2019 Premier Volleyball League season

2019 Premier Volleyball League season
League	Premier Volleyball League
Sport	Volleyball
Duration	May 26 – October 12, 2019
TV partner(s)	ABS-CBN Sports and Action Liga
Conferences
Reinforced champions	Petro Gazz
Reinforced runners-up	Creamline
Open champions	Creamline
Open runners-up	Petro Gazz
Collegiate champions	Adamson
Collegiate runners-up	UST
PVL seasons
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The 2019 Premier Volleyball League (PVL) season was the third season of the Premier Volleyball League that started on May 26, 2019 at the Filoil Flying V Center in San Juan. ^[1]

All-Star game

Alyssa Valdez and Myla Pablo headed the two teams, blue and red, respectively. The all-star game was staged to generate funds for the benefit of the Help Educate and Rear Orphans (Hero) Foundation. ^[1]

Blue team	Red team
Alyssa Valdez, Deanna Wong, Maddie Madayag, Dani Ravena, Chie Saet, Jessey De Leon, Michele Gumabao, Melissa Gohing, Risa Sato, Nicole Tiamzon, Kathy Bersola, Grazielle Bombita, Isa Molde Head coach: Jerry Yee Assistant coach: Tai Bundit	Myla Pablo, Jia Morado, Jema Galanza, Jem Ferrer, Joy Dacoron, Kat Tolentino, Vanessa Gandler, Bea De Leon, Jonah Sabete, Cherry Nunag, Dimdim Pacres, Dell Palomata, Thang Ponce Head coach: Oliver Almadro Assistant coach: Jasper Jimenez

Match result

• Philippines Standard Time (UTC+08:00)

Date	Time	Teams	Set	1	2	3	4	5	Total	Report
Feb 02	18:00	Red team	3	25	25	25			75	P–2 [2]
		Blue team	0	19	16	20			55

Reinforced conference

Main article: 2019 Premier Volleyball League Reinforced Conference

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. ^[3] Games were held at the Filoil Flying V Centre , San Juan , Philippines . Philippine Army returned as Pacific Town-Army Lady Troopers ^[4] and Motolite Power Builders returned with a new set of players. ^[5]

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. ^[6]

b. ^ Yildirim was replaced by Horton during the semis. ^[7]

c. ^ Selimovic was replaced by Esdelle due to injury. ^[8]

Preliminary round

Pos	Team v t e	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: ^[9]

Final round

	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

Awards Award Player Team Ref. Conference Most Valuable Player Alyssa Valdez Creamline [10] [11] 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

Venues

• Filoil Flying V Centre, San Juan (main venue) ^[4]
• University of San Agustin, Iloilo City (PVL on tour) ^[12]
• Imus City Sports Complex, Cavite (PVL on tour) ^[13]
• Alonte Sports Arena, Biñan, Laguna (PVL on tour) ^[14]
• Ynares Center, Antipolo, Rizal (PVL on tour) ^[15]

Open conference

Main article: 2019 Premier Volleyball League Open Conference

The 2019 Premier Volleyball League Open Conference was the eighth conference of the Premier Volleyball League and the second conference of the 2019 season. The conference started on August 11, 2019 and ended on November 9, 2019 at the Filoil Flying V Centre, San Juan, Metro Manila, Philippines. ^[16] Philippine Air Force Women's Volleyball Team returned in action ^[17] and two new teams joined the conference named Chef's Classics Lady Red Spikers and Choco Mucho Flying Titans (second team of Rebisco). ^[18]

Teams will play a double-round robin elimination round to determine the final four teams that will advance to the semifinals. ^[19]

Participating teams

2019 Premier Volleyball League Open Conference
Abbr.	Team	Affiliation	Head coach	Team captain
BLP	BaliPure Purest Water Defenders	Balibago Waterworks System, Inc.	Rommel Abella	Grazielle Bombita
BPS	BanKo Perlas Spikers	BPI Direct BanKo, Inc and Beach Volleyball Republic	Apichat Kongsawat	Nicole Anne Tiamzon
CCS	Creamline Cool Smashers	Republic Biscuit Corporation	Anusorn Bundit	Alyssa Valdez
MCO	Choco Mucho Flying Titans	Republic Biscuit Corporation	Oliver Almadro	Madeleine Madayag
CFC	Chef's Classics Lady Red Spikers	LJS Group of Companies	Nemesio Gavino Jr.	Justine Tiu
MOT	Motolite Power Builders	Philippine Batteries Inc.	Godfrey Okumu	Iris Tolenada
PAF	Philippine Air Force Lady Jet Spikers	Philippine Air Force	Jasper Jimenez	Wendy Anne Semana
PGZ	Petro Gazz Angels	PetroGazz Ventures Phils. Corp.	Arnold Laniog	Relea Ferina Saet
PTA	PacificTown-Army Lady Troopers	PacificTown Property Ventures Inc. and Philippine Army	Emilio Reyes Jr.	Mary Jean Balse-Pabayo

Preliminary round

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Creamline Cool Smashers	16	16	0	48	48	4	12.000	1291	935	1.381	Semifinals
2	Petro Gazz Angels	16	12	4	35	40	16	2.500	1283	1074	1.195
3	BanKo Perlas Spikers	16	10	6	29	34	24	1.417	1295	1224	1.058
4	Motolite Power Builders	16	10	6	26	32	26	1.231	1290	1237	1.043
5	Philippine Air Force Lady Jet Spikers	16	8	8	25	28	28	1.000	1222	1243	0.983
6	PacificTown-Army Lady Troopers	16	6	10	21	27	33	0.818	1283	1330	0.965
7	Choco Mucho Flying Titans	16	6	10	20	28	36	0.778	1379	1378	1.001
8	BaliPure Purest Water Defenders	16	4	12	10	15	43	0.349	1081	1372	0.788
9	Chef's Classics Lady Red Spikers	16	0	16	2	6	48	0.125	991	1322	0.750

Source: ^[20]

Final round

	Semifinals						Championship
	October 26–27
	1 Creamline		3	3
							November 6–9
	4 Motolite		1	0
							Creamline		3	3
	October 26–27
							Petro Gazz		0	0
	2 Petro Gazz		3	3
	3 BanKo		0	0
							3rd place match
							November 6–9
							Motolite	0	3	0.750
							BanKo	3	1	1.333

Awards Award Player Team Ref. Conference Most Valuable Player Jema Galanza Creamline [21] [22] Finals Most Valuable Player Jia Morado Creamline 1st Best Outside Spiker Jema Galanza Creamline 2nd Best Outside Spiker Jovielyn Grace Prado Petro Gazz 1st Best Middle Blocker Kathy Bersola BanKo Perlas 2nd Best Middle Blocker Jeanette Panaga Petro Gazz Best Opposite Spiker Tots Carlos Motolite Best Setter Jia Morado Creamline Best Libero Kyla Atienza Creamline

Final standings Rank Team Creamline Cool Smashers Petro Gazz Angels BanKo Perlas Spikers 4 Motolite Power Builders 5 Philippine Air Force Lady Jet Spikers 6 PacificTown-Army Lady Troopers 7 Choco Mucho Flying Titans 8 BaliPure Purest Water Defenders 9 Chef's Classics Lady Red Spikers

Venues

• Filoil Flying V Centre, San Juan (main venue) ^[16]
• Malolos Sports and Convention Center, Malolos, Bulacan (PVL on tour) ^[23]
• Iloilo City (PVL on tour)
• University of St. La Salle Coliseum, Bacolod, Negros Occidental (PVL on tour) ^[24]

Collegiate conference

Main article: 2019 Premier Volleyball League Collegiate Conference

The 2019 Premier Volleyball League Collegiate Conference was the ninth conference of the Premier Volleyball League and the third and final conference of the 2019 season. The conference started on August 17, 2019, and ended on October 12, 2019, at the Filoil Flying V Centre , San Juan , Metro Manila , Philippines . ^[25] Defending champions University of the Philippines skipped this conference, while reigning University Athletic Association of the Philippines champion Ateneo de Manila University returned after sitting out the 2018 collegiate conference. ^[25]

Participating teams

2019 Premier Volleyball League Collegiate Conference
Abbr.	Team	Head Coach	Team Captain
ADU	Adamson Lady Falcons	Lerma Giron	Louie Romero
ADM	Ateneo Lady Eagles	Oliver Allan Almadro	Julianne Marie Samonte
AUN	Arellano Lady Chiefs	Roberto Javier	Sarah Princess Verutiao
CSB	Benilde Lady Blazers	Arnold Laniog	Hannah Jewel Lai
CSJ	Letran Lady Knights	Michael Inoferio	Marie Charlemagne Simborio
FEU	FEU Lady Tamaraws	George Pascua	Maria Angelica Cayuna
LPU	Lyceum Lady Pirates	Emiliano "Emil" Lontoc	Ciarnelle Wanta
SBU	San Beda Red Lionesses	Nemesio Gavino Jr.	Cesca Racraquin
SSC	San Sebastian Lady Stags	Roger Gorayeb	Mary Rhose Dapol
TIP	TIP Lady Engineers	Achilles "Boy" Paril	Alexandra Loiuse Rosales
UPH	Perpetual Lady Altas	Michael Cariño	Shyra Mae Umandal
UST	UST Golden Tigresses	Emilio "Kungfu" Reyes Jr.	Kecelyn Galdones

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Adamson Lady Falcons	5	5	0	15	15	1	15.000	389	281	1.384	Semifinals
2	Ateneo Lady Eagles	5	4	1	12	13	5	2.600	428	315	1.359
3	San Beda Red Lionesses	5	3	2	8	10	8	1.250	379	379	1.000
4	Perpetual Lady Altas	5	1	4	4	5	13	0.385	358	411	0.871
5	Letran Lady Knights	5	1	4	3	7	14	0.500	419	485	0.864
6	San Sebastian Lady Stags	5	1	4	3	4	13	0.308	316	418	0.756

Source: ^[26]

Pool B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	UST Golden Tigresses	5	5	0	13	15	5	3.000	455	372	1.223	Semifinals
2	Benilde Lady Blazers	5	4	1	13	14	3	4.667	407	314	1.296
3	FEU Lady Tamaraws	5	3	2	10	11	8	1.375	426	371	1.148
4	Arellano Lady Chiefs	5	2	3	6	8	10	0.800	377	391	0.964
5	Lyceum Lady Pirates	5	1	4	3	5	12	0.417	339	368	0.921
6	TIP Lady Engineers	5	0	5	0	0	15	0.000	187	375	0.499

Source: ^[26]

Final round

	Semifinals							Finals
	A1	Adamson Lady Falcons	2	3	3
	B2	Benilde Lady Blazers	3	2	1
									Adamson Lady Falcons	3	3	–
									UST Golden Tigresses	2	0	–
	B1	UST Golden Tigresses	1	3	3
	A2	Ateneo Lady Eagles	3	1	2			3rd place
									Benilde Lady Blazers	2	1	–
									Ateneo Lady Eagles	3	3	–

Awards Award Player Team Ref. Most Valuable Player Finals Louie Romero Adamson [27] Conference Trisha Genesis Adamson [28] Best Open Spikers 1st: 2nd: Trisha Genesis Faith Nisperos Adamson Ateneo Best Middle Blockers 1st: 2nd: Lorene Toring Imee Hernandez Adamson UST Best Opposite Spiker Klarissa Abriam Benilde Best Setter Janel Maraguinot Ateneo Best Libero Arianne Daguil Benilde

Final standings Rank Team Adamson Lady Falcons UST Golden Tigresses Ateneo Lady Eagles 4 Benilde Lady Blazers 5 FEU Lady Tamaraws 6 San Beda Red Lionesses 7 Arellano Lady Chiefs 8 Perpetual Lady Altas 9 Letran Lady Knights 10 Lyceum Lady Pirates 11 San Sebastian Lady Stags 12 TIP Lady Engineers

See also

• 2019 Spikers' Turf

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