The 1st Conference of the 6th Season of the

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started on April 19, 2009, at the

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. Teams included defending champion and current

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champion San Sebastian, UAAP runner-up FEU, NCRAA champion Lyceum. Two Visayan teams, CESAFI champion USJ-R, and USLS, joined at the quarterfinals. UAAP champion La Salle decided not to compete and took a leave of absence; UP replaced the Lady Archers to complete the eight-team elimination round roster.

Tournament format

A revised tournament format was issued with 10 teams participating: *Elimination round:

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**Top four teams will qualify for quarterfinals. **Bottom four will be eliminated from contention. *Quarterfinals:

**Standings are reset back to zero. **Top four teams from the elimination round will be joined by the University of San Jose-Recoletos Lady Jaguars and University of St. La Salle Lady Stingers. **Top four teams will qualify for semi-finals **Bottom two teams are eliminated for a semi-finals berth. *Semi-finals:

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** #1 vs. #4 ** #2 vs. #3 *Finals:

** Championship: Winners of the semi-finals ** Bronze match: Losers of the semi-finals *** In case the championship series ends first, and the two teams split the series, the team with which has won the greater number of sets wins third place NOTE: This format is official as set by the Shakey's V-League.

Starting Line-ups

Elimination round

Team standings

SW = sets won; SL = sets lost

Results

:''Important note: All teams played all of their opponents only once.''

Exhibition game

Fourth-seed playoff

:''Adamson advances to quarterfinals; Ateneo is eliminated.''

Quarterfinals

Team standings

Results

Bracket

Semifinals

UST–FEU series

:''UST leads series 1–0'' :''Series tied 1–1'' :''UST wins series 2–1''

San Sebastian–Adamson series

:''SSC-R leads series 1–0'' :''SSC-R wins series 2–0''

Finals

Bronze series

:''Adamson leads series 1–0'' :''Adamson wins series 2-0''

Championship series

:''SSC-R leads series 1–0'' :''Series tied 1–1'' :''UST wins series 2–1''

Final ranking

*Champion - *1st runner-up - *2nd runner-up - *3rd runner-up -

Awards

*Best scorer: SSC-R colors

Jaroensri Bualee (SSC-R) *Best attacker: SSC-R colors

Laurence Ann Latigay (SSC-R) *Best blocker: UST colors

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(UST) *Best setter: UST colors

Rhea Katrina Dimaculangan (UST) *Best digger: Adamson colors

Lizlee Ann Gata (Adamson) *Best server: FEU colors

Macaila Irish May Morada (FEU) *Best receiver: SSC-R colors

Margarita Pepito (SSC-R) *Most Improved Player: FEU colors

Shaira Gonzalez (FEU) *Conference MVP: UST colors

Mary Jean Balse (UST) *Finals MVP: UST colors

Rhea Katrina Dimaculangan (UST)

References

External links

Official website
{{Shakeys V-League Shakey's V-League conferences 2009 in volleyball 2009 in Philippine sport