2019 Premier Volleyball League Reinforced Conference

2019 Premier Volleyball League Reinforced Conference
Duration	May 26 – July 14, 2019
Matches	40
Teams	6
Attendance	56,834 (1,421 per match)
TV partner(s)	S+A Liga
Results
Champions	Petro Gazz Angels
Runners-up	Creamline Cool Smashers
Third place	PacificTown–Army Lady Troopers
Fourth place	BanKo Perlas Spikers
Awards
Conference MVP	Alyssa Valdez
Finals MVP	Janisa Johnson
Best OH	Alyssa Valdez Nicole Tiamzon
Best MB	Kathy Bersola Cherry Nunag
Best OPP	Dzi Gervacio
Best Setter	Jia Morado
Best Libero	Angela Nunag
PVL Reinforced Conference chronology
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PVL conference chronology
< 2018 Open 2019 Open >

The 2019 Premier Volleyball League Reinforced Conference was the seventh conference of the Premier Volleyball League and the first conference of the 2019 season. Conference started on May 26, 2019. Grand Fans Day was held at the Trinoma Activity Center, Quezon City on April 25, 2019. ^[1] Games were held at the Filoil Flying V Centre, San Juan, Philippines. Philippine Army returned as Pacific Town-Army Lady Troopers ^[2] and Motolite Power Builders returned with a new set of players. ^[3]

Participating teams

2019 Premier Volleyball League Reinforced Conference
Abbr.	Team	Affiliation	Head coach	Team captain	Imports
BLP	BaliPure Purest Water Defenders	Balibago Waterworks System, Inc.	Rommel Abella	Grazielle Bombita	Danijela Dzakovic Alexandra Vajdovä
BPS	BanKo Perlas Spikers	BPI Direct BanKo, Inc. and Beach Volleyball Republic	Apichat Kongsawat	Nicole Anne Tiamzon	Sutadta Chuewulim Jeane Mae Horton Lakia Bright (replaced) a Yasemin Yildirim (replaced) b
CCS	Creamline Cool Smashers	Republic Biscuit Corporation	Tai Bundit	Alyssa Valdez	Aleoscar Blanco Kuttika Kaewpin
MOT	Motolite Power Builders	Philippine Batteries Inc.	Airess Padda	Myla Pablo	Edina Selimovic (replaced) c Krystle Esdelle Channon Thompson
PGZ	Petro Gazz Angels	PetroGazz Ventures Phils. Corp.	Arnold Laniog	Janisa Johnson	Wilma Salas Janisa Johnson
PTA	PacificTown–Army Lady Troopers	PacificTown Property Ventures Inc. and Philippine Army	Emilio Reyes Jr.	Mary Jean Balse-Pabayo	Olena Lymareva-Flink Jenelle Jordan

Notes:

a. ^ Chuewulim replaced Bright. ^[4]

b. ^ Yildirim was replaced by Horton during the semis. ^[5]

c. ^ Selimovic was replaced by Esdelle due to injury. ^[6]

Venues

• Filoil Flying V Centre, San Juan (main venue) ^[2]
• University of San Agustin, Iloilo City (PVL on tour) ^[7]
• Imus City Sports Complex, Cavite (PVL on tour) ^[8]
• Alonte Sports Arena, Biñan, Laguna (PVL on tour) ^[9]
• Ynares Center, Antipolo, Rizal (PVL on tour) ^[10]

Foreign guest players

Team	Foreign Player	Height	Moving from
BaliPure Purest Water Defenders	Danijela Dzakovic	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	OK Formis
	Alexandra Vajdovä	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	Volley Saturnus Michelbeke
BanKo Perlas Spikers	Sutadta Chuewulim	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	Air Force Women's Volleyball Club
	Jeane Mae Horton	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)	Cignal HD Spikers
	Lakia Jamiah Bright (replaced)	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	LP Vampula
	Yasemin Sahin Yildirim (replaced)	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	Çanakkale Belediyespor
Creamline Cool Smashers	Aleoscar Blanco	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)	Regatas Lima
	Kuttika Kaewpin	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)	Bekasi Bina Voli Nusantara
Motolite Power Builders	Edina Selimovic (replaced)	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	ŽOK Smeč
	Channon Thompson	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	Rote Raben Vilsbiburg
	Krystle Esdelle	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	Pursaklar
Petro Gazz Angels	Wilma Salas	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	Bosca San Bernardo Cuneo
	Janisa Johnson	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	Béziers Volley
PacificTown–Army Lady Troopers	Olena Lymareva-Flink	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	LP Viesti
	Jenelle Jordan	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	University of California

Format

Preliminary Round

1. The six teams will compete in a double round-robin elimination.
2. Teams are ranked using the FIVB Ranking System.
3. Top four teams will advance to the semifinals.

Semifinals

1. Best-of-three series.
2. 1st ranked team vs. 4th ranked team
3. 2nd ranked team vs. 3rd ranked team

Finals

1. Best-of-three series.
2. Bronze medal: SF1 Loser vs. SF2 Loser
3. Gold medal: SF1 Winner vs. SF2 Winner

Pool standing procedure

• First, teams are ranked by the number of matches won.
• If the number of matches won is tied, the tied teams are then ranked by match points, wherein:
  • Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loser.
  • Match won 3–2: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser.
• In case of any further ties, the following criteria shall be used:
  • Set ratio: the number of sets won divided by number of sets lost.
  • Point ratio: number of points scored divided by number of points allowed.
  • Head-to-head standings: any remaining tied teams are ranked based on the results of head-to-head matches involving the teams in question.

Preliminary round

Ranking

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	PetroGazz Angels	10	9	1	27	28	4	7.000	792	624	1.269	Semifinals
2	Creamline Cool Smashers	10	9	1	27	27	7	3.857	817	673	1.214
3	PacificTown–Army Lady Troopers	10	5	5	15	18	19	0.947	818	817	1.001
4	BanKo Perlas Spikers	10	4	6	12	16	21	0.762	776	858	0.904
5	Motolite Power Builders	10	3	7	8	13	25	0.520	809	856	0.945
6	BaliPure Purest Water Defenders	10	0	10	1	4	30	0.133	649	833	0.779

Source: ^[11]

Match results

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

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
May 26	14:00	PacificTown–Army Lady Troopers	3–1	BaliPure Purest Water Defenders	25–20	25–16	24–26	25–23		99–85	P–2
May 26	16:00	Petro Gazz Angels	3–0	Creamline Cool Smashers	25–22	26–24	25–22			76–68	P–2
May 29	15:00	Creamline Cool Smashers	3–0	PacificTown–Army Lady Troopers	25–21	25–16	25–18			75–55	P–2
May 29	17:00	BanKo Perlas Spikers	0–3	Petro Gazz Angels	19–25	21–25	12–25			52–75	P–2
Jun 01	14:00	BaliPure Purest Water Defenders	1–3	BanKo Perlas Spikers	23–25	25–23	18–25	16–25		82–98	P–2
Jun 01	16:00	PacificTown–Army Lady Troopers	3–1	Motolite Power Builders	25–21	25–21	23–25	25–21		98–88	P–2
Jun 02	14:00	Motolite Power Builders	0–3	Petro Gazz Angels	22–25	18–25	19–25			59–75	P–2
Jun 02	16:00	BanKo Perlas Spikers	1–3	Creamline Cool Smashers	25–23	12–25	17–25	23–25		77–98	P–2
Jun 05	15:00	Petro Gazz Angels	3–0	BaliPure Purest Water Defenders	25–19	25–12	25–15			75–46	P–2
Jun 05	17:00	Motolite Power Builders	0–3	BanKo Perlas Spikers	24–26	30–32	24–26			78–84	P–2
Jun 08	14:00	PacificTown–Army Lady Troopers	0–3	Petro Gazz Angels	12–25	27–29	15–25			54–79	P–2
Jun 08	16:00	Creamline Cool Smashers	3–1	Motolite Power Builders	13–25	25–19	25–16	25–23		88–83	P–2
Jun 09	14:00	BanKo Perlas Spikers	2–3	PacificTown–Army Lady Troopers	22–25	25–23	29–27	20–25	7–15	103–115	P–2
Jun 09	16:00	Motolite Power Builders	3–0	BaliPure Purest Water Defenders	25–16	25–21	25–18			75–55	P–2
Jun 12	16:00	Creamline Cool Smashers	3–0	BaliPure Purest Water Defenders	25–19	25–18	25–23			75–60	P–2
Jun 12	18:00	Petro Gazz Angels	3–1	BanKo Perlas Spikers	25–23	25–11	22–25	25–20		97–79	P–2
Jun 15	16:00	BanKo Perlas Spikers	0–3	Creamline Cool Smashers	12–25	19–25	16–25			47–75	P–2 [12]
Jun 16	14:00	BaliPure Purest Water Defenders	0–3	Petro Gazz Angels	19–25	22–25	18–25			59–75	P–2 [13]
Jun 16	16:00	Motolite Power Builders	3–2	PacificTown–Army Lady Troopers	25–23	21–25	17–25	25–21	15–13	103–107	P–2
Jun 19	16:00	BaliPure Purest Water Defenders	0–3	PacificTown–Army Lady Troopers	21–25	20–25	21–25			62–75	P–2
Jun 19	18:00	Creamline Cool Smashers	3–0	Motolite Power Builders	25–15	25–21	25–23			75–59	P–2
Jun 22	14:00	Motolite Power Builders	3–2	BaliPure Purest Water Defenders	23–25	23–25	25–14	25–14	15–12	111–90	P–2
Jun 22	16:00	Petro Gazz Angels	1–3	Creamline Cool Smashers	18–25	25–21	19–25	24–26		86–97	P–2
Jun 23	14:00	BanKo Perlas Spikers	3–2	Motolite Power Builders	19–25	23–25	25–18	25–22	17–15	109–105	P–2
Jun 23	16:00	PacificTown–Army Lady Troopers	0–3	Petro Gazz Angels	27–29	20–25	14–25			61–79	P–2
Jun 26	16:00	PacificTown–Army Lady Troopers	1–3	Creamline Cool Smashers	25–16	16–25	22–25	16–25		79–91	P–2
Jun 26	18:00	BaliPure Purest Water Defenders	0–3	BanKo Perlas Spikers	18–25	19–25	21–25			58–75	P–2
Jun 29	14:00	BanKo Perlas Spikers	0–3	PacificTown–Army Lady Troopers	18–25	14–25	20–25			52–75	P–2
Jun 29	16:00	Creamline Cool Smashers	3–0	BaliPure Purest Water Defenders	25–19	25–15	25–18			75–52	P–2
Jun 29	18:00	Motolite Power Builders	0–3	Petro Gazz Angels	19–25	15–25	15–25			49–75	P–2 P–4

Final round

• All times are Philippine Standard Time (UTC+8:00).
• All are best-of-three series.

	Semifinals						Championship
	March 18–21
	1 Petro Gazz		3	3
							March 26–30
	4 BanKo		1	0
							Petro Gazz	1	3	3
	March 18–21
							Creamline	3	1	1
	2 Creamline		3	3
	3 PacificTown–Army		1	0
							3rd place match
							March 26–30
							BanKo	3	1	2
							PacificTown–Army	2	3	3

Semifinals

Rank 1 vs Rank 4

• Petro Gazz wins series, 2–0

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
Jul 03	17:00	Petro Gazz Angels	3–1	BanKo Perlas Spikers	25–19	25–15	21–25	25–12		96–71	P–2
Jul 06	15:00	BanKo Perlas Spikers	0–3	Petro Gazz Angels	23–25	18–25	17–25			58–75	P–2

Rank 2 vs Rank 3

• Creamline wins series, 2–0

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
Jul 03	15:00	Creamline Cool Smashers	3–1	PacificTown–Army Lady Troopers	26–24	25–21	23–25	25–20		99–90	P–2
Jul 06	17:00	PacificTown–Army Lady Troopers	0–3	Creamline Cool Smashers	12–25	18–25	13–25			43–75	P–2

Finals

3rd Place

• PacificTown-Army wins series, 2–1

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
Jul 10	15:00	PacificTown–Army Lady Troopers	2–3	BanKo Perlas Spikers	27–25	25–10	25–27	24–26	14–16	115–104	P–2
Jul 13	14:00	BanKo Perlas Spikers	1–3	PacificTown–Army Lady Troopers	23–25	25–20	20–25	23–25		91–95	P–2
Jul 14	14:00	PacificTown–Army Lady Troopers	3–2	BanKo Perlas Spikers	18–25	25–16	20–25	25–15	15–13	103–94	P–2

Championships

• Petro Gazz wins series, 2–1

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
Jul 10	17:00	Petro Gazz Angels	1–3	Creamline Cool Smashers	26–24	16–25	16–25	22–25		80–99	P–2
Jul 13	16:00	Creamline Cool Smashers	1–3	Petro Gazz Angels	25–15	22–25	22–25	12–25		81–90	P–2
Jul 14	16:00	Petro Gazz Angels	3–1	Creamline Cool Smashers	25–15	28–30	25–23	25–19		103–87	P–2

Awards

Award	Player	Team	Ref.
Conference Most Valuable Player	Alyssa Valdez	Creamline	[14] [15]
Finals Most Valuable Player	Janisa Johnson	Petro Gazz
1st Best Outside Spiker	Alyssa Valdez	Creamline
2nd Best Outside Spiker	Nicole Tiamzon	BanKo Perlas
1st Best Middle Blocker	Kathy Bersola	BanKo Perlas
2nd Best Middle Blocker	Cherry Rose Nunag	Petro Gazz
Best Opposite Spiker	Dzi Gervacio	BanKo Perlas
Best Setter	Jia Morado	Creamline
Best Libero	Angela Nunag	PacificTown–Army
Best Foreign Guest Player	Wilma Salas	Petro Gazz

Final standings

Rank Team Petro Gazz Angels Creamline Cool Smashers PacificTown-Army Lady Troopers 4 BanKo Perlas Spikers 5 Motolite Power Builders 6 BaliPure Purest Water Defenders

2019 Premier Volleyball League Reinforced champions  Petro Gazz Angels 1st title Team Roster Janisa Johnson (C), Cherry Rose Nunag, Djanel Welch Cheng, Jessey de Leon, Stephanie Mercado, Relea Ferina Saet, Jeanette Panaga, Maricar Nepomuceno-Baloaloa, Wilma Salas, Alyssa Gayle Layug, Jonah Sabete, Rica Jane Enclona (L), Cienne Mary Arielle Cruz (L), Jovielyn Grace Prado Head coach Arnold Laniog

Statistics leaders

Individual statistics

Below are the top player tournament averages per skill

Best scorers Rank Name Points 1 Channon Thompson 214 2 Wilma Salas 212 3 Olena Lymareva-Flink 186 4 Janisa Johnson 183 5 Kuttika Kaewpin 154

Best spikers Rank Name %Eff 1 Wilma Salas 47.00 2 Janisa Johnson 46.22 3 Kuttika Kaewpin 41.12 4 Channon Thompson 38.55 5 Olena Lymareva-Flink 38.32 Best blockers Rank Name Avg 1 Katherine Adrielle Bersola 0.78 2 Yasemin Sahin Yildirim 0.68 3 Krystel Esdelle 0.61 4 Aleoscar Blanco 0.59 5 Jenelle Jordan 0.57 Best servers Rank Name Avg 1 Alyssa Valdez 0.68 2 Channon Thompson 0.53 3 Olena Lymareva-Flink 0.51 4 Alexandra Vajdova 0.50 5 Jeanette Panaga 0.47

Best diggers Rank Name Avg 1 Angela Nunag 3.76 2 Tonnie Rose Ponce 3.50 3 Jewelle Bermillo 3.26 4 Janisa Johnson 3.19 5 Cienne Cruz 2.81 Best setters Rank Name Avg 1 Julia Melissa Morado 5.94 2 Jamenea Ferrer 5.43 3 Djanel Welch Cheng 4.97 4 Vira May Guillema 2.91 5 Alina Joyce Bicar 2.81 Best receivers Rank Name %Succ 1 Kuttika Kaewpin 49.34 2 Janisa Johnson 48.26 3 Wilma Salas 47.09 4 Tonnie Rose Ponce 45.20 5 Cienne Cruz 37.65

Team statistics

Below are the team tournament averages per skill

Best spikers Rank Name %Eff 1 Petro Gazz 41.19 2 Creamline 37.87 3 PacificTown-Army 33.66 4 Motolite 32.95 5 BanKo Perlas 31.18 Best blockers Rank Name Avg 1 BanKo Perlas 2.46 2 Motolite 2.42 3 Petro Gazz 2.34 4 Creamline 1.50 5 BaliPure 1.44 Best servers Rank Name Avg 1 Creamline 2.41 2 Petro Gazz 2.13 3 PacificTown-Army 1.73 4 Motolite 1.66 5 BaliPure 1.50

Best diggers Rank Name Avg 1 PacificTown-Army 14.05 2 Creamline 14.00 3 BanKo Perlas 12.97 4 Petro Gazz 12.50 5 Motolite 12.34 Best setters Rank Name Avg 1 Creamline 6.82 2 Petro Gazz 6.53 3 BanKo Perlas 5.51 4 Motolite 5.47 5 PacificTown-Army 5.16 Best receivers Rank Name %Succ 1 Petro Gazz 43.13 2 Motolite 35.23 3 BanKo Perlas 32.25 4 Creamline 31.98 5 PacificTown-Army 29.67

See also

• 2019 Spikers’ Turf Reinforced Conference

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