2024 Shakey's Super League Pre-season Championship explained

Competition:	Shakey's Super League Pre-season Championship
Continent:	Asia
Gender:	women
Year:	2024
Dates:	September 27, 2024 – November 24, 2024
Teams:	18
Venues:	1
Champions Other:	NU Lady Bulldogs
Title Number:	3
Second Other:	De La Salle Lady Spikers
Third Other:	FEU Lady Tamaraws
Fourth Other:	UST Golden Tigresses
Mvp:	Mhicaela Belen
Setter:	Camilla Lamina
Outside Spikers:	Mhicaela Belen Angeline Poyos
Middle Blockers:	Amie Provido Jazlyn Ellarina
Opposite Spiker:	Alyssa Solomon
Libero:	Shaira Mae Jardio
Matches:	57
Last:	2024 Shakey's Super League National Invitationals
Next:	2025 Shakey's Girls Volleyball Invitational League

The 2024 Shakey's Super League Pre-season Championship was the third edition of the collegiate volleyball competition organized by the Shakey's Super League and the third and final SSL tournament of 2024. The tournament started on September 27, 2024, and will be contested by all 18 teams from the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) and National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA).^[1]

The NU Lady Bulldogs enter this tournament as two-time defending pre-season champions while also coming off their title run in the 2024 National Invitationals tournament.^[2] ^[3]

Participating teams

2024 Shakey's Super League Collegiate Pre-Season Tournament
Team	School	Collegiate league
		UAAP
		NCAA
		UAAP
		NCAA
		UAAP
		NCAA
		UAAP
		NCAA
		NCAA
		NCAA
		NCAA
	National University	UAAP
		NCAA
		NCAA
		NCAA
		UAAP
		UAAP
UST Golden Tigresses		UAAP

Pool composition

All eighteen teams from the UAAP and NCAA will compete in this tournament. The teams are then divided into four pools. Pools A and B consist of five teams while Pools C and D consist of four teams. The pool composition is as follows:

width=25%	Pool A	width=25%	Pool B	width=25%	Pool C	width=25%	Pool D
NU Lady Bulldogs	UST Golden Tigresses	De La Salle Lady Spikers	FEU Lady Tamaraws
Arellano Lady Chiefs	Lyceum Lady Pirates	Letran Lady Knights	Benilde Lady Blazers
EAC Lady Generals	Mapua Lady Cardinals	JRU Lady Bombers	San Sebastian Lady Stags
Ateneo Blue Eagles	UE Lady Warriors	UP Fighting Maroons	Adamson Lady Falcons
San Beda Lady Red Spikers	Perpetual Lady Altas

Venues

Manila
width=280	Preliminaries
Rizal Memorial Coliseum
Capacity: 6,100

Format

The format of this year's Pre-season Championship will remain unchanged, with its all-to-play rule still intact.^[4]

First round

Single-round robin format; 4 pools; Teams are ranked using the FIVB Ranking System.
The top two teams per pool will advance to the second round.

Second round

Single-round robin format; 2 pools; Teams are ranked using the FIVB Ranking System.
The W-L record in the first round will be carried over in the second round.
After another pool play, the eight teams will battle in the crossover quarterfinals.

Quarterfinals (twice-to-beat)

QF1: E1 vs. F4 (E1 twice-to-beat)
QF3: F2 vs. E3 (F2 twice-to-beat)
QF2: F1 vs. E4 (F1 twice-to-beat)
QF4: E2 vs. F3 (E2 twice-to-beat)

Semifinals (knockout stage)

SF1: QF #1 vs. QF #3
SF2: QF #2 vs. QF #4

Finals (Best-of-three series)

Bronze medal: SF1 Loser vs SF2 Loser
Gold medal: SF1 Winner vs SF2 Winner

Pool standing procedure

First, teams are ranked by the number of matches won.
If the number of matches won is tied, the tied teams are then ranked by match points, wherein:
- Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loser.
- Match won 3–2: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser.
In case of any further ties, the following criteria shall be used:
- Set ratio: the number of sets won divided by number of sets lost.
- Point ratio: number of points scored divided by number of points allowed.
- Head-to-head standings: any remaining tied teams are ranked based on the results of head-to-head matches involving the teams in question.

First round

All times are Philippine Standard Time (UTC+8:00).
The top two teams per pool advance to the second round.

Pool D

Second round

All times are Philippine Standard Time (UTC+8:00).

Pool F

Final round

All times are Philippine Standard Time (UTC+8:00).

Gold medal match

Final standing

width=	Rank	width=200	Team
	NU Lady Bulldogs
	De La Salle Lady Spikers
	FEU Lady Tamaraws
4	UST Golden Tigresses
5	Ateneo Blue Eagles
6	Benilde Lady Blazers
7
8	UP Fighting Maroons
9	Lyceum Lady Pirates
10	Arellano Lady Chiefs
11	Adamson Lady Falcons
12	Letran Lady Knights
13	San Beda Lady Red Spikers
14	Mapua Lady Cardinals
15	Perpetual Lady Altas
16	San Sebastian Lady Stags
17	JRU Lady Bombers
18	EAC Lady Generals

Team Roster
Mhicaela Belen (c), Alyssa Solomon, Camilla Lamina, Erin May Pangilinan, Sheena Toring, Evangeline Alinsug, Shaira Mae Jardio, Alexa Mata, Minierva Maaya, Arah Ellah Panique, Nataszha Kaye Bombita, Chaitlin Mauricio, Abegail Pono, Aishat Bello, IC Cepada, Josline Salazar, Celine Marsh, Myrtle Escanlar, Carlyn Tizon
Head coach
Sherwin Meneses

Awards and medalists

Individual awards

width=250	Award	width=250	Player	width=120	Team	width=10
Most Valuable Player	Mhicaela Belen	NU Lady Bulldogs	^[5]
1st Best Outside Spiker	Mhicaela Belen	NU Lady Bulldogs
2nd Best Outside Spiker	Angeline Poyos	UST Golden Tigresses
1st Best Middle Blocker	Amie Provido	De La Salle Lady Spikers
2nd Best Middle Blocker	Jazlyn Ellarina	FEU Lady Tamaraws
Best Opposite Spiker	Alyssa Solomon	NU Lady Bulldogs
Best Setter	Camilla Lamina	NU Lady Bulldogs
Best Libero	Shaira Mae Jardio	NU Lady Bulldogs

Medalists

Notes and References

Web site: Ulanday . John Bryan . Shakey’s Super League back with Season 3 . 2024-09-26 . Philstar.com.
Web site: Villanueva . Ralph Edwin . Lady Bulldogs edge Tigresses to rule Shakey's Super League tilt anew . 2024-09-26 . Philstar.com.
Web site: 2024-09-25 . NU sets sights on 3rd straight SSL crown in pre-season championship . 2024-09-26 . ABS-CBN News.
Web site: 2024-09-25 . La Salle, UP back in SSL preseason volleyball action . 2024-09-26 . RAPPLER . en-US.
Web site: Valderrama . Aeron Paul . NU continues dominance over La Salle, bags third straight SSL Pre-season title . Tiebreaker Times . November 24, 2024 . November 24, 2024 . November 24, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20241124152921/https://tiebreakertimes.com.ph/tbt/nu-continues-dominance-over-la-salle-bags-third-straight-ssl-pre-season-title/321132 . live .