# 2023 Shakey's Super League National Invitationals

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.

## 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 appearances | 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 | None |
| Benilde Lady Blazers | De La Salle–College of Saint Benilde | NCAA | 1st NCAA team | 0 | None | None | None |
| De La Salle Lady Spikers | De La Salle University | UAAP | 1st UAAP team | 0 | None | None | None |
| DLSU-Dasma Lady Patriots | De La Salle University – Dasmariñas | Luzon | 1st Luzon team | 0 | None | None | None |
| Enderun Lady Titans | Enderun Colleges | Luzon | 2nd Luzon team | 0 | None | None | None |
| JMCF Lady Royals | Jose Maria College | Mindanao | 2nd Mindanao team | 0 | None | None | None |
| Lyceum Lady Pirates | Lyceum of the Philippines University | NCAA | 2nd NCAA team | 0 | None | None | None |
| NDDU Lady Kingfishers | Notre Dame of Dadiangas University | Mindanao | 1st Mindanao team | 0 | None | None | None |
| NU Lady Bulldogs | National University | UAAP | 2nd UAAP team | 0 | None | None | None |
| Perpetual Lady Altas | University of Perpetual Help System DALTA | NCAA | 3rd NCAA team | 0 | None | None | None |
| USJ–R Lady Jaguars | University of San Jose–Recoletos | Visayas | 2nd Visayas team | 0 | None | None | None |
| USPF Lady Panthers | University of Southern Philippines Foundation | Visayas | 1st Visayas team | 0 | None | None | None |
| UST Golden Tigresses | University of Santo Tomas | UAAP | 4th UAAP team | 0 | None | 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.

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

### 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 | |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Total |
| Jul 29 | 14:00 | DLSU-D Lady Patriots | 0–3 | USJ-R Lady Jaguars | 20–25 | 18–25 | 18–25 | 56–75 |
| Jul 30 | 16:00 | USJ-R Lady Jaguars | 0–3 | UST Golden Tigresses | 15–25 | 16–25 | 16–25 | 47–75 |
| Aug 1 | 14:00 | UST Golden Tigresses | 3–0 | DLSU-D Lady Patriots | 25–10 | 25–10 | 25–8 | 75–28 |

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

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

## 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 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Championship | Championship | Championship | Championship | Championship |
| Aug 2 | Aug 2 | Aug 2 | | | | | | | | |
| A1 | De La Salle Lady Spikers | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| A1 | De La Salle Lady Spikers | 3 | Aug 4 | Aug 4 | Aug 4 | | | | | |
| C2 | JMCF Lady Royals | 0 | Aug 4 | Aug 4 | Aug 4 | | | | | |
| C2 | JMCF Lady Royals | 0 | A1 | De La Salle Lady Spikers | 3 | | | | | |
| Aug 2 | Aug 2 | Aug 2 | A1 | De La Salle Lady Spikers | 3 | | | | | |
| Aug 2 | Aug 2 | Aug 2 | B1 | UST Golden Tigresses | 2 | | | | | |
| B1 | UST Golden Tigresses | 3 | B1 | UST Golden Tigresses | 2 | | | | | |
| D2 | Enderun Lady Titans | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| D2 | Enderun Lady Titans | 1 | | | | A1 | De La Salle Lady Spikers | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Aug 2 | Aug 2 | Aug 2 | | | | A1 | De La Salle Lady Spikers | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Aug 2 | Aug 2 | Aug 2 | | | | C1 | Adamson Lady Falcons | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| C1 | Adamson Lady Falcons | 3 | | | | C1 | Adamson Lady Falcons | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| C1 | Adamson Lady Falcons | 3 | Aug 4 | Aug 4 | Aug 4 | | | | | |
| B2 | USJ–R Lady Jaguars | 0 | Aug 4 | Aug 4 | Aug 4 | | | | | |
| B2 | USJ–R Lady Jaguars | 0 | C1 | Adamson Lady Falcons | 3 | Third place | Third place | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| Aug 2 | Aug 2 | Aug 2 | C1 | Adamson Lady Falcons | 3 | Third place | Third place | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| Aug 2 | Aug 2 | Aug 2 | A2 | Perpetual Lady Altas | 0 | | | | | |
| D1 | Benilde Lady Blazers | 2 | A2 | Perpetual Lady Altas | 0 | | | | | |
| D1 | Benilde Lady Blazers | 2 | | | | B1 | UST Golden Tigresses | UST Golden Tigresses | 3 | 3 |
| A2 | Perpetual Lady Altas | 3 | | | | B1 | UST Golden Tigresses | UST Golden Tigresses | 3 | 3 |
| A2 | Perpetual Lady Altas | 3 | | | | A2 | Perpetual Lady Altas | Perpetual Lady Altas | 0 | 1 |

### Quarterfinals

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

### 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 | |
| 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 | |

### 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 | |
| Aug 12 | 14:00 | UST Golden Tigresses | 3–1 | Perpetual Lady Altas | 25–20 | 25–21 | 17–25 | 25–13 | | 92–79 | |

#### Gold Medal Match

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total |
| 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 |
| Aug 12 | 16:00 | De La Salle Lady Spikers | 3–0 | Adamson Lady Falcons | 25–23 | 25–12 | 25–18 | | | 75–53 |
| Aug 13 | 16:00 | De La Salle Lady Spikers | 3–0 | Adamson Lady Falcons | 25–19 | 25–22 | 25–17 | | | 75–58 |

## Final standings

| Rank | Team |
| | De La Salle Lady Spikers |
| | Adamson Lady Falcons |
| | UST Golden Tigresses |
| 4 | Perpetual Lady Altas |
| 5-8 | Benilde Lady Blazers |
| 5-8 | Enderun Lady Titans |
| 5-8 | JMCF Lady Royals |
| 5-8 | USJ–R Lady Jaguars |
| 9-12 | Lyceum Lady Pirates |
| 9-12 | USPF Lady Panthers |
| 9-12 | NDDU Lady Kingfishers |
| 9-12 | DLSU-Dasma Lady Patriots |
* 2023 SSL National Invitationals champions
* De La Salle Lady Spikers 1st title
* Team Roster
* Maria Jessa Ordiales, Thea Gagate, Sophia Denise Sindayen, Alleiah Jan Malaluan, Shevana Maria Nicola Laput, Gillianna Jenya Louise Torres, Julia Cyrille Coronel (c), 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 |
| Most Valuable Player | Shevana Maria Nicola Laput | De La Salle Lady Spikers |
| 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. |