2015 Philippine Super Liga season

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2015 PSL season
DurationMarch 21 - December 5, 2015
Number of teamsWomen's: 6
TV partner(s)TV5, AksyonTV, Sports5.ph, Solar Sports
Top draft pickIris Tolenada (San Francisco State)
Picked byPhilips Gold Lady Slammers
All-Filipino championsWomen's: Petron Blaze Spikers
Men's: (no tournament)
  All-Filipino runners-upWomen's: Shopinas.com Lady Clickers
Beach Challenge Cup championsWomen's: Giligan's Sisig Queens
Men's: SM By The Bay (Team A)
  Beach Challenge Cup runners-upWomen's: Foton Tornadoes
Men's: Champion Infinity (Team B)
Grand Prix championsWomen's: Foton Tornadoes
Men's: (no tournament)
  Grand Prix runners-upWomen's: Petron Blaze Spikers
Seasons

The 2015 PSL Season is the third season of the Philippine Super Liga (PSL). There will be two indoor conferences for the season – the All-Filipino, and the Grand Prix. It staged its first beach volleyball tournament, the Challenge Cup, for the women's and men's divisions.[1]

Developments

  • The PSL is now sanctioned under the Larong Volleyball sa Pilipinas, Inc. (LVPI), the newest governing body for volleyball in the Philippines under the leadership of POC 1st Vice President Joey Romasanta, aside for being recognized by the AVC and the FIVB. The PSL was first sanctioned by the Philippine Volleyball Federation (PVF) until the federation was stripped of its recognition by the local (POC) and foreign (FIVB, AVC) sport governing bodies. The LVPI also supported the stints of Cignal and Petron who participated in the Asian Club Championships, and helped on the processing of the imports transfer clearances for the 12 imports that played in the Grand Prix.[2]
  • The PSL introduced the use of "skorts", a combination of tennis-like skirts and shorts, as part of the women's uniforms during the All Filipino Conference, but it was discontinued during the PSL Grand Prix.
  • Continuous coaching and players, television crew, officiating (referees), volleyball information system, press corps and medical seminars.
  • After the introduction of the Men's Division in the PSL in 2013, the PSL launched the Beach Volleyball division thru the Challenge Cup and Open Series.
  • The PSL's official newspaper, PSL Trending, managed by the PSL Press Corps under its president, Marc Anthony Reyes of the Philippine Daily Inquirer. PSL Trending is given to the fans for free at the venues during gamedays.
  • The PSL became the third Southeast Asian-based volleyball club league (next to Thailand and Vietnam) to utilize the video challenge system to decide crucial calls of the games for a fair and balanced officiating, as part of the full compliance to the FIVB rules. The video challenge equipment arrived on October 26, 2015 and used during the second round of the 2015 Grand Prix conference.[3]

2015 draft (Women's Division)

The draft was held on March 12, 2015 at SM Aura Premier, Taguig City.[4] [5][6]

First round

Pick Player Position Nationality Team College
1 Iris Tolenada Setter  United States Philips Gold Lady Slammers San Francisco State
2 Angeli Araneta Middle Blocker  Philippines Foton Tornadoes UP
3 Rica Enclona Libero  Philippines Cignal HD Spikers DLS-CSB
4 Rizza Jane Mandapat Opposite Spiker  Philippines Shopinas.com Lady Clickers NU
5 Maureen Veronas Opposite Spiker/
Outside Hitter
 Philippines Mane 'n Tail Lady Stallions DLS-CSB
6 Alexa Micek Opposite Spiker  United States Petron Blaze Spikers NC State

Second round

Pick Player Position Nationality Team College
1 Siemens Desiree Dadang Middle  Philippines Philips Gold Lady Slammers NU
2 Dennise Michelle Lazaro Libero  Philippines Foton Tornadoes ADMU
3 Diane Ticar Setter  Philippines Cignal HD Spikers Arellano
4 Djanel Welch Cheng Setter  Philippines Shopinas.com Lady Clickers DLS-CSB
5 Samantha Dawson Opposite Spiker  Philippines Mane 'n Tail Lady Stallions FEU
6 Ivy Jizel Perez Setter  Philippines Petron Blaze Spikers NU

Indoor Volleyball

All-Filipino Conference

The Petron Blaze Spikers became the first team to sweep a PSL tournament with a 13-0 record and claim the All-Filipino championship, its second consecutive PSL title.[7][8][9] There was no men's tournament for this conference.

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Playoffs (April 25 to May 16, 2015):

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
1 Petron Blaze Spikers 3
4 Philips Gold Lady Slammers 3 4 Philips Gold Lady Slammers 0
5 Cignal HD Spikers 2 1 Petron Blaze Spikers 3
2 Shopinas.com Lady Clickers 1
2 Shopinas.com Lady Clickers 3
3 Foton Tornadoes 3 3 Foton Tornadoes 2
6 Mane 'n Tail Lady Stallions 0

Final standing:

Grand Prix Conference

The Grand Prix Conference started on October 10, 2015 at the Alonte Sports Arena in Binan, Laguna. There was no men's tournament for this conference.


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Playoffs (November 19 to December 5, 2015):

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
19 Nov
 
 
Philips Gold Lady Slammers0
 
26 Nov - 5 Dec
 
Foton Tornadoes1
 
Foton Tornadoes2
 
19 Nov
 
Petron Blaze Spikers1
 
Petron Blaze Spikers1
 
 
Cignal HD Spikers0
 
3rd place match
 
 
21 Nov
 
 
Philips Gold Lady Slammers1
 
 
Cignal HD Spikers0

Final standings:

Beach Volleyball

Women's Division

Final standing:

Men's Division

Final standing:

International competitions

AVC Asian Women's Championship

An all-PSL selection represented the Philippines in the 2015 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship.[10][11][12][13] The team placed 12th out of 14 competitors.

Philippines (18th Asian Women's Championship)
No. Player Ht. College PSL Club Position
3 Angelique Beatrice Dionela 1.50 m (4 ft 11 in) UPHSD Cignal HD Spikers Defensive Specialist
4 Carmina Aganon 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) NU Petron Blaze Spikers Outside Hitter
5 Melissa Gohing 1.59 m (5 ft 2+12 in) DLSU Philips Gold Lady Slammers Libero
6 Jeanette Panaga 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) DLS-CSB Cignal HD Spikers Middle Blocker
7 Michele Gumabao 1.76 m (5 ft 9+12 in) DLSU Philips Gold Lady Slammers Opposite Hitter
10 Iris Tolenada 1.74 m (5 ft 8+12 in) San Francisco State Philips Gold Lady Slammers Setter
11 Ma. Lourdes Clemente 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) UPHSD Cignal HD Spikers Middle Blocker
13 Kim Kianna Dy 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) DLSU Shopinas.com Lady Clickers Middle Blocker
14 Ma. Abigail Praca 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) USJ-R Mane 'n Tail Lady Stallions Middle Blocker
15 Ivy Jisel Perez 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) NU Petron Blaze Spikers Setter
17 Myla Pablo 1.76 m (5 ft 9+12 in) NU Philips Gold Lady Slammers Outside Hitter
18 Frances Molina 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) San Beda Petron Blaze Spikers Middle Hitter/Outside Hitter

AVC Club Championships

The champions of the 2014 Grand Prix - the Petron Blaze Spikers (women's)[14] and the Cignal HD Spikers (men's)[15][16] - represented the Philippines in the 2015 AVC Club Volleyball Championships.

  • The Cignal HD Spikers placed 12th out of 16 competitors in the men's tournament held in Taipei on August 13 to 21, 2015.

Spike For Peace International Beach Volleyball

The women's division champions of the 2015 Beach Challenge Cup, Danika Gendrauli and Norie Jane Diaz, were the PSL representatives in the 2015 Spike For Peace International Beach Volleyball Tournament held in Manila from November 29 to December 3, 2015.

Gendrauli and Diaz played as Philippines (Team B). Charo Soriano and Alexa Micek represented the Shakey's V-League and played as Philippines (Team A).

Team A finished 12th and Team B finished 13th (last).

Venues

Broadcast partners

Controversies

On October, PVF President Edgardo "Boy" Cantada, condemned the act of the LVPI and Score (headed by Ramon Suzara, the president of PSL, and one of the masterminds in the withdrawal of recognition of PVF in the POC, AVC, and FIVB) over the incident involving 12 imports of the Philippine Super Liga Grand Prix who have go through the immigration process and play in the league without any necessarily working permits and other documents on foreigners who will work in the country. He also criticized LVPI and Suzara, for blatant disgard and abuse of the Philippine immigration and labor laws over the incident.[19]

References

  1. ^ Julius Manicad (February 20, 2015). "Bigger, better Superliga marks third season". The Daily Tribune. Retrieved February 20, 2015. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  2. ^ "PSL completes imports' ITC, all set for Grand Prix". PSL website. Retrieved October 9, 2015. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |website= (help)
  3. ^ "PSL unveils video challenge system as unbeaten Cignal clashes with champ Petron". Spin.ph. Retrieved 2015-10-26.
  4. ^ "HEAD-TURNERS: FIL-FOREIGN PLAYERS SIGN UP FOR PSL DRAFT". ABS-CBN Sports. Retrieved February 24, 2015.
  5. ^ http://manilastandardtoday.com/2015/02/20/ph-superliga-to-welcome-24-rookies/
  6. ^ http://sports.tempo.com.ph/2015/02/20/ph-super-liga-sees-banner-year/
  7. ^ http://sports.inquirer.net/181562/petron-blazes-new-superliga-title-trail
  8. ^ http://www.philstar.com/sports/2015/05/15/1454951/superligas-super-sweep-petron-blaze-beats-shopinas-psl-crown
  9. ^ http://sports.tempo.com.ph/2015/05/15/petron-wins-2nd-superliga-crown/
  10. ^ "AVC Board approves latest updates on 2014 and 2015 competitions". AVC. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
  11. ^ http://philippinesuperliga.com/wp/2015/04/3147/
  12. ^ http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/sports/04/14/15/psl-stars-lead-ph-team-asian-seniors-tilt
  13. ^ http://manilastandardtoday.com/2015/04/15/ph-volley-team-boasts-of-powerhouse-roster/
  14. ^ http://www.spin.ph/volleyball/news/asian-club-womens-championship-volleyball-petron-blaze-spikers-dindin-santiago
  15. ^ http://www.tribune.net.ph/sports/cignal-hd-competes-in-avc-men-s-tourney
  16. ^ http://sports.inquirer.net/187647/psl-to-represent-ph-in-asian-mens-volleyball-club-championships
  17. ^ http://www.philstar.com:8080/sports/2015/09/20/1502149/petron-blaze-spikers-come-out-stronger-after-8th-place-finish
  18. ^ "Superliga goes to Quezon Province". Manila Bulletin. February 22, 2015. Retrieved February 23, 2015. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  19. ^ "Foreign players in Superliga under fire". Manila Times. 2015-10-25. Retrieved 2015-10-26.