2018 Premier Volleyball League men's division/Spikers' Turf season

2018 PVL men's division/Spikers' Turf season
2018 PVL men's division/Spikers' Turf season
League	Spikers' Turf
Sport	Volleyball
Duration	May 6 – December 14, 2018
Teams	10
TV partner	Hyper TV
Conference
Reinforced champions	Philippine Air Force
Reinforced runners-up	Cignal
Collegiate champions	NU
Collegiate runners-up	UST
Open champions	Philippine Air Force Agilas
Open runners-up	PLDT Home Fibr Power Hitters
PVL men's division/Spikers' Turf seasons
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The 2018 Premier Volleyball League men's division/Spikers' Turf season was the fourth season of the men's league operated by Sports Vision and the second season of the Spikers' Turf integration into the Premier Volleyball League (PVL). The season ran from May 6 to December 14, 2018. The conference order from 2017 was retained with the Reinforced Conference coming first, followed by the Collegiate Conference.^[1]

Starting from the season-ending Open Conference, Spikers' Turf was re-established and spun-off as a separate entity from its women's counterpart.^[2]

Reinforced Conference

Participating teams

2018 Premier Volleyball League Reinforced Conference (Men's Division)
Abbr.	Team	Company	Head coach	Team captain
CIG	Cignal HD Spikers	Cignal TV, Inc.	Oliver Almadro	Ysay Marasigan
IEM	IEM Phoenix Volley Masters	Instituto Estetico Manila	Rafael Presnede	Gregorio Dolor
PLD	PLDT Home Fibr Power Hitters	PLDT, Inc.	Arthur Mamon	John Vic De Guzman
PAF	Philippine Air Force Air Spikers	Philippine Air Force	Rhovyl Verayo	Jessie Lopez
PAR	Philippine Army Troopers	Philippine Army	Rico de Guzman	Benjaylo Labide
VIC	Vice Co. Blockbusters	Vice Cosmetics	Reynaldo Diaz, Jr.	Jan Berlin Paglinawan

Preliminary round

Team standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Cignal HD Spikers	5	4	1	11	13	6	2.167	451	390	1.156	Semifinals
2	Vice Co. Blockbusters	5	4	1	11	13	8	1.625	517	472	1.095	Semifinals
3	PLDT Home Fibr Power Hitters	5	2	3	8	11	10	1.100	464	453	1.024	Quarterfinals
4	Philippine Air Force Air Spikers	5	2	3	6	9	12	0.750	484	485	0.998
5	IEM Volley Masters	5	2	3	5	8	12	0.667	427	463	0.922
6	Philippine Army Troopers	5	1	4	3	8	14	0.571	416	496	0.839

Source: ^[3]

Quarterfinals round

Team standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Philippine Air Force Air Spikers	3	3	0	9	9	3	3.000	293	263	1.114	Semifinals
2	PLDT Home Fibr Power Hitters	3	2	1	6	7	4	1.750	265	247	1.073	Semifinals
3	Philippine Army Troopers	3	1	2	2	4	8	0.500	260	285	0.912
4	IEM Volley Masters	3	0	3	1	4	9	0.444	282	305	0.925

Source: ^[3]

Qualified to the semifinals

Final round

All series are best-of-three.

Semifinals					Finals

1	Cignal HD Spikers	3	2	3

4	PLDT Home Fibr Power Hitters	0	3	0
						Cignal HD Spikers	2	2	–

						Philippine Air Force Air Spikers	3	3	–
2	Vice Co. Blockbusters	1	3	0

3	Philippine Air Force Air Spikers	3	2	3	3rd place


						Vice Co. Blockbusters	3	3	–

						PLDT Home Fibr Power Hitters	1	0	–

Awards

Award		Player	Ref.
Most Valuable Player	Finals	Bryan Bagunas (Philippine Air Force)	^[4]
Most Valuable Player	Conference	Marck Espejo (Cignal)	^[5]
Best Outside Spikers	1st: 2nd:	Marck Espejo (Cignal) Fauzi Ismail (Philippine Air Force)
Best Middle Blockers	1st: 2nd:	Rex Intal (Cignal) John Paul Bugaoan (Vice Co.)
Best Opposite Spiker		John Vic De Guzman (PLDT Home)
Best Setter		Ronchette Lee Villegas (PLDT Home)
Best Libero		Rence Melgar (PLDT Home)

Final standings

Rank	Team
	Philippine Air Force Air Spikers
	Cignal HD Spikers
	Vice Co. Blockbusters
4	PLDT Home Fibr Power Hitters
5	Philippine Army Troopers
6	IEM Phoenix Volley Masters

Collegiate Conference

Participating teams

2018 Premier Volleyball League Collegiate Conference (Men's Division)
Abbr.	Team	Head coach	Team captain
ADU	Adamson Soaring Falcons	Domingo Custodio	Paolo Pablico
AUN	Arellano Chiefs	Sherwin Meneses	Christian Joshua Segovia
CSB	Benilde Blazers	Arnold Laniog	Francis Basilan
DLS	De La Salle Green Archers	Norman Miguel	Chris Bernard Dumago
FEU	FEU Tamaraws	Reynaldo Diaz Jr.	Redijohn Paler
NUI	NU Bulldogs	Dante Alinsunurin	Francis Saura
SBU	San Beda Red Lions	Ernesto Pamilar	Angelo Michael Torres
UPH	Perpetual Help Altas	Sinfronio Acaylar	John Patrick Ramos
UPD	UP Fighting Maroons	Hans Chuacuco	Jerry San Pedro Jr.
UST	UST Growling Tigers	Arthur Alan Mamon	Timothy James Tajanlangit

Preliminary round

Team standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	NU Bulldogs	9	8	1	24	25	8	3.125	820	692	1.185	Semifinals
2	UST Growling Tigers	9	8	1	23	26	8	3.250	768	681	1.128
3	Adamson Soaring Falcons	9	6	3	19	21	13	1.615	812	761	1.067
4	FEU Tamaraws	9	5	4	15	19	18	1.056	791	779	1.015
5	Benilde Blazers	9	5	4	14	16	17	0.941	747	759	0.984	Fourth-seed playoff
6	UP Fighting Maroons	9	4	5	13	19	18	1.056	824	827	0.996
7	Perpetual Help Altas	9	4	5	11	14	20	0.700	737	796	0.926
8	De La Salle Green Archers	9	2	7	8	14	22	0.636	758	836	0.907
9	San Beda Red Lions	9	2	7	5	10	24	0.417	743	819	0.907
10	Arellano Chiefs	9	1	8	4	10	25	0.400	746	826	0.903

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: Point system: 3 points = win match in 3 or 4 sets; 2 points = win match in 5 sets; 1 point = lose match in 5 sets; 0 point = lose match in 3 or 4 sets

Final round

All series are best-of-three.

Semifinals					Finals

1	NU Bulldogs	1	3	3

4	FEU Tamaraws	3	1	0
						NU Bulldogs	3	3	–

						UST Growling Tigers	1	0	–
2	UST Growling Tigers	3	3	–

3	Adamson Soaring Falcons	1	2	–	3rd place


						FEU Tamaraws	3	3	–

						Adamson Soaring Falcons	2	1	–

Awards

Award		Player ^[6]
Most Valuable Player	Finals: Conference:	Bryan Bagunas (NU) Paolo Pablico (Adamson)
Best Outside Spikers	1st: 2nd:	Bryan Bagunas (NU) Paolo Pablico (Adamson)
Best Middle Blockers	1st: 2nd:	John Paul Bugaoan (FEU) Jayvee Sumagaysay (UST)
Best Opposite Spiker		Joshua Umandal (UST)
Best Setter		Timothy James Tajanlangit (UST)
Best Libero		Ricky Marcos (NU)

Final standings

Rank	Team ^[7]
	NU Bulldogs
	UST Growling Tigers
	FEU Tamaraws
4	Adamson Soaring Falcons
5	Benilde Blazers
6	UP Fighting Maroons
7	Perpetual Help Altas
8	De La Salle Green Archers
9	San Beda Red Lions
10	Arellano Chiefs

Open Conference

The 2018 Spikers’ Turf Open Conference was the third and final conference of the 2018 Premier Volleyball League/Spikers' Turf season. The tournament began on October 6, 2018^[8] at the Blue Eagle Gym, Ateneo de Manila University campus, Quezon City, Philippines.^[9]

Participating teams

2018 Spikers’ Turf Open Conference
Abbr.	Team	Company	Colors	Head coach	Team captain
ADMU	Ateneo Blue Eagles-Fudgee Barr	Ateneo de Manila University and Republic Biscuit Corporation		Timothy James Sto. Tomas	Jasper Rodney Tan
ARM	Philippine Army Troopers	Philippine Army		Rico de Guzman	Benjaylo Labide
CIG	Cignal HD Spikers	Cignal TV, Inc.		Oliver Allan Almadro	Ysrael Wilson Marasigan
FUR	Fury Blazing Hitters	Cafe Lupe Hostel & Restaurant		Ralph Ocampo	Phillip Michael Bagalay
IEM	IEM Volley Masters	Instituto Estetico Manila		Rafael Presnede	Jeffrey Jimenez
PLDT	PLDT Home Fibr Power Hitters	PLDT		Arthur Mamon	Henry James Pecaña
PAF	Philippine Air Force Agilas	Philippine Air Force		Rhovyl Verayo	Jessie Lopez
PNV	Philippine Navy Fighting Stingrays	Philippine Navy		Bob Malenab	Milover Parcon
FEU	Prima–FEU Tamaraws	Far Eastern University		Reynaldo Diaz Jr.	Owen Suarez
NUI	Sta. Elena-NU Bulldogs	Sta. Elena Construction and Development Corporation		Dante Alinsunurin	Francis Philip Saura

Preliminary round

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Sta. Elena-NU Ball Hammers	9	7	2	20	24	11	2.182	808	738	1.095	Final round
2	PLDT Power Hitters	9	7	2	20	24	13	1.846	837	766	1.093
3	Philippine Air Force Agilas	9	7	2	18	22	14	1.571	794	755	1.052
4	Cignal HD Spikers	9	6	3	20	23	11	2.091	789	706	1.118
5	Prima–FEU	9	5	4	17	22	15	1.467	838	803	1.044
6	Ateneo–Fudgee Bar	9	5	4	16	19	16	1.188	779	744	1.047
7	Philippine Navy Fighting Stingrays	9	4	5	12	15	18	0.833	728	747	0.975
8	IEM Volley Masters	9	2	7	7	11	22	0.500	715	792	0.903
9	Philippine Army Troopers	9	2	7	4	8	25	0.320	719	775	0.928
10	Fury Blazing Hitters	9	0	9	1	4	27	0.148	602	769	0.783

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Final round

Sta. Elena, who won the semifinal match against Cignal, withdrew from the tournament to represent the Philippines at the 2018 ASEAN University Games in Myanmar. Since PLDT already clinched a berth to the finals, the two semifinal losers competed in a one-match playoff to determine the second finalist.^[10]


Semifinals Best-of-three series			Finals play-off One game play-off			Finals PLDT has twice-to-beat advantage



1	~~Sta. Elena~~	2				2	PLDT	0

4	Cignal	1				3	Air Force	2

			3	Air Force	1

			4	Cignal	0

2	PLDT	2

3	Air Force	1

Awards

Award		Player	Ref.
Most Valuable Player	Finals	Alnakran Abdilla (Air Force)	^[11]
Most Valuable Player	Conference	Bryan Bagunas (Sta. Elena-NU)
Best Outside Spikers	1st: 2nd:	Alnakran Abdilla (Air Force) Bryan Bagunas (Sta. Elena-NU)
Best Middle Blockers	1st: 2nd:	Peter Den Mar Torres (Cignal) Jayvee Sumagaysay (PLDT)
Best Opposite Spiker		Ysrael Wilson Marasigan (Cignal)
Best Setter		Ronchette Lee Villegas (PLDT)
Best Libero		Ricky Marcos (Sta. Elena-NU)

Final standings

Rank	Team^[12]
	Philippine Air Force Agilas
	PLDT Home Fibr Power Hitters
	Cignal HD Spikers
4	Prima–FEU Tamaraws
5	Ateneo Blue Eagles–Fudgee Bar
6	Philippine Navy Fighting Stingrays
7	IEM Volley Masters
8	Philippine Army Troopers
9	Fury Blazing Hitters
10	Sta. Elena-NU Ball Hammers

Conference results

Conference	Champion	Runner-up	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Reinforced	Air Force	Cignal	Vice Co.	PLDT	Army	IEM	N/a
Collegiate	NU	UST	FEU	Adamson	Benilde	UP	Perpetual	De La Salle	San Beda	Arellano
Open	Air Force	PLDT	Cignal	Prima–FEU	Ateneo–Fudgee Bar	Navy	IEM	Army	Fury	Sta. Elena-NU

References

↑ "Premier Volleyball League spikes inaugural season with 3 conferences, 3 champions". The Philippine Daily Inquirer. December 26, 2017. Retrieved December 26, 2017.
↑ Lopez, Mark Edward (October 1, 2018). "PVL: Spikers' Turf returns, fires off on October 6". Fox Sports Philippines. Archived from the original on October 2, 2018. Retrieved October 2, 2018.
1 2 "Results: 2018 PVL Reinforced Conference". PhilSports. June 27, 2018. Retrieved August 20, 2023.
↑ Escarlote, Mark (July 11, 2018). "PVL: Jet Spikers claim Reinforced Conference crown". ABS-CBN Sports. Archived from the original on July 15, 2018. Retrieved July 15, 2018.
↑ Escarlote, Mark (July 11, 2018). "PVL: Pablo, Espejo cop MVP honors". ABS-CBN Sports. Archived from the original on July 11, 2018. Retrieved July 11, 2018.
↑ Escarlote, Mark (September 12, 2018). "PVL: Pablico wins MVP award". ABS-CBN Sports. Archived from the original on September 12, 2018. Retrieved September 12, 2018.
↑ Escarlote, Mark (September 12, 2018). "PVL Finals: Bulldogs reign supreme". ABS-CBN Sports. Archived from the original on September 12, 2018. Retrieved September 12, 2018.
↑ Tarinay, Anna Reinette (October 3, 2018). "Spikers' Turf unwraps with Open Conference". BusinessMirror. Retrieved October 4, 2018.
↑ Lopez, Mark Edward (October 4, 2018). "PVL: Spikers' Turf returns, fires off on October 6". FOX Sports. Archived from the original on October 2, 2018. Retrieved October 4, 2018.
↑ "Spikers' Turf: Power hitters go for crown". Manila Bulletin. December 12, 2018. Retrieved December 12, 2018.
↑ "Agilas snare S Turf crown, edge Power Hitters in 5". The Manila Times. December 16, 2018. Retrieved December 23, 2018.
↑ "Agilas wins Spikers' Turf crown". Manila Bulletin. December 15, 2018. Retrieved December 17, 2018.

[1] "Premier Volleyball League spikes inaugural season with 3 conferences, 3 champions". The Philippine Daily Inquirer. December 26, 2017. Retrieved December 26, 2017.

[2] Lopez, Mark Edward (October 1, 2018). "PVL: Spikers' Turf returns, fires off on October 6". Fox Sports Philippines. Archived from the original on October 2, 2018. Retrieved October 2, 2018.

[2018_reinforced-3] 1 2 "Results: 2018 PVL Reinforced Conference". PhilSports. June 27, 2018. Retrieved August 20, 2023.

[4] Escarlote, Mark (July 11, 2018). "PVL: Jet Spikers claim Reinforced Conference crown". ABS-CBN Sports. Archived from the original on July 15, 2018. Retrieved July 15, 2018.

[2018_Reinforced-5] Escarlote, Mark (July 11, 2018). "PVL: Pablo, Espejo cop MVP honors". ABS-CBN Sports. Archived from the original on July 11, 2018. Retrieved July 11, 2018.

[6] Escarlote, Mark (September 12, 2018). "PVL: Pablico wins MVP award". ABS-CBN Sports. Archived from the original on September 12, 2018. Retrieved September 12, 2018.

[7] Escarlote, Mark (September 12, 2018). "PVL Finals: Bulldogs reign supreme". ABS-CBN Sports. Archived from the original on September 12, 2018. Retrieved September 12, 2018.

[8] Tarinay, Anna Reinette (October 3, 2018). "Spikers' Turf unwraps with Open Conference". BusinessMirror. Retrieved October 4, 2018.

[9] Lopez, Mark Edward (October 4, 2018). "PVL: Spikers' Turf returns, fires off on October 6". FOX Sports. Archived from the original on October 2, 2018. Retrieved October 4, 2018.

[10] "Spikers' Turf: Power hitters go for crown". Manila Bulletin. December 12, 2018. Retrieved December 12, 2018.

[11] "Agilas snare S Turf crown, edge Power Hitters in 5". The Manila Times. December 16, 2018. Retrieved December 23, 2018.

[2018_reinforced1-12] "Agilas wins Spikers' Turf crown". Manila Bulletin. December 15, 2018. Retrieved December 17, 2018.

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