2019 Philippine Super Liga season

The 2019 PSL season is the seventh season of the Philippine Super Liga (PSL) which began on February 16, 2019.^[1]

2019 PSL season
Duration	February to November 2019
TV partner(s)	ESPN5, 5 Plus, One Sports, ESPN Player (online)
Grand Prix champions	Women's: Petron Blaze Spikers Men's: (no tournament)
Grand Prix runners-up	Women's: F2 Logistics Cargo Movers
Beach Challenge champions	Women's: Petron XCS Men's: Cignal HD Spikers
Beach Challenge runners-up	Women's: Sta. Lucia-Santorini Men's: Foton Tornadoes Blue Energy
All-Filipino champions	Women's: F2 Logistics Cargo Movers Men's: (no tournament)
All-Filipino runners-up	Women's: Cignal HD Spikers Men's: (no tournament)
Invitational champions	Women's: F2 Logistics Cargo Movers Men's: (no tournament)
Invitational runners-up	Women's: Petron Blaze Spikers Men's: (no tournament)

Grand Prix

This section is transcluded from 2019 PSL Grand Prix Conference. (edit | history)

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

Preliminary round:

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR
1	Petron Blaze Spikers	14	14	0	42	42	1	42.000	1073	699	1.535
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
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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Playoffs:

	Quarter-finals Ranked 1 to 4 has twice-to-beat advantage				Semi-finals Best-of-three series				Finals Best-of-three series
	2019 PSL Grand Prix Conference
	(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

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

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)

All-Filipino

This section is transcluded from 2019 PSL All-Filipino Conference. (edit | history)

2019 PSL All Filipino Conference teams
Abbr.	Team	Company	Colors	Head Coach	Team Captain
CHD	Cignal HD Spikers	Cignal TV, Inc.		Edgar Barroga	Rachel Anne Daquis
FTL	F2 Logistics Cargo Movers	F2 Global Logistics Inc.		Ramil de Jesus	Abigail Maraño
FOT	Foton Tornadoes Blue Energy	United Asia Automotive Group, Inc.		Aaron Velez	Carmina Aganon
GAL	Generika-Ayala Lifesavers	Actimed, Inc.		Sherwin Meneses	Angeli Pauline Araneta
MPS	Marinerang Pilipina Lady Skippers			Ronald Dulay	Ivy Remulla
PET	Petron Blaze Spikers	Petron Corporation		Cesael delos Santos	Frances Xinia Molina
PHF	PLDT Home Fibr Power Hitters	PLDT		Roger Gorayeb	Jerrili Malabanan
SLR	Sta. Lucia Lady Realtors	Sta. Lucia Realty and Development Corporation		Raymund Castillo	Pamela Lastimosa

Preliminary round:

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR
1	Petron Blaze Spikers	14	13	1	34	40	13	3.077	1236	968	1.277
2	F2 Logistics Cargo Movers	14	12	2	37	40	10	4.000	1183	925	1.279
3	Foton Tornadoes Blue Energy	14	8	6	25	31	23	1.348	1202	1150	1.045
4	Generika-Ayala Lifesavers	14	8	6	23	27	26	1.038	1144	1142	1.002
5	Cignal HD Spikers	14	7	7	24	30	26	1.154	1238	1164	1.064
6	PLDT Home Fibr Power Hitters	14	6	8	17	22	31	0.710	1096	1189	0.922
7	Sta. Lucia Lady Realtors	14	2	12	8	14	36	0.389	927	1181	0.785
8	Marinerang Pilipina Lady Skippers	14	0	14	0	3	42	0.071	824	1131	0.729

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 3 points = win match in 3 or 4 sets; 2 points = win match in 5 sets; 1 point = lose match in 5 sets; 0 point = lose match in 3 or 4 sets

Playoffs:

	Quarter-finals One-game playoff				Semi-finals Twice-to-beat higher seed				Finals Best-of-three series
	2019 PSL All-Filipino Conference
	Petron Blaze Spikers	3
	Marinerang Pilipina Lady Skippers	0
					Petron Blaze Spikers	2, 2
					Cignal HD Spikers	3, 3
	Generika-Ayala Lifesavers	1
	Cignal HD Spikers	3
									Cignal HD Spikers	2, 0
									F2 Logistics Cargo Movers	3, 3
	F2 Logistics Cargo Movers	3
	Santa Lucia Lady Realtors	0
					F2 Logistics Cargo Movers	3
					Foton Tornadoes Blue Energy	1			Bronze-medal match
	Foton Tornadoes Blue Energy	3
	PLDT Home Fibr Power Hitters	1
									Petron Blaze Spikers	3
									Foton Tornadoes Blue Energy	2

Final standing:

Rank	Team
	F2 Logistics Cargo Movers
	Cignal HD Spikers
	Petron Blaze Spikers
4	Foton Tornadoes Blue Energy
5	Generika-Ayala Lifesavers
6	PLDT Home Fibr Power Hitters
7	Sta. Lucia Lady Realtors
8	Marinerang Pilipina Lady Skippers

Individual awards:

Award		Name/Team
MVP		Tyler-Marie Kalei Mau (F2 Logistics Cargo Movers)[2]
Best Outside Spiker	1st:	Rachel Anne Daquis (Cignal HD Spikers)
	2nd:	Cherry Rondina (Petron Blaze Spikers)
Best Middle Blocker	1st:	Jaja Santiago (Foton Tornadoes Blue Energy)
	2nd:	Mary Joy Baron (F2 Logistics Cargo Movers)
Best Opposite Spiker		Dindin Santiago-Manabat (Foton Tornadoes Blue Energy)
Best Setter		Alohi Robins-Hardy (Cignal HD Spikers)
Best Libero		Angelique Beatrice Dionela (Cignal HD Spikers)
Best Scorer		Tyler-Marie Kalei Mau (F2 Logistics Cargo Movers)

Invitational

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2019 PSL Invitational Conference teams
Abbr.	Team	Company	Colors	Head Coach	Team Captain
CHD	Cignal HD Spikers	Cignal TV, Inc.		Edgar Barroga	Rachel Anne Daquis
FTL	F2 Logistics Cargo Movers	F2 Global Logistics Inc.		Ramil de Jesus	Abigail Maraño
FOT	Foton Tornadoes Blue Energy	United Asia Automotive Group, Inc.		Aaron Velez	Shaya Adorador
GAL	Generika-Ayala Lifesavers	Actimed, Inc.		Sherwin Meneses	Angeli Pauline Araneta
MPS	Marinerang Pilipina Lady Skippers			Ronald Dulay	Ivy Remulla
PET	Petron Blaze Spikers	Petron Corporation		Cesael delos Santos	Frances Xinia Molina
PHF	PLDT Home Fibr Hitters	PLDT		Roger Gorayeb	Rysabelle Devanadera
SLR	Sta. Lucia Lady Realtors	Sta. Lucia Realty and Development Corporation		Raymund Castillo	Amanda Villanueva

Preliminary round:

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR
1	Petron Blaze Spikers	6	6	0	17	18	2	9.000	512	401	1.277
2	Cignal HD Spikers	6	5	1	16	17	4	4.250	496	386	1.285
3	F2 Logistics Cargo Movers	6	5	1	14	15	6	2.500	482	399	1.208
4	Foton Tornadoes Blue Energy	6	3	3	8	10	12	0.833	478	469	1.019
5	PLDT Home Fibr Power Hitters	6	2	4	6	7	12	0.583	390	429	0.909
6	Sta. Lucia Lady Realtors	6	2	4	5	7	15	0.467	369	439	0.841
7	Generika-Ayala Lifesavers	6	1	5	6	10	15	0.667	502	534	0.940
8	Marinerang Pilipina Lady Skippers	6	0	6	0	1	18	0.056	304	472	0.644

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Playoffs:

	Semifinals				Finals
	15 October
	Petron Blaze Spikers	3
					17 October
	Foton Tornadoes Blue Energy	0
					Petron Blaze Spikers	2
	15 October
					F2 Logistics Cargo Movers	3
	Cignal HD Spikers	1
	F2 Logistics Cargo Movers	3
					Bronze match
					17 October
					Foton Tornadoes Blue Energy	0
					Cignal HD Spikers	3

Final standing:

Rank	Team
	F2 Logistics Cargo Movers
	Petron Blaze Spikers
	Cignal HD Spikers
4	Foton Tornadoes Blue Energy
5	PLDT Home Fibr Power Hitters
6	Sta. Lucia Lady Realtors
7	Generika-Ayala Lifesavers
8	Marinerang Pilipina Lady Skippers

Individual awards:

Award		Name/Team
MVP		Mary Joy Baron (F2 Logistics Cargo Movers)
Best Outside Spiker	1st:	Cherry Rondina (Petron Blaze Spikers)
	2nd:	Shaya Adorador (Foton Tornadoes Blue Energy)
Best Middle Blocker	1st:	Mary Joy Baron (F2 Logistics Cargo Movers)
	2nd:	Roselyn Doria (Cignal HD Spikers)
Best Opposite Spiker		Aiza Maizo-Pontillas (Petron Blaze Spikers)
Best Setter		Angelica Legacion (Petron Blaze Spikers)
Best Libero		Jennylyn Reyes (Foton Tornadoes Blue Energy)
Best Scorer		Cherry Rondina (Petron Blaze Spikers)

Super Cup

The 2019 PSL Super Cup is a three-day tournament that began on November 5, 2019. It will feature the Philippine national team, two PSL selection teams (Team Shine and Team Sparkle) and the women's team of the University of Tsukuba of Japan.^[3]

The tournament was organized as part of the Philippine national team's participation in the 2019 Southeast Asian Games.^[4][5] University of Tsukuba won the PSL Super Cup title by winning all of its three games.^[6]

Teams

2019 PSL Super Cup teams
Abbr.	Team	Colors	Head Coach	Team Captain
PHI	Philippine national team		Cesael delos Santos	Aby Maraño
SHN	Team Shine	Various (dependent on PSL team)	Carl Dimaculangan[4]
SPK	Team Sparkle	Various (dependent on PSL team)	Vilet Ponce de Leon[4]
UOT	University of Tsukuba (Japan)		Yasumi Nakanishi

Source: PSL

Results

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
Nov 5	17:00	PSL Shine	0–3	Philippines	14–25	18–25	16–25				Report
Nov 5	19:00	PSL Sparkle	0–3	University of Tsukuba	8–25	12–25	20–25				Report
Nov 7	17:00	PSL Shine	0–3	University of Tsukuba	10–25	16–25	16–25				Report
Nov 7	19:00	PSL Sparkle	0–3	Philippines	12–25	18–25	18–25				Report
Nov 8	17:00	PSL Sparkle	2–3	PSL Shine	25–15	25–19	20–25	22–25	15–17		Report
Nov 8	19:00	Philippines	0–3	University of Tsukuba	13–25	21–25	19–25				Report

Source: PSL

Final standing:

Rank Team University of Tsukuba Philippines Team Shine 4 Team Sparkle

2019 Philippine Super Liga Super Cup  University of Tsukuba 1st title

Beach volleyball

Main article: 2019 PSL Beach Volleyball Challenge Cup

Women's

2019 PSL Beach Volleyball Challenge Cup teams (Women's Division)
Abbr.	Team	Company	Colors	Players
CIG-A	Cignal HD Spikers (Team A)	Cignal TV, Inc.		Roma Joy Doromal and Klymince Orellaneda
CIG-B	Cignal HD Spikers (Team B)	Cignal TV, Inc.		Mary Landicho and Mary Jolyn Ebro
F2L	F2 Logistics Cargo Movers	F2 Global Logistics Inc.		Michelle Morente and Fritz Joy Gallenero
GEN-A	Generika-Ayala Lifesavers (Team A)	Erikagen, Inc.		Patty Jane Orendain and Fiola Ceballos
GEN-B	Generika-Ayala Lifesavers (Team B)	Erikagen, Inc.		Angeli Araneta and Sheeka Gin Espinosa
PAG	Pangasinan	N/A (Provincial team)		Alexies Gonzales and Melanie Ramos
PET-A	Petron XCS	Petron Corporation		Bernadeth Pons and Floremel Rodriguez
PET-B	Petron Sprint 4T	Petron Corporation		Derie Rose Virtusio and Mary Rose Jauculan
PLDT-A	PLDT Home Fibr	PLDT		Gretchel Soltones and Shola Alvarez
PLDT-B	Smart GigaX	PLDT		Jasmine Nabor and Alyssa Eroa
SLR-A	Sta. Lucia-Woodside	Sta. Lucia Realty and Development Corporation		Bianca Lizares and Jennifer Cosas
SLR-B	Sta. Lucia-Santorini	Sta. Lucia Realty and Development Corporation		Jackielyn Estoquia and Dhannylaine Demontaño
UVC-A	United Volleyball Club (Team A)	United Volleyball Club		Sheila Pineda and Jinggay Bangad
UVC-B	United Volleyball Club (Team B)	United Volleyball Club		Nieza Viray and Ella Viray

Playoffs:

	Quarter-finals							Semi-finals							Final
	B1	Sta. Lucia-Santorini	21	15	15
	C2	United VC "A"	18	21	8
								B1	Sta. Lucia-Santorini	21	21
								B2	Petron 4T	13	10
	D1	F2 Logistics	11	20
	B2	Petron 4T	21	22
															B1	Sta. Lucia-Santorini	10	14
															A1	Petron XCS	21	21
	A1	Petron XCS	21	21
	D2	Cignal "A"	8	12
								A1	Petron XCS	21	21				Bronze medal match
								A2	Sta. Lucia-Woodside	14	14
	C1	Generika-Ayala "A"	23	21											B2	Petron 4T	16	21	15
	A2	Sta. Lucia-Woodside	21	15											A2	Sta. Lucia-Woodside	21	14	17

Final standing:

Rank Team Petron XCS Sta. Lucia-Santorini Sta. Lucia-Woodside 4 Petron Sprint 4T 5 Generika-Ayala Lifesavers (Team A) 6 United VC (Team A) 7 F2 Logistics Cargo Movers 8 Cignal HD Spikers (Team A) 9 10 11 12 13 14

2019 Philippine Super Liga Beach Challenge Cup Petron XCS 3rd title (Beach) Team Roster Bernadeth Pons and Floremel Rodriguez

Men's

2019 PSL Beach Volleyball Challenge Cup teams (Men's Division)
Abbr.	Team	Company	Colors	Players
ADM	Ateneo Blue Eagles	Ateneo de Manila University		Luis Alonzo Ligot and Canciano Llenos
CIG	Cignal HD Spikers	Cignal TV, Inc.		Edmar Bonono and Alnakran Abdilla
EAC	EAC Generals	Emilio Aguinaldo College		Joshua Miña and Joshua Pitogo
FOT	Foton Tornadoes Blue Energy	United Asia Automotive Group, Inc.		Kris Guzman and Efraem Dimaculangan
PAG	Pangasinan	Province of Pangasinan		Joseph Harvey and Roniel de Guzman
PA	Philippine Army Troopers	Philippine Army		Jason Lindo Uy and Philip Michael Bagalay
PCU	PCU Dolphins	PCU-Dasmariñas		Jessie dela Cruz and Nastin Gwaza
PNP	PNP Patrollers	Philippine National Police		Darryl Celeste and Johnpaul Geollegue
UPH	UPHS-D Altas	UPHS-D		Gilbert Balmores and Jayjay Solamillo
VNS	Volleyball Never Stops	Volleyball Never Stops VC		Tony Koyfman and Jeremy Merat

Playoffs:

	Semifinals				Final
	18 May
	Cignal	2
					18 May
	Army	0
					Cignal	2
	18 May
					Foton	1
	EAC	1
	Foton	2
					3rd place match
					18 May
					Army	2
					Cignal	0

Final standing:

Rank Team Cignal HD Spikers Foton Tornadoes Blue Energy Philippine Army Troopers 4 EAC Generals 5 6 7 8 9 10

2019 Philippine Super Liga Beach Challenge Cup Cignal HD Spikers 1st title (Beach) Team Roster Edmar Bonono and Alnakran Abdilla

Brand ambassador

• Rachel Anne Daquis (2018 to 2019)^[7]

Broadcast partners

• 5 Plus, One Sports, ESPN5.com

References

1. "Look: PSL releases proposed volleyball calendar for 2019". Fox Sports PH. December 28, 2018. Retrieved January 15, 2019.
2. "Mau named PSL All Filipino MVP as F2 Logistics win gold". FOX Sports Philippines. 2019-08-27. Retrieved 2019-08-27.
3. Reyes, Marc Anthony (19 October 2019). "PSL's Sparkle and Shine unveiled". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
4. "PH volleyball team to use PSL Super Cup as prep for SEA Games". ESPN5. 30 October 2019. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
5. "PH volleybelles hone for SEAG". Philippine Daily Inquirer. 5 November 2019. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
6. Bautista, Ohmer (8 November 2019). "University of Tsukuba wallops undermanned Nationals, sweeps PSL Super Cup". Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved 9 November 2019.
7. Lopez, Mark Edward (November 3, 2018). "Look: Rachel Anne Daquis is PSL's new ambassador". Fox Sports PH. Retrieved January 15, 2019.