2023 Shakey's Super League National Invitationals

2023 Shakey's Super League National Invitationals
Tournament details
Dates	July 29 – August 13, 2023
Teams	12
Venue(s)	Filoil EcoOil Centre
Champions	De La Salle Lady Spikers (1st title)
Runners-up	Adamson Lady Falcons
Third place	UST Golden Tigresses
Fourth place	Perpetual Lady Altas
Tournament awards
MVP	Shevana Maria Nicola Laput
Best Setter	Angelica Alcantara
Best OH	Angeline Poyos; Alleah Jan Malaluan
Best MB	Thea Allison Gagate; Amie Provido
Best OPP	Shevana Maria Nicola Laput
Best Libero	Ma. Bernadett Pepito
Tournament statistics
Matches played	23
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The 2023 Shakey's Super League National Invitationals was the inaugural edition of the national collegiate competition organized by the Shakey's Super League and the second SSL tournament of 2023.

The tournament began on July 29 at the Filoil EcoOil Centre. This tournament showcased the top three teams of the recent volleyball tournaments of the NCAA and UAAP, alongside the top two teams from Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao that qualified on the regional qualifiers.^[1]

Qualified teams

The qualified teams for this tournament are the podium finishers of the NCAA and UAAP for Metro Manila, and the top two teams that qualified through the regional qualifiers in Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao.

Team	School	League/Island Group	Qualified as	Previous appearances			Previous best performance
Team	School	League/Island Group	Qualified as	Total	First	Last	Previous best performance
Adamson Lady Falcons	Adamson University	UAAP	3rd UAAP team	0	None		None
Benilde Lady Blazers	De La Salle–College of Saint Benilde	NCAA	1st NCAA team	0	None		None
De La Salle Lady Spikers	De La Salle University	UAAP	1st UAAP team	0	None		None
DLSU-Dasma Lady Patriots	De La Salle University – Dasmariñas	Luzon	1st Luzon team	0	None		None
Enderun Lady Titans	Enderun Colleges	Luzon	2nd Luzon team	0	None		None
JMCF Lady Royals	Jose Maria College	Mindanao	2nd Mindanao team	0	None		None
Lyceum Lady Pirates	Lyceum of the Philippines University	NCAA	2nd NCAA team	0	None		None
NDDU Lady Kingfishers	Notre Dame of Dadiangas University	Mindanao	1st Mindanao team	0	None		None
~~NU Lady Bulldogs~~ ^a	~~National University~~	~~UAAP~~	~~2nd UAAP team~~	0	~~None~~		~~None~~
Perpetual Lady Altas	University of Perpetual Help System DALTA	NCAA	3rd NCAA team	0	None		None
USJ–R Lady Jaguars	University of San Jose–Recoletos	Visayas	2nd Visayas team	0	None		None
USPF Lady Panthers	University of Southern Philippines Foundation	Visayas	1st Visayas team	0	None		None
UST Golden Tigresses	University of Santo Tomas	UAAP	4th UAAP team	0	None		None

Note: a.^ The NU Lady Bulldogs were initially slated to join the competition. Still, they later withdrew as eight players of the team are set to represent the Philippines women's national volleyball team for the 2023 SEA Women's V.League and the 2023 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship.^[2]

Pool composition

The teams are grouped via casting lots. Each pool will have 3 teams.

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
De La Salle Lady Spikers	DLSU-Dasma Lady Patriots	Adamson Lady Falcons	Benilde Lady Blazers
Perpetual Lady Altas	USJ–R Lady Jaguars	JMCF Lady Royals	Enderun Lady Titans
USPF Lady Panthers	UST Golden Tigresses	Lyceum Lady Pirates	NDDU Lady Kingfishers

Venue

All matches
City of Manila
Filoil EcoOil Centre
Capacity: 6,000

Preliminary round

All times are Philippine Standard Time (UTC+8:00).
The top two teams per pool advance to the Quarterfinal round.

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	DLSU Lady Spikers	2	2	0	6	6	0	MAX	150	88	1.705	Quarterfinal round
2	UPHSD Lady Altas	2	1	1	3	3	4	0.750	139	148	0.939	Quarterfinal round
3	USPF Lady Panthers	2	0	2	0	1	6	0.167	121	173	0.699

Source: ^[3]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
Jul 29	12:00	DLSU Lady Spikers	3–0	UPHSD Lady Altas	25–11	25–17	25–12		75–40	^[4]
Jul 30	12:00	USPF Lady Panthers	1–3	*UPHSD Lady Altas*	25–23	12–25	20–25	16–25	73–98	^[5]
Aug 1	9:00	DLSU Lady Spikers	3–0	USPF Lady Panthers	25–14	25–15	25–19		75–48	^[6]

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	UST Golden Tigresses	2	2	0	6	6	0	MAX	150	75	2.000	Quarterfinal round
2	USJ-R Lady Jaguars	2	1	1	3	3	3	1.000	122	131	0.931	Quarterfinal round
3	DLSU-D Lady Patriots	2	0	2	0	0	6	0.000	84	150	0.560

Source: ^[3]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Total	Report
Jul 29	14:00	DLSU-D Lady Patriots	0–3	*USJ-R Lady Jaguars*	20–25	18–25	18–25	56–75	^[4]
Jul 30	16:00	USJ-R Lady Jaguars	0–3	*UST Golden Tigresses*	15–25	16–25	16–25	47–75	^[5]
Aug 1	14:00	UST Golden Tigresses	3–0	DLSU-D Lady Patriots	25–10	25–10	25–8	75–28	^[6]

Pool C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	AdU Lady Falcons	2	2	0	6	6	0	MAX	150	102	1.471	Quarterfinal round
2	JMCF Lady Royals	2	1	1	3	3	4	0.750	120	88	1.364	Quarterfinal round
3	LPU Lady Pirates	2	0	2	0	1	6	0.167	148	174	0.851

Source: ^[3]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
Jul 29	16:00	AdU Lady Falcons	3–0	JMCF Lady Royals	25–17	25–11	25–17		75–45	^[4]
Jul 30	9:00	LPU Lady Pirates	1–3	*JMCF Lady Royals*	26–24	19–25	22–25	24–26	91–100	^[5]
Aug 1	12:00	AdU Lady Falcons	3–0	LPU Lady Pirates	25–17	25–18	25–22		75–57	^[6]

Pool D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	CSB Lady Blazers	2	2	0	6	6	0	MAX	150	87	1.724	Quarterfinal round
2	EC Lady Titans	2	1	1	3	3	3	1.000	111	136	0.816	Quarterfinal round
3	NDDU Lady Kingfishers	2	0	2	0	0	6	0.000	114	152	0.750

Source: ^[3]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Total	Report
Jul 29	9:00	EC Lady Titans	3–0	NDDU Lady Kingfisher	27–25	25–22	25–14	77–61	^[4]
Jul 30	14:00	NDDU Lady Kingfishers	0–3	*CSB Lady Blazers*	20–25	15–25	18–25	53–75	^[5]
Aug 1	16:00	EC Lady Titans	0–3	CSB Lady Blazers	11–25	13–25	10–25	34–75	^[6]

Final round

All times are Philippine Standard Time (UTC+8:00).
Quarterfinals and Semifinals are single elimination games.
Finals is best-of-three series.

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Championship

Aug 2

A1

De La Salle Lady Spikers

3

Aug 4

C2

JMCF Lady Royals

0

A1

De La Salle Lady Spikers

3

Aug 2

B1

UST Golden Tigresses

2

B1

UST Golden Tigresses

3

D2

Enderun Lady Titans

1

A1

De La Salle Lady Spikers

2

3

Aug 2

C1

Adamson Lady Falcons

3

0

C1

Adamson Lady Falcons

3

Aug 4

B2

USJ–R Lady Jaguars

0

C1

Adamson Lady Falcons

3

Third place

Aug 2

A2

Perpetual Lady Altas

0

D1

Benilde Lady Blazers

2

B1

UST Golden Tigresses

3

A2

Perpetual Lady Altas

3

A2

Perpetual Lady Altas

0

1

Quarterfinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
Aug 2	9:00	De La Salle Lady Spikers	3–0	JMCF Lady Royals	25–18	25–14	25–19			75–51	^[7]
Aug 2	12:00	UST Golden Tigresses	3–1	Enderun Lady Titans	25–13	25–16	21–25	25–14		96–68	^[7]
Aug 2	14:00	Adamson Lady Falcons	3–0	USJ–R Lady Jaguars	25–9	25–11	25–23			75–43	^[7]
Aug 2	16:00	Benilde Lady Blazers	2–3	Perpetual Lady Altas	16–25	25–20	26–28	25–16	12–15	104–104	^[7]

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
Aug 4	14:00	Adamson Lady Falcons	3–0	Perpetual Lady Altas	25–19	25–21	25–16			75–56	^[8]
Aug 4	16:00	De La Salle Lady Spikers	3–2	UST Golden Tigresses	22–25	25–18	14–25	26–24	26–24	113–116	^[8]

Finals

Bronze Medal Match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
Aug 9	14:00	UST Golden Tigresses	3–0	Perpetual Lady Altas	25–15	25–22	25–15			75–52	^[9]
Aug 12	14:00	UST Golden Tigresses	3–1	Perpetual Lady Altas	25–20	25–21	17–25	25–13		92–79	^[10]

Gold Medal Match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
Aug 9	16:00	De La Salle Lady Spikers	2–3	Adamson Lady Falcons	25–22	17–25	25–17	25–27	14–16	106–107	^[9]
Aug 12	16:00	De La Salle Lady Spikers	3–0	Adamson Lady Falcons	25–23	25–12	25–18			75–53	^[10]
Aug 13	16:00	De La Salle Lady Spikers	3–0	Adamson Lady Falcons	25–19	25–22	25–17			75–58	^[11]

Final standings

Rank	Team
	De La Salle Lady Spikers
	Adamson Lady Falcons
	UST Golden Tigresses
4	Perpetual Lady Altas
5-8	Benilde Lady Blazers
	Enderun Lady Titans
	JMCF Lady Royals
	USJ–R Lady Jaguars
9-12	Lyceum Lady Pirates
	USPF Lady Panthers
	NDDU Lady Kingfishers
	DLSU-Dasma Lady Patriots

2023 SSL National Invitationals champions
De La Salle Lady Spikers 1st title

Team Roster

Maria Jessa Ordiales, Thea Allison Gagate, Sophia Denise Sindayen, Alleiah Jan Malaluan, Shevana Maria Nicola Laput, Gillianna Jenya Louise Torres, Julia Cyrille Coronel (c), Princess Maicah Larroza, Julyana Tolentino, Amie Provido, Baby Jyne Soreño, Julieanne Rose Levina, Marite Espina, Ela Marjanna Raagas, Lyka Mae De Leon, Kim Yra Rocha, Katrina Del Castillo, Caroline Santos, Julianne Margarita Javelosa

Head Coach

Ramil de Jesus

Awards and medalists

Individual awards

Award	Player	Team	Ref
Most Valuable Player	Shevana Maria Nicola Laput	De La Salle Lady Spikers	^[12]
1st Best Outside Spiker	Angeline Poyos	UST Golden Tigresses
2nd Best Outside Spiker	Alleah Jan Malaluan	De La Salle Lady Spikers
1st Best Middle Blocker	Thea Allison Gagate	De La Salle Lady Spikers
2nd Best Middle Blocker	Amie Provido	De La Salle Lady Spikers
Best Opposite Spiker	Shevana Maria Nicola Laput	De La Salle Lady Spikers
Best Setter	Angelica Alcantara	Adamson Lady Falcons
Best Libero	Ma. Bernadett Pepito	UST Golden Tigresses

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
De La Salle Lady Spikers CORONEL, Julia Cyrille (c) ORDIALES, Ma. Jessa GAGATE, Thea Allison SINDAYEN, Sophia Denise MALALUAN, Alleiah Jan LAPUT, Shevana Nicola TORRES, Gillianna Jenya Louise LARROZA, Princess Maicah TOLENTINO, Julyana PROVIDO, Amie SOREÑO, Baby Jyne LEVINA, Julianne Rose ESPINA, Marite RAAGAS, Ela Marjanna DE LEON, Lyka May ROCHA, Kim Yra DEL CASTILLO, Katrina SANTOS, Caroline JAVELOSA, Julianne Margarita Head Coach: Ramil De Jesus	Adamson Lady Falcons ALMONTE, Lucille May (c) YANDOC, Nikka Sophia Ruth LOPENA, Julea Dawn MARCE, Aliah ALCANTARA, Angelica ANCHETA, Sharya Nicole NIQUE, May Ann CUENCA, Jaochen Ghail ADOLFO, Antonette LALONGISIP, Ma. Rochelle VERDEFLOR, Ma. Joahna Karen TORING, Renella Jade MANUEL, Juris Anne Clare VILLEGAS, Jen Kylene ALJIBE, Princess Eloisa JUEGOS, Ayesha Tara BASCON, Red TORING, Lorene Grace APOSAGA, Athea Jamine Head Coach: John Philip Yude	UST Golden Tigresses PEPITO, Ma. Bernadett (c) POYOS, Angeline Inson TAPIA, Ypril Jyrhine LIMPOT, Alyzandrianne TAN, Cristabelle Gracille BACALSO, Angeli CAASI, Karylle Ann OSIS, Francine Anne JACKSON, Mary Angela GULA, Xyza Rufel ABBU, Athena Sopia PERDIDO, Jonna Chris APOSTOL, Elisha Julienne CORONADO, Mary Joe CARBALLO, Ma. Cassandra Rae JURADO, Regina Grace BANAGUA, Mary Margaret CORDORA, Kyla Elvi Dale HILONGO, Maribeth Head Coach: Emilio Reyes Jr.

References

^ "SSL Drops All-To-Play Rule". Daily Tribune. 19 June 2023.
^ "NU Lady Bulldogs will get 8 slots on national volley team". Daily Tribune. 9 July 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "2023 Shakey's Super League National Invitationals - Schedule, Results, Scores, Team Standings, Game Details". PhilSports. 14 August 2023. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "La Salle opens SSL campaign with 81-minute romp of Perpetual". Tiebreaker Times. 30 July 2023. Archived from the original on 31 July 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "SSL: Jose Maria College stuns Lyceum to even slate". Tiebreaker Times. 31 July 2023. Archived from the original on 31 July 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "SSL: La Salle, Adamson, UST, Benilde lead QF cast". Tiebreaker Times. 1 August 2023. Archived from the original on 1 August 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Perpetual plays spoiler, joins three UAAP teams in SSL Final Four". Tiebreaker Times. 2 August 2023. Archived from the original on 2 August 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
^ ^a ^b "La Salle outlasts UST in five-set epic, sets up SSL finals clash vs Adamson". Tiebreaker Times. 4 August 2023. Archived from the original on 4 August 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Adamson pulls off five-set heist vs La Salle in SSL Game 1". Tiebreaker Times. 9 August 2023. Archived from the original on 11 August 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Laput powers La Salle to SSL winner-take-all vs Adamson". Tiebreaker Times. 12 August 2023. Archived from the original on 13 August 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
^ "La Salle dominates SSL winner-take-all". Tiebreaker Times. 13 August 2023. Archived from the original on 15 August 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
^ Masoy, Niel Victor (13 August 2023). "Shevana Laput captures SSL Nat'l Invitationals MVP plum". The Manila Times. Retrieved 13 August 2023.

[1] "SSL Drops All-To-Play Rule". Daily Tribune. 19 June 2023.

[2] "NU Lady Bulldogs will get 8 slots on national volley team". Daily Tribune. 9 July 2023.

[2023_Nationals-3] "2023 Shakey's Super League National Invitationals - Schedule, Results, Scores, Team Standings, Game Details". PhilSports. 14 August 2023. Retrieved 14 August 2023.

[LaSalle-4] "La Salle opens SSL campaign with 81-minute romp of Perpetual". Tiebreaker Times. 30 July 2023. Archived from the original on 31 July 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2024.

[SSL-5] "SSL: Jose Maria College stuns Lyceum to even slate". Tiebreaker Times. 31 July 2023. Archived from the original on 31 July 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2024.

[SSL_QF_Cast-6] "SSL: La Salle, Adamson, UST, Benilde lead QF cast". Tiebreaker Times. 1 August 2023. Archived from the original on 1 August 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2024.

[SSL_Final_Four-7] "Perpetual plays spoiler, joins three UAAP teams in SSL Final Four". Tiebreaker Times. 2 August 2023. Archived from the original on 2 August 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2024.

[LaSalle_outlasts_UST-8] "La Salle outlasts UST in five-set epic, sets up SSL finals clash vs Adamson". Tiebreaker Times. 4 August 2023. Archived from the original on 4 August 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2024.

[Adamson_pulls_off-9] "Adamson pulls off five-set heist vs La Salle in SSL Game 1". Tiebreaker Times. 9 August 2023. Archived from the original on 11 August 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2024.

[Laput_powers_LaSalle-10] "Laput powers La Salle to SSL winner-take-all vs Adamson". Tiebreaker Times. 12 August 2023. Archived from the original on 13 August 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2024.

[11] "La Salle dominates SSL winner-take-all". Tiebreaker Times. 13 August 2023. Archived from the original on 15 August 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2024.

[12] Masoy, Niel Victor (13 August 2023). "Shevana Laput captures SSL Nat'l Invitationals MVP plum". The Manila Times. Retrieved 13 August 2023.

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