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VNS Griffins
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Full nameVNS Volleyball Club Griffins
Short nameVNS
NicknameGriffins
Founded2013
Head coachRalph Ocampo
CaptainCharles Jordan Segui
League Spikers' Turf
(Premier Volleyball League)
2025 Open 4th place
Uniforms
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VNS Volleyball Club (shortened from Volleyball Never Stops Volleyball Club), also known as the VNS Griffins, is a professional men's volleyball team in the Philippines. The team competes in Spikers' Turf.

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For sponsorship reasons, the team is also known as the VNS–Laticrete Griffins.

History

Volleyball Never Stops or VNS was established in 2013 by a group of team captains who played volleyball either at the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) or the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) as a means to be still able to play competitive volleyball even after they graduated from college. They often took part in exhibition games and various minor tournaments and were joined in by other UAAP and NCAA graduates. [1]

In 2016, they were invited to take part in the semi-professional men's volleyball league, Spikers' Turf. They played under the name of their sponsor Bounty Fresh in their debut at the 2016 Open Conference. For the season-ending 2016 Reinforced Conference, they under the banner of another sponsor as the 100 Plus Active Spikers. In 2017, they joined the Premier Volleyball League, and took part as the Café Lupe Sunrisers for the whole 2017 season. [1]

They would return to the Spiker's Turf in 2018 as the Fury Blazing Hitters. In 2019, they played as the VNS Griffins.

In 2021, VNS would take part in the 2021 PNVF Champions League as the Manileño Spikers. [2] The Spikes clinched the bronze medal in the tournament, defeating Global Remit in the third place play off. [3]

Name changes

Current roster

VNS Laticrete
NumberPlayerPositionSchool
2Kurt QuezonLibero
3Jan MangulabnanSetter
4Howard GuerraSetter
5Roderick MedinoOpposite Hitter
6Kenneth CulabatOutside Hitter
7 Jayvee Sumagaysay Middle Blocker UST
8Charles Jordan Segui (C)Outside Hitter
9Archer CodenieraOpposite Hitter
10Jack KapunoLibero
11Kristian FlorescaOutside Hitter
12Terrence MarticionOutside Hitter
13Julius Lao ArcilloMiddle Blocker
14Rash NursiddikMiddle Blocker
17EJ Gero
18Titus VillacrusisMiddle Blocker
20Rayden Balean
21JM EspansoLibero
24Bryan JalecoOutside Hitter
Jack AlindahaoLibero
James CuritanaLibero
Ralph Aaron LacuananMiddle Blocker
Salm ViloriaMiddle Blocker
Mark Rainier Clima
Djomari Gamotea

Honors

Team

Spikers' Turf/Premier Volleyball League:

SeasonConferenceTitleSource
2016 Open 5th place
Reinforced 6th place
2017 Reinforced [a] 6th place
Open [a] 8th place
2018 Reinforced [a] did not compete
Open 9th place [4]
2019 Reinforced 9th place
Open 11th place
2022 Open 4th place
2023 Open 5th place
Invitational 10th place
2024 Open 6th place [5]
Invitational 8th place [6]
2025 Open 4th place [7]
Notes

PNVF:

SeasonPlacementRef.
2021 3rd place [3]
2022 9th place
2023 3rd place [9]
2024 4th place [10]

Individual

Spikers' Turf/Premier Volleyball League:

SeasonConferenceAwardNameRef.
2022 Open 2nd Best Outside SpikerJohn Benedict San Andres [11]

PNVF:

SeasonConferenceAwardNameRef.
2021 Champions League 2nd Best Middle BlockerRwenzmel Taguibolos [12]
2023 Challenge Cup Best SetterJerome Lopez [13]
2024 Champions League Best Opposite SpikerKevin Montemayor [14]

Team Captains

Coaches

References

  1. 1 2 "Volleyball Never Stops partners with Café Lupe". ABS-CBN Sports . May 22, 2017. Archived from the original on 28 May 2017. Retrieved June 26, 2017.
  2. ↑ Ulanday, John Bryan (30 November 2021). "Aguilas soar over Manileño". The Philippine Star. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  3. 1 2 Micaller, Bea (4 December 2021). "Manileño Spikers sweep Global Remit, cop bronze in PNVF Champions League men's tilt". GMA News. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
  4. ↑ "Spikers' Turf: Power hitters go for crown". Manila Bulletin. December 11, 2018. Archived from the original on December 14, 2018. Retrieved December 11, 2018.
  5. ↑ "Air Force rallies past VNS in 5". Spikers' Turf. April 26, 2024. Archived from the original on April 26, 2024. Retrieved April 26, 2024.
  6. ↑ "DLSU Ecooil salvages fifth place, dominates VNS". Spikers' Turf. December 1, 2024. Archived from the original on December 1, 2024. Retrieved December 1, 2024.
  7. ↑ "Savouge claims bronze, sets sights on higher goals". Spikers' Turf. April 4, 2025. Archived from the original on April 4, 2025. Retrieved April 4, 2025.
  8. Tarinay, Anna Reinette (October 3, 2018). "Spikers' Turf unwraps with Open Conference". BusinessMirror . Retrieved October 30, 2018.
  9. ↑ "Letran, VNS cop bronze medal in PNVF Challenge Cup". Tiebreaker Times. 26 November 2023. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
  10. ↑ Bautista, Ohmer (February 17, 2023). "CSB Blazers subdue VNS Asereht Griffins, clinch PNVF bronze". One Sports . Archived from the original on February 17, 2024. Retrieved February 17, 2023.
  11. ↑ Agcaoili, Lance (October 1, 2022). "Nationals' Nico Almendras wins Spikers' Turf MVP award". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved September 22, 2023.
  12. ↑ Dannug, Jonash (4 December 2021). "Dasma's Mark Calado hailed as PNVFCL MVP". Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
  13. ↑ Malanum, Jean (November 26, 2023). "UST, CSB pocket PNVF Challenge Cup titles". Philippine News Agency . Archived from the original on March 19, 2024. Retrieved March 19, 2024.
  14. ↑ Bautista, Ohmer (February 17, 2023). "Cignal's Jau Umandal cops PNVF Champions League MVP award". One Sports . Archived from the original on February 17, 2024. Retrieved February 17, 2023.
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