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| Duration | June 3–10, 2012 | |||||||||||||||
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| Arena(s) | Filoil Flying V Arena, San Juan | |||||||||||||||
| Finals MVP | Alyssa Valdez | |||||||||||||||
| Winning coach | Roger Gorayeb | |||||||||||||||
| Semifinalists |  San Sebastian Lady Stags Perpetual Lady Altas | |||||||||||||||
| TV network(s) | TV5 (AKTV on IBC-13), Hyper | |||||||||||||||
The Shakey's V-League 9th Season: 1st Conference is the sixteenth conference of Shakey's V-League, a collegiate women's volleyball league in the Philippines founded in 2004. The opening ceremonies was held on April 24, 2012, with the first doubleheader of volleyball games at the Filoil Flying V Arena in San Juan. After a two-year hiatus, the Tigresses of the University of Santo Tomas, the winningest team of the league, participates the conference with other nine teams.[1][2]
At the end of the elimination round, the Lady Eagles of the Ateneo de Manila University and the Tigresses of the University of Santo Tomas (UST) emerged on the top of standings in their respective group via complete sweep 4–0.[3][4] Meanwhile, the SWU Lady Cobras of Group A and the Letran Lady Knights of Group B finish winless and bid their goodbye in the conference as both teams were eliminated for their hope to enter the quarterfinal round.
The Ateneo Lady Eagles had the distinction of sweeping the quarterfinals 8–0, capped by a win against UST Tigresses (3–1) on their last quarterfinal game. The UST Tigresses snagged a solo second spot after beating NU Lady Bulldogs in straight sets on the last day of quarterfinals. The San Sebastian Lady Stags and Perpetual Lady Altas ended the round third and fourth, respectively, and the former faced UST while the latter battled with Ateneo in the best-of-three series semifinals of the conference.
In semifinals, Ateneo swept UPHSD 2–0 to formalize their entry to the Finals. On the other side, San Sebastian forced a rubber match but UST won in three straight sets on the deciding game to face Ateneo in their first Finals meeting.
- ^ "Shakey's V-League 9th season unfolds April 24". The Philippine Star. ABS-CBN Corporation. 2012-04-10. Retrieved 2012-04-17.
- ^ "Shakey's V-League starts April 24". Cebu Daily News. Philippine Daily Inquirer. 2012-04-09. Retrieved 2012-04-17.
- ^ "Tigresses punish Lady Stags to complete sweep". MatchPoint.PH. 2012-05-10. Retrieved 2012-05-13.
- ^ "Quarters action begins". MatchPoint.PH. 2012-05-12. Retrieved 2012-05-13.