2014 PSL Grand Prix Conference

2014 PSL Grand Prix Conference Finals
Arena(s)	Cuneta Astrodome
Finals MVP	Lorenzo Capate Jr.
Winning coach	Michael Cariño
Semifinalists	Maybank Tigers; Fourbees Cavite Patriots Total Attackers
TV network(s)	Solar Sports
Arena(s)	RC Cola-Air Force Raiders; Cignal HD Spikers
TV network(s)	Solar Sports

The 2014 PSL Grand Prix was the second tournament 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

PLDT Home TVolution Power Attackers^[2] and the Instituto Estetico Manila Phoenix Volley Masters

.

New teams for this conference were the

Systema Active Smashers played as the "BENCH/ Systema Active Smashers" (in partnership with clothing retailer, BENCH/).^[5]

The champions of this tournament - the

AVC Club Volleyball Championships

.

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

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]

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		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

Rank 5

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

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

3rd-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

Finals

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 Conference 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 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	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)

Classification round

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]}

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		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

Semi-finals

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

3rd place

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

Men's Finals

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 Conference 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)	PET )
Best Outside Spiker	1st:	Alnakran Abdilla ( PLDT )	Lindsay Stalzer (CIG)
Best Outside Spiker	2nd:	Lorenzo Capate Jr. (CIG)	RCC )
Best Middle Blocker	1st:	Antonio Torres (CAV)	GEN )
Best Middle Blocker	2nd:	Reyson Fuentes (CIG)	PET )
Best Opposite Spiker		Gilbert Ablan (CIG)	GEN )
Best Setter		Alegro Carpio (CAV)	PET )
Best Libero		Sandy Montero (CIG)	PET )

Team 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

Venues

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

Broadcast partner

Solar Sports

References

^ "PSL Grand Prix starts on October 18! - Philippine SuperLiga". Archived from the original on 2014-10-10. Retrieved 2014-09-16.
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^ "Four returning squads, two new teams battle for PSL Grand Prix women's crown".

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