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Volleyball: 42 teams take part in Unigames Collegiate Grand Slam Cup

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2019/news/10/08/20191008-laurel.jpg"/><figcaption>United Auctioneers Inc. president Rommel Sytin and PSL president Ian Laurel. Handout photo</figcaption></figure></div>MANILA, Philippines -- The top collegiate volleyball teams in the country will gather in Iloilo City next week for the Unigames Collegiate Grand Slam Cup, to be held at the University of San Agustin gym.Forty-two teams -- 24 men&#x27;s and 18 women&#x27;s -- will see action in the indoor volleyball tournament. It will be renamed the 2nd Dominic Sytin Cup, in honor of the late chief executive of United Auctioneers, Inc. and the benefactor of the University of the Philippines (UP) Lady Maroons.Meanwhile, 14 men&#x27;s and nine women&#x27;s teams will compete in the beach volleyball tournament.Organizers and top officials of the Philippine Superliga (PSL) and the Unigames have partnered together for the event, to be held from October 19 to 27.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://sports.abs-cbn.com/pvl/news/2019/10/07/st-johna-s-institute-team-a-wins-pvl-youth-festival-crown-61843">READ: St. John’s Institute Team A captures PVL Youth Festival crown</a></li></ul>&quot;Traditionally you will see mostly UAAP and NCAA teams like La Salle, UST, UP, NU, St. Benilde, Lyceum, and others coming over along with teams from the Visayas and Mindanao. Nationwide talaga yung participation dito,&quot; said PSL president Ian Laurel.Laurel, along with United Auctioneers president Rommel Sytin, attended the Philippine Sportswriters Association (PSA) Forum on Tuesday.Laurel was grateful for Unigames president and chairman of technical and games committee Roger Banzuela for making the partnership with the PSL possible.&quot;It was enough for the biggest college volleyball league in the country to partner with the PSL. That alone gives us a great pride and joy to have that kind of partnership,&quot; he said.In return, the PSL will be giving out subsidies to competing teams in the form of equipment by providing nets and volleyballs.The league is also handing out the Dominic Sytin Perpetual Trophy to this year&#x27;s champion team.Sytin, for his part, expressed gratitude to both PSL and Unigames for acknowledging the support his late brother has been given to the sport.&quot;I want to thank the PSL and Unigames for recognizing the effort of my late brother, who’s also a staunch supporter of UP,&quot; he said. &quot;I want (this partnership) to last for a long time.&quot;&quot;It&#x27;s worth it, and it&#x27;s very ensuring to know that people support sport, like what my brother had shown before.&quot;&quot;It&#x27;s not just the financial capability of the Sytin family, but for the love of Dominic for the sport, that really meant much more than the financial side. &#x27;Yung pinakita ni Dominic na suporta sa women’s volleyball and at the college level when no one wants to support that team (UP), that made him very special to us,&quot; said Laurel.A total of 2,500 delegates are expected to compete in the 24th edition of the Unigames which has the theme, &quot;The Games that Bring Us Together for Unity and Peace.&quot;Aside from volleyball, competitions will also be held in basketball, athletics, and football.<div>For more sports coverage, visit the <a href="http://sports.abs-cbn.com/">ABS-CBN Sports website.</a></div>

The top collegiate volleyball teams in the country will gather in Iloilo City next week for the Unigames Collegiate Grand Slam Cup, to be held at the San Agustin Campus gym.

The top collegiate volleyball teams in the country will gather in Iloilo City next week for the Unigames Collegiate Grand Slam Cup, to be held at the San Agustin Campus gym.