2019 Philippine Super Liga Invitational Conference

The 2019 Philippine Super Liga Invitational Conference was the 19th indoor volleyball conference of the Philippine Super Liga, the fourth conference of the 2019 season, and the 24th conference overall. The tournament commenced on September 23, 2019 at the Strike Gymnasium in Bacoor, Cavite with opening ceremonies held on September 28, 2019 at Ynares Sports Arena in Pasig.^[1][2][3]

2019 Philippine Super Liga Invitational Conference
Duration	September 23 – October 17, 2019
Teams	8
TV partner(s)	ESPN 5, 5 Plus, One Sports, ESPN Player (Online)
Results
Champions	F2 Logistics Cargo Movers
Runners-up	Petron Blaze Spikers
Third place	Cignal HD Spikers
Fourth place	Foton Tornadoes Blue Energy
Awards
MVP	Majoy Baron
Best OH	Sisi Rondina Shaya Adorador
Best MB	Majoy Baron Roselyn Doria
Best OPP	Aiza Maizo-Pontillas
Best Setter	Angelica Legacion
Best Libero	Jennylyn Reyes
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Teams

2019 PSL Invitational Conference teams
Abbr.	Team	Company	Colors	Head Coach	Team Captain
CHD	Cignal HD Spikers	Cignal TV, Inc.		Edgar Barroga	Rachel Anne Daquis
FTL	F2 Logistics Cargo Movers	F2 Global Logistics Inc.		Ramil de Jesus	Abigail Maraño
FOT	Foton Tornadoes Blue Energy	United Asia Automotive Group, Inc.		Aaron Velez	Shaya Adorador
GAL	Generika-Ayala Lifesavers	Actimed, Inc.		Sherwin Meneses	Angeli Pauline Araneta
MPS	Marinerang Pilipina Lady Skippers			Ronald Dulay	Ivy Remulla
PET	Petron Blaze Spikers	Petron Corporation		Cesael delos Santos	Frances Xinia Molina
PHF	PLDT Home Fibr Hitters	PLDT		Roger Gorayeb	Rysabelle Devanadera
SLR	Sta. Lucia Lady Realtors	Sta. Lucia Realty and Development Corporation		Raymund Castillo	Amanda Villanueva

Format

First round

• The first round was a single round-robin tournament, with each team playing one match against all other teams in their pool for a total of three matches.

Second round

• In the second round, teams were assigned to new pools. Results from the first round do not carry over.
• The second round was also a single round-robin, with each team playing three additional matches.
• The top two teams from each pool based on results from the second round advanced to the semifinals whil the bottom two were eliminated.

Semifinals

• The semifinals featured single-elimination matches.
• The match-ups were as follows:
  • SF1: A1 vs. B2
  • SF2: B1 vs. A2
• The winners advanced to the championship match while the losers would play in the third-place match.

Finals

• Both the championship match and third-place match were single-elimination.
• The match-ups were as follows:
  • Championship match: Semifinal round winners
  • Third-place match: Semifinal round losers

Preliminary round

Round 1

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR
1	Cignal HD Spikers	3	3	0	9	9	0	MAX	225	143	1.573
2	Foton Tornadoes Blue Energy	3	1	2	3	4	6	0.667	206	216	0.954
3	PLDT Home Fibr Hitters	3	1	2	3	3	6	0.500	170	201	0.846
4	Sta. Lucia Lady Realtors	3	1	2	3	3	7	0.429	194	235	0.826

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
24 Sep	16:00	Foton Tornadoes Blue Energy	1–3	Sta. Lucia Lady Realtors	25–13	18–25	23–25	19–25		85–88
24 Sep	18:00	Cignal HD Spikers	3–0	PLDT Home Fibr Hitters	25–19	25–8	21–15			71–42
28 Sep	14:00	Sta. Lucia Lady Realtors	0–3	PLDT Home Fibr Hitters	19–25	19–25	13–25			51–75
28 Sep	18:00	Cignal HD Spikers	3–0	Foton Tornadoes Blue Energy	25–18	25–18	25–10			75–46
01 Oct	14:00	PLDT Home Fibr Hitters	0–3	Foton Tornadoes Blue Energy	15–25	20–25	18–25			53–75
01 Oct	14:00	Cignal HD Spikers	3–0	Sta. Lucia Lady Realtors	25–18	25–23	25–14			75–55

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR
1	Petron Blaze Spikers	3	3	0	9	9	0	MAX	225	166	1.355
2	F2 Logistics Cargo Movers	3	2	1	6	6	4	1.500	228	185	1.232
3	Generika-Ayala Lifesavers	3	1	2	3	4	6	0.667	198	224	0.884
4	Marinerang Pilipina Lady Skippers	3	0	3	0	0	9	0.000	149	225	0.662

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
24 Sep	14:00	Marinerang Pilipina Lady Skippers	0–3	Generika-Ayala Lifesavers	19–25	23–25	17–25			59–75
28 Sep	14:00	F2 Logistics Cargo Movers	0–3	Petron Blaze Spikers	22–25	23–25	18–25			63–75
01 Oct	16:00	F2 Logistics Cargo Movers	3–0	Marinerang Pilipina Lady Skippers	25–14	25–17	25–11			75–42
01 Oct	18:00	Generika-Ayala Lifesavers	0–3	Petron Blaze Spikers	21–25	14–25	20–25			55–75
08 Oct	16:00	F2 Logistics Cargo Movers	3–1	Generika-Ayala Lifesavers	15–25	25–16	25–13	25–14		90–68
08 Oct	18:00	Petron Blaze Spikers	3–0	Marinerang Pilipina Lady Skippers	25–17	25–18	25–13			75–48

Round 2

Pool C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Petron Blaze Spikers	3	3	0	9	9	3	3.000	287	235	1.221	Semifinals
2	Cignal HD Spikers	3	2	1	6	8	4	2.000	271	243	1.115
3	PLDT Home Fibr Hitters	3	1	2	3	4	6	0.667	220	228	0.965
4	Marinerang Pilipina Lady Skippers	3	0	3	0	1	9	0.111	175	247	0.709

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
08 Oct	14:00	Cignal HD Spikers	3–1	Sta. Lucia Lady Realtors	25–14	25–14	22–25	25–18		97–71
10 Oct	14:00	Cignal HD Spikers	3–0	PLDT Home Fibr Hitters	25–22	25–19	25–20			75–61
10 Oct	18:00	Petron Blaze Spikers	3–0	Marinerang Pilipina Lady Skippers	25–22	25–22	25–8			75–52
12 Oct	14:00	Cignal HD Spikers	2–3	Petron Blaze Spikers	11–25	25–20	22–25	27–25	14–16	99–111
12 Oct	18:00	Marinerang Pilipina Lady Skippers	0–3	PLDT Home Fibr Hitters	16–25	20–25	16–25			52–75
13 Oct	18:00	PLDT Home Fibr Hitters	1–3	Petron Blaze Spikers	18–25	19–25	28–26	19–25		84–101

Pool D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	F2 Logistics Cargo Movers	3	3	0	9	9	2	4.500	254	214	1.187	Semifinals
2	Foton Tornadoes Blue Energy	3	2	1	6	6	6	1.000	272	253	1.075
3	Sta. Lucia Lady Realtors	3	1	2	3	4	8	0.500	226	279	0.810
4	Generika-Ayala Lifesavers	3	0	3	0	6	9	0.667	304	310	0.981

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
08 Oct	16:00	F2 Logistics Cargo Movers	3–0	Foton Tornadoes Blue Energy	25–23	25–19	25–23			75–65
08 Oct	18:00	Sta. Lucia Lady Realtors	3–2	Generika-Ayala Lifesavers	14–25	25–20	25–23	20–25	15–11	99–104
10 Oct	16:00	Foton Tornadoes Blue Energy	3–1	Sta. Lucia Lady Realtors	25–27	25–15	25–22	25–11		100–75
12 Oct	16:00	F2 Logistics Cargo Movers	3–2	Generika-Ayala Lifesavers	22–25	17–25	25–16	25–21	15–10	104–97
13 Oct	13:00	Generika-Ayala Lifesavers	2–3	Foton Tornadoes Blue Energy	25–21	17–25	25–27	25–19	11–15	103–107
13 Oct	15:00	F2 Logistics Cargo Movers	3–0	Sta. Lucia Lady Realtors	25–22	25–15	25–15			75–52

Playoffs

	Semifinals				Finals
	15 October
	Petron Blaze Spikers	3
					17 October
	Foton Tornadoes Blue Energy	0
					Petron Blaze Spikers	2
	15 October
					F2 Logistics Cargo Movers	3
	Cignal HD Spikers	1
	F2 Logistics Cargo Movers	3
					Bronze match
					17 October
					Foton Tornadoes Blue Energy	0
					Cignal HD Spikers	3

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
15 Oct	15:00	Petron Blaze Spikers	3–0	Foton Tornadoes Blue Energy	25–17	25–14	25–16			75–47
15 Oct	17:00	Cignal HD Spikers	1–3	F2 Logistics Cargo Movers	25–22	22–25	21–25	21–25		89–97

Bronze match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
17 Oct	16:00	Foton Tornadoes Blue Energy	0–3	Cignal HD Spikers	22–25	15–25	17–25			54–75

Finals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
17 Oct	18:00	Petron Blaze Spikers	2–3	F2 Logistics Cargo Movers	22–25	19–25	25–17	25–22	12–15	103–104

Final standing

Rank Team F2 Logistics Cargo Movers Petron Blaze Spikers Cignal HD Spikers 4 Foton Tornadoes Blue Energy 5 PLDT Home Fibr Power Hitters 6 Sta. Lucia Lady Realtors 7 Generika-Ayala Lifesavers 8 Marinerang Pilipina Lady Skippers

2019 Invitational Conference Champions F2 Logistics Cargo Movers Team roster Abigail Maraño (c). Dawn Macandili (libero), Tyler-Marie Kalei Mau, Maria Lourdes Clemente, Alexine Danielle Cabanos, Victonara Galang, Kim Fajardo, Mary Joy Baron, Kim Kianna Dy, Carmel June Saga (libero), Aduke Christine Ogunsanya, Michelle Katherine Morente, Michelle Cobb, Desiree Cheng, Ramil de Jesús (head coach)

Individual awards

Award		Name/Team
MVP		Mary Joy Baron (F2 Logistics Cargo Movers)
Best Outside Spiker	1st:	Cherry Rondina (Petron Blaze Spikers)
	2nd:	Shaya Adorador (Foton Tornadoes Blue Energy)
Best Middle Blocker	1st:	Mary Joy Baron (F2 Logistics Cargo Movers)
	2nd:	Roselyn Doria (Cignal HD Spikers)
Best Opposite Spiker		Aiza Maizo-Pontillas (Petron Blaze Spikers)
Best Setter		Angelica Legacion (Petron Blaze Spikers)
Best Libero		Jennylyn Reyes (Foton Tornadoes Blue Energy)
Best Scorer		Cherry Rondina (Petron Blaze Spikers)

Venues

• Filoil Flying V Arena
• Ynares Sports Arena

"Spike on Tour" venues

• Strike Gymnasium - Bacoor, Cavite
• Santa Rosa Multi-Purpose Complex
• Malolos Sports & Convention Center
• Caloocan Sports Complex

Broadcast partners

• ESPN 5: 5 Plus, One Sports (SD and HD), ESPN5.com, ESPN Player (Online)