Frances Xinia Dionisio Molina (born September 23, 1994) is a Filipino volleyball player. She currently plays as an

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for the

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in the

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. She played with the

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in the 2016 FIVB Club World Championship. She is part of the

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Early life

A native of

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, she was born (second to three siblings) to Araceli Harding (née Dionisio) and Pedro Molina with the former who later became estranged from the latter and married to an India-based to British engineering consultant. Harding was an open hitter playing for the Central Luzon State University volleyball team in the State Colleges and Universities Athletic Association (SCUAA). She was supposed to join the Philippine women's national volleyball team that will participate in the

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, but it was discontinued due to earlier marriage, and her work in a company based in

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. Molina grew up in the town of Aliaga and moved to

Cabanatuan Cabanatuan, officially the City of Cabanatuan ( fil, Lungsod ng Cabanatuan; ilo, Siudad ti Cabanatuan), is a 1st class component city in the province of Nueva Ecija, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 327,325 peop ...

to attend the Araullo University (later transferred to College of Immaculate Conception) for her secondary studies. She was more involved in athletics due to her father's connection with the sport initially uninterested in volleyball.

Career

Molina started playing volleyball on her fourth year in high school. In 2008, she was recruited to be the part of the Cabanatuan's secondary girls' volleyball team for the Central Luzon Regional Athletics Association. She was scouted by George Sucaldito and Nemecio Gavino from the

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. She then became part of the college's women's volleyball team, the San Beda Lady Red Spikers. Molina along with

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was part of the team that ended in the Final Four at

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but her team struggled in the next season. Molina's team ended in the Final Four again in

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but Molina's participation was disrupted by an injury which meant that she didn't finish the season. She played for the PNP Lady Patrollers of the

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after she recovered from her injury. Molina was then recruited by the Petron Blaze Spikers of the

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and was named 2nd Best Outside Hitter at the

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which was won by Petron. Molina has also participated in internationally competing at the 2016 Thai-Denmark Super League 2016 as part of the Petron-Philippine Super Liga All-Stars. She was also named as part of the PSL Manila squad that will participate at the 2016 FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship. With Petron Blaze Spikers, Molina won the 2017 PSL Grand Prix Conference silver medal. In 2017, she became part of the

that competed in various tournaments like

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and

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. In 2021, Molina signed to

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to play in the first season of

on its professional status.

Awards

Individual

* '' 2012 NCAA Season 92 "Best Blocker"'' * '' 2015 Philippine Superliga Grand Prix "2nd Best Opposite Spiker"'' * '' 2017 Philippine Superliga Invitational "1st Best Outside Spiker"'' * '' 2021 PNVF Champions League for Women "1st Best Outside Spiker"'' * '' 2022 Premier Volleyball League Open Conference "1st Best Outside Spiker"'' * '' 2022 Premier Volleyball League Invitational Conference "2nd Best Outside Spiker"''

Clubs

* 2014 Philippine SuperLiga Grand Prix – Champions, with Petron Blaze Spikers * 2015 Philippine SuperLiga Grand Prix – Runner-Up, with Petron Blaze Spikers * 2016 Philippine SuperLiga Invitational – Runner-Up, with Petron Blaze Spikers * 2016 Philippine SuperLiga Grand Prix – Runner-Up, with Petron Blaze Spikers * 2017 Philippine SuperLiga All-Filipino – Champion, with Petron Blaze Spikers * 2017 Philippine SuperLiga Grand Prix – Runner-Up, with Petron Blaze Spikers * 2018 Philippine SuperLiga Grand Prix – Champions, with Petron Blaze Spikers * 2018 Philippine SuperLiga Invitational – Runner-Up, with Petron Blaze Spikers * 2018 Philippine SuperLiga All-Filipino – Champion, with Petron Blaze Spikers * 2019 Philippine SuperLiga Grand Prix – Champions, with Petron Blaze Spikers * 2019 Philippine SuperLiga All-Filipino – Bronze medal, with Petron Blaze Spikers * 2019 Philippine SuperLiga Invitational – Runner-Up, with Petron Blaze Spikers *

2021 Premier Volleyball League Open Conference The 2021 Premier Volleyball League Open Conference was the tenth conference of the Premier Volleyball League (''37th conference of the former Shakey's V-League'') and its first conference as a professional league. The conference started on July ...

– Bronze medal, with Petro Gazz Angels * 2021 PNVF Champions League for Women - Bronze medal, with Petro Gazz Angels *

2022 Premier Volleyball League Open Conference The 2022 Premier Volleyball League Open Conference was the eleventh conference of the Premier Volleyball League (''38th conference of the former Shakey's V-League conference results, Shakey's V-League'') and its second conference as a profession ...

- Bronze medal, with Cignal HD Spikers *

2022 Premier Volleyball League Invitational Conference The 2022 Premier Volleyball League Invitational Conference was the twelfth conference of the Premier Volleyball League (''39th conference of the former Shakey's V-League'') and its third conference as a professional league. The tournament began ...

- Bronze medal, with Cignal HD Spikers * 2022 Premier Volleyball League Reinforced Conference - Runner-Up, with Cignal HD Spikers

References

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