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The 2015 PSL season is the third season of the Philippine Super Liga (PSL). There were two indoor conferences for the season – the All-Filipino, and the Grand Prix. It staged its first beach volleyball tournament, the Challenge Cup, for the women's and men's divisions.

Developments

• The PSL is now sanctioned under the Larong Volleyball sa Pilipinas, Inc. (LVPI), the newest governing body for volleyball in the Philippines under the leadership of POC 1st Vice President Joey Romasanta, aside for being recognized by the AVC and the FIVB. The PSL was first sanctioned by the Philippine Volleyball Federation (PVF) until the federation was stripped of its recognition by the local (POC) and foreign (FIVB, AVC) sport governing bodies. The LVPI also supported the stints of Cignal and Petron who participated in the Asian Club Championships, and helped on the processing of the imports transfer clearances for the 12 imports that played in the Grand Prix.
• The PSL introduced the use of "skorts", a combination of tennis-like skirts and shorts, as part of the women's uniforms during the All Filipino Conference, but it was discontinued during the PSL Grand Prix.
• Continuous coaching and players, television crew, officiating (referees), volleyball information system, press corps and medical seminars.
• After the introduction of the Men's Division in the PSL in 2013, the PSL launched the Beach Volleyball division thru the Challenge Cup and Open Series.
• The PSL's official newspaper, PSL Trending, managed by the PSL Press Corps under its president, Marc Anthony Reyes of the Philippine Daily Inquirer. PSL Trending is given to the fans for free at the venues during gamedays.
• The PSL has partnered with the TV5 Network (TV5, AksyonTV and Sports5.ph) for three years starting 2015, for broadcast and online coverage.
• The PSL became the third Southeast Asian-based volleyball club league (next to Thailand and Vietnam) to utilize the video challenge system to decide crucial calls of the games for a fair and balanced officiating, as part of the full compliance to the FIVB rules. The video challenge equipment arrived on October 26, 2015 and was used during the second round of the 2015 Grand Prix conference.

2015 draft (Women's Division)

The draft was held on March 12, 2015 at SM Aura Premier, Taguig.

First round

Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Team	College
1	Iris Tolenada	Setter	United States	Philips Gold Lady Slammers	San Francisco State
2	Angeli Araneta	Middle Blocker	Philippines	Foton Tornadoes	UP
3	Rica Enclona	Libero	Philippines	Cignal HD Spikers	CSB
4	Rizza Jane Mandapat	Opposite Spiker	Philippines	Shopinas.com Lady Clickers	NU
5	Maureen Veronas	Opposite Spiker/ Outside Hitter	Philippines	Mane 'n Tail Lady Stallions	CSB
6	Alexa Micek	Opposite Spiker	United States	Petron Blaze Spikers	NC State

Second round

Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Team	College
1	Siemens Desiree Dadang	Middle	Philippines	Philips Gold Lady Slammers	NU
2	Dennise Michelle Lazaro	Libero	Philippines	Foton Tornadoes	ADMU
3	Diane Ticar	Setter	Philippines	Cignal HD Spikers	Arellano
4	Djanel Welch Cheng	Setter	Philippines	Shopinas.com Lady Clickers	CSB
5	Samantha Dawson	Opposite Spiker	Philippines	Mane 'n Tail Lady Stallions	FEU
6	Ivy Jizel Perez	Setter	Philippines	Petron Blaze Spikers	NU

Indoor Volleyball

All-Filipino Conference

The Petron Blaze Spikers became the first team to sweep a PSL tournament with a 13–0 record and claim the All-Filipino championship, its second consecutive PSL title. There was no men's tournament for this conference.

Classification round (March 21 to April 23, 2015):

Playoffs (April 25 to May 16, 2015):

Final standing:

Rank Team Petron Blaze Spikers Shopinas.com Lady Clickers Philips Gold Lady Slammers 4 Foton Tornadoes 5 Cignal HD Spikers 6 Mane 'n Tail Lady Stallions

2015 Philippine Super Liga All-Filipino Conference Petron Blaze Spikers 2nd title Team roster Mary Grace Masangkay, Abigail Maraño, Rachel Anne Daquis, Carmina Aganon, Luisa Mae Zapanta, Jozza Cabalsa, Frances Xinia Molina, Alexa Micek, Ivy Perez, Ana Ma. Del Mundo, Jennylyn Reyes, Mecaila Irish May Morada (c), Fille Cayetano, Aleona Denise Manabat Head coach George Pascua

Awards:

Grand Prix Conference

The Grand Prix Conference started on October 10, 2015 at the Alonte Sports Arena in Binan, Laguna. There was no men's tournament for this conference.

2015 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	Michelle Laborte (USLS)	Amanda Anderson Ariel Usher
FOT	Foton Tornadoes	United Asia Automotive Group, Inc.		Ma. Vilet Ponce de Leon	Ivy Remulla (DLSU)	Katie Messing Lindsay Stalzer
MER	MERALCO Power Spikers	Manila Electric Company		Ramil de Jesus	Charleen Abigail Cruz (DLSU)	Christina Alessi Liis Kullerkann
PET	Petron Blaze Spikers	Petron Corporation		George Pascua	Maica Morada (FEU)	Erica Adachi Rupia Inck Furtado
PHG	Philips Gold Lady Slammers	Federated Distributors, Inc.		Francis Vicente	Michele Gumabao (DLSU)	Alexis Olgard Bojana Todorovic
RCC	RC Cola Air Force Raiders	ARC Refreshments Corporation		Rhovyl Verayo	Judy Ann Caballejo (UST)	Sarah McClinton Lynda Morales

Classification round (October 10 to November 16, 2015):

Playoffs (November 19 to December 5, 2015):

Final standings:

Rank Team Foton Tornadoes Petron Blaze Spikers Philips Gold Lady Slammers 4 Cignal HD Spikers 5 MERALCO Power Spikers 6 RC Cola Air Force Raiders Qualified for the 2016 Asian Club Volleyball Championship

2015 Philippine Super Liga Grand Prix Conference Champions  Foton Tornadoes 1st title Team roster 1.) Angeli Araneta 2.) Katie Messing 3.) Jaja Santiago 4.) Patty Orendain 5.) Kara Acevedo 6.) Lindsay Stalzer 7.) Ivy Remulla (c) 8.) May Macatuno 9.) Ivy Perez 10.) Kayla Williams 11.) Bia General 16.) Royce Estampa 17.) Fiola Ceballos 18.) Jeannie delos Reyes Head coach: Ma. Vilet Ponce de Leon

Award		Name/Team
MVP		Lindsay Stalzer (Foton)
Best Outside Spiker	1st:	Ariel Elizabeth Usher (Cignal)
	2nd:	Bojana Todorovic (Philips Gold)
Best Middle Blocker	1st:	Alexis Olgard (Philips Gold)
	2nd:	Alyja Daphne Santiago (Foton)
Best Opposite Spiker	1st:	Michele Gumabao (Philips Gold)
	2nd:	Frances Xinia Molina (Petron)
Best Setter	1st:	Ivy Jizel Perez (Foton)
	2nd:	Erica Adachi (Petron)
Best Libero		Jennylyn Reyes (Petron)
Coach of the Year		George Pascua (Petron)

Beach Volleyball

Women's Division

Final standing:

Rank Team Giligan's Sisig Queens Foton Tornadoes Cignal HD Spikers (Team B) 4 Foton Hurricanes 5 MERALCO Power Spikers 6 Petron XCS 7 Amy's Kitchen 8 Philips Gold Lady Slammers 9 Petron Sprint 4T 10 Accel Quantum (Team B) 11 BENECO 12 Accel Quantum (Team A) 13 Cignal HD Spikers (Team A)

2015 Philippine Super Liga Beach Challenge Cup Giligan's Sisig Queens 1st title Team roster Danika Gendrauli and Norie Jane Diaz

Men's Division

Final standing:

Rank Team SM By The Bay (Team A) Champion Infinity (Team B) Cignal HD Spikers (Team A) 4 CenterStage Family KTV 5 Cignal HD Spikers (Team B) 6 Champion Infinity (Team A) 7 UPHSD Altas - Molino (Team A) 8 IEM Volley Masters 9 UPHSD Altas - Molino (Team B) 10 SM By The Bay (Team B)

2015 Philippine Super Liga Beach Challenge Cup SM By The Bay (Team A) 1st title Team roster Jade Becaldo and Hachaliah Gilbuena Head Coach: Eric Lecain

International competitions

AVC Asian Women's Championship

An all-PSL selection represented the Philippines in the 2015 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship. The team placed 12th out of 14 competitors.

AVC Club Championships

The champions of the 2014 Grand Prix - the Petron Blaze Spikers (women's) and the Cignal HD Spikers (men's) - represented the Philippines in the 2015 AVC Club Volleyball Championships.

• The Petron Blaze Spikers placed 8th out of 9 competitors in the women's tournament held in Vietnam on September 12 to 20, 2015.
• The Cignal HD Spikers placed 12th out of 16 competitors in the men's tournament held in Taipei on August 13 to 21, 2015.

Spike For Peace International Beach Volleyball

The women's division champions of the 2015 Beach Challenge Cup, Danika Gendrauli and Norie Jane Diaz, were the PSL representatives in the 2015 Spike For Peace International Beach Volleyball Tournament held in Manila from November 29 to December 3, 2015.

Gendrauli and Diaz played as Philippines (Team B). Charo Soriano and Alexa Micek represented the Shakey's V-League and played as Philippines (Team A).

Team A finished 12th and Team B finished 13th (last).

Venues

Brand ambassador

• Charleen Abigail Cruz

Broadcast partners

• TV5, AksyonTV, Sports5.ph
• Solar Sports

Controversies

On October, PVF President Edgardo "Boy" Cantada, condemned the act of the LVPI and Score (headed by Ramon Suzara, the president of PSL, and one of the masterminds in the withdrawal of recognition of PVF in the POC, AVC, and FIVB) over the incident involving 12 imports of the Philippine Super Liga Grand Prix who have gone through the immigration process and play in the league without any necessary working permits and other documents of foreigners who will work in the country. He also criticized LVPI and Suzara for blatant disregard and abuse of the Philippine immigration and labor laws over the incident.

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