2018 Spikers' Turf season

2018 Spikers' Turf season
League	Spikers' Turf
Sport	Volleyball
Duration	October 6 – December 14, 2022
Number of teams	10
TV partner(s)	Hyper TV
Conference
Open champions	Philippine Air Force Agilas
Open runners-up	PLDT Home Fibr Power Hitters
Spiker's Turf seasons
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The 2018 Spikers' Turf season was the third season of the men's volleyball league Spikers' Turf, which began on October 6, 2018, with only one conference. It is the first season as a stand-alone league since 2017 as they are re-established as a separate entity from its women's counterpart league, the Premier Volleyball League. ^[1]

Open Conference

Main article: 2018 Spikers' Turf Open Conference

The 2018 Spikers’ Turf Open Conference is the revival conference of the Spikers' Turf. After the 2016 season of the Spikers' Turf, its affiliate league, the Premier Volleyball League (PVL), assumed the tournaments of the Spikers' Turf under its men's division until the collegiate conference of year 2018. The tournament began on October 6, 2018 ^[2] at the Blue Eagle Gym, Ateneo de Manila University campus, Quezon City, Philippines. ^[3]

Participating teams

2018 Spikers’ Turf Open Conference
Abbr.	Team	Company	Colors	Head coach	Team captain
ADM	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
PLD	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
PRI	Prima–FEU Tamaraws	Far Eastern University		Reynaldo Diaz Jr.	Owen Suarez
STE	Sta. Elena-NU Ball Hammers	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

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Final round

The number 1 seeded Sta. Elena-NU pulled out of the conference after advancing in the semi-finals to represent the Philippines in the 2018 ASEAN University Games in Myanmar. Cignal HD Spikers and Philippine Air Force Aguilas will play a one-game knockout match to determine the team that will face the PLDT Home Power Hitters in the finals. PLDT has twice-to-beat advantage in the finals. ^[4]

	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) [5] 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 [6] 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	Runners-up	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Open	Air Force	PLDT	Cignal	Prima–FEU	Ateneo–Fudgee Bar	Navy	IEM	Army	Fury	Sta. Elena-NU

See also

• 2018 Premier Volleyball League season

References

1. Lopez, Mark Edward (October 1, 2018). "PVL: Spikers' Turf returns, fires off on October 6". Fox Sports Philippines. Retrieved October 2, 2018.
2. Tarinay, Anna Reinette (October 3, 2018). "Spikers' Turf unwraps with Open Conference". BusinessMirror . Retrieved October 4, 2018.
3. Lopez, Mark Edward (October 4, 2018). "PVL: Spikers' Turf returns, fires off on October 6". FOX Sports. Retrieved October 4, 2018.
4. "Spikers' Turf: Power hitters go for crown". Manila Bulletin. December 12, 2018. Retrieved December 12, 2018.
5. "Agilas snare S Turf crown, edge Power Hitters in 5". The Manila Times . December 16, 2018. Retrieved December 23, 2018.
6. "Agilas wins Spikers' Turf crown". Manila Bulletin. December 15, 2018. Retrieved December 17, 2018.