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Philippine Super Liga (PSL) organizers are planning to create a players database to give the league a bigger pool of talents thus making it easier for team owners to stock up on their respective rosters. PSL chairman Philip Ella Juico said the database will benefit both the team owners where they can tap the hidden talent in the provinces while at the same time giving the players the chance to show their talents at a higher level. Players that already graduated from member universities of the Cebu Schools Athletic Foundation Inc. (CESAFI), the Negros Occidental Private Schools Sports, Cultural, and Educational Association, and the Davao Private Schools Athletic Association are some of the collegiate leagues the PSL is planning to include on its database. University of the Visayas, Southwestern University, University of San Jose-Recoletos, University of San Carlos, and the University of Cebu are some of the CESAFI member squads that have volleyball programs. Sports Core...

Collegiate volleyball star Abigail Marano is ready to take on the challenge of her new role with the AirAsia Flying Spikers in the upcoming All-Filipino Conference of the Philippine Super Liga (PSL), which opens on Friday at the Cuneta Astrodome. The Flying Spikers will take on the Cagayan Valley Lady Rising Suns in the second game after the men’s division match between the Cignal HD Spikers and Systema Active Smashers. Organizing Sports Core will be offering the opening games, which will be aired by Solar Sports, free admission to the public as their way of thanking the fans. Marano, chosen second by AirAsia after Petron’s top pick Aleona Denise Santiago during last month’s PSL inaugural rookie draft, said she will still be the same player that helped De La Salle University win three straight University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) women’s title. The two-time UAAP most valuable player (MVP) said she’s not that pressured after some have tagged her as the ...