Frances Xinia Dionisio Molina (born September 23, 1994) is a Filipino volleyball player. She currently plays as an outside hitter for the Cignal HD Spikers in the Premier Volleyball League. She played with the Philippine Super Liga All-Stars in the 2016 FIVB Club World Championship. She is part of the Philippines women's national volleyball team.

Early life

A native of Nueva Ecija, 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

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(SCUAA). She was supposed to join the Philippine women's national volleyball team that will participate in the

1991 Southeast Asian Games The 1991 Southeast Asian Games, officially known as the 16th Southeast Asian Games, was a multi-sport event held in Manila, the Philippines from 24 November to 3 December 1991, with 28 sports featured in the games. This was the second time that ...

, but it was discontinued due to earlier marriage, and her work in a company based in Macau. Molina grew up in the town of Aliaga and moved to Cabanatuan 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 San Beda College. She then became part of the college's women's volleyball team, the San Beda Lady Red Spikers. Molina along with Janine Marciano was part of the team that ended in the Final Four at NCAA Season 87 but her team struggled in the next season. Molina's team ended in the Final Four again in NCAA Season 89 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 Shakey's V-League after she recovered from her injury. Molina was then recruited by the

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of the Philippine Super Liga and was named 2nd Best Outside Hitter at the

2015 PSL All-Filipino Conference The 2015 PLDT Home Ultera PSL All-Filipino was the first conference of the Philippine Super Liga for its third season. The conference began on March 21, 2015 at the Mall of Asia Arena and ended on May 14, 2015 at the Cuneta Astrodome. There was ...

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

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squad that will participate at the

2016 FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship The 2016 FIVB Women's Club World Championship was the 10th edition of the event. It was held for the first time in the Philippines, on 18–23 October 2016 at the SM Mall of Asia Arena. For the first time, eight teams competed, including four wil ...

. With

, Molina won the

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silver medal. In 2017, she became part of the Philippines women's national volleyball team that competed in various tournaments like ASEAN Grand Prix and

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. In 2021, Molina signed to Petro Gazz Angels to play in the first season of Premier Volleyball League 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 conference results, Shakey's V-League'') and its first conference as a professional ...

– 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'') and its second conference as a professional league. The conference was held fr ...

- 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 The 2022 Premier Volleyball League Reinforced Conference was the thirteenth conference of the Premier Volleyball League (''40th conference of the former Shakey's V-League'') and its fourth conference as a professional league. The tournament be ...

- Runner-Up, with Cignal HD Spikers

References

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