Cagayan Valley Rising Suns (volleyball)

This article is about the men's volleyball team. For the women's volleyball team, see Cagayan Valley Lady Rising Suns. For the men's basketball team, see Cagayan Rising Suns.

Cagayan Valley Rising Suns

Short name	Cagayan
Nickname	Rising Suns
Founded	2015
Dissolved	2015
Manager	Criselda Antonio
League	Spikers' Turf
2015 Spikers' Turf First Conference	Runner-up
Uniforms
Home Away

The Cagayan Valley Rising Suns were a professional men's volleyball team. The team was owned by the family of Alvaro Antonio ^[1] (governor ^[2] of the Province of Cagayan, 2007 to 2016) and was managed ^[3] by his daughter, ^[4] Criselda Antonio (the incumbent mayor of Alcala, Cagayan, and provincial sports coordinator ^[5] for the Province of Cagayan), herself, a former volleyball player.

Team Colors

• Main: Maroon  
• 2nd: White  
• 3rd: Yellow  

Current roster

For the Spikers' Turf 2015 First Conference:

Cagayan Valley Rising Suns
No.	Last Name	First Name	Position	Ht.	Wt.	College	Birth Date
1	Gatdula	Rudy	Opposite Hitter		kg
2	Pirante (c)	Warren	Opposite Hitter		kg
3	Torres	Angelo	Middle Blocker		kg	UE
4	Torres	Peter Den Mar	Middle Blocker	6'3	kg	NU
6	Ordoñez	Rhenz	Setter		kg
7	Ramos	Erickson Joseph	Libero		kg
9	Calderon	Aaron	Middle Blocker	6'2	kg	DLSU
10	Zamora	Michael	Middle Blocker		kg
11	Dizon	Lorenzo	Libero		_ kg
12	Canlas	Eden	Outside Hitter		kg
14	Paglinawan	Jan Berlin	Outside Hitter	5'11	kg	NU
15	Espejo	Marck Jesus	Outside Hitter	6'3	_ kg	ADMU	(1997-03-01) March 1, 1997 (age 28)
16	Intal	Rex Emmanuel	Middle Blocker	6'4	kg	ADMU	(1994-09-07) September 7, 1994 (age 30)
18	Santos	Brendon	Setter	5'10	_ kg	DLSU

Coaching staff Head Coach: Ernesto Pamilar Assistant Coach(s): Norman Miguel

Team Staff Team Manager: Criselda Antonio Team Utility:

Trainers Trainers: Ariel Dela Cruz Jose Roque Strength and Conditioning Coach: Audrey Alano Kim Bejo

Honors

Team

Spikers' Turf

Season	Conference	Title	Remarks	Source
2015	First Conference	Runner-up	Defeated by PLDT , 3–1, 3-1

Others

Season	Tournament	Title	Remarks	Source
2015	Cagayan Friendship Games	3rd Place

Individual

Season	Conference	Award	Name
2015	First Conference	1st Best Spiker	Marck Espejo
		2nd Best Middle Blocker	Peter Den Mar Torres
		Best libero	Erickson Joseph Ramos
		Conference MVP	Marck Espejo

See also

• Cagayan Rising Suns (men's basketball team)
• Cagayan Valley Lady Rising Suns (women's volleyball team)

References

1. "Alvaro T. Antonio". www.lpp.gov.ph/. Archived from the original on 13 June 2014. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
2. "Governor's Corner". www.cagayan.gov.ph/. Archived from the original on 2014-07-01. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
3. "Here Comes the Sun(s)". cbholganzablog.wordpress.com. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
4. Baccay, Oliver. "5th inter-agency sports fest in Cagayan opens". www.cagayanvalley.com/. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
5. Baquiran, Mielmia Marie (2012-05-30). "Provincial Sports Committee launches 1st basketball clinic". gobyernotiumili.wordpress.com/. Retrieved 12 June 2014.