2018 Premier Volleyball League season

2018 Premier Volleyball League season
League	Premier Volleyball League
Sport	Volleyball
Duration	April 17 – December 8, 2018
TV partner(s)	ABS-CBN Sports and Action Liga & Liga HD
Conferences
Reinforced champions	W: Creamline M: Philippine Air Force
Reinforced runners-up	W: PayMaya M: Cignal
Collegiate champions	W: UP M: NU
Collegiate runners-up	W: FEU M: UST
Open champions	W: Creamline M: Philippine Air Force
Open runners-up	W: Ateneo–Motolite M: PLDT Home
PVL seasons
← 2017 2019 →

The 2018 Premier Volleyball League (PVL) season was the second season of the Premier Volleyball League. ^{[1] [2]} There were three conferences for this season. ^[3]

Women's division

Reinforced conference

Main article: 2018 Premier Volleyball League Reinforced Conference

Participating teams

2018 Premier Volleyball League Reinforced Conference (Women's Division)
Abbr.	Team	Company	Head coach	Team captain	Import(s)
BLP	BaliPure–NU Water Defenders	Balibago Waterworks System, Inc.	Raymund Castillo	Joyme Cagande	Alexis Matthews Janisa Johnson
BKP	BanKo Perlas Spikers	Beach Volleyball Republic	Ariel dela Cruz	Suzanne Roces	Lakia Bright Jutarat Montripila
CCS	Creamline Cool Smashers	Republic Biscuit Corporation	Tai Bundit	Alyssa Valdez	Kuttika Kaewpin Laura Schaudt Nikolina Aščerić (withdrew)
IRG	Iriga City–Navy Oragons	Iriga City / Philippine Navy	Edgardo Rusit	Grazielle Bombita	Macy Ubben Lauren Whyte
PMY	PayMaya High Flyers	PLDT, Inc.	Roger Gorayeb	Jasmine Nabor	Tess Rountree Shelby Sullivan
PGZ	Petro Gazz Angels	Petro Gazz Ventures Phils Corp	Jerry Yee	Stephanie Mercado	Anastasia Trach Olena Lymareva-Flink Kadi Kullerkann (withdrew)
POC	Pocari Sweat–Air Force Lady Warriors	Federated Distributors, Inc.	Jasper Jimenez	Myla Pablo	Maddie Palmer Arielle Love
TAC	Tacloban Fighting Warays	Bounty Agro Ventures, Inc. (sponsor)	Ernesto Pamilar	Jovie Prado	Amporn Hyapha Patcharee Sangmuang Sasiwimol Sangpan (withdrew)

Preliminary round

Team standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Creamline Cool Smashers	7	6	1	19	20	4	5.000	573	482	1.189	Semifinals
2	PayMaya High Flyers	7	5	2	15	17	9	1.889	592	553	1.071
3	Tacloban Fighting Warays	7	4	3	10	13	14	0.929	591	622	0.950	Quarterfinals
4	Pocari–Air Force	7	3	4	10	13	15	0.867	606	594	1.020
5	Petro Gazz Angels	7	3	4	10	13	15	0.867	604	617	0.979
6	BaliPure Purest Water Defenders	7	3	4	9	13	16	0.813	642	654	0.982
7	BanKo Perlas Spikers	7	3	4	8	14	17	0.824	677	686	0.987
8	Iriga City–Navy Oragons	7	1	6	3	6	19	0.316	542	619	0.876

Source: P-4

Quarterfinals round

Team standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	BanKo Perlas Spikers	5	5	0	14	15	3	5.000	345	354	0.975	Semifinals
2	Pocari–Air Force	5	4	1	11	12	7	1.714	431	423	1.019
3	Petro Gazz Angels	5	3	2	9	10	6	1.667	372	329	1.131
4	BaliPure Purest Water Defenders	5	2	3	6	9	11	0.818	428	438	0.977
5	Iriga City–Navy Oragons	5	1	4	4	8	14	0.571	461	489	0.943
6	Tacloban Fighting Warays	5	0	5	1	2	15	0.133	318	412	0.772

Source: ^[4]

Final round

• All series are best-of-three.

	Semifinals							Finals
	1	Creamline Cool Smashers	0	3	3
	4	Pocari–Air Force	3	1	0
									Creamline Cool Smashers	3	3	–
									PayMaya High Flyers	1	0	–
	2	PayMaya High Flyers	1	3	3
	3	BanKo Perlas Spikers	3	2	2			3rd place
									BanKo Perlas Spikers	2	3	–
									Pocari–Air Force	3	1	–

Awards Award Player Ref. Most Valuable Player Finals Jia Morado (Creamline) [5] Conference Myla Pablo (Pocari–Air Force) [6] Best Outside Spikers 1st: 2nd: Alyssa Valdez (Creamline) Myla Pablo (Pocari–Air Force) Best Middle Blockers 1st: 2nd: Jeanette Panaga (Pocari–Air Force) Mary Joy Dacoron (BanKo Perlas) Best Opposite Spiker Michele Gumabao (Creamline) Best Setter Jia Morado (Creamline) Best Libero Tatan Pantone (PayMaya) Most Points Scored Lakia Bright (BanKo Perlas) Best Foreign Guest Player Tess Nicole Rountree (PayMaya)

Final standings Rank Team Creamline Cool Smashers PayMaya Highflyers BanKo Perlas Spikers 4 Pocari Sweat–Air Force Lady Warriors 5 Petro Gazz Angels 6 BaliPure Purest Water Defenders 7 Iriga City–Navy Oragons 8 Tacloban Fighting Warays

Collegiate conference

Main article: 2018 Premier Volleyball League Collegiate Conference

Participating teams

2018 Premier Volleyball League Collegiate Conference (Women's Division)
Abbr.	Team	Head coach	Team captain
ADU	Adamson Lady Falcons	Airess Padda	Lea Ann Perez
CSB	Benilde Lady Blazers	Jerry Yee	Jewel Hannah Lai
FEU	FEU Lady Tamaraws	George Pascua	Kyle Negrito
SBU	San Beda Red Lionesses	Nemesio Gavino	Cesca Racraquin
SSC	San Sebastian Lady Stags	Roger Gorayeb	Joyce Santa Rita
UPH	Perpetual Lady Altas	Michael Cariño	Maria Aurora Blanca Tripoli
UPD	UP Lady Fighting Maroons	Godfrey Okumu	Ayel Estrañero
UST	UST Golden Tigresses	Emilio Reyes Jr.	Christine Francisco

Preliminary round

Team standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Adamson Lady Falcons	7	7	0	19	21	8	2.625	667	606	1.101	Semifinals
2	UST Golden Tigresses	7	6	1	17	19	6	3.167	607	508	1.195
3	FEU Lady Tamaraws	7	5	2	14	19	13	1.462	691	653	1.058
4	UP Lady Fighting Maroons	7	4	3	13	16	9	1.778	591	497	1.189
5	Benilde Lady Blazers	7	3	4	10	12	14	0.857	608	571	1.065
6	San Beda Red Lionesses	7	2	5	7	10	17	0.588	533	601	0.887
7	Perpetual Lady Altas	7	1	6	4	6	19	0.316	472	575	0.821
8	San Sebastian Lady Stags	7	0	7	0	4	21	0.190	452	610	0.741

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	Adamson Lady Falcons	1	3	1
	4	UP Lady Fighting Maroons	3	0	3
									UP Lady Fighting Maroons	3	3	–
									FEU Lady Tamaraws	2	2	–
	2	UST Golden Tigresses	3	1	1
	3	FEU Lady Tamaraws	1	3	3			3rd place
									Adamson Lady Falcons	2	3	–
									UST Golden Tigresses	3	1	–

Awards Award Player [7] Most Valuable Player Finals: Conference: Isa Molde (UP) Best Outside Spikers 1st: 2nd: Isa Molde (UP) Bernadette Flora (Adamson) Best Middle Blockers 1st: 2nd: Celine Domingo (FEU) Aieshalaine Gannaban (UP) Best Opposite Spiker Eli Soyud (Adamson) Best Setter Mary Jane Igao (Adamson) Best Libero Thang Ponce (Adamson)

Final standings Rank Team [8] UP Lady Fighting Maroons FEU Lady Tamaraws Adamson Lady Falcons 4 UST Golden Tigresses 5 Benilde Lady Blazers 6 San Beda Red Lionesses 7 Perpetual Lady Altas 8 San Sebastian Lady Stags

Open conference

Main article: 2018 Premier Volleyball League Open Conference

Participating teams

2018 Premier Volleyball League Open Conference
Abbr.	Team	Company	Head coach	Team captain
ADM	Ateneo-Motolite Lady Eagles	Ateneo de Manila University-Motolite (sponsor)	Oliver Almadro	Bea De Leon
ADU	Adamson–Akari Lady Falcons	Adamson University-Akari (sponsor)	Airess Padda	Lea Ann Perez
BKP	BanKo Perlas Spikers	Beach Volleyball Republic	Ariel dela Cruz	Sue Roces
CCS	Creamline Cool Smashers	Republic Biscuit Corporation	Tai Bundit	Alyssa Valdez
IRG	Iriga City–Navy Oragons	Iriga City and Philippine Navy	Edgardo Rusit	Grazielle Bombita
PGZ	Petro Gazz Angels	PetroGazz Ventures Phils. Corp.	Jerry Yee	Stephanie Mercado
POC	Pocari Sweat–Air Force Lady Warriors	Federated Distributors, Inc.	Jasper Jimenez	Myla Pablo
TAC	Tacloban Fighting Warays	Bounty Agro Ventures, Inc. (sponsor)	Ernesto Pamilar	Jovie Prado

Preliminary round

Team standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Creamline Cool Smashers	14	11	3	34	39	13	3.000	1202	936	1.284	Semifinals
2	BanKo Perlas Spikers	14	11	3	32	35	18	1.944	1208	1105	1.093
3	Ateneo–Motolite Lady Eagles	14	10	4	26	31	23	1.348	1178	1162	1.014
4	PetroGazz Angels	14	8	6	27	33	22	1.500	1202	1142	1.053
5	Pocari Sweat Air Force Lady Warriors	14	7	7	22	31	27	1.148	1263	1247	1.013
6	Tacloban Fighting Warays	14	6	8	17	25	30	0.833	1178	1167	1.009
7	Iriga City–Navy Oragons	14	3	11	8	11	36	0.306	927	1134	0.817
8	Adamson Lady Falcons	14	0	14	2	6	42	0.143	875	1151	0.760

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						Championship
	December 7–9
	1 Creamline		3	3
							December 14–16
	4 Petro Gazz		1	1
							Creamline		3	3
	December 7–12
							Ateneo-Motolite		0	0
	2 BanKo	3	0	2
	3 Ateneo-Motolite	2	3	3
							3rd place match
							December 14–16
							Petro Gazz		1	0
							BanKo		3	3

Awards Award Player Ref. Most Valuable Player Finals Jia Morado (Creamline) [9] Conference Alyssa Valdez (Creamline) [10] Best Outside Spikers 1st: 2nd: Alyssa Valdez (Creamline) Jema Galanza (Creamline) Best Middle Blockers 1st: 2nd: Maddie Madayag (Ateneo) Kathy Bersola (Perlas) Best Opposite Spiker Katrina Tolentino (Ateneo) Best Setter Jia Morado (Creamline) Best Libero Cienne Cruz (PetroGazz)

Final standings Rank Team Creamline Cool Smashers Ateneo-Motolite Lady Eagles BanKo Perlas Spikers 4 PetroGazz Angels 5 Pocari Sweat–Air Force Lady Warriors 6 Tacloban Fighting Warays 7 Iriga City–Navy Oragons 8 Adamson–Akari Lady Falcons  2018 Premier Volleyball League Open champions  Creamline Cool Smashers 2nd title Team Roster Alyssa Valdez (C), Jia Morado, Jema Galanza, Risa Sato, Michele Gumabao, Pau Soriano, Melissa Gohing, Fille Cainglet–Cayetano, Paula Maninang, Coleen Bravo, Jem Gutierrez, Kyla Atienza, Alex Cabaños, Rizza Mandapat, Head coach Anusorn "Tai" Bundit

Men's division

Reinforced conference

Main article: 2018 Premier Volleyball League 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
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: ^[4]

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
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: ^[4]

  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) [11] Conference Marck Espejo (Cignal) [6] 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

Main article: 2018 Premier Volleyball League 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 [12] 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 [13] 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

Conference results

Conference	Div	Champion	Runner-up	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Reinforced	W:	Creamline	PayMaya	Perlas	Pocari	PetroGazz	BaliPure	Iriga–Navy	Tacloban	—
	M:	Air Force	Cignal	Vice Co.	PLDT	Army	IEM	—
Collegiate	W:	UP	FEU	Adamson	UST	Benilde	San Beda	Perpetual	San Sebastian	—
	M:	NU	UST	FEU	Adamson	Benilde	UP	Perpetual	De La Salle	San Beda	Arellano
Open	W:	Creamline	Ateneo–Motolite	Perlas	PetroGazz	Pocari	Tacloban	Iriga–Navy	Adamson	—

PVL on Tour

The Premier Volleyball League’s “PVL on Tour” staged by Sports Vision and Grid Athletic Sports, organizer of the immensely successful Beach Volleyball Republic, the October tour of the PVL marks the first time ever in its storied history that Sports Vision is bringing its games to the countryside. ^[14] Matches were held in the Bren Z. Guiao Sports Complex in City of San Fernando, Pampanga. ^[15]

Match results

• All times are in Philippines Standard Time (UTC+08:00)

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
Mar 25	18:00	Petro Gazz Angels	0–3	Chooks-to-Go Tacloban Fighting Warays	20–25	23–25	21–25	–	–	64–75	[P2]
Mar 25	18:30	Creamline Cool Smashers	3–0	BPI Globe BanKo Perlas Spikers	25–17	25–13	25–14	–	–	75–44	[P2]

See also

• 2018 Spikers' Turf season

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