2014 PSL Grand Prix Conference

The 2014 PSL Grand Prix was the second tournament of the Philippine Super Liga for its 2014 season. The tournament ran from October 18, 2014 to November 30, 2014.^[1] The tournament's major sponsor was Asics. FIVB Referees Commission director Mohammed Hassan was the guest of honor of the opening ceremony held in Smart-Araneta Coliseum.

2014 PSL Grand Prix Conference Finals

Men's Finals G1 Wins PLDT Home Telpad-Air Force Turbo Boosters 0 0 Cignal HD Spikers 3 1
Arena(s)	Cuneta Astrodome
Finals MVP	Lorenzo Capate Jr.
Winning coach	Michael Cariño
Semifinalists	Maybank Tigers Fourbees Cavite Patriots Total Attackers
TV network(s)	Solar Sports
Women's Finals G1 Wins Petron Blaze Spikers 3 1 Generika Lifesavers 1 0
Arena(s)	Cuneta Astrodome
Finals MVP	Alaina Bergsma
Winning coach	George Pascua
Semifinalists	RC Cola-Air Force Raiders Cignal HD Spikers
TV network(s)	Solar Sports
< Season 2014 All-Filipino 2014 Season 2015 All-Filipino >

For this tournament, several teams took leave from the league, due to their participation in the Reinforced Open Conference (Season 11) of the Shakey's V-League, which coincided with the tournament - namely, the Philippine Army Lady Troopers (defending women's division champion), the Cagayan Valley Lady Rising Suns, the PLDT Home TVolution Power Attackers^[2] and the Instituto Estetico Manila Phoenix Volley Masters.

New teams for this conference were the Foton Tornadoes (women's), the Mane 'n Tail Lady Stallions (women's) and the Fourbees Cavite Patriots Total Attackers (men's).^[3] The former AirAsia Flying Spikers became the Generika Lifesavers after the pullout of AirAsia Philippines.^[4] In the men's division, the Maybank Tigers returned for this conference, while the Systema Active Smashers played as the "BENCH/ Systema Active Smashers" (in partnership with clothing retailer, BENCH/).^[5]

The champions of this tournament - the Petron Blaze Spikers (women's) and the Cignal HD Spikers (men's) - will represent the Philippines in the 2015 AVC Club Volleyball Championships.

Women's division

2014 PSL Grand Prix Conference teams (Women's Division)
Abbr.	Team	Company	Colors	Head coach	Team captain	Imports
CIG	Cignal HD Spikers	Cignal TV, Inc.		Sammy Acaylar	Honey Royse Tubino (UPHSD)	Sarah Ammerman Lindsay Stalzer
FOT	Foton Tornadoes	United Asia Automotive Group, Inc.		Ma. Vilet Ponce de Leon	Jill Gustilo (AdU)	Elena Tarasova Irina Tarasova
GEN	Generika Lifesavers	Erikagen, Inc.		Ramil de Jesus	Charleen Abigail Cruz (DLSU)	Natalia Korobkova Miyu Shinohara
MNT	Mane 'n Tail Lady Stallions	Federated Distributors, Inc.		Francis Vicente	Kaylee Manns (Iowa State)	Kristy Jaeckel Kaylee Manns
PET	Petron Blaze Spikers	Petron Corporation		George Pascua	Gretchen Ho (ADMU)	Erica Adachi Alaina Bergsma
RCC	RC Cola-Air Force Raiders	ARC Refreshments Corporation		Rhovyl Verayo	Wendy Anne Semana (FEU)	Emily Brown Bonita Wise

Classification round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR
1	Petron Blaze Spikers	10	8	2	24	27	14	1.929	950	861	1.103
2	Generika Lifesavers	10	7	3	21	23	17	1.353	893	846	1.056
3	RC Cola-Air Force Raiders	10	5	5	15	21	19	1.105	890	882	1.009
4	Cignal HD Spikers	10	4	6	12	18	21	0.857	844	856	0.986
5	Mane 'n Tail Lady Stallions	10	3	7	9	16	24	0.667	867	916	0.947
6	Foton Tornadoes	10	3	7	9	14	24	0.583	779	862	0.904

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
18 October	14:00	CIG	3–0	RCC	25-17	25-23	25-23			75-63	P2
18 October	16:00	GEN	1–3	PET	24-26	18-25	25-23	23-25		90-99	P2
22 October	14:00	CIG	3-1	MNT	25-15	22-25	25-19	26-24		98-83	P2
22 October	16:00	RCC	3-0	FOT	25-13	25-20	25-14			75-47	P2
25 October	14:00	MNT	1-3	PET	25-21	16-25	21-25	27-29		89-100	P2
25 October	16:00	GEN	1-3	RCC	20-25	23-25	25-18	25-27		93-95	P2
29 October	14:00	MNT	3-2	FOT	25-22	17-25	22-25	25-18	15-6	104-96	P2
29 October	16:00	CIG	0-3	PET	17-25	20-25	23-25			60-75	P2
05 November	14:00	GEN	3-1	FOT	15-25	25-22	25-20	25-15		90-82
05 November	16:00	RCC	1-3	PET	30-28	23-25	16-25	19-25		88-103
07 November	14:00	MNT	1-3	RCC	22-25	24-26	25-22	22-25		93-98
07 November	16:00	CIG	3-0	FOT	27-25	25-14	25-21			77-60
09 November	14:00	GEN	0-3	MNT	22-25	15-25	21-25			58-75
09 November	16:00	FOT	1-3	PET	21-25	21-25	25-23	19-25		86-98
12 November	14:00	CIG	0-3	GEN	23-25	18-25	20-25			61-75
12 November	16:00	MNT	0-3	FOT	23-25	22-25	13-25			58-75
14 November	14:00	CIG	2-3	PET	18-25	12-25	25-18	25-16	14-16	94-100
14 November	16:00	GEN	3-0	FOT	25-22	25-15	25-18			75-55
15 November	14:00	CIG	1-3	MNT	14-25	25-17	26-28	21-25		86-95
15 November	16:00	FOT	3-2	RCC	22-25	15-25	25-20	25-22	15-12	102-103
16 November	14:00	RCC	3-1	PET	25-20	25-20	16-25	25-22		91-87
16 November	16:00	GEN	3-2	MNT	25-22	27-29	25-18	22-25	15-12	114-106
19 November	14:00	CIG	2-3	GEN	19-25	20-25	25-20	25-22	9-15	98-107
19 November	16:00	MNT	1-3	RCC	25-19	15-25	22-25	19-25		81-94
20 November	14:00	FOT	1-3	PET	21-25	18-25	25-23	15-25		79-98
20 November	16:00	CIG	3-2	RCC	23-25	22-25	25-21	25-16	16-14	111-101
22 November	14:00	MNT	1-3	PET	16-25	25-22	19-25	23-25		83-97
22 November	16:00	GEN	3-1	RCC	25-15	25-21	15-25	25-21		90-82
26 November	14:00	CIG	1-3	FOT	19-25	17-25	25-22	23-25		84-97
26 November	16:00	GEN	3-2	PET	18-25	25-12	25-20	18-25	15-11	101-93

Final round

	Semifinals				Final
	28 Nov
	PETRON	3
					30 Nov
	CIGNAL	0
					PETRON	3
	28 Nov
					GENERIKA	1
	GENERIKA	3
	RC COLA-AIR FORCE	0
					3rd-place match
					30 Nov
					CIGNAL	1
					RC COLA-AIR FORCE	3

Rank 5

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
30 November	14:00	MNT	2–3	FOT	23-25	25-18	25-17	12-25	12-15	97-100

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
28 November	14:00	PET	3–0	CIG	25-23	25-16	25-21			75-60
28 November	16:00	GEN	3–0	RCC	25-23	25-16	25-23			75-62

3rd-place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
30 November	16:00	CIG	1–3	RCC	24-26	25-23	20-25	24-26		93-100

Finals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
30 November	18:00	PET	3–1	GEN	25-21	21-25	25-15	25-9		86-70

Final standing

Rank Team Petron Blaze Spikers Generika Lifesavers RC Cola-Air Force Raiders 4 Cignal HD Spikers 5 Foton Tornadoes 6 Mane 'n Tail Lady Stallions Qualified for the 2015 Asian Club Volleyball Championship

2014 Philippine Super Liga Grand Prix Conference Women's Division Champions  Petron Blaze Spikers 1st title Team roster 1 Mary Grace Masangkay 2 Alaina Bergsma 3 Gretchen Ho (c) 4 Carmina Aganon 5 Luisa Mae Zapanta 7 Frances Xinia Molina 8 Jozza Cabalsa 9 Erica Adachi 10 Sandra Delos Santos 11 Ana Ma. Del Mundo 12 Jennylyn Reyes 13 Mecaila Irish May Morada 15 Fille Saint Merced Cayetano 16 Aleona Denise Santiago Head coach George Pascua

Men's division

2014 PSL Grand Prix Conference teams (Men's Division)
Abbr.	Team	Company	Colors	Head coach	Team captain
BEN-SYS	BENCH/ Systema Active Smashers	Suyen Corporation and Peerless Lion Corporation		Arnold Laniog	Chris Macasaet (DLSU)
CAV	Fourbees Cavite Patriots Total Attackers	(Fourbees)		Jason Sapin	Edgardo Rusit (Las Piñas College)
CIG	Cignal HD Spikers	Cignal TV, Inc.		Michael Cariño	Jay dela Cruz (UPHSD)
MAY	Maybank Tigers	Maybank Philippines, Inc.		Janley Patrona	Alejandro Mallari (DLSU)
PLDT	PLDT Home Telpad-Air Force Turbo Boosters	Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company		Jasper Jimenez	Dante Alinsunurin (AdU)

Classification round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR
1	PLDT Home Telpad-Air Force Turbo Boosters	4	4	0	12	12	2	6.000	363	286	1.269
2	Cignal HD Spikers	4	3	1	9	10	4	2.500	333	275	1.211
3	Fourbees Cavite Patriots Total Attackers	4	2	2	6	7	8	0.875	326	358	0.911
4	Maybank Tigers	4	1	3	3	4	9	0.444	258	244	1.057
5	BENCH/ Systema Active Smashers	4	0	4	0	2	12	0.167	241	358	0.673

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
22 October	18:00	CIG	3–0	BEN-SYS	25-23	25-16	25–13			75–52	P-2
29 October	18:00	PLDT	3–0	CAV	30-28	25-12	25–17			80–57	P-2
05 November	18:00	CIG	3–0	MAY	25-15	25-21	25–12			75–48
07 November	18:00	CAV	3–1	MAY	25-22	25-16	19–25	25-23		94–86
09 November	18:00	CIG	3–1	CAV	25-18	25-16	24–26	25-16		99–76
12 November	18:00	CAV	3–1	BEN-SYS	23-25	25-22	25–22	26-24		99–93
14 November	18:00	CIG	1–3	PLDT	24-26	25-23	14–25	21-25		84–99
14 November	18:00	PLDT	3–0	MAY	25-14	25-20	25–15			75–49
16 November	18:00	MAY	3–0	BEN-SYS*	25-0	25-0	25–0			75–0
19 November	18:00	PLDT	3–1	BEN-SYS	25-19	26-28	33–31	25-18		109–96

* forfeit

Playoffs

	Semifinals				Final
	20 Nov
	PLDT-Air Force	3
					28 Nov
	MAYBANK	0
					PLDT-Air Force	0
	22 Nov
					CIGNAL	3
	CIGNAL	3
	CAVITE	2
					3rd-place match
					26 Nov
					MAYBANK	0
					CAVITE	3

Semi-finals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
20 November	18:00	PLDT	3-0	MAY	25-19	25-21	25-21			75-61
22 November	18:00	CIG	3-2	CAV	23-25	25-18	31-33	25-16	15-6	119-98

3rd place

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
26 November	18:00	MAY	0-3	CAV	14-25	24-26	22-25			60-76

Men's Finals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
28 November	16:00	PLDT	0-3	CIG	23-25	24-26	19-25			66-76

Final standing

Rank Team Cignal HD Spikers PLDT Home Telpad-Air Force Turbo Boosters Fourbees Cavite Patriots Total Attackers 4 Maybank Tigers 5 BENCH/ Systema Active Smashers Qualified for the 2015 Asian Club Volleyball Championship

2014 Philippine Super Liga Grand Prix Conference Men's Division Champions  Cignal HD Spikers 1st title Team roster 1 Adam Daquer 2 Jay Dela Cruz (c) 3 Glacy Ralph Diezmo 4 Edmar Sanchez 5 Dexter Clamor 6 Sandy Domenick Montero 7 Gilbert Ablan 9 Ralph Joren Savellano 11 Jeffrey Lansangan 12 Alexis Faytaren 14 Herschel Ramos 15 Emmanuel Luces 16 Rayson Fuentes Head coach Michael Cariño

Awards

Award		Men's	Women's
MVP		Lorenzo Capate Jr. (CIG)	Alaina Bergsma (PET)
Best Outside Spiker	1st:	Alnakran Abdilla (PLDT)	Lindsay Stalzer (CIG)
	2nd:	Lorenzo Capate Jr. (CIG)	Emily Brown (RCC)
Best Middle Blocker	1st:	Antonio Torres (CAV)	Abigail Maraño (GEN)
	2nd:	Reyson Fuentes (CIG)	Aleona Denise Santiago (PET)
Best Opposite Spiker		Gilbert Ablan (CIG)	Natalia Korobkova (GEN)
Best Setter		Alegro Carpio (CAV)	Erica Adachi (PET)
Best Libero		Sandy Montero (CIG)	Jennylyn Reyes (PET)

Team uniforms

For the women's division, the color combination of each team's uniforms deviated from its respective brand colors.

Team	Brand colors		Dark	Alternate	Light
Cignal HD		Jersey
		Shorts
Foton		Jersey
		Shorts
Generika		Jersey
		Shorts
Mane 'n Tail		Jersey
		Shorts
Petron Blaze		Jersey
		Shorts
RC Cola-Air Force		Jersey
		Shorts

Venues

• Smart Araneta Coliseum – opening day
• Cuneta Astrodome
• Santo Domingo Coliseum
• Muntinlupa Sports Complex
• Alonte Sports Arena

Broadcast partner

• Solar Sports

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