Shakey's V-League 9th Season 1st Conference

Shakey's V-League 9th Season
1st Conference

Women's Finals	1	2	3	Wins
Ateneo Lady Eagles	1	3	3	2
UST Tigresses	3	1	2	1

Duration

June 3–10, 2012

Arena(s)

Filoil Flying V Arena, San Juan

Finals MVP

Alyssa Valdez

Winning coach

Roger Gorayeb

Semifinalists

San Sebastian Lady Stags

Perpetual Lady Altas

TV network(s)

TV5 (AKTV on IBC-13), Hyper

The Shakey's V-League 9th Season: 1st Conference is the sixteenth conference of Shakey's V-League, a collegiate women's volleyball league in the Philippines founded in 2004. The opening ceremonies was held on April 24, 2012 with the first doubleheader of volleyball games at the Filoil Flying V Arena in San Juan. After a two-year hiatus, the Tigresses of the University of Santo Tomas, the winningest team of the league, participates the conference with other nine teams.^[1]^[2]

At the end of the elimination round, the Lady Eagles of the Ateneo de Manila University and the Tigresses of the University of Santo Tomas (UST) emerged on the top of standings in their respective group via complete sweep 4–0.^[3]^[4] Meanwhile, the SWU Lady Cobras of Group A and the Letran Lady Knights of Group B finish winless and bid their goodbye in the conference as both teams were eliminated for their hope to enter the quarterfinal round.

The Ateneo Lady Eagles had the distinction of sweeping the quarterfinals 8–0, capped by a win against UST Tigresses (3–1) on their last quarterfinal game. The UST Tigresses snagged a solo second spot after beating NU Lady Bulldogs in straight sets on the last day of quarterfinals. The San Sebastian Lady Stags and UPHSD Lady Altas ended the round third and fourth, respectively, and the former faced UST while the latter battled with Ateneo in the best-of-three series semifinals of the conference.

In semifinals, Ateneo swept UPHSD 2–0 to formalize their entry to the Finals. On the other side, San Sebastian forced a rubber match but UST won in three straight sets on the deciding game to face Ateneo in their first Finals meeting.

Participants

The conference is composed of 10 teams, grouped into two pools, each consisting of five squads.^[1]

Participating teams
Pool A		Pool B
Ateneo de Manila University Lady Eagles		Adamson University Lady Falcons
Far Eastern University Lady Tamaraws		Colegio de San Juan de Letran Lady Knights
National University Lady Bulldogs		San Sebastian College–Recoletos Lady Stags
Southwestern University Lady Cobras		University of St. La Salle Lady Stingers
University of Perpetual Help System DALTA Lady Altas		University of Santo Tomas Tigresses

Tournament format

The tournament format for first conference of Shakey's V-League ninth season are as follows:

During elimination round, teams will only play against teams in their pool in a single round-robin schedule.
At the end of the eliminations, the top four teams in each pool will advance to the quarterfinal round. The qualifiers for the quarterfinals will be grouped into one. Team standings during eliminations will be carried over into the quarterfinal round. Qualified teams of Pool A will only play against teams of the other pool, Pool B in a single round-robin schedule, and vice versa.
The top four teams in quarterfinal standings will advance to the best-of-three series semifinal round. Seed #1 team meets #4, while #2 meets #3.
Winners of the semifinals will battle in a best-of-three series Finals, while losers will play for a best-of-three series bronze medal game.

Elimination round

All times are local (UTC+8). All games were held at Filoil Flying V Arena, San Juan.

In the elimination round, each group played a round-robin schedule, with each team playing every other team. The top four teams advanced to the second round.

Group A

Group A featured Ateneo, FEU, NU, SWU, and UPHSD. Ateneo won all its matches, while SWU was eliminated after going 0–4.

		Pts	Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Ateneo Lady Eagles	8	4	0	340	254	1.339	12	2	6.000
2	Perpetual Lady Altas	7	3	1	310	288	1.076	9	5	1.800
3	FEU Lady Tamaraws	6	2	2	283	258	1.097	7	6	1.167
4	NU Lady Bulldogs	5	1	3	326	364	0.896	6	10	0.600
5	SWU Lady Cobras	4	0	4	225	320	0.703	1	12	0.083

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
24 Apr	4 p.m.	Ateneo Lady Eagles	3–1	FEU Lady Tamaraws	25–17	25–18	19–25	25–15	—	94–75	Report
26 Apr	2 p.m.	UPHSD Lady Altas	3–2	NU Lady Bulldogs	25–15	23–25	25–16	25–27	15–12	113–95	Report
29 Apr	2 p.m.	NU Lady Bulldogs	1–3	Ateneo Lady Eagles	15–25	24–26	25–20	14–25	—	78–96	Report
01 May	2 p.m.	SWU Lady Cobras	0–3	FEU Lady Tamaraws	9–25	8–25	15–25	—	—	32–75	Report
03 May	2 p.m.	NU Lady Bulldogs	3–1	SWU Lady Cobras	20–25	25–21	25–17	25–17	—	95–80	Report
03 May	6 p.m.	Ateneo Lady Eagles	3–0	UPHSD Lady Altas	25–14	25–20	25–13	—	—	75–47	Report
06 May	2 p.m.	FEU Lady Tamaraws	3–0	NU Lady Bulldogs	25–22	25–15	25–20	—	—	75–57	Report
06 May	4 p.m.	SWU Lady Cobras	0–3	Ateneo Lady Eagles	16–25	19–25	19–25	—	—	54–75	Report
08 May	2 p.m.	UPHSD Lady Altas	3–0	SWU Lady Cobras	25–14	25–23	25–22	—	—	75–59	Report
10 May	2 p.m.	FEU Lady Tamaraws	0–3	UPHSD Lady Altas	22–25	19–25	20–25	—	—	61–75	Report

Group B

Group B featured the league's winningest team, the UST, as well as Adamson, Letran, San Sebastian, and USLS. UST won all four of its matches. Letran was defeated in every match and was eliminated from the competition.

		Pts	Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	UST Tigresses	8	4	0	320	220	1.455	12	1	12.000
2	San Sebastian Lady Stags	7	3	1	307	294	1.044	9	5	1.800
3	Adamson Lady Falcons	6	2	2	366	371	0.987	8	9	0.889
4	USLS Lady Stingers	5	1	3	336	378	0.889	6	11	0.545
5	Letran Lady Knights	4	0	4	276	342	0.807	3	12	0.250

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
24 Apr	2 p.m.	Letran Lady Knights	0–3	San Sebastian Lady Stags	24–26	12–25	18–25	—	—	54–76	Report
26 Apr	4 p.m.	Letran Lady Knights	0–3	UST Tigresses	10–25	22–25	13–25	—	—	45–75	Report
26 Apr	6 p.m.	San Sebastian Lady Stags	3–1	Adamson Lady Falcons	18–25	25–16	25–20	25–21	—	93–82	Report
29 Apr	4 p.m.	UST Tigresses	3–1	Adamson Lady Falcons	20–25	25–17	25–19	25–22	—	95–83	Report
01 May	4 p.m.	USLS Lady Stingers	1–3	San Sebastian Lady Stags	18–25	25–20	19–25	21–25	—	83–95	Report
03 May	4 p.m.	Letran Lady Knights	2–3	USLS Lady Stingers	17–25	19–25	25–23	25–14	10–15	96–102	Report
06 May	6 p.m.	UST Tigresses	3–0	USLS Lady Stingers	25–23	25–12	25–14	—	—	75–49	Report
08 May	4 p.m.	USLS Lady Stingers	2–3	Adamson Lady Falcons	20–25	22–25	26–24	25–23	9–15	102–112	Report
10 May	4 p.m.	Adamson Lady Falcons	3–1	Letran Lady Knights	25–18	25–16	14–25	25–22	—	89–81	Report
10 May	6 p.m.	San Sebastian Lady Stags	0–3	UST Tigresses	12–25	10–25	21–25	—	—	43–75	Report

Bracket

				Semifinals
Quarterfinal		W	L	1	Ateneo	3	3
1	Ateneo	8	0	4	UPHSD	0	0
2	UST	7	1
3	SSC–R	6	2						Finals
4	UPHSD	5	3						Ateneo	1	3	3
5	Adamson	3	5						UST	3	1	2
6	USLS	3	5
7	NU	2	6	Semifinals					Bronze medal game
8	FEU	2	6	2	UST	3	2	3	SSC–R	3	3
				3	SSC–R	2	3	0	UPHSD	2	1

Quarterfinals

All times are local (UTC+8). All games are held at Filoil Flying V Arena, San Juan.

In quarterfinals, the qualifiers are grouped into one. Team standings during eliminations will be carried over into the quarterfinal round. Qualified teams of Group A will only play against teams of the other pool, Group B, in a single round-robin schedule, and vice versa.

		Pts	Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Ateneo Lady Eagles	16	8	0	690	553	1.248	24	5	4.800
2	UST Tigresses	15	7	1	653	502	1.301	22	5	4.400
3	San Sebastian Lady Stags	14	6	2	673	666	1.011	19	13	1.462
4	Perpetual Lady Altas	13	5	3	651	638	1.020	17	13	1.308
5	Adamson Lady Falcons	11	3	5	663	663	1.000	12	18	0.667
6	USLS Lady Stingers	11	3	5	690	700	0.986	14	19	0.737
7	NU Lady Bulldogs	10	2	6	559	603	0.927	12	19	0.632
8	FEU Lady Tamaraws	10	2	6	540	614	0.879	10	18	0.556

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
May 13	2 p.m.	Adamson Lady Falcons	0–3	UPHSD Lady Altas	23–25	22–25	24–26	—	—	69–76	Report
May 13	4 p.m.	USLS Lady Stingers	0–3	Ateneo Lady Eagles	16–25	22–25	22–25	—	—	60–75	Report
May 13	6 p.m.	FEU Lady Tamaraws	1–3	UST Tigresses	19–25	16–25	26–24	16–25	—	77–99	Report
May 15	2 p.m.	NU Lady Bulldogs	2–3	USLS Lady Stingers	12–25	25–21	25–20	23–25	2–15	87–106	Report
May 15	4 p.m.	Adamson Lady Falcons	1–3	Ateneo Lady Eagles	22–25	14–25	25–20	22–25	—	83–95	Report
May 17	2 p.m.	FEU Lady Tamaraws	0–3	USLS Lady Stingers	11–25	22–25	15–25	—	—	48–75	Report
May 17	4 p.m.	Ateneo Lady Eagles	3–1	San Sebastian Lady Stags	25–11	23–25	25–17	25–19	—	98–72	Report
May 17	6 p.m.	NU Lady Bulldogs	3–0	Adamson Lady Falcons	29–27	25–20	25–23	—	—	79–70	Report
May 20	2 p.m.	UPHSD Lady Altas	3–2	USLS Lady Stingers	26–24	19–25	24–26	28–26	15–12	112–113	Report
May 20	4 p.m.	San Sebastian Lady Stags	3–2	FEU Lady Tamaraws	25–19	19–25	25–16	23–25	15–5	107–90	Report
May 20	6 p.m.	UST Tigresses	1–3	Ateneo Lady Eagles	25–7	18–25	21–25	20–25	—	84–82	Report
May 22	2 p.m.	NU Lady Bulldogs	1–3	San Sebastian Lady Stags	25–19	22–25	23–25	21–25	—	91–94	Report
May 22	4 p.m.	UST Tigresses	3–0	UPHSD Lady Altas	25–19	25–21	25–20	—	—	75–60	Report
May 24	2 p.m.	Adamson Lady Falcons	3–0	FEU Lady Tamaraws	25–21	25–12	25–9	—	—	75–42	Report
May 24	4 p.m.	UST Tigresses	3–0	NU Lady Bulldogs	25–20	25–21	25–22	—	—	75–63	Report
May 24	6 p.m.	San Sebastian Lady Stags	3–2	UPHSD Lady Altas	25–14	25–18	12–25	16–25	15–11	93–93	Report

Semifinals

All times are local (UTC+08:00).

Ateneo vs. UPHSD

May 27 4:00 p.m.	Ateneo Lady Eagles	3 – 0	Perpetual Lady Altas	Filoil Flying V Arena, San Juan Attendance: 673 Referee(s): Adrian Tabañag / Rolando Caillan Report(s): Report Jorella Marie De Jesus (8 Attacks 1 Serve) ^{Player of the Game (Ateneo)}
May 27 4:00 p.m.	31 25 25 81	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Total	29 20 19 68

May 29 2:00 p.m.	Perpetual Lady Altas	0 – 3	Ateneo Lady Eagles	Filoil Flying V Arena, San Juan Attendance: 231 Referee(s): Philip Sison / Rodrigo Rojas Report(s): Report Phee Nok Kesinee (11 Attacks 6 Blocks) ^{Player of the Game (Ateneo)}
May 29 2:00 p.m.	23 11 23 57	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Total	25 25 25 75
	Ateneo won series in two games

UST vs. San Sebastian

May 27 2:00 p.m.	UST Tigresses	3 – 2	San Sebastian Lady Stags	Filoil Flying V Arena, San Juan Attendance: 421 Referee(s): Efren Gaa / Lumer Pajarillo Report(s): Report Rhea Katrina Dimaculangan (44 Excellent Sets) ^{Player of the Game (UST)}
May 27 2:00 p.m.	25 25 23 21 15 109	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total	11 17 25 25 8 86

May 29 4:00 p.m.	San Sebastian Lady Stags	3 – 2	UST Tigresses	Filoil Flying V Arena, San Juan Attendance: 452 Referee(s): Lumer Pajarillo / Efren Gaa Report(s): Report Jang Bualee (38 Attacks 1 Serve 1 Block) ^{Player of the Game (San Sebastian)}
May 29 4:00 p.m.	22 29 14 25 15 105	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total	25 27 25 23 12 112

May 31 4:00 p.m.	UST Tigresses	3 – 0	San Sebastian Lady Stags	Filoil Flying V Arena, San Juan Attendance: 435 Referee(s): Philip Sison / Adrian Tabañag Report(s): Report Judy Caballejo (13 Attacks 1 Block) ^{Player of the Game (UST)}
May 31 4:00 p.m.	25 25 25 75	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Total	12 13 23 48
	UST won series in three games

Bronze medal series

June 3 2:00 p.m.	Perpetual Lady Altas	2 – 3	San Sebastian Lady Stags	Filoil Flying V Arena, San Juan Attendance: 1,576 Referee(s): Efren Gaa / Lumer Pajarillo Report(s): Report Jang Bualee (33 Attacks 1 Serve) ^{Player of the Game (San Sebastian)}
June 3 2:00 p.m.	14 23 25 34 9 105	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total	25 25 16 32 15 113

June 5 2:00 p.m.	San Sebastian Lady Stags	3 – 1	Perpetual Lady Altas	Filoil Flying V Arena, San Juan Attendance: 1,427 Referee(s): Efren Gaa / Adrian Tabañag Report(s): Report Ruby De Leon (50 Excellent Sets) ^{Player of the Game (San Sebastian)}
June 5 2:00 p.m.	26 25 24 25 100	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Total	24 17 26 23 90
	San Sebastian won series in two games

Finals

June 3 4:00 p.m.	UST Tigresses	3 – 1	Ateneo Lady Eagles	Filoil Flying V Arena, San Juan Attendance: 2,123 Referee(s): Adrian Tabañag / Philip Sison Report(s): Report Mary Jean Balse (9 Attacks 2 Serves) ^{Player of the Game (UST)}
June 3 4:00 p.m.	16 25 25 25 91	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Total	25 20 22 23 90

June 5 4:00 p.m.	Ateneo Lady Eagles	3 – 1	UST Tigresses	Filoil Flying V Arena, San Juan Attendance: 1,943 Referee(s): Philip Sison / Efren Gaa Report(s): Report Alyssa Valdez (22 Attacks 1 Block 8 Serves) ^{Player of the Game (Ateneo)}
June 5 4:00 p.m.	25 22 25 28 100	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Total	17 25 21 26 89

June 10 4:00 p.m.	UST Tigresses	2 – 3	Ateneo Lady Eagles	Filoil Flying V Arena, San Juan Attendance: 4,823 Referee(s): Efren Gaa / Philip Sison Report(s): Report Alyssa Valdez (19 Attacks 1 Block 2 Serves) ^{MVP of the Finals (Ateneo)}
June 10 4:00 p.m.	19 14 25 25 13 96	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total	25 25 17 20 15 102
	Ateneo won series in three games

Final standings

Rank	Team
01 !	Ateneo de Manila University
02 !	University of Santo Tomas
03 !	San Sebastian College–Recoletos
4	University of Perpetual Help System DALTA
5	Adamson University
6	University of St. La Salle
7	National University
8	FEU Tamaraws
9	Colegio de San Juan de Letran
10	Southwestern University

Shakey's V-League 9th Season 1st Conference Champions
Ateneo de Manila University Second title, second consecutive title

**Team Roster**
Bagatsing, Cainglet, de Jesus, Faustino, Ferrer, Gervacio, Ho, Kesinee, Lazaro, Nacachi, Roces, Tajima, Tan, Valdez
Head Coach
Gorayeb

Individual awards

The Shakey's V-League awarded the outstanding players of the conference prior to Game 1 of the Finals of Shakey's V-League 9th Season 1st Conference at Filoil Flying V Arena in San Juan.

Best Scorer: Jaroensri Bualee, San Sebastian College – Recoletos de Manila
Best Attacker: Utaiwan Kaensing, University of Santo Tomas
Best Blocker: Lithawat Kesinee, Ateneo de Manila University
Best Server: Judy Caballejo, University of Santo Tomas
Best Digger: Angelique Beatrice Dionela, University of Perpetual Help System DALTA
Best Setter: Jamenea Ferrer, Ateneo de Manila University
Best Receiver: Dennise Michelle Lazaro, Ateneo de Manila University
Most Improved Player: Sandra delos Santos, University of Perpetual Help System DALTA
Most Valuable Player of the Conference: Jaroensri Bualee, San Sebastian College – Recoletos de Manila
Most Valuable Player of the Finals: Alyssa Valdez, Ateneo de Manila University

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