Nine squads to vie in PSL Grand Prix
Present during the media launch of the Chooks to Go Philippine Super Liga Grand Prix at the Vikings in Mall of Asia are, from left, PSL president and CEO Ramon Suzara, PSL chairman Philip Ella Juico and ESPN5 head of sports Patricia Bermudez-Hizon. JOEY MENDOZA
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Superliga drew a record nine teams and tapped Chooks To Go as sponsor of the PSL Grand Prix 2018 firing off Saturday at the Filoil Flying V Center in San Juan.
Two-time Grand Prix champion Foton faces Cignal HD in the main game at 6 p.m. while Petron Blaze, another title favorite, tangles with Generika-Ayala in the 4 p.m. opener of the fifth season of the league.
Iriga will debut against Sta. Lucia while Cocolife opens its campaign against Generika on Tuesday.
F2 Logistics and another newcomer University of Santo Tomas are the other two teams seeing action.
The Tornadoes have tapped Serbians Sara Klisura and Katarina Vukamanovic and Dragana Perunicnic of Montenegro while Blaze Spikers are bringing back seasoned import Lindsay Stalzer to team up with American Hillary Hurley and Japanese libero Yuri Fukuda.
The HD Spikers will have Beth Carey of Australia, Alexis Matthews of the US and Mami Miyashita of Japan while the Cargo Movers acquired Kennedy Bryan of US and Olympian Maria Jose Perez of Venezuela to help fill the void left by Ara Galang, who will not play this conference.
“With a record of nine teams, this is going to be the biggest PSL ever,” said PSL president Ramon Suzara during the launch also attended by PSL chairman Philip Ella Juico, ESPN5 head Patricia Bermudez-Hizon and Bounty Agro Ventures president Ronald Mascarinas at the Vikings in Pasay.
Bermudez-Hizon said all games will be shown live on ESPN5.
The Lifesavers will parade Katarina Pilepic of Croatia, Penina Snuka of Hawaii and Darlene Ramdin of Trinidad and Tobago.
Sta. Lucia, meanwhile, will have Canadian national team members Marisa Field and Kristen Moncks and Ukrainian Bodhana Anisova at the forefront while Cocolife will bank on Tai Manu-Olevao and Taylor Milton of the United States.
The Lady Oragons tapped Tamara Kmezic of Serbia, who is the tallest import ever to play in the PSL at 6-foot-6, NCAA and Premier Volleyball League MVP Grethcel Soltones and Japanese libero Minami Yoshioka.
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