Larong Volleyball sa Pilipinas Inc. and Philippine Superliga condemned allegedly "lewd and vicious" social-media reaction directed at the women's national team, particularly coach Shaq de los Santos and player Ces Molina.

The squad earned a bronze in the ASEAN Grand Prix in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand.

The LVPI is the sport's national governing body.

"The Larong Volleyball sa Pilipinas Inc. and the Philippine Superliga Inc. condemn in the strongest terms the abuse by some quarters of access to social media by using lewd and vicious language and accusations of inappropriate relations directed at Ms. Ces Molina, member of the women’s national team, to the recently concluded ASEAN Grand Prix held in Thailand, and Mr. Shaq Delos Santos of the said team," LVPI and Superliga said in a joint statement.

The social-media "abused" was targeted specifically toward De los Santos for the way he rotated his players and his decision to give Molina significant playing time.

Calls were also made for De los Santos to resign.

"The comments, made under the cowardly cloak of anonymity will not go unpunished," the joint statement continued. "We are working with overseas and local authorities to track down these promoters of hate and bring them to justice."

Although the LVPI welcomed constructive criticism, it said malicious accusations were uncalled for.

"We can speculate on their motive — pure hate or envy, to pressure the coaching staff to change the line up and thus benefit others, or to promote some bizarre cause — but rest assured the full force of the law shall bear on them," the LVPI said in the statement.

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