2014 Philippine Super Liga season explained

2014 PSL season
Year:	2014
Duration:	May 16, 2014 - November 30, 2014
No Of Teams:	Women's: 6 Men's: 4
Top Pick:	Aleona Denise Santiago (NU)
Picked By:	Petron Blaze Spikers
Mvp:	Women's: All-Filipino: Cristina Salak (GEN-PA) Grand Prix: Alaina Bergsma (PET) Men's: All-Filipino: Alnakran Abdilla (PLDT) Grand Prix: Lorenzo Capate Jr. (CIG)
Conf1:	All-Filipino
Conf1 Link:	2014 PSL All-Filipino Conference
Conf1 Champ:	Women's: Generika-Army Lady Troopers Men's: PLDT Home TVolution-Air Force Power Attackers
Conf1 Runner-Up:	Women's: RC Cola-Air Force Raiders Men's: Cignal HD Spikers
Conf2:	Grand Prix
Conf2 Link:	2014 PSL Grand Prix Conference
Conf2 Champ:	Women's: Petron Blaze Spikers Men's:Cignal HD Spikers
Conf2 Runner-Up:	Women's: Generika Lifesavers Men's:PLDT Home Telpad-Air Force Turbo Boosters
Prevseason Link:	2013 PSL season
Prevseason Year:	2013
Nextseason Link:	2015 PSL season
Nextseason Year:	2015
Tv:	Solar Sports

The 2014 PSL Season was the second season of the Philippine Super Liga (PSL). There were two conferences for the season – the All-Filipino and the Grand Prix – for both women’s and men’s division.

The All-Filipino Conference was held between May 16, 2014 to July 26, 2014 with the Generika-Army Lady Troopers and the PLDT Home TVolution-Air Force Power Attackers emerging as champions for the Women’s and Men’s divisions, respectively.

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

During the pre-season, the league held its first annual draft for the Women’s Division on April 2, 2014 with Aleona Denise Santiago selected as the first overall pick by the Petron Blaze Spikers.

2014 draft (Women’s Division only)

Draft rules

Prior to the draft, each of the teams submitted a list of ten protected players as part of their official roster for the 2014 PSL All-Filipino Conference. Players that were not included in the list will be released and placed in the pool of available players – along with the incoming rookies – for the draft. Teams were limited to a maximum of twelve players.^[1]

The inaugural draft was held on April 2, 2014 at the NBA Café at SM Aura in Taguig and involved only the Women’s Division.^[2]

First round

Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Team	College
1	Aleona Denise Santiago	Middle Hitter		Petron Blaze Spikers	NU
2	Aby Maraño	Middle Hitter		AirAsia Flying Spikers	DLSU
3	Iari Yongco	Utility Hitter		RC Cola Air Force Raiders	DLSU-D
4	Janine Marciano	Open Hitter		Cagayan Valley Lady Rising Suns	SBC
5	Jamenea Ferrer	Setter		PLDT Home TVolution Power Attackers	ADMU
6	Norie Jane Diaz	Middle Hitter		Cignal HD Spikers	UPHSD
7	Christine Agno	Libero		Generika-Army Lady Troopers	FEU

Second round

Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Team	College
1	Carmina Aganon	Open Hitter		Petron Blaze Spikers	NU
2	Wensh Tiu	Open Hitter		AirAsia Flying Spikers	DLSU
3	Jill Gustilo	Libero		RC Cola Air Force Raiders	AdU
4	Charlene Gillego	Libero		Cagayan Valley Lady Rising Suns	FEU
5	Sasa Devanadera	Middle Hitter		PLDT Home TVolution Power Attackers	SSC-R
6	Michiko Castaneda	Middle Hitter		Cignal HD Spikers	UP
7	Joyce Palad	Middle Hitter		Generika-Army Lady Troopers	UP

Third round

Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Team	College
1	Mayette Zapanta	Opposite Hitter		Petron Blaze Spikers	AdU
2	May Macatuno	Setter		AirAsia Flying Spikers	AdU
3	Toni Faye Tan			RC Cola Air Force Raiders	UP

Fourth round

Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Team	College
1	Ariana Angustia	Middle Hitter		AirAsia Flying Spikers	EAC
2	Southlyn Ramos	Middle Hitter		RC Cola Air Force Raiders	UP

All-Filipino Conference

Women's Division

style=background:#FFE4C9 colspan=6	2014 PSL All-Filipino Conference teams (Women's Division)
Abbr.	Team	Company	Colors	Head coach	Team captain
align=center	AIR	align=center	AirAsia Flying Spikers	align=center	AirAsia Philippines	align=center		align=center	Ramil de Jesus	align=center	Charleen Abigail Cruz (DLSU)
align=center	CAG	align=center	Cagayan Valley Lady Rising Suns	align=center	Alvaro Antonio	align=center		align=center	Nestor Pamilar	align=center	Maria Angeli Tabaquero (UST)
align=center	CIG	align=center	Cignal HD Spikers	align=center	Cignal TV, Inc.	align=center		align=center	Sammy Acaylar	align=center	Michelle Datuin (DLSU)
align=center	GEN-PA	align=center	Generika-Army Lady Troopers	align=center	Erikagen, Inc. and Philippine Army	align=center		align=center	Enrico De Guzman	align=center	Ma. Theresa Iratay (FEU)
align=center	PET	align=center	Petron Blaze Spikers	align=center	Petron Corporation	align=center		align=center	George Pascua	align=center	Gretchen Ho (ADMU)
align=center	PLDT	align=center	PLDT Home TVolution Power Attackers	align=center	Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company	align=center		align=center	Roger Gorayeb	align=center	Suzanne Roces (UE)
align=center	RCC	align=center	RC Cola-Air Force Raiders	align=center	ARC Refreshments Corporation	align=center		align=center	Clarence Esteban	align=center	Wendy Anne Semana (FEU)

Classification round (May 16, 2014 to July 9, 2014):

Playoffs (July 13, 2014 to July 26, 2014):

Final standing:

width=40 style="background:#FFE4C9; color:black;"	Rank	width=180 style="background:#FFE4C9; color:black;"	Team
	Generika-Army Lady Troopers
	RC Cola-Air Force Raiders
	PLDT Home TVolution Power Attackers
4	AirAsia Flying Spikers
5	Petron Blaze Spikers
6	Cagayan Valley Lady Rising Suns
7	Cignal HD Spikers

Men’s Division

style=background:#FFE4C9 colspan=6	2014 PSL All-Filipino Conference teams (Men's Division)
Abbr.	Team	Company	Colors	Head coach	Team captain
align=center	CIG	align=center	Cignal HD Spikers	align=center	Cignal TV, Inc.	align=center		align=center	Michael Cariño	align=center	Dexter Clamor (UPHSD)
align=center	IEM	align=center	Instituto Estetico Manila Phoenix Volley Masters	align=center	Instituto Estetico Manila	align=center		align=center	Ernesto Balubar	align=center	John Angelo Macalma (PMMA)
align=center	PLDT	align=center	PLDT Home TVolution-Air Force Power Attackers	align=center	Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company	align=center		align=center	Jasper Jimenez	align=center	Dante Alinsunurin (AdU)
align=center	SYS	align=center	Systema Active Smashers	align=center	Peerless Lion Corporation	align=center		align=center	Oliver Almadro	align=center	André Joseph Pareja (ADMU)
align=center	VIA	align=center	Via Mare Voyagers	align=center	Via Mare Corporation	align=center		align=center	Sergio “Vip” Isada	align=center	Jerrico Hubalde (UP)

Classification round: (May 16, 2014 to July 23, 2014):

Playoffs (July 26, 2014):

Final standing:

width=40 style="background:#FFE4C9; color:black;"	Rank	width=180 style="background:#FFE4C9; color:black;"	Team
	PLDT Home TVolution-Air Force Power Attackers
	Cignal HD Spikers
	Systema Active Smashers
4	Instituto Estetico Manila Phoenix Volley Masters
5	Via Mare Voyagers

Awards

Award		Men's	Women's
MVP		Alnakran Abdilla (PLDT)	Cristina Salak (GEN-PA)
Best Outside Spiker	1st: 2nd:	Alnakran Abdilla (PLDT) Howard Mojica (CIG)	Stephanie Mercado (AIR) Joy Cases (RCC)
Best Middle Blocker	1st: 2nd:	Chris Macasaet (SYS) Alexis Faytaren (IEM)	Abigail Maraño (AIR) Mary Jean Balse (GEN-PA)
Best Setter		Jessie Lopez (PLDT)	Rhea Katrina Dimaculangan (RCC)
Best Opposite Spiker		Gilbert Ablan (CIG)	Suzanne Roces (PLDT)
Best Libero		Raffy Mosuela (PLDT)	Lizlee Ann Pantone (PLDT)

Grand Prix Conference

Women's Division

style=background:#FFE4C9 colspan=7	2014 PSL Grand Prix Conference teams (Women's Division)
Abbr.	Team	Company	Colors	Head coach	Team captain	Imports
align=center	CIG	align=center	Cignal HD Spikers	align=center	Cignal TV, Inc.	align=center		align=center	Sammy Acaylar	align=center	Honey Royse Tubino (UPHSD)	align=center	Sarah Ammerman Lindsay Stalzer
align=center	FOT	align=center	Foton Tornadoes	align=center	United Asia Automotive Group, Inc.	align=center		align=center	Ma. Vilet Ponce de Leon	align=center	Jill Gustilo (AdU)	align=center	Elena Tarasova Irina Tarasova
align=center	GEN	align=center	Generika Lifesavers	align=center	Erikagen, Inc.	align=center		align=center	Ramil de Jesus	align=center	Charleen Abigail Cruz (DLSU)	align=center	Natalia Korobkova Miyu Shinohara
align=center	MNT	align=center	Mane 'n Tail Lady Stallions	align=center	Federated Distributors, Inc.	align=center		align=center	Francis Vicente	align=center	Kaylee Manns (Iowa State)	align=center	Kristy Jaeckel Kaylee Manns
align=center	PET	align=center	Petron Blaze Spikers	align=center	Petron Corporation	align=center		align=center	George Pascua	align=center	Gretchen Ho (ADMU)	align=center	Erica Adachi Alaina Bergsma
align=center	RCC	align=center	RC Cola-Air Force Raiders	align=center	ARC Refreshments Corporation	align=center		align=center	Rhovyl Verayo	align=center	Wendy Anne Semana (FEU)	align=center	Emily Brown Bonita Wise

Classification round (October 18, 2014 to November 26, 2014):

Playoffs (November 28–30, 2014):

Final standing:

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	Petron Blaze Spikers
	Generika Lifesavers
	RC Cola-Air Force Raiders
4	Cignal HD Spikers
5	Foton Tornadoes
6	Mane 'n Tail Lady Stallions

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Qualified for the 2015 Asian Club Volleyball Championship

Men’s Division

style=background:#FFE4C9 colspan=6	2014 PSL Grand Prix Conference teams (Men's Division)
Abbr.	Team	Company	Colors	Head coach	Team captain
align=center	BEN-SYS	align=center	BENCH/ Systema Active Smashers	align=center	Suyen Corporation and Peerless Lion Corporation	align=center		align=center	Arnold Laniog	align=center	Chris Macasaet (DLSU)
align=center	CAV	align=center	Fourbees Cavite Patriots Total Attackers	align=center	(Fourbees)	align=center		align=center	Jason Sapin	align=center	Edgardo Rusit (Las Piñas College)
align=center	CIG	align=center	Cignal HD Spikers	align=center	Cignal TV, Inc.	align=center		align=center	Michael Carino	align=center	Jay dela Cruz (UPHSD)
align=center	MAY	align=center	Maybank Tigers	align=center	Maybank Philippines, Inc.	align=center		align=center	Janley Patrona	align=center	Alejandro Mallari (DLSU)
align=center	PLDT	align=center	PLDT Home Telpad-Air Force Turbo Boosters	align=center	Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company	align=center		align=center	Jasper Jimenez	align=center	Dante Alinsunurin (AdU)

Classification Round (October 22, 2014 to November 19, 2014):

Playoffs (November 20–28, 2014):

Final standing:

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	Cignal HD Spikers
	PLDT Home Telpad-Air Force Turbo Boosters
	Fourbees Cavite Patriots Total Attackers
4	Maybank Tigers
5	BENCH/ Systema Active Smashers

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Qualified for the 2015 Asian Club Volleyball Championship

Awards

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

Venues

All-Filipino Conference:

• Cuneta Astrodome
• University of San Carlos gymnasium

Grand Prix Conference:

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

Brand ambassador

• Gretchen Ho

Broadcast partner

• Solar Sports

Notes and References

1. Web site: PSL teams name 'protected players' for upcoming conference - Solar Sports Desk. solarsportsdesk.ph. 2014-09-18.
2. Web site: Petron selects NU's Santiago as No. 1 pick in PSL draft; AirAsia makes La Salle's Maraño No. 2 - Solar Sports Desk. solarsportsdesk.ph. 2014-09-18.