2013 Philippine Super Liga season

2013 PSL season
Duration	July 7, 2013 - December 14, 2013
Number of teams	Women's: 6 Men's: 4
TV partner(s)	Solar Sports
Season MVP	Women's: Invitational: Venus Bernal (CIG) Grand Prix: Wanitchaya Luangtonglang (TMS-PA) Men's: Grand Prix: Kheeno Franco (DSL)
Invitational champions	Women's: TMS-Philippine Army Lady Troopers
Invitational runners-up	Women's: Cignal HD Spikers
Grand Prix champions	Women's: TMS-Philippine Army Lady Troopers Men's: PLDT myDSL Speed Boosters
Grand Prix runners-up	Women's: Cignal HD Spikers Men's: Systema Active Smashers

The 2013 PSL Season was the maiden season of the Philippine Super Liga (PSL), the first professional volleyball league in the Philippines. The PSL began as a women's league during its inaugural tournament, the Invitational conference. A men's division was added for the succeeding tournament, the Grand Prix conference.^[1][2]

The TMS-Philippine Army Lady Troopers were the first PSL champions, winning both tournaments held during the season. For the men's division, the PLDT myDSL Speed Boosters emerged as the first champions.

Invitational Conference

Further information: 2013 PSL Invitational Conference

The Invitational Conference, held from July 7, 2013^[3] to July 28, 2013. It was the maiden tournament of the PSL.

2013 PSL Invitational Conference teams (Women's Division)
Abbr.	Team	Company	Colors	Head coach	Team captain
CAG	Cagayan Valley Lady Rising Suns	Alvaro Antonio		Nestor Pamilar	Wendy Anne Semana (FEU)
CIG	Cignal HD Spikers	Cignal TV, Inc.		Sammy Acaylar	Venus Bernal (UST)
PCSO	PCSO Bingo Milyonaryo Puffins	Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office		Ronald Dulay	Ivy Remulla (DLSU)
PET	Petron Blaze Spikers	Petron Corporation		Vilet Ponce-De Leon	Roxanne Pimentel-So (UST)
PLDT	PLDT myDSL Speed Boosters	Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company		Francis Vicente	Lou Ann Latigay (SSC-R)
TMS-PA	TMS-Philippine Army Lady Troopers	TMS Ship Agencies, Inc. and Philippine Army		Enrico De Guzman	Joanne Bunag (FEU)

Classification round (July 7, 2013 to July 17, 2013):

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR
1	TMS-Philippine Army Lady Troopers	5	4	1	12	14	6	2.333	469	373	1.257
2	Cignal HD Spikers	5	3	2	9	11	7	1.571	415	406	1.022
3	Petron Blaze Spikers	5	3	2	9	9	9	1.000	397	407	0.975
4	Cagayan Valley Lady Rising Suns	5	3	2	7	10	11	0.909	456	463	0.985
5	PLDT myDSL Speed Boosters	5	1	4	4	8	13	0.615	456	483	0.944
6	PCSO Bingo Milyonaryo Puffins	5	1	4	4	7	13	0.538	391	452	0.865

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Playoffs (July 21, 2013 to July 28, 2013):

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
						1	TMS-PA	3
	4	CAG	3			4	CAG	2
	5	PLDT	0								1	TMS-PA	3
											2	CIG	1
						2	CIG	3
	3	PET	3			3	PET	0
	6	PCSO	2

Final standing: Rank Team TMS-Philippine Army Lady Troopers Cignal HD Spikers Petron Blaze Spikers 4 Cagayan Valley Lady Rising Suns 5 PLDT myDSL Speed Boosters 6 PCSO Bingo Milyonaryo Puffins

Awards Award Awardee MVP Venus Bernal (CIG) Best Spiker Honey Royse Tubino (CIG) Best Blocker Cristina Salak (TMS-PA) Best Scorer Ma. Paulina Soriano (PLDT) Best Server Sandra delos Santos (CAG) Best Setter Arriane Argarin (CIG) Best Digger Angelique Dionela (CAG) Best Receiver Jennylyn Reyes (CIG)

Grand Prix Conference

Further information: 2013 PSL Grand Prix Conference

The Grand Prix Conference was held from November 10, 2013 to December 14, 2013. For this conference (women's), each team was allowed to include two import players^[4] in the line up.^[5][6] A men's division was also introduced.^[7][8]

Women's division

Five teams from the Invitational conference continued in the Grand Prix conference. The PCSO Bingo Milyonaryo Puffins were replaced by the RC Cola Raiders.

2013 PSL Grand Prix Conference teams (Women's Division)
Abbr.	Team	Company	Colors	Head coach	Team captain	Imports
CAG	Cagayan Valley Lady Rising Suns	Alvaro Antonio		Nestor Pamilar	Maria Angeli Tabaquero (UST)	Wanida Khotrueng Patcharee Sangmuang
CIG	Cignal HD Spikers	Cignal TV, Inc.		Sammy Acaylar	Michelle Datuin (DLSU)	Zhanzhan Li Lei Xie
PET	Petron Blaze Spikers	Petron Corporation		Vilet Ponce-De Leon	Karla Bello (ADMU)	Shinako Tanaka Misao Tanyama
PLDT	PLDT myDSL Speed Boosters	Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company		Roger Gorayeb	Lou Ann Latigay (SSC-R)	Kaylee Manns Savannah Noyes
RCC	RC Cola Raiders	Asiawide Refreshments Corporation		Ronald Dulay	Ivy Remulla (DLSU)	Sontaya Keawbundit Minghua Zhang
TMS-PA	TMS-Philippine Army Lady Troopers	TMS Ship Agencies, Inc. and Philippine Army		Enrico De Guzman	Cristina Salak (FEU)	Wanitchaya Luangtonglang Yuki Murakoshi

Classification round (November 10, 2013 to December 1, 2013:

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR
1	PLDT myDSL Speed Boosters	5	5	0	15	15	4	3.750	457	371	1.232
2	TMS-Philippine Army Lady Troopers	5	4	1	12	12	5	2.400	393	320	1.228
3	Cagayan Valley Lady Rising Suns	5	3	2	9	11	8	1.375	420	406	1.034
4	Cignal HD Spikers	5	2	3	6	8	10	0.800	376	377	0.997
5	Petron Blaze Spikers	5	1	4	2	5	14	0.357	371	419	0.885
6	RC Cola Raiders	5	0	5	1	5	15	0.333	346	470	0.736

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Playoffs (December 4, 2013 to December 14, 2013):

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
						1	PLDT	0
	4	CIG	3			4	CIG	3
	5	PET	1								1	TMS-PA	3
											2	CIG	1
						2	TMS-PA	3
	3	CAG	3			3	CAG	0
	6	RCC	1

Final standing:

Rank	Team
	TMS-Philippine Army Lady Troopers
	Cignal HD Spikers
	PLDT myDSL Speed Boosters
4	Cagayan Valley Lady Rising Suns
5	Petron Blaze Spikers
6	RC Cola Raiders

Men's division

2013 PSL Grand Prix Conference teams (Men's Division)
Abbr.	Team	Company	Colors	Head coach	Team captain
GIL	Giligan's Sisig Kings	Giligan's Restaurant		Franklin Mauricio	Salvador "John" Depante III (UST)
MAY	Maybank Tigers	Maybank Philippines, Inc.		Ariel Atendido	Michael Maglonzo (DLSU)
PLDT	PLDT myDSL Speed Boosters	Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company		Francis Vicente	Richard Gomez (UPOU)
SYS	Systema Active Smashers	Peerless Lion Corporation		Sammy Gaddi	Renz B. Ordoñez (Letran)

Classification round (November 10, 2013 to November 27, 2013):

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR
1	PLDT myDSL Speed Boosters	3	2	1	7	8	3	2.667	254	235	1.081
2	Systema Active Smashers	3	2	1	5	6	5	1.200	252	237	1.063
3	Giligan's Sisig Kings	3	2	1	5	6	5	1.200	253	253	1.000
4	Maybank Tigers	3	0	3	1	2	9	0.222	226	260	0.869

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Playoffs (December 1, 2013 to December 14, 2013):

	Semifinals					Finals
	1	PLDT	3
	4	MAY	0
						1	PLDT	3
						2	SYS	2
	2	SYS	3
	3	GIL	2

Final standing: Rank Team PLDT myDSL Speed Boosters Systema Active Smashers Maybank Tigers 4 Giligan's Sisig Kings

Awards Award Men's Women's MVP Kheeno Franco (PLDT) Wanitchaya Luangtonglang (TMS-PA) Best Outside Spiker 1st: 2nd: Salvador Depante (GIL) Jasper Adorador (MAY) Zhanzhan Li (CIG) Wanida Khotrueng (CAG) Best Middle Blocker 1st: 2nd: AJ Pareja (SYS) Rocky Honrade (SYS) Savannah Noyes (PLDT) Maureen Penetrante-Ouano (CIG) Best Setter Rolando Casillan (PLDT) Kaylee Manns (PLDT) Best Opposite Henry Pecana (PLDT) Suzanne Roces (PLDT) Best Libero Gilbert Longavela (PLDT) Yuki Murakoshi (TMS-PA)

Venues

Invitational Conference: PhilSports Arena Filoil Flying V Arena Mall of Asia Arena (semi-finals and finals)

Grand Prix Conference: Filoil Flying V Arena Ynares Sports Arena

Brand ambassador

• Richard Gomez

Broadcast partner

• Solar Sports

References

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