2018 PSL season

2018 PSL season
Duration	February 17 – December 21 2018
TV partner(s)	TV5, AksyonTV, Hyper, ESPN5.com
Draft
Top draft pick	(no draft)
Conferences
Grand Prix champions	Women's: Petron Blaze Spikers; Men's: (no tournament)
Runners-up	Women's: F2 Logistics Cargo Movers
Beach Challenge champions	Women's: Petron; Men's: Foton
Runners-up	Women's: Sta. Lucia (Team A); Men's: SM Sands
Invitationals champions	Women's: F2 Logistics Cargo Movers; Men's: (no tournament)
Runners-up	Women's: Petron Blaze Spikers
All-Filipino champions	Women's: Petron Blaze Spikers; Men's: (no tournament)
Runners-up	Women's: F2 Logistics Cargo Movers; Men's: (no tournament)
Seasons
	< 2017 2019 >

The 2018 PSL season was the sixth season of the Philippine Super Liga (PSL). It introduced its first all-star weekend and a fourth indoor tournament, the Collegiate Grand Slam Conference, featuring collegiate women's teams.[1]

Indoor Volleyball

Grand Prix

2018 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	Jeane Horton Sonja Milanović
CCL	COCOLIFE Asset Managers	United Coconut Planters Life Assurance Corporation		Moro Branislav	Sara Klisura	Taylor Milton (withdrew) Sara Klisura Marta Drpa
F2L	F2 Logistics Cargo Movers	F2 Global Logistics Inc.		Arnold Laniog	Charleen Cruz-Behag	Kennedy Lynne Bryan María José Pérez Minami Yoshioka
FOT	Foton Tornadoes Blue Energy	United Asia Automotive Group, Inc.		Rommel Abella	Aleona Denise Santiago-Manabat	Brooke Kranda (withdrew) Elizabeth Wendel Katarina Vukomanović Channon Thompson
GAL	Generika-Ayala Lifesavers	Actimed, Inc.		Sherwin Meneses	Angeli Pauline Araneta	Darlene Ramdin Symone Hayden Kimberly Gutierrez
PET	Petron Blaze Spikers	Petron Corporation		Cesael delos Santos	Lindsay Stalzer	Hillary Hurley (withdrew) Lindsay Stalzer Yuri Fukuda Katherine Bell
SMA	Smart Prepaid Giga Hitters	Smart Communications		Ronald Dulay	Janet Serafica	Gyselle Silva Sanja Trivunović
SLR	Sta. Lucia Lady Realtors	Sta. Lucia Realty and Development Corporation		George Pascua	Pamela Tricia Lastimosa	Bohdana Anisova Kristen Moncks Marisa Field

Standing:

Rank	Team	Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
Rank	Team	W	L	Pts	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	F2 Logistics Cargo Movers	9	1	27	28	6	4.667	823	649	1.268
2	Petron Blaze Spikers	9	1	25	27	12	2.250	876	783	1.119
3	Cocolife Asset Managers	6	4	18	21	17	1.235	837	822	1.018
4	Foton Tornadoes	5	5	16	20	21	0.952	907	918	0.988
5	Sta. Lucia Lady Realtors	5	5	14	20	19	1.053	876	865	1.013
6	Cignal HD Spikers	3	7	9	14	23	0.609	829	844	0.982
7	Generika-Ayala Lifesavers	3	7	8	14	25	0.560	769	897	0.857
8	Smart Prepaid Giga Hitters	0	10	3	9	30	0.300	785	924	0.850

Playoffs:

Quarter-finals One-game playoff		Semi-finals One-game playoff		Finals Best-of-three series



Foton	1

Sta. Lucia	0
		Foton	0

		F2 Logistics	1
F2 Logistics	1

Smart	0
				F2 Logistics	1

				Petron	2
Petron	1

Generika-Ayala	0
		Petron	1

		COCOLIFE	0	Bronze medal match
COCOLIFE	1

Cignal	0
				COCOLIFE	0

				Foton	1

Final standing:

Rank	Team
	Petron Blaze Spikers
	F2 Logistics Cargo Movers
	Foton Tornadoes Blue Energy
4	COCOLIFE Asset Managers
5	Sta. Lucia Lady Realtors
6	Cignal HD Spikers
7	Generika-Ayala Lifesavers
8	Smart Prepaid Giga Hitters

Awards:

Award		Name/Team
MVP		Lindsay Stalzer (Petron)
Best Outside Spiker	1st:	Sara Klisura (Cocolife)
Best Outside Spiker	2nd:	María José Pérez (F2 Logistics)
Best Middle Blocker	1st:	Abigail Maraño (F2 Logistics)
Best Middle Blocker	2nd:	Mika Aereen Reyes (Petron)
Best Opposite Spiker	1st:	Elizabeth Ann Wendel (Foton)
Best Opposite Spiker	2nd:	Kennedy Lynne Bryan (F2 Logistics)
Best Setter		Kim Fajardo (F2 Logistics)
Best Libero	1st:	Minami Yoshioka (F2 Logistics)
Best Libero	2nd:	Katarina Vukomanović (Foton)
Best Scorer in a Match		Gyselle de la Caridad Silva (SMART Prepaid), 56 points

Invitational

2018 PSL Invitational Cup teams
Abbr.	Team	Company	Colors	Head Coach	Team Captain
CHE	Cherrylume Iron Lady Warriors	Mileage Asia Corporation		Rodrigo Roque	Lhara May Clavano
CIG	Cignal HD Spikers	Cignal TV, Inc.		Edgar Barroga	Rachel Anne Daquis
CCL	COCOLIFE Asset Managers	United Coconut Planters Life Assurance Corporation		Moro Branislav	Aerieal Patnogon
FTL	F2 Logistics Cargo Movers	F2 Global Logistics Inc.		Ramil de Jesus	Charleen Cruz-Behag
FOT	Foton Tornadoes Blue Energy	United Asia Automotive Group, Inc.		Rommel Abella	Maika Angela Ortiz
GAL	Generika-Ayala Lifesavers	Actimed, Inc.		Sherwin Meneses	Angeli Pauline Araneta
PET	Petron Blaze Spikers	Petron Corporation		Cesael delos Santos	Frances Xinia Molina
SMA	Smart-Army Giga Hitters	Smart Communications		Emilio Reyes, Jr.	Mary Jean Balse-Pabayo
SLR	Sta. Lucia Lady Realtors	Sta. Lucia Realty and Development Corporation		George Pascua	Pamela Lastimosa
UPU	UP-United Auctioneers Lady Fighting Maroons	United Auctioneers, Inc.		Godfrey Okumu	Ma. Arielle Estrañero

Group A standing:

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Petron Blaze Spikers	10	3	1	11	5	2.200	385	328	1.174
2	F2 Logistics Cargo Movers	9	3	1	10	3	3.333	310	260	1.192
3	Generika-Ayala Lifesavers	7	3	1	9	8	1.125	375	360	1.042
4	Foton Tornadoes Blue Energy	4	1	3	6	10	0.600	338	356	0.949
5	UP-United Auctioneers Lady Fighting Maroons	0	0	4	2	12	0.167	242	346	0.699

Group B standing:

Rank	Team	Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
Rank	Team	W	L	Pts	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Cignal HD Spikers	4	0	11	12	3	4.000	355	311	1.141
2	Smart-Army Giga Hitters	3	1	9	9	4	2.250	301	255	1.180
3	Sta. Lucia Lady Realtors	2	2	7	8	7	1.143	328	334	0.982
4	COCOLIFE Asset Managers	1	3	3	5	10	0.500	335	349	0.960
5	Cherrylume Iron Lady Warriors	0	4	0	2	12	0.167	272	342	0.795

Advanced to the semifinals

Playoffs:

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

A1

PET

3

A3

GEN

0

B2

SMA

0

B2

SMA

3

A1

PET

2

A2

FTL

3

B1

CIG

0

A2

FTL

3

A2

FTL

3

B3

SLR

1

Final standing:

Rank	Team
	F2 Logistics Cargo Movers
	Petron Blaze Spikers
	Cignal HD Spikers
4	Smart–Army Giga Hitters
5	Generika-Ayala Lifesavers
6	Sta. Lucia Lady Realtors
7	Foton Tornadoes Blue Energy
8	UP - United Auctioneers Inc. Lady Maroons
9	UE - Cherrylume Iron Lady Warriors
10	COCOLIFE Asset Managers

Individual awards:

Award		Name/Team
MVP		Victonara Galang (F2 Logistics)
Best Outside Spiker	1st:	Rachel Anne Daquis (Cignal)
Best Outside Spiker	2nd:	Cherry Ann Rondina (Petron)
Best Middle Blocker	1st:	Mika Aereen Reyes (Petron)
Best Middle Blocker	2nd:	Mary Joy Baron (F2 Logistics)
Best Opposite Spiker		Aiza Maizo-Pontillas (Petron)
Best Setter		Kim Fajardo (F2 Logistics)
Best Libero		Dawn Nicole Macandili (F2 Logistics)
Best Scorer		Patty Jane Orendain (Generika-Ayala)

All-Filipino

2018 PSL All Filipino Conference teams
Abbr.	Team	Company	Colors	Head Coach	Team Captain
CIG	Cignal HD Spikers	Cignal TV, Inc.		Edgar Barroga	Rachel Anne Daquis
CCL	COCOLIFE Asset Managers	United Coconut Planters Life Assurance Corporation		Moro Branislav	Aerieal Patnogon
FTL	F2 Logistics Cargo Movers	F2 Global Logistics Inc.		Ramil de Jesus	Charleen Cruz-Behag
FOT	Foton Tornadoes Blue Energy	United Asia Automotive Group, Inc.		Edjet Mabbayad	Maika Angela Ortiz
GAL	Generika-Ayala Lifesavers	Actimed, Inc.		Sherwin Meneses	Angeli Pauline Araneta
PET	Petron Blaze Spikers	Petron Corporation		Cesael delos Santos	Frances Xinia Molina
SLR	Sta. Lucia Lady Realtors	Sta. Lucia Realty and Development Corporation		George Pascua	Pamela Lastimosa
SMA	Smart Giga Hitters	Smart Communications		Roger Gorayeb	Aiko Sweet Urdas

Preliminary round:

Rank	Team	Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
Rank	Team	W	L	Pts	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Petron Blaze Spikers	7	0	21	21	2	10.500	572	387	1.478
2	F2 Logistics Cargo Movers	5	2	15	17	6	2.833	541	431	1.255
3	Foton Tornadoes Blue Energy	5	2	14	16	11	1.455	576	569	1.012
4	Generika-Ayala Lifesavers	4	3	14	16	11	1.455	597	543	1.099
5	Cignal HD Spikers	4	3	10	13	13	1.000	559	553	1.011
6	Smart Giga Hitters	2	5	5	6	17	0.353	450	535	0.841
7	Cocolife Asset Managers	1	6	4	9	20	0.450	563	650	0.866
8	Sta. Lucia Lady Realtors	0	7	1	3	21	0.143	388	578	0.671

Second round Group A:

Rank	Team	Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
Rank	Team	W	L	Pts	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1(1)	Petron Blaze Spikers	10	0	30	30	3	10.000	819	551	1.486
2(4)	Foton Tornadoes Blue Energy	6	4	17	20	18	1.111	791	825	0.959
3(6)	Smart Giga Hitters	4	6	11	12	20	0.600	648	729	0.889
4(8)	Sta. Lucia Lady Realtors	0	10	1	4	30	0.133	595	828	0.719

Second round Group B:

Rank	Team	Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
Rank	Team	W	L	Pts	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1(2)	F2 Logistics Cargo Movers	8	2	24	26	7	3.714	789	607	1.300
2(3)	Generika-Ayala Lifesavers	6	4	20	22	15	1.467	825	738	1.118
3(5)	Cignal HD Spikers	5	5	13	18	20	0.900	811	837	0.969
4(7)	Cocolife Asset Managers	1	9	4	10	29	0.345	737	897	0.822

Playoffs:

Quarter-finals One-game playoff		Semi-finals Twice-to-beat higher seed		Finals Best-of-three series



PET	3

SLR	0
		PET	3

		CHD	0
FOT	1

CHD	3
				PET	2

				FTL	1
FTL	3

CCL	0
		FTL	3

		GAL	2	Bronze medal match
GAL	3

SMA	0
				GAL	3

				CHD	0

Final standing:

Rank	Team
	Petron Blaze Spikers
	F2 Logistics Cargo Movers
	Generika-Ayala Lifesavers
4	Cignal HD Spikers
5	Foton Tornadoes Blue Energy
6	Smart Giga Hitters
7	COCOLIFE Asset Managers
8	Sta. Lucia Lady Realtors

Individual awards:

Award		Name/Team
MVP		Rhea Dimaculangan (Petron Blaze Spikers)[2]
Best Outside Spiker	1st:	Rachel Anne Daquis (Cignal HD Spikers)
Best Outside Spiker	2nd:	Patty Jane Orendain (Generika-Ayala Lifesavers)
Best Middle Blocker	1st:	Ria Meneses (Generika-Ayala Lifesavers)
Best Middle Blocker	2nd:	Mary Joy Baron (F2 Logistics Cargo Movers)
Best Opposite Spiker		Aiza Maizo-Pontillas (Petron Blaze Spikers)
Best Setter		Kim Fajardo (F2 Logistics Cargo Movers)
Best Libero		Kath Arado (Generika-Ayala Lifesavers)
Best Scorer		Mylene Paat (Cignal HD Spikers)

Collegiate Grand Slam

2018 PSL Collegiate Grand Slam Conference teams
Abbr.	Team	School	Colors	Head Coach	Team Captain
CSA	CSA-Biñan Eagles	Colegio San Agustin – Biñan		Rey Anthony Beniga	Kristine Charlotte Hammond
DLD	DLSU-D Lady Patriots	De La Salle University – Dasmariñas		Joven Racelis	Eunice Gercie Castillo
FEU	FEU Lady Tamaraws	Far Eastern University		Rei Diaz Jr.	Lycha Ebon
UEC	UE Lady Warriors	University of the East		Rodrigo Roque	Roselle Baliton
UPD	UP Lady Fighting Maroons	University of the Philippines		Godfrey Okumu	Diana Mae Carlos
UST	UST Golden Tigresses	University of Santo Tomas		Emilio Reyes Jr.	Christine Dianne Francisco

Preliminary round:

Rank	Team	Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
Rank	Team	W	L	Pts	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	UST Tigresses	5	0	15	15	2	7.500	409	301	1.359
2	UP Lady Maroons	4	1	12	12	5	2.400	407	345	1.180
3	UE Lady Warriors	2	3	7	10	9	1.111	432	384	1.125
4	FEU Lady Tamaraws	2	3	6	9	11	0.818	398	410	0.971
5	DLSU-D Lady Patriots	1	4	3	3	13	0.231	298	383	0.778
6	CSA-Biñan Eagles	1	4	2	5	14	0.357	323	444	0.727

Final standing:

Rank	Team
	UP Lady Fighting Maroons
	UST Tigresses
	UE Lady Warriors
4	FEU Lady Tamaraws
5	DLSU-D Lady Patriots
6	CSA-Biñan Eagles

Individual awards:

Award		Name (team)
Most Valuable Player		Diana Mae Carlos (University of the Philippines)[3]
Best Outside Spiker	1st:	Diana Mae Carlos (University of the Philippines)
Best Outside Spiker	2nd:	Mary Ann Mendrez (University of the East)
Best Middle Blocker	1st:	Aieshalaine Gannaban (University of the Philippines)
Best Middle Blocker	2nd:	Christine Dianne Francisco (University of Santo Tomas)
Best Opposite Spiker		Ejiya Laure (University of Santo Tomas)
Best Setter		Laizah Ann Bendong (University of the East)
Best Libero		Kathleen Faith Arado (University of the East)
Best Scorer		Milena Alessandrini (University of Santo Tomas)

Beach Volleyball

Women's

2018 PSL Beach Volleyball Challenge Cup teams (Women's Division)
Abbr.	Team	Company	Colors	Players
CIG	Cignal HD Spikers	Cignal TV, Inc.		Team A: Mylene Paat and Raphil Aguilar Team B: Cherry May Vivas and Jannine Navarro
CCL	COCOLIFE Asset Managers	United Coconut Planters Life Assurance Corporation		Team A: Danika Gendrauli and Nerissa Bautista Team B: Marge Tejada and Alexandria Denice Tan
F2L	F2 Logistics Cargo Movers	F2 Global Logistics Inc.		Fritz Joy Gallenero and Michelle Morente
FOT	Foton Tornadoes Blue Energy	United Asia Automotive Group, Inc.		Maria Nieza Viray and Jiziela Viray
GEN	Generika-Ayala Lifesavers	Erikagen, Inc.		Team A: Patty Jane Orendain and Fiola Ceballos Team B: Sheeka Gin Espinosa and Shiela Marie Pineda
PET	Petron XCS	Petron Corporation		Cherry Ann Rondina and Bernadeth Pons
SMA	Smart Prepaid Giga Hitters	Smart Communications		Maria Cecilla Bangad and Caitlin Viray
SLR	Sta. Lucia Lady Realtors	Sta. Lucia Realty and Development Corporation		Team A: Dhannylaine Demontano and Jackielyn Estoquia Team B: Jonah Sabete and Bianca Lizares

Playoffs:

Quarter-finals					Semi-finals				Final


B1	Sta. Lucia "A"	21	21

C2	Cignal "B"	8	13
					B1	Sta. Lucia "A"	21	21

					D1	F2 Logistics	11	15
D1	F2 Logistics	18	21	16

B2	Cignal "A"	21	15	14
									B1	Sta. Lucia "A"	8	11

									A1	Petron	21	21
A1	Petron	21	21

D2	Sta. Lucia "B"	5	11
					A1	Petron	21	21	Bronze medal match

					A2	Generika-Ayala "A"	9	16
C1	Foton	21	21						D1	F2 Logistics	7	14

A2	Generika-Ayala "A"	9	16						A2	Generika-Ayala "A"	21	21

Final standing:

Rank	Team
	Petron XCS
	Sta. Lucia Lady Realtors (Team A)
	Generika-Ayala Lifesavers (Team A)
4	F2 Logistics Cargo Movers
5	Foton Tornadoes
6	Cignal HD Spikers (Team A)
7	Sta. Lucia Lady Realtors (Team B)
8	Cignal HD Spikers (Team B)

2018 Philippine Super Liga Beach Challenge Cup
Petron XCS
2nd title (Beach)
Team Roster Cherry Rondina and Bernadeth Pons

Men's

2018 PSL Beach Volleyball Challenge Cup teams (Men's Division)
Abbr.	Team	Company	Colors	Players
CIG	Cignal HD Spikers	Cignal TV, Inc.		Mika Abria and Jessie Lopez
CCL	COCOLIFE Asset Managers	United Coconut Planters Life Assurance Corporation		Joshua Ylaya and JP Pareja
FOT	Foton Tornadoes Blue Energy	United Asia Automotive Group, Inc.		Kris Roy de Guzman and Lemuel Arbasto
NVY	Philippine Navy	Philippine Navy		Alsali Pajiji and Milover Parcon
SMA	Smart Prepaid Giga Hitters	Smart Communications		Philip Michael Bagalay and Gregory Utupo
SND	Sands SM by the Bay	SM Prime Holdings		Bryan Bagunas and James Natividad
TVM	Team Volleyball Manila	Team Volleyball Manila		Joven Camaganakan and Joseph Tipay
UST	UST Growling Tigers	University of Santo Tomas		Ian Lester Lee and Romnick Rico

Playoffs:

Semifinals		Final

26 May

Sands SM	2
		27 May
Smart	0
		Sands SM	0
26 May
		Foton	2
Cignal	0

Foton	2
		3rd place match

		27 May

		Smart	2

		Cignal	0

Final standing:

Rank	Team
	Foton Tornadoes
	Sands SM by the Bay
	Smart Prepaid Giga Hitters
4	Cignal HD Spikers
5
6
7
8

2018 Philippine Super Liga Beach Challenge Cup
Foton Tornadoes
1st title (Beach)
Team Roster Lemuel Arbasto and Kris Roy Guzman

All-star weekend

The PSL staged its all-star weekend at Silay, Negros Occidental on May 18 to 19, 2018, where two all-star games were played. The games were not televised.[4]

Brand ambassador

Aby Maraño (2017 to 2018)[5]
Rachel Anne Daquis (2018 to 2019)[6]

Broadcast partners

TV5, AksyonTV, ESPN5.com

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References

Lopez, Mark Edward (17 October 2018). "4 UAAP, 2 non-UAAP teams to join PSL Collegiate Grand Slam". Fox Sports PH. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
Naredo, Camille (20 December 2018). "PSL: After leading Petron to glory, Rhea Dimaculangan claims MVP plum". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
Lopez, Mark Edward (20 December 2018). "Tots Carlos earns MVP plum in PSL Collegiate Grand Slam". Fox Sports PH. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
"PSL heads to Silay for All-Star festivities". ESPN5. 18 May 2018. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
Escarlote, Mark (October 18, 2017). "Vision ko na makaenggayo ng mga babae na sumabak sa sports – Tyang Aby". ABS-CBN Sports. Retrieved January 15, 2019.
Lopez, Mark Edward (November 3, 2018). "Look: Rachel Anne Daquis is PSL's new ambassador". Fox Sports PH. Retrieved January 15, 2019.

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[1] Lopez, Mark Edward (17 October 2018). "4 UAAP, 2 non-UAAP teams to join PSL Collegiate Grand Slam". Fox Sports PH. Retrieved 21 February 2019.

[21_Dec-2] Naredo, Camille (20 December 2018). "PSL: After leading Petron to glory, Rhea Dimaculangan claims MVP plum". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved 21 December 2018.

[3] Lopez, Mark Edward (20 December 2018). "Tots Carlos earns MVP plum in PSL Collegiate Grand Slam". Fox Sports PH. Retrieved 20 December 2018.

[4] "PSL heads to Silay for All-Star festivities". ESPN5. 18 May 2018. Retrieved 18 May 2018.

[5] Escarlote, Mark (October 18, 2017). "Vision ko na makaenggayo ng mga babae na sumabak sa sports – Tyang Aby". ABS-CBN Sports. Retrieved January 15, 2019.

[6] Lopez, Mark Edward (November 3, 2018). "Look: Rachel Anne Daquis is PSL's new ambassador". Fox Sports PH. Retrieved January 15, 2019.