2014 Philippine Super Liga season

Sports season

2014 PSL season
Duration	May 16, 2014 - November 30, 2014
Number of teams	Women's: 6 Men's: 4
TV partner(s)	Solar Sports
Top draft pick	Aleona Denise Santiago (NU)
Picked by	Petron Blaze Spikers
Season 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)
All-Filipino champions	Women's: Generika-Army Lady Troopers Men's: PLDT Home TVolution-Air Force Power Attackers
All-Filipino runners-up	Women's: RC Cola-Air Force Raiders Men's: Cignal HD Spikers
Grand Prix champions	Women's: Petron Blaze Spikers Men's:Cignal HD Spikers
Grand Prix runners-up	Women's: Generika Lifesavers Men's:PLDT Home Telpad-Air Force Turbo Boosters
Seasons
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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]

Draft selections

First round

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

Second round

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

Third round

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

Fourth round

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

All-Filipino Conference

Women's Division

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

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR
1	Generika-Army Lady Troopers	6	4	2	13	15	8	1.875	546	492	1.110
2	RC Cola-Air Force Raiders	6	4	2	11	13	8	1.625	480	442	1.086
3	Petron Blaze Spikers	6	4	2	11	13	10	1.300	439	404	1.087
4	AirAsia Flying Spikers	6	4	2	11	13	10	1.300	415	427	0.972
5	Cagayan Valley Lady Rising Suns	6	2	4	7	10	13	0.769	512	514	0.996
6	PLDT Home TVolution Power Attackers	6	2	4	6	9	12	0.750	532	584	0.911
7	Cignal HD Spikers	5	1	4	4	5	13	0.385	453	521	0.869

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

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

Quarterfinals			Semifinals			Finals

			1	GEN-PA	3
4	AIR	3	4	AIR	0
5	CAG	2				1	GEN-PA	3
						2	RCC	0
			2	RCC	3
3	PET	1	6	PLDT	2
6	PLDT	3

Final standing:

Rank	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

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

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR
1	PLDT Home TVolution-Air Force Power Attackers	8	8	0	23	24	5	4.800	703	556	1.264
2	Cignal HD Spikers	8	6	2	16	16	12	1.333	700	690	1.014
3	Systema Active Smashers	8	3	5	10	15	18	0.833	620	617	1.005
4	Instituto Estetico Manila Phoenix Volley Masters	8	3	5	10	12	15	0.800	590	607	0.972
5	Via Mare Voyagers	8	0	8	1	5	24	0.208	683	826	0.827

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Playoffs (July 26, 2014):

Finals

1	PLDT	3

2	CIG	0

Final standing:

Rank	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

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

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]}

Playoffs (November 28–30, 2014):

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

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

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 Carino	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 (October 22, 2014 to November 19, 2014):

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]}

Playoffs (November 20–28, 2014):

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

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

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:

Grand Prix Conference:

Brand ambassador

Gretchen Ho

Broadcast partner

Solar Sports

References

^ "PSL teams name 'protected players' for upcoming conference - Solar Sports Desk". solarsportsdesk.ph. Retrieved 2014-09-18.
^ "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. Retrieved 2014-09-18.