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[1] at the Blue Eagle Gym, Ateneo de Manila University campus, Quezon City, Philippines.[2]

2018 Spikers' Turf Open Conference
League	Spikers' Turf
Sport	Volleyball
Number of teams	10
TV partner(s)	Hyper TV

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

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

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

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
Oct 06	11:00	CIG	3–1	PRI	25–17	25–20	21–25	25–21		96–83	P–2 [3]
Oct 06	13:00	FUR	0–3	ADM	15–25	17–25	15–25			47–75	P–2 [3]
Oct 06	15:00	IEM	1–3	PLD	20–25	18–25	25–23	19–25		82–98	P–2 [3]
Oct 09	11:00	ARM	0–3	PNV	23–25	20–25	15–25			58–75	P–2 [4]
Oct 09	13:00	PAF	3–2	STE	25–22	21–25	25–23	14–25	15–10	100–105	P–2 [4]
Oct 09	15:00	ADM	3–1	IEM	25–22	25–22	22–25	25–23		97–92	P–2 [4]
Oct 11	11:00	PLD	3–0	PAF	25–19	25–12	25–21			75–52	P–2
Oct 11	13:00	STE	3–1	ARM	25–18	20–25	30–28	26–24		101–95	P–2
Oct 11	15:00	PNV	3–1	CIG	25–21	22–25	25–23	25–18		97–87	P–2
Oct 12	13:00	PRI	3–0	FUR	25–15	25–22	25–19			75–56	P–2
Oct 12	15:00	ADM	2–3	PLD	17–25	25–17	18–25	25–20	12–15	97–102	P–2 a
Oct 16	11:00	ARM	0–3	ADM	21–25	22–25	18–25			61–75	P–2
Oct 16	13:00	FUR	0–3	CIG	21–25	19–25	19–26			59–76	P–2
Oct 16	15:00	STE	3–0	IEM	25–18	27–25	25–17			77–60
Oct 18	11:00	IEM	1–3	PAF	25–22	17–25	22–25	13–25		77–97	P–2
Oct 18	13:00	PLD	3–1	ARM	25–22	20–25	25–21	25–22		95–90	P–2
Oct 18	15:00	PNV	3–0	FUR	25–22	25–22	25–22			75–66	P–2
Oct 19	13:00	CIG	3–1	STE	22–25	25–11	25–19	25–22		97–77	P–2
Oct 19	15:00	PRI	3–2	ADM	25–20	19–25	29–27	21–25	16–14	110–111	P–2 [5]
Oct 25	13:00	ARM	3–2	PRI	27–25	22–25	25–23	19–25	15–12	108–110	[6]
Oct 25	15:00	STE	3–0	PNV	25–22	25–20	25–18			75–60	[6]
Oct 27	10:00	CIG	2–3	PAF	18–25	25–20	29–31	25–18	9–15	106–109	[7]
Oct 27	12:00	PRI	3–0	PNV	25–20	25–23	25–23			75–66	[7]
Oct 30	11:00	PNV	3–2	IEM	25–23	21–25	18–25	27–25	15–8	106–106	P–2
Oct 30	13:00	PLD	2–3	STE	26–24	18–25	25–20	17–25	11–15	97–109	P–2
Oct 30	15:00	ARM	3–2	FUR	25–27	25–27	30–28	25–13	15–9	120–104	P–2
Nov 14	11:00	FUR	1–3	PLD	19–25	13–25	25–22	18–25		75–97	[8]
Nov 14	13:00	CIG	3–0	IEM	25–22	25–19	27–25			77–66	[8]
Nov 14	15:00	ARM	0–3	PAF	25–27	24–26	22–25			71–78	[8]
Nov 16	13:00	STE	3–2	PRI	27–25	25–18	21–25	21–25	16–14	110–107
Nov 16	15:00	PNV	2–3	ADM	20–25	21–25	25–22	25–22	12–15	103–109	[9]
Nov 20	11:00	PLD	3–0	PNV	25–23	25–19	25–20			75–62	P–2
Nov 20	13:00	PRI	3–0	IEM	25–21	26–24	25–12			76–57	P–2
Nov 20	15:00	ADM	0–3	CIG	22–25	18–25	20–25			60–75	P–2
Nov 22	11:00	PAF	3–2	PRI	23–25	20–25	25–20	25–23	15–11	108–104	P–2
Nov 22	13:00	FUR	0–3	STE	26–28	21–25	13–25			60–78	P–2
Nov 22	15:00	IEM	3–0	ARM	26–24	25–23	25–22			76–69	P–2
Nov 23	13:00	PLD	3–2	CIG	21–25	20–25	25–20	25–16	17–25	108–111	P–2
Nov 23	15:00	ADM	3–1	PAF	25–18	18–25	25–21	25–15		93–79	P–2
Nov 27	11:00	PAF	3–1	PNV	21–25	25–20	25–19	25–20		96–84
Nov 27	13:00	FUR	1–3	IEM	25–23	30–32	17–25	17–25		89–105
Nov 27	15:00	PRI	3–1	PLD	23–25	25–21	25–22	25–22		98–90
Nov 29	11:00	CIG	3–0	ARM	25–12	25–17	25–18			75–47	[10]
Nov 29	13:00	PAF	3–0	FUR	25–11	25–13	25–16			75–40	[10]
Nov 29	15:00	STE	3–0	ADM	25–22	25–19	25–21			75–62	[10]

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.[11]

	Semifinals Best-of-three series					Finals play-off One game play-off					Finals PLDT has twice-to-beat advantage
	1	Sta. Elena	2
	4	Cignal	1								2	PLDT	0
						3	Air Force	1			3	Air Force	2
						4	Cignal	0
	2	PLDT	2
	3	Air Force	1

Semifinals

Rank 1 vs Rank 4

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
Dec 03	13:00	STE	0–3	CIG	19–25	22–25	24–26			65–76	[P–2]
Dec 05	15:00	CIG	2–3	STE	25–23	25–22	18–25	16–25	16–18	100–113	[P–2]
Dec 07	13:00	STE	3–0	CIG	27–25	28–26	25–22			80–73	[P–2]

Rank 2 vs Rank 3

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
Dec 03	15:00	PLD	0–3	PAF	23–25	23–25	21–25			67–75	[P–2]
Dec 05	13:00	PAF	2–3	PLD	25–23	21–25	18–25	25–15	12–15	101–103	[P–2]
Dec 07	15:00	PLD	3–1	PAF	25–23	18–25	25–23	25–17		93–88	[P–2]

Finals

Finals play-off

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
Dec 09	14:00	PAF	3–1	CIG	18–25	25–18	25–17	25–16		93–76	[12]

Championships

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
Dec 11	15:00	PAF	3–1	PLD	25–23	22–25	26–24	28–26		101–98	[13]
Dec 14	15:00	PLD	2–3	PAF	19–25	25–18	23–25	25–22	10–15	102–105	[14]

2018 Open Conference Champions
Philippine Air Force Agilas Alnakran Abdilla, Jeffrey Malabanan (c), Sandy Montero, Patrick Balse, Raffy Mosuela, Niño Jeruz, Rodolfo Labrador Jr., Reuben Inaudito, Howard Mojica, Jessie Lopez, Edwin Tolentino, Pitrus De Ocampo, Head Coach: Rhovyl Verayo

Awards Award Player Ref. Most Valuable Player Finals Alnakran Abdilla (Air Force) [15] 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[14] 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

Venue

• Blue Eagle Gym

Broadcast partner

• Hyper TV

See also

• 2018 Premier Volleyball League Open Conference

References

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