2014 Philippine Super Liga Grand Prix

2014 Philippine Super Liga Grand Prix
2014 Philippine Super Liga Grand Prix
Duration	October 18 – November 30, 2014
Teams	Women's: 6 ; Men's: 5
TV partner(s)	Solar Sports
Women's division
Champions	Petron Blaze Spikers
Runners-up	Generika Lifesavers
Third place	RC Cola–Air Force Raiders
Fourth place	Cignal HD Spikers
MVP	Alaina Bergsma
Best OH	Lindsay Stalzer ; Emily Brown
Best MB	Aby Maraño ; Dindin Santiago
Best OPP	Natalia Korobkova
Best Setter	Erica Adachi
Best Libero	Jennylyn Reyes
Men's division
Champions	Cignal HD Spikers
Runners-up	PLDT Home Telpad–Air Force Turbo Boosters
Third place	Fourbees Cavite Patriots Total Attackers
Fourth place	Maybank Tigers
MVP	Lorenzo Capate Jr.
Best OH	Alnakran Abdilla ; Lorenzo Capate Jr.
Best MB	Antonio Torres ; Reyson Fuentes
Best OPP	Gilbert Ablan
Best Setter	Alegro Carpio
Best Libero	Sandy Montero
PSL Grand Prix chronology
	< 2013 2015 >
PSL conference chronology
	< 2014 All-Filipino 2015 All-Filipino >

Second conference of the 2014 Philippine Super Liga season

The 2014 Philippine Super Liga Grand Prix was the fourth conference of the Philippine Super Liga and the second conference of the 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.

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 Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship and Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship, respectively.

Women's division

2014 PSL Grand Prix women's division teams
Abbr.	Team	Company	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

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
Cignal HD		Shorts
Foton		Jersey
Foton		Shorts
Generika		Jersey
Generika		Shorts
Mane 'n Tail		Jersey
Mane 'n Tail		Shorts
Petron Blaze		Jersey
Petron Blaze		Shorts
RC Cola-Air Force		Jersey
RC Cola-Air Force		Shorts

Format

Classification round

The classification round was a double round-robin tournament, with each team playing two matches against all other teams in their pool for a total of ten matches.
The top four teams advanced to the semifinals while teamks ranked fifth and sixth would place in the fifth-place match.

Semifinals

The semifinals also single-elimination matches.
The match-ups were be as follows:
- SF1: #1 vs. #4
- SF2: #2 vs. #3
The winners advanced to the championship match while the losers would play in the third-place match.

Finals

The championship, third-place, and fifth-place matches were all single-elimination.
The match-ups were be as follows:
- Championship match: Semifinal round winners
- Third-place match: Semifinal round losers
- Fifth-place match: #5 vs. #6

Classification round

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Petron Blaze Spikers	10	8	2	24	27	14	1.929	950	861	1.103	Semifinals
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	Fifth place match
6	Foton Tornadoes	10	3	7	9	14	24	0.583	779	862	0.904	Fifth place match

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			Championship

1	Petron	3

4	Cignal	0
			1	Petron	3

			2	Generika	1
2	Generika	3

3	RC Cola–Air Force	0	Third place match


			4	Cignal	1

			3	RC Cola–Air Force	3

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

Finals

Fifth place match

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

Third 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

Championship match

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 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 men's division teams
Abbr.	Team	Company	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)

Format

Classification round

The classification round was a single round-robin tournament, with each team playing one match against all other teams in their pool for a total of four matches.
The top four teams advanced to the semifinals while the fifth-place team was eliminated.

Semifinals

The semifinals featured single-elimination matches.
The match-ups were be as follows:
- SF1: #1 vs. #4
- SF2: #2 vs. #3
The winners advanced to the championship match while the losers would play in the third-place match.

Finals

Both the championship and third-place matches were all single-elimination.
The match-ups were be as follows:
- Championship match: Semifinal round winners
- Third-place match: Semifinal round losers

Classification round

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	PLDT Home Telpad-Air Force Turbo Boosters	4	4	0	12	12	2	6.000	363	286	1.269	Semifinals
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	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			Championship

1	PLDT–Air Force	3

4	Maybank	0
			1	PLDT–Air Force	0

			2	Cignal	3
2	Cignal	3

3	Fourbees Cavite	2	Third place match


			4	Maybank	0

			3	Fourbees Cavite	3

Semifinals

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

Finals

Third place match

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

Championship match

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 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)
Best Outside Spiker	2nd:	Lorenzo Capate Jr. (CIG)	Emily Brown (RCC)
Best Middle Blocker	1st:	Antonio Torres (CAV)	Abigail Maraño (GEN)
Best Middle Blocker	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)

Venues

Broadcast partner

Solar Sports

References

^ "PSL Grand Prix starts on October 18! - Philippine SuperLiga". Archived from the original on October 10, 2014. Retrieved September 16, 2014.
^ "DotPH domains available portal". Archived from the original on September 30, 2014.
^ "Three new teams vie for honors in import-laced Superliga Grand Prix".
^ "Army out of PSL Grand Prix, Generika takes over Air Asia – Rivals Sports Network". rivals.ph. Archived from the original on September 20, 2014. Retrieved June 6, 2022.
^ "Four returning squads, two new teams battle for PSL Grand Prix women's crown".

[1] "PSL Grand Prix starts on October 18! - Philippine SuperLiga". Archived from the original on October 10, 2014. Retrieved September 16, 2014.

[2] "DotPH domains available portal". Archived from the original on September 30, 2014.

[3] "Three new teams vie for honors in import-laced Superliga Grand Prix".

[4] "Army out of PSL Grand Prix, Generika takes over Air Asia – Rivals Sports Network". rivals.ph. Archived from the original on September 20, 2014. Retrieved June 6, 2022.

[5] "Four returning squads, two new teams battle for PSL Grand Prix women's crown".