2018 PSL Grand Prix Conference

The 2018 Chooks-To-Go PSL Grand Prix Conference was the first conference and first indoor tournament for the Philippine Super Liga's sixth season. The games commenced February 17, 2018 at the Ynares Sports Arena in Pasig and the formal opening ceremony was held on February 24, 2018 at the Santa Rosa Multipurpose Complex in Santa Rosa, Laguna.^[1]

2018 PSL Grand Prix Conference

Women's Finals G1 G2 G3 Wins F2 Logistics Cargo Movers 2 3 1 1 Petron Blaze Spikers 3 0 3 2
Duration	May 1 to 5 2018 (Game 1: May 1, Game 2: May 3, Game 3: May 5)
Arena(s)	Filoil Flying V Centre (main venue) Ynares Sports Arena Sta. Rosa Multipurpose Complex Strike Gymnasium - Cavite Muntinlupa Sports Complex Malolos Sports and Convention Center Imus Sports Complex Batangas Sports and Convention Center Baliwag Sports Center Centennial Arena Laoag Coliseum Gen. Trias Sports Complex Araneta Coliseum (semifinals and finals)
Finals MVP	Lindsay Stalzer (Petron)
Winning coach	Cesael delos Santos (Petron)
Semifinalists	Foton Tornadoes (3rd place) Cocolife Asset Managers
TV network(s)	ESPN 5, AksyonTV, Hyper, ESPN5.com
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The tournament was moved from October to February in order to align with the new competition calendar approved by the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) and the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC).^[2]

Teams

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

Preliminary round

Team standings

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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

• All times are in Philippines Standard Time (UTC+08:00)

First round

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
17 Feb	14:00	GAL	1–3	FOT	19–25	25–22	16–25	22–25		82–97	P–2[usurped]
17 Feb	16:00	SLR	1–3	PET	21–25	25–18	17–25	20–25		83–93	P–2[usurped]
20 Feb	16:15	SLR	3–2	GAL	21–25	25–21	23–25	25–15	15–7	109–93	P–2[usurped]
20 Feb	19:00	CCL	0–3	CIG	15–25	26–28	15–25			56–78	P–2[usurped]
24 Feb	14:00	CIG	1–3	PET	17–25	25–8	20–25	17–25		79–83	P–2[usurped]
24 Feb	16:00	FTL	3–0	CCL	25–21	25–15	25–16			75–52	P–2[usurped]
27 Feb	16:15	SMA	0–3	CCL	20–25	22–25	13–25			55–75	P–2[usurped]
27 Feb	19:00	CIG	3–2	FOT	25–22	25–23	26–28	20–25	15–11	111–109	P–2[usurped]
01 Mar	16:15	PET	3–0	SMA	25–12	25–14	25–17			75–43	P–2[usurped]
01 Mar	19:00	SLR	1–3	CCL	25–23	21–25	19–25	16–25		81–98	P–2[usurped]
03 Mar	16:00	FOT	0–3	CCL	19–25	22–25	18–25			59–75	P–2[usurped]
03 Mar	18:00	FTL	1–3	PET	25–20	19–25	19–25	19–25		82–95	P–2[usurped]
06 Mar	16:00	GAL	0–3	PET	21–25	15–25	21–25			57–75	P–2[usurped]
06 Mar	18:00	SMA	2–3	FOT	25–21	20–25	29–27	15–25	12–15	101–113	P–2[usurped]
08 Mar	16:15	SMA	0–3	FTL	22–25	18–25	17–25			57–75	P–2[usurped]
08 Mar	19:00	SLR	3–0	CIG	32–30	25–22	25–21			82–73	P–2[usurped]
10 Mar	14:00	CCL	3–1	GAL	25–19	25–16	21–25	25–17		96–77	P–2[dead link]
10 Mar	16:00	FOT	2–3	PET	25–14	16–25	25–22	18–25	13–15	97–101	P–2[usurped]
13 Mar	16:15	GAL	3–2	SMA	25–21	25–23	23–25	22–25	15–11	110–105	P–2[usurped]
13 Mar	19:00	SLR	1–3	FTL	25–18	16–25	19–25	21–25		81–93	P–2[usurped]
15 Mar	16:15	FTL	3–0	CIG	25–21	25–17	25–14			75–52	P–2[usurped]
15 Mar	19:00	PET	3–1	CCL	26–24	25–18	21–25	25–20		97–87	P–2[usurped]
17 Mar	13:45	FOT	1–3	FTL	18–25	25–23	20–25	16–25		79–98	P–2[usurped]
17 Mar	16:10	CIG	3–0	SMA	25–21	25–18	25–20			75–59	P–2[usurped]
20 Mar	16:15	SLR	3–1	SMA	25–15	25–20	23–25	25–22		98–82	P–2
20 Mar	19:00	GAL	0–3	FTL	18–25	16–25	12–25			46–75	P–2
22 Mar	16:15	GAL	3–2	CIG	26–24	18–25	16–25	25–22	15–11	100–107	P–2[usurped]
22 Mar	19:00	FOT	3–1	SLR	25–18	22–25	25–20	28–26		100–89	P–2[usurped]

Second round

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
24 Mar	16:00	PET	3–1	SMA	25–22	22–25	25–18	26–24		98–89	P–2[usurped]
24 Mar	19:00	FTL	3–0	GAL	25–22	25–14	25–10			75–46	P–2[usurped]
03 Apr	16:15	FOT	3–1	CIG	25–23	27–25	21–25	32–30		105–103	P–2[usurped]
03 Apr	19:00	CCL	3–1	SLR	25–20	25–18	20–25	25–22		95–85	P–2[usurped]
05 Apr	16:15	PET	0–3	SLR	18–25	21–25	17–25			56–75	P–2[usurped]
05 Apr	19:00	FTL	3–1	CIG	23–25	27–25	25–16	25–23		100–89	P–2[usurped]
07 Apr	16:00	FOT	3–1	GAL	25–21	25–17	21–25	25–20		96–83	P–2[usurped]
07 Apr	18:00	CCL	3–2	SMA	25–23	25–21	25–27	19–25	16–14	110–110	P–2[usurped]
10 Apr	16:15	PET	3–2	CCL	25–14	23–25	15–25	25–14	15–13	103–91
10 Apr	19:00	FTL	3–0	FOT	25–17	25–18	25–17			75–52
12 Apr	16:15	CIG	0–3	GAL	22–25	20–25	20–25			62–75
12 Apr	19:00	SLR	3–1	SMA	25–22	18–25	25–17	25–18		93–82

Playoffs

	Quarter-finals One-game playoff				Semi-finals Best-of-3 series				Finals Best-of-three series
	FOT	1
	SLR	0
					FOT	0
					FTL	2
	FTL	1
	SMA	0
									FTL	1
									PET	2
	PET	1
	GAL	0
					PET	2
					CCL	0			Bronze medal match
	CCL	1
	CIG	0
									CCL	0
									FOT	1

Quarterfinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
14 Apr	16:00	FTL	3–0	SMA	25–18	25–18	27–25			77–61	P–2[usurped]
14 Apr	18:00	PET	3–0	GAL	25–19	25–20	25–21			75–60	P–2[usurped]
17 Apr	16:15	CCL	3–0	CIG	25–22	25–21	28–26			78–69	P–2[usurped]
17 Apr	19:00	FOT	3–0	SLR	25–22	25–23	25–19			75–64	P–2[usurped]

Semifinals

Best-of-three series

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
24 Apr	16:15	PET	3–1	CCL	25–18	23–25	25–16	25–23		98–82	P–2[usurped]
24 Apr	19:00	FTL	3–1	FOT	25–22	25–23	22–25	25–22		97–92	P–2[usurped]
26 Apr	16:15	FTL	3–0	FOT	25–19	25–18	25–21			75–58	P–2[usurped]
26 Apr	19:00	PET	3–0	CCL	25–15	25–15	25–16			75–46	P–2[usurped]

Bronze match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
01 May	16:15	CCL	1–3	FOT	25–21	22–25	24–26	19–25		90–97	P–2[usurped]

Finals

Best-of-three series

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
01 May	19:00	FTL	2–3	PET	25–23	25–20	15–25	22–25	9–15	96–108
03 May	19:00	PET	0–3	FTL	17–25	22–25	19–25			58–75	P–2[usurped]
05 May	18:00	FTL	1–3	PET	19–25	20–25	25–22	18–25		82–97

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

2018 PSL Grand Prix Champions Petron Blaze Spikers Team roster Lindsay Stalzer (Captain)/(Import), Yuri Fukuda (Libero)/(Import), Katherine Bell (Import), Mika Aereen Reyes, Angelica Legacion, Frances Xinia Molina, Aiza Maizo-Pontillas, Mary Remy Joy Palma, Rhea Katrina Dimaculangan, Chlodia Eiriel Ysabella Cortez, Luthgarda Malaluan, Carmela Tunay, Princess Ira Gaiser (Libero), Cesael delos Santos (Head Coach)

Individual awards

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

Venues

Main venues

• Ynares Sports Arena
• Filoil Flying V Centre
• Smart Araneta Coliseum (finals)

"Spike on Tour" venues

• Sta. Rosa Multipurpose Complex - Santa Rosa, Laguna (opening ceremonies)
• Strike Gymnasium - Bacoor, Cavite
• Muntinlupa Sports Complex - Muntinlupa
• Malolos Sports and Convention Center - Malolos, Bulacan
• Imus Sports Complex - Imus, Cavite
• Batangas Sports and Convention Center - Batangas City, Batangas
• Baliwag Sports Center - Baliwag, Bulacan
• Centennial Arena Laoag Coliseum - Laoag City, Ilocos Norte
• Gen. Trias Sports Complex - General Trias, Cavite

Broadcast partners

• ESPN 5: AksyonTV, Hyper (SD and HD), ESPN5.com