–20	27–29	25–13	12–15	110–102
12 Mar	16:15	Petron Blaze Spikers	3–0	Foton Tornadoes Blue Energy	25–20	25–13	25–21	–	–	75–54
12 Mar	19:00	Sta. Lucia Lady Realtors	1–3	Cignal HD Spikers	25–21	13–25	13–25	19–25	–	70–96
14 Mar	14:00	PLDT Home Fibr Power Hitters	3–1	Foton Tornadoes Blue Energy	25–16	27–25	22–25	26–24	–	100–90
14 Mar	16:15	Cignal HD Spikers	0–3	Generika-Ayala Lifesavers	17–25	20–25	22–25	–	–	59–75
14 Mar	19:00	United Volleyball Club	0–3	F2 Logistics Cargo Movers	22–25	21–25	22–25	–	–	65–75
16 Mar	16:00	PLDT Home Fibr Power Hitters	3–1	F2 Logistics Cargo Movers	25–20	23–25	25–21	25–18	–	98–84
16 Mar	18:00	Cignal HD Spikers	0–3	Petron Blaze Spikers	10–25	7–25	19–25	–	–	36–75
19 Mar	14:00	United Volleyball Club	3–1	Cignal HD Spikers	14–25	25–21	25–21	26–24	–	90–91
19 Mar	16:15	PLDT Home Fibr Power Hitters	0–3	Petron Blaze Spikers	18–25	21–25	14–25	–	–	53–75
19 Mar	19:00	Sta. Lucia Lady Realtors	0–3	F2 Logistics Cargo Movers	23–25	14–25	16–25	–	–	53–75
21 Mar	14:00	United Volleyball Club	2–3	Generika-Ayala Lifesavers	23–25	25–21	25–19	25–27	12–15	110–107
21 Mar	16:15	Foton Tornadoes Blue Energy	1–3	Cignal HD Spikers	25–15	20–25	18–25	20–25	–	83–90
21 Mar	19:00	Sta. Lucia Lady Realtors	0–3	PLDT Home Fibr Power Hitters	15–25	24–26	13–25	–	–	52–76
23 Mar	16:00	Generika-Ayala Lifesavers	3–1	Sta. Lucia Lady Realtors	25–20	25–20	21–25	25–18	–	96–83
23 Mar	18:00	Petron Blaze Spikers	3–0	F2 Logistics Cargo Movers	25–14	25–17	25–21	–	–	75–52
26 Mar	14:00	Generika-Ayala Lifesavers	0–3	Petron Blaze Spikers	23–25	13–25	21–25	–	–	57–75
26 Mar	16:15	Cignal HD Spikers	3–1	PLDT Home Fibr Power Hitters	25–16	25–23	17–25	25–18	–	92–82
26 Mar	19:00	Foton Tornadoes Blue Energy	0–3	United Volleyball Club	18–25	23–25	22–25	–	–	63–75
28 Mar	12:00	PLDT Home Fibr Power Hitters	3–0	United Volleyball Club	25–23	25–16	25–22	–	–	75–61
28 Mar	14:00	Petron Blaze Spikers	3–0	Sta. Lucia Lady Realtors	25–21	25–12	25–20	–	–	75–53
30 Mar	16:00	F2 Logistics Cargo Movers	3–0	Foton Tornadoes Blue Energy	28–26	25–15	25–23	–	–	78–64
30 Mar	18:00	Petron Blaze Spikers	3–0	United Volleyball Club	25–14	25–17	25–19	–	–	75–50
02 Apr	16:15	Sta. Lucia Lady Realtors	1–3	Foton Tornadoes Blue Energy	25–12	14–25	20–25	15–25	–	74–87
02 Apr	19:00	Generika-Ayala Lifesavers	1–3	F2 Logistics Cargo Movers	12–25	27–25	24–26	14–25	–	77–101
04 Apr	14:00	Sta. Lucia Lady Realtors	2–3	United Volleyball Club	25–21	18–25	25–23	14–25	11–15	93–109
04 Apr	16:15	Cignal HD Spikers	0–3	F2 Logistics Cargo Movers	19–25	20–25	24–26	–	–	63–76
04 Apr	19:00	Generika-Ayala Lifesavers	1–3	Foton Tornadoes Blue Energy	20–25	25–20	22–25	11–25	–	78–95

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	Petron Blaze Spikers	3–0	Sta. Lucia Lady Realtors	25–17	25–11	25–18			75–46
06 Apr	18:00	Foton Tornadoes Blue Energy	2–3	Foton Tornadoes Blue Energy	25–27	25–19	22–25	25–16	12–15	109–102
09 Apr	16:00	PLDT Home Fibr Power Hitters	1–3	Generika-Ayala Lifesavers	25–21	22–25	22–25	24–26		93–97
09 Apr	19:00	Cignal HD Spikers	3–1	United Volleyball Club	25–22	18–25	25–21	25–20		93–88
11 Apr	19:00	Foton Tornadoes Blue Energy	1–3	Foton Tornadoes Blue Energy	22–25	27–25	21–25	19–25		89–100
13 Apr	16:00	Generika-Ayala Lifesavers	2–3	PLDT Home Fibr Power Hitters	15–25	20–25	26–24	27–25	12–15	100–114

Semifinals

Best-of-three series

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
23 Apr	16:15	F2 Logistics Cargo Movers	3–1	PLDT Home Fibr Power Hitters	25–14	18–25	25–16	25–22		93–77
23 Apr	19:00	Petron Blaze Spikers	3–1	Cignal HD Spikers	20–25	25–14	25–13	25–18		95–70
25 Apr	16:15	Petron Blaze Spikers	3–1	Cignal HD Spikers	23–25	25–17	25–16	25–21		98–79
25 Apr	19:00	F2 Logistics Cargo Movers	3–0	PLDT Home Fibr Power Hitters	26–24	26–24	25–17			77–65

Bronze match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
30 April	16:15	Cignal HD Spikers	2–3	PLDT Home Fibr Power Hitters	19–25	18–25	25–20	25–20	17–19	104–109

Finals

Best-of-three series

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
30 April	19:00	Petron Blaze Spikers	1–3	F2 Logistics Cargo Movers	20–25	25–16	23–25	23–25		91–91
02 May	19:00	F2 Logistics Cargo Movers	1–3	Petron Blaze Spikers	25–23	23–25	14–25	19–25		81–98
04 May	18:00	Petron Blaze Spikers	3–1	F2 Logistics Cargo Movers	26–24	25–19	23–25	25–19		99–87

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)
	Local	Victonara Galang (F2 Logistics)
Best Middle Blockers	Foreign	Grace Lazard (PLDT)
	Local	Abigail Maraño (F2 Logistics)
Best Opposite Spikers	Foreign	Erika Wilson (Cignal)
	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

References

1. "Superliga Grand Prix unfurls". Business Mirror. February 16, 2019. Retrieved February 19, 2019.