Shakey's V-League 9th Season 1st Conference

Shakey's V-League 9th Season
1st Conference
Duration	June 3–10, 2012
Arena(s)	Filoil Flying V Arena, San Juan
Finals MVP	Alyssa Valdez
Winning coach	Roger Gorayeb
Semifinalists	San Sebastian Lady Stags ; Perpetual Lady Altas
TV network(s)	TV5 (AKTV on IBC-13), Hyper

Last updated May 21, 2025

The Shakey's V-League 9th Season: 1st Conference is the sixteenth conference of Shakey's V-League, a collegiate women's volleyball league in the Philippines founded in 2004. The opening ceremonies was held on April 24, 2012, with the first doubleheader of volleyball games at the Filoil Flying V Arena in San Juan. After a two-year hiatus, the Tigresses of the University of Santo Tomas, the winningest team of the league, participates the conference with other nine teams.^[1]^[2]

At the end of the elimination round, the Lady Eagles of the Ateneo de Manila University and the Tigresses of the University of Santo Tomas (UST) emerged on the top of standings in their respective group via complete sweep 4–0.^[3]^[4] Meanwhile, the SWU Lady Cobras of Group A and the Letran Lady Knights of Group B finish winless and bid their goodbye in the conference as both teams were eliminated for their hope to enter the quarterfinal round.

The Ateneo Lady Eagles had the distinction of sweeping the quarterfinals 8–0, capped by a win against UST Tigresses (3–1) on their last quarterfinal game. The UST Tigresses snagged a solo second spot after beating NU Lady Bulldogs in straight sets on the last day of quarterfinals. The San Sebastian Lady Stags and Perpetual Lady Altas ended the round third and fourth, respectively, and the former faced UST while the latter battled with Ateneo in the best-of-three series semifinals of the conference.

In semifinals, Ateneo swept UPHSD 2–0 to formalize their entry to the Finals. On the other side, San Sebastian forced a rubber match but UST won in three straight sets on the deciding game to face Ateneo in their first Finals meeting.

Participants

The conference is composed of 10 teams, grouped into two pools, each consisting of five squads.^[1]

Participating teams
Pool A		Pool B
Ateneo de Manila University Lady Eagles		Adamson University Lady Falcons
Far Eastern University Lady Tamaraws		Colegio de San Juan de Letran Lady Knights
National University Lady Bulldogs		San Sebastian College–Recoletos Lady Stags
Southwestern University Lady Cobras		University of St. La Salle Lady Stingers
University of Perpetual Help System DALTA Lady Altas		University of Santo Tomas Tigresses

Tournament format

The tournament format for first conference of Shakey's V-League ninth season are as follows:

During elimination round, teams will only play against teams in their pool in a single round-robin schedule.
At the end of the eliminations, the top four teams in each pool will advance to the quarterfinal round. The qualifiers for the quarterfinals will be grouped into one. Team standings during eliminations will be carried over into the quarterfinal round. Qualified teams of Pool A will only play against teams of the other pool, Pool B in a single round-robin schedule, and vice versa.
The top four teams in quarterfinal standings will advance to the best-of-three series semifinal round. Seed #1 team meets #4, while #2 meets #3.
Winners of the semifinals will battle in a best-of-three series Finals, while losers will play for a best-of-three series bronze medal game.

Elimination round

All times are local (UTC+8). All games were held at Filoil Flying V Arena, San Juan.

In the elimination round, each group played a round-robin schedule, with each team playing every other team. The top four teams advanced to the second round.

Group A

Group A featured Ateneo, FEU, NU, SWU, and UPHSD. Ateneo won all its matches, while SWU was eliminated after going 0–4.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Ateneo Lady Eagles	4	4	0	8	12	2	6.000	340	254	1.339	Qualified to the quarterfinals
2	Perpetual Lady Altas	4	3	1	7	9	5	1.800	310	288	1.076
3	FEU Lady Tamaraws	4	2	2	6	7	6	1.167	283	258	1.097
4	NU Lady Bulldogs	4	1	3	5	6	10	0.600	326	364	0.896
5	SWU Lady Cobras	4	0	4	4	1	12	0.083	225	320	0.703

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
Rules for classification: 1) number of wins; 2) head-to-head record; 3) match points; 4) sets ratio; 5) points ratio

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
24 Apr	4 p.m.	Ateneo Lady Eagles	3–1	FEU Lady Tamaraws	25–17	25–18	19–25	25–15	—	94–75	Report
26 Apr	2 p.m.	Perpetual Lady Altas	3–2	NU Lady Bulldogs	25–15	23–25	25–16	25–27	15–12	113–95	Report
29 Apr	2 p.m.	NU Lady Bulldogs	1–3	Ateneo Lady Eagles	15–25	24–26	25–20	14–25	—	78–96	Report
01 May	2 p.m.	SWU Lady Cobras	0–3	FEU Lady Tamaraws	9–25	8–25	15–25	—	—	32–75	Report
03 May	2 p.m.	NU Lady Bulldogs	3–1	SWU Lady Cobras	20–25	25–21	25–17	25–17	—	95–80	Report
03 May	6 p.m.	Ateneo Lady Eagles	3–0	Perpetual Lady Altas	25–14	25–20	25–13	—	—	75–47	Report
06 May	2 p.m.	FEU Lady Tamaraws	3–0	NU Lady Bulldogs	25–22	25–15	25–20	—	—	75–57	Report
06 May	4 p.m.	SWU Lady Cobras	0–3	Ateneo Lady Eagles	16–25	19–25	19–25	—	—	54–75	Report
08 May	2 p.m.	Perpetual Lady Altas	3–0	SWU Lady Cobras	25–14	25–23	25–22	—	—	75–59	Report
10 May	2 p.m.	FEU Lady Tamaraws	0–3	Perpetual Lady Altas	22–25	19–25	20–25	—	—	61–75	Report

Group B

Group B featured the league's winningest team, the UST, as well as Adamson, Letran, San Sebastian, and USLS. UST won all four of its matches. Letran was defeated in every match and was eliminated from the competition.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	UST Tigresses	4	4	0	8	12	1	12.000	320	220	1.455	Qualified to the quarterfinals
2	San Sebastian Lady Stags	4	3	1	7	9	5	1.800	307	294	1.044
3	Adamson Lady Falcons	4	2	2	6	8	9	0.889	366	371	0.987
4	USLS Lady Stingers	4	1	3	5	6	11	0.545	336	378	0.889
5	Letran Lady Knights	4	0	4	4	3	12	0.250	276	342	0.807

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
Rules for classification: 1) number of wins; 2) head-to-head record; 3) match points; 4) sets ratio; 5) points ratio

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
24 Apr	2 p.m.	Letran Lady Knights	0–3	San Sebastian Lady Stags	24–26	12–25	18–25	—	—	54–76	Report
26 Apr	4 p.m.	Letran Lady Knights	0–3	UST Tigresses	10–25	22–25	13–25	—	—	45–75	Report
26 Apr	6 p.m.	San Sebastian Lady Stags	3–1	Adamson Lady Falcons	18–25	25–16	25–20	25–21	—	93–82	Report
29 Apr	4 p.m.	UST Tigresses	3–1	Adamson Lady Falcons	20–25	25–17	25–19	25–22	—	95–83	Report
01 May	4 p.m.	USLS Lady Stingers	1–3	San Sebastian Lady Stags	18–25	25–20	19–25	21–25	—	83–95	Report
03 May	4 p.m.	Letran Lady Knights	2–3	USLS Lady Stingers	17–25	19–25	25–23	25–14	10–15	96–102	Report
06 May	6 p.m.	UST Tigresses	3–0	USLS Lady Stingers	25–23	25–12	25–14	—	—	75–49	Report
08 May	4 p.m.	USLS Lady Stingers	2–3	Adamson Lady Falcons	20–25	22–25	26–24	25–23	9–15	102–112	Report
10 May	4 p.m.	Adamson Lady Falcons	3–1	Letran Lady Knights	25–18	25–16	14–25	25–22	—	89–81	Report
10 May	6 p.m.	San Sebastian Lady Stags	0–3	UST Tigresses	12–25	10–25	21–25	—	—	43–75	Report

Bracket

Quarterfinal		W	L
1	Ateneo	8	0
2	UST	7	1
3	San Sebastian	6	2
4	Perpetual	5	3

5	Adamson	3	5
6	USLS	3	5
7	NU	2	6
8	FEU	2	6


Semifinals				Final



Ateneo		3	3

Perpetual		0	0
				Ateneo	1	3	3

				UST	3	1	2
UST	3	2	3

San Sebastian	2	3	0
				Bronze medal game



				San Sebastian		3	3

				Perpetual		2	1

Quarterfinals

All times are local (UTC+8). All games are held at Filoil Flying V Arena, San Juan.

In quarterfinals, the qualifiers are grouped into one. Team standings during eliminations will be carried over into the quarterfinal round. Qualified teams of Group A will only play against teams of the other pool, Group B, in a single round-robin schedule, and vice versa.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Ateneo Lady Eagles	8	8	0	16	24	5	4.800	690	553	1.248	Qualified to the semifinals
2	UST Tigresses	8	7	1	15	22	5	4.400	653	502	1.301
3	San Sebastian Lady Stags	8	6	2	14	19	13	1.462	673	666	1.011
4	Perpetual Lady Altas	8	5	3	13	17	13	1.308	651	638	1.020
5	Adamson Lady Falcons	8	3	5	11^[a]	12	18	0.667	663	663	1.000
6	USLS Lady Stingers	8	3	5	11^[a]	14	19	0.737	690	700	0.986
7	NU Lady Bulldogs	8	2	6	10^[b]	12	19	0.632	559	603	0.927
8	FEU Lady Tamaraws	8	2	6	10^[b]	10	18	0.556	540	614	0.879

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
Rules for classification: 1) number of wins; 2) head-to-head record; 3) match points; 4) sets ratio; 5) points ratio
Notes:

1 2 Head-to-head record: Adamson 1–0 USLS
1 2 Head-to-head record: NU 1–0 FEU

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
May 13	2 p.m.	Adamson Lady Falcons	0–3	Perpetual Lady Altas	23–25	22–25	24–26	—	—	69–76	Report
May 13	4 p.m.	USLS Lady Stingers	0–3	Ateneo Lady Eagles	16–25	22–25	22–25	—	—	60–75	Report
May 13	6 p.m.	FEU Lady Tamaraws	1–3	UST Tigresses	19–25	16–25	26–24	16–25	—	77–99	Report
May 15	2 p.m.	NU Lady Bulldogs	2–3	USLS Lady Stingers	12–25	25–21	25–20	23–25	2–15	87–106	Report
May 15	4 p.m.	Adamson Lady Falcons	1–3	Ateneo Lady Eagles	22–25	14–25	25–20	22–25	—	83–95	Report
May 17	2 p.m.	FEU Lady Tamaraws	0–3	USLS Lady Stingers	11–25	22–25	15–25	—	—	48–75	Report
May 17	4 p.m.	Ateneo Lady Eagles	3–1	San Sebastian Lady Stags	25–11	23–25	25–17	25–19	—	98–72	Report
May 17	6 p.m.	NU Lady Bulldogs	3–0	Adamson Lady Falcons	29–27	25–20	25–23	—	—	79–70	Report
May 20	2 p.m.	Perpetual Lady Altas	3–2	USLS Lady Stingers	26–24	19–25	24–26	28–26	15–12	112–113	Report
May 20	4 p.m.	San Sebastian Lady Stags	3–2	FEU Lady Tamaraws	25–19	19–25	25–16	23–25	15–5	107–90	Report
May 20	6 p.m.	UST Tigresses	1–3	Ateneo Lady Eagles	25–7	18–25	21–25	20–25	—	84–82	Report
May 22	2 p.m.	NU Lady Bulldogs	1–3	San Sebastian Lady Stags	25–19	22–25	23–25	21–25	—	91–94	Report
May 22	4 p.m.	UST Tigresses	3–0	Perpetual Lady Altas	25–19	25–21	25–20	—	—	75–60	Report
May 24	2 p.m.	Adamson Lady Falcons	3–0	FEU Lady Tamaraws	25–21	25–12	25–9	—	—	75–42	Report
May 24	4 p.m.	UST Tigresses	3–0	NU Lady Bulldogs	25–20	25–21	25–22	—	—	75–63	Report
May 24	6 p.m.	San Sebastian Lady Stags	3–2	Perpetual Lady Altas	25–14	25–18	12–25	16–25	15–11	93–93	Report

Semifinals

All times are local (UTC+08:00).

Ateneo vs. UPHSD

May 27 4:00 p.m.	Ateneo Lady Eagles	3–0	Perpetual Lady Altas	Filoil Flying V Arena, San Juan Attendance: 673 Referees: Adrian Tabañag / Rolando Caillan
	(31–29, 25–20, 25–19) Report Jorella Marie De Jesus (8 Attacks 1 Serve) ^{Player of the Game (Ateneo)}

May 29 2:00 p.m.	Ateneo Lady Eagles	3–0	Perpetual Lady Altas	Filoil Flying V Arena, San Juan Attendance: 231 Referees: Philip Sison / Rodrigo Rojas
	(25–23, 25–11, 25–23) Report Phee Nok Kesinee (11 Attacks 6 Blocks) ^{Player of the Game (Ateneo)}
	Ateneo wins series, 2–0

UST vs. San Sebastian

May 27 2:00 p.m.	UST Tigresses	3–2	San Sebastian Lady Stags	Filoil Flying V Arena, San Juan Attendance: 421 Referees: Efren Gaa / Lumer Pajarillo
	(25–11, 25–17, 23–25, 21–25, 15–8) Report Rhea Katrina Dimaculangan (44 Excellent Sets) ^{Player of the Game (UST)}

May 29 4:00 p.m.	UST Tigresses	2–3	San Sebastian Lady Stags	Filoil Flying V Arena, San Juan Attendance: 452 Referees: Lumer Pajarillo / Efren Gaa
	(25–22, 27–29, 25–14, 23–25, 12–15) Report Jang Bualee (38 Attacks 1 Serve 1 Block) ^{Player of the Game (San Sebastian)}

May 31 4:00 p.m.	UST Tigresses	3–0	San Sebastian Lady Stags	Filoil Flying V Arena, San Juan Attendance: 435 Referees: Philip Sison / Adrian Tabañag
	(25–12, 25–13, 25–23) Report Judy Caballejo (13 Attacks 1 Block) ^{Player of the Game (UST)}
	UST wins series, 2–1

Bronze medal series

June 3 2:00 p.m.	San Sebastian Lady Stags	3–2	Perpetual Lady Altas	Filoil Flying V Arena, San Juan Attendance: 1,576 Referees: Efren Gaa / Lumer Pajarillo
	(25–14, 25–23, 16–25, 32–34, 15–9) Report Jang Bualee (33 Attacks 1 Serve) ^{Player of the Game (San Sebastian)}

June 5 2:00 p.m.	San Sebastian Lady Stags	3–1	Perpetual Lady Altas	Filoil Flying V Arena, San Juan Attendance: 1,427 Referees: Efren Gaa / Adrian Tabañag
	(26–24, 25–17, 24–26, 25–23) Report Ruby De Leon (50 Excellent Sets) ^{Player of the Game (San Sebastian)}
	San Sebastian wins series, 2–0

Finals

June 3 4:00 p.m.	Ateneo Lady Eagles	1–3	UST Tigresses	Filoil Flying V Arena, San Juan Attendance: 2,123 Referees: Adrian Tabañag / Philip Sison
	(25–16, 20–25, 22–25, 23–25) Report Mary Jean Balse (9 Attacks 2 Serves) ^{Player of the Game (UST)}

June 5 4:00 p.m.	Ateneo Lady Eagles	3–1	UST Tigresses	Filoil Flying V Arena, San Juan Attendance: 1,943 Referees: Philip Sison / Efren Gaa
	(25–17, 22–25, 25–21, 28–26) Report Alyssa Valdez (22 Attacks 1 Block 8 Serves) ^{Player of the Game (Ateneo)}

June 10 4:00 p.m.	Ateneo Lady Eagles	3–2	UST Tigresses	Filoil Flying V Arena, San Juan Attendance: 4,823 Referees: Efren Gaa / Philip Sison
	(25–19, 25–14, 17–25, 20–25, 15–13) Report Alyssa Valdez (19 Attacks 1 Block 2 Serves) ^{MVP of the Finals (Ateneo)}
	Ateneo wins series, 2–1

Final standings

Rank	Team
	Ateneo de Manila University
	University of Santo Tomas
	San Sebastian College–Recoletos
4	University of Perpetual Help System DALTA
5	Adamson University
6	University of St. La Salle
7	National University
8	Far Eastern University
9	Colegio de San Juan de Letran
10	Southwestern University

Shakey's V-League 9th Season 1st Conference Champions
Ateneo de Manila University Second title, second consecutive title

**Team roster**
Bagatsing, Cainglet, de Jesus, Faustino, Ferrer, Gervacio, Ho, Kesinee, Lazaro, Nacachi, Roces, Tajima, Tan, Valdez
Head coach
Gorayeb

Individual awards

The Shakey's V-League awarded the outstanding players of the conference prior to Game 1 of the Finals of Shakey's V-League 9th Season 1st Conference at Filoil Flying V Arena in San Juan.

Best scorer: Jaroensri Bualee, San Sebastian College – Recoletos de Manila
Best attacker: Utaiwan Kaensing, University of Santo Tomas
Best blocker: Lithawat Kesinee, Ateneo de Manila University
Best server: Judy Caballejo, University of Santo Tomas
Best digger: Angelique Beatrice Dionela, University of Perpetual Help System DALTA
Best setter: Jamenea Ferrer, Ateneo de Manila University
Best receiver: Dennise Michelle Lazaro, Ateneo de Manila University
Most Improved Player: Sandra delos Santos, University of Perpetual Help System DALTA
Most valuable player of the Conference: Jaroensri Bualee, San Sebastian College – Recoletos de Manila
Most valuable player of the Finals: Alyssa Valdez, Ateneo de Manila University

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