Foton Toplanders

Foton Toplanders
Short name Foton
Founded 2014
Manager Alvin Lu
Captain Angeli Araneta (UP)
League Philippine Super Liga
2016 Invitational 5th place
Website Club home page
Uniforms
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Foton Toplanders
Medal record
Philippine Super Liga
2015 Grand Prix Conference
2015 Beach Volleyball Challenge Cup

The Foton Toplanders are a professional women's volleyball team playing in the Philippine Super Liga (PSL). The team debuted in the Grand Prix Conference of the 2014 PSL season.[1] The team is owned by United Asia Automotive Group, Inc., the distributors of Foton automobiles in the Philippines.

As the champion of the 2015 PSL Grand Prix, Foton will represent the Philippines in the 2016 Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship to be held in Manila.[2]

Aside from volleyball, Foton also sponsored men's basketball teams in the Pilipinas Commercial Basketball League (Foton Toplanders), and the Filsports Basketball Association (Pampanga Foton Toplanders), when they won a championship title in the 2nd conference on December 15, 2015.

Foton Tornadoes first logo

Name changes

Foton Tornadoes (2014-2015, Philippine Superliga)
              
Foton Toplanders (2016-present, Philippine Superliga)
         

Roster

For the 2016 PSL Invitational Cup:

Foton Toplanders roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # POB Name DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) Height Weight From
S 1 Philippines Dimaculangan, Rhea Katrina 1991-03-21 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) 146 lb (66 kg) UST
L 2 Philippines Tabaquero, Maria Angeli 1989-06-21 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 134 lb (61 kg) UST
OH 4 Philippines Orendain, Patty Jane 1992-08-10 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) 127 lb (58 kg) USLS
L 5 Philippines Acevedo, Maria Carmina Denise 1989-04-28 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) 135 lb (61 kg) Ateneo
OH 6 Philippines Henson, Danna 1994-06-14 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) 101 lb (46 kg) Arellano
MH 7 Philippines Remulla, Ivy Elayne 1979-11-14 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 142 lb (64 kg) DLSU
MH 8 Philippines Araneta, Angeli Pauline () 1993-09-13 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 155 lb (70 kg) UP
9 Philippines Dawson, Samantha Chloe 1993-10-08 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) 143 lb (65 kg) FEU
MB 10 Philippines Ortiz, Maika Angela 1991-08-30 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 163 lb (74 kg) UST
MH 11 Philippines Estampa, Royce 1992-07-07 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 142 lb (64 kg) USLS
S 14 Philippines Macatuno, May Jennifer 1991-05-23 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m) 114 lb (52 kg) Adamson
15 Philippines Tiangco, Monique 1991-11-11 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) 139 lb (63 kg) FEU
MB 16 Philippines Salamangos, Shirley 1995-02-04 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 134 lb (61 kg) Arellano
18 Philippines Bulan, Faith 1992-01-10 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) 121 lb (55 kg) UE
Head coach
  • Philippines Ma. Vilet Ponce De Leon
Assistant coach(es)
  • Philippines Ronald Dulay
  • Philippines Christian Fernandez
Team manager
  • Philippines Alvin Lu
Strength and conditioning coach(es)
  • Philippines Jose Mari Angulo (Physical Therapist)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • (IN) Inactive
  • Injured
Position Legend
  • (S) Setter
  • (L) Libero
  • (OS) Open Spiker
  • (OH) Outside Hitter
  • (MB) Middle Blocker
  • (OP) Opposite Hitter

Previous roster

Main article: Foton Tornadoes 2015

For the 2015 PSL Beach Volleyball Challenge Cup:

Foton Hurricanes (Foton - Team A)
No. Last Name First Name Ht. Wt. College
1 Tan Bea 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) 55 kg Ateneo
2 Soriano Ma. Paulina 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) 61 kg Adamson
Foton Tornadoes (Foton - Team B)
No. Last Name First Name Ht. Wt. College
1 Ceballos Fiola 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) 56 kg CPU
2 Orendain Patty Jane 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) 58 kg USLS

Coaching staff

  • Head Coach:
  • Assistant Coach(s):

Team Staff

  • Team Manager:
  • Team Utility:

Medical Staff

  • Team Physician:
  • Physical Therapist:

Honors

Team

Season Conference Title Source
2014 Grand Prix 5th place [3]
2015 All-Filipino 4th Place
Beach Challenge Cup Team A: 4th place
Team B: Runner-up
Grand Prix Champion [4]
2016 Invitational 5th place
Beach Challenge Cup
All-Filipino
Grand Prix
Season League Tournament Title Source
2016 Asian Volleyball Confederation AVC Club Volleyball Championship

Individual

Season Conference Award Name
2015 All-Filipino 2nd Best Outside Spiker Patty Jane Orendain
Grand Prix 2nd Best Middle Blocker Alyja Daphne Santiago
1st Best Setter Ivy Jizel Perez
Most Valuable Player United States Lindsay Stalzer

Team captains

Season Conference Number Player
2014 Grand Prix 6 Jill Gustilo
2015 All-Filipino 7 Ivy Remulla
Grand Prix
2016 Invitational 8 Angeli Araneta
All-Filipino
Grand Prix

Previous Players

Number Player Last Season Transfer to
1 Rubie De Leon 2014 PSL GPC
6 Jill Gustilo Mane 'n Tail Lady Stallions (2015)
13 Karla Belo
10 Kayla Marie Tiangco-Williams 2015 PSL GPC
17 Fiola Ceballos
18 Jennie Delos Reyes

Imports

Season Number Player Country
2014 10 Elena Tarasova Russia Russia
17 Irina Tarasova Russia Russia
2015 2 Kathleen Anne Messing United States United States
6 Lindsay Stalzer United States United States

References

  1. ↑ "Three new teams vie for honors in import-laced Superliga Grand Prix". website (http://spin.ph). Spin.ph. 14 October 2014. Retrieved 22 October 2014. External link in |publisher= (help)
  2. ↑ "Tornadoes set goals high in 2016". Business Mirror. 16 December 2015. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
  3. ↑ JP, Abcede (December 1, 2014). "Foton Cops Fifth After Out Playing Mane ‘n Tail". website. Philippine Super Liga. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
  4. ↑ "Stalzer, Messing lead from front as Foton beats Petron for maiden Super Liga title". by Mei-Lin Lozada (spin.ph) December 5, 2015, 03:16 pm

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