2015 Spikers' Turf season

2015 Spikers' Turf season
2015 Spikers' Turf season
League	Spikers' Turf
Sport	Volleyball
TV partner	PTV-4
Conferences
Open champions	PLDT Home Ultera Ultra Fast Hitters
Open runners-up	Cagayan Valley Rising Suns
Collegiate champions	Ateneo de Manila University
Collegiate runners-up	National University
Reinforced champions	Cignal HD Spikers
Reinforced runners-up	Philippine Air Force Air Spikers
Spiker's Turf seasons
	← 2014, Inaugural 2nd, 2016 →

Sports season

The 2015 Spikers' Turf season was the inaugural season of the men's volleyball league Spikers' Turf, the counterpart of the women's Shakey's V-League. In 2014, the Shakey's V-League introduced a men's division during its 21st conference.^[1] The following year, Sports Vision, the organizers of the Shakey's V-League decided to spin off the men's vision as a separate tournament, giving birth to the Spikers' Turf.

Open conference

The Open Conference, which started on April 5, 2015 was the inaugural conference of the Spikers' Turf.^[2]

Participating Teams

Abbr.	Team
CAG	Cagayan Valley Rising Suns
CHA	Champion Infinity Active Smashers
CIG	Cignal HD Spikers
FRB	Fourbees Cavite Patriots Total Attackers
IEM	Instituto Estetico Manila Phoenix Volley Masters
PAF	Philippine Air Force Air Men
PAR	Philippine Army Troopers
PLD	PLDT Home Ultera Ultra Fast Hitters

Preliminary

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Cagayan Valley Rising Suns	7	6	1	16	20	10	2.000	678	631	1.074	Semifinals
2	PLDT Home Ultera Ultra Fast Hitters	7	5	2	17	19	10	1.900	697	617	1.130
3	Cignal HD Spikers	7	4	3	13	16	9	1.778	613	547	1.121
4	Philippine Air Force Air Men	7	4	3	12	15	12	1.250	625	616	1.015
5	Philippine Army Troopers	7	4	3	12	15	13	1.154	623	606	1.028
6	Champion Infinity Active Smashers	7	4	3	11	15	14	1.071	657	656	1.002
7	Fourbees-Cavite Patriots	7	1	6	3	4	19	0.211	435	573	0.759
8	IEM Volley Masters	7	0	7	0	4	21	0.190	544	616	0.883

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Semifinals

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR
1	PLDT Home Ultera Ultra Fast Hitters	3	3	0	8	9	4	2.250	303	281	1.078
2	Cagayan Valley Rising Suns	3	2	1	5	7	6	1.167	307	300	1.023
3	Cignal HD Spikers	3	1	2	4	6	6	1.000	269	274	0.982
4	Philippine Air Force Air Men	3	0	3	1	3	9	0.333	279	303	0.921

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Finals

Battle for Bronze

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
05/31	09:00	Cignal HD Spikers	2–3	Philippine Air Force Air Men	20–25	25–21	25–16	23–25	12–15	105–102
06/02	14:00	Philippine Air Force Air Men	3–0	Cignal HD Spikers	25–21	25–21	25–20			75–62

Battle for Gold

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
05/31	15:00	Cagayan Valley Rising Suns	1–3	PLDT Home Ultera Ultra Fast Hitters	22–25	25–21	23–25	12–25		82–96
06/02	16:00	PLDT Home Ultera Ultra Fast Hitters	3–1	Cagayan Valley Rising Suns	25–15	25–11	23–25	30–28		103–79

Final standings

Rank	Team
	PLDT Home Ultera Ultra Fast Hitters
	Cagayan Valley Rising Suns
	Philippine Air Force Air Men
4	Cignal HD Spikers
5	Philippine Army Troopers
6	Champion Infinity Active Smashers
7	Fourbees-Cavite Patriots
8	Instituto Estetico Manila Phoenix Volley Masters

Individual awards

Award		Name
Most Valuable Player	Finals: Conference:	Mark Gil Alfafara (PLDT) Marck Espejo (CAG)
Best Outside Spikers	1st: 2nd:	Marck Espejo (CAG) John Paul Torres (PLDT)
Best Middle Blockers	1st: 2nd:	Reyson Fuentes (CIG) Peter Den Mar Torres (CAG)
Best Opposite Spiker		Mark Gil Alfafara (PLDT)
Best Setter		Jessie Lopez (PAF)
Best Libero		Erickson Joseph Ramos (CAG)

Collegiate conference

The Spikers’ Turf Collegiate Conference was the 2nd conference of the Spikers' Turf which started on July 13, 2015 and ended on September 27, 2015 at the Filoil Flying V Arena in San Juan.^[3]

Participating Teams

Participating Teams
Abbr.	Group A	Abbr.	Group B
EAC	Emilio Aguinaldo College	AUN	Arellano University
FEU	Far Eastern University	ADM	Ateneo de Manila University
NCB	National College of Business and Arts	CSB	College of Saint Benilde
NUI	National University	DLD	De La Salle University – Dasmariñas
MIT	Mapúa Institute of Technology	DLS	De La Salle University – Manila
UEA	University of the East	UPM	University of the Philippines – Diliman

Preliminary
Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	NU Bulldogs	5	5	0	14	15	2	7.500	391	352	1.111	Quarterfinals
2	EAC Generals	5	4	1	12	12	4	3.000	408	338	1.207
3	NCBA Wildcats	5	3	2	8	9	10	0.900	393	430	0.914
4	FEU Tamaraws	5	2	3	6	10	12	0.833	479	471	1.017
5	Mapúa Cardinals	5	1	4	4	6	12	0.500	389	422	0.922
6	UE Red Warriors	5	0	5	1	3	15	0.200	357	424	0.842

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Ateneo Blue Eagles	5	5	0	15	15	1	15.000	399	289	1.381	Quarterfinals
2	De La Salle Green Archers	5	4	1	11	12	6	2.000	428	389	1.100
3	UP Fighting Maroons	5	3	2	10	11	9	1.222	437	413	1.058
4	Benilde Blazers	5	1	4	3	6	12	0.500	362	406	0.892
5	Arellano Chiefs	5	1	4	3	5	13	0.385	385	425	0.906
6	De La Salle Patriots	5	1	4	3	4	13	0.308	332	419	0.792

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Quarterfinals

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Ateneo Blue Eagles	7	7	0	21	21	4	5.250	621	499	1.244	Semifinals
2	NU Bulldogs	7	6	1	17	18	7	2.571	680	577	1.179
3	EAC Generals	7	4	3	13	15	11	1.364	630	562	1.121
4	NCBA Wildcats	8	4	4	10	18	17	1.059	677	706	0.959
5	De La Salle Green Archers	8	3	5	9	13	16	0.813	721	723	0.997
6	UP Fighting Maroons	7	2	5	6	9	18	0.500	571	613	0.931
7	Benilde Blazers	7	2	5	5	11	19	0.579	614	687	0.894
8	FEU Tamaraws	7	1	6	5	10	19	0.526	617	662	0.932

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Final round

All series are best-of-3

Semifinals				Finals

1	Ateneo Blue Eagles	3	3

4	NCBA Wildcats	0	0
				1	Ateneo Blue Eagles	3	3

				2	NU Bulldogs	0	1
2	NU Bulldogs	3	3

3	EAC Generals	2	1	3rd place


				3	EAC Generals	3	3

				4	NCBA Wildcats	0	0

Final standings

Rank	Team
	Ateneo de Manila University
	National University
	Emilio Aguinaldo College
4	National College of Business and Arts
5	De La Salle University – Manila
6	University of the Philippines – Diliman
7	College of Saint Benilde
8	Far Eastern University
9	Mapúa Institute of Technology
10	Arellano University
11	De La Salle University – Dasmariñas
12	University of the East

Individual awards

Award		Name
Most Valuable Player	Finals: Conference:	Marck Espejo
Best Outside Spikers	1st: 2nd:	Howard Mojica Marck Espejo
Best Middle Blockers	1st: 2nd:	Kim Malabunga Reyson Fuentes
Best Opposite Spiker		Ysay Marasigan
Best Setter		April Jhon Pagtalunan
Best Libero		Ricky Marcos

Notable records

Howard Mojica of the EAC Generals holds the record of highest number of scored points in a single game, 41 points (38 spikes, 1 block & 2 service aces) in a match against the Ateneo Blue Eagles during the quarter finals round of the 2015 collegiate conference - ref. Match 34 P2
The Ateneo Blue Eagles made history in the league by being the first team to sweep a conference (13 wins & 0 loss).^[4]^[5]

Reinforced conference

The Spikers’ Turf Reinforced Open Conference was the 3rd conference of the Spikers' Turf that started on October 10, 2015 at the Filoil Flying V Arena in San Juan.^[6]

Participating Teams

Abbr.	Team
CIG	Cignal HD Spikers
IEM	IEM Volley Masters
PAF	Philippine Air Force Air Men
PNV	Philippine Navy Sailors
PLD	PLDT Home Ultera Ultra Fast Hitters
STE (ACT)	Sta. Elena Construction Wrecking Balls

Preliminary

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Philippine Air Force Air Men	5	4	1	12	13	5	2.600	427	398	1.073	Semifinals
2	Cignal HD Spikers	5	4	1	11	13	7	1.857	465	411	1.131
3	PLDT Home Ultera Ultra Fast Hitters	5	3	2	9	10	8	1.250	428	388	1.103
4	Philippine Navy Sailors	5	2	3	5	7	12	0.583	410	446	0.919
5	IEM Volley Masters	5	1	4	4	8	12	0.667	431	468	0.921
6	Sta. Elena Construction Wrecking Balls	5	1	4	4	6	13	0.462	403	453	0.890

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Final round

Semifinals #1 & #2 have twice-to-beat advantage					Finals Best-of-three series

1	Philippine Air Force Air Men	3	–	–

4	Philippine Navy Sailors	2	–	–
					1	Philippine Air Force Air Men	3	0	0

					2	Cignal HD Spikers	1	3	3
2	Cignal HD Spikers	3	–	–

3	PLDT Home Ultera Ultra Fast Hitters	2	–	–	3rd place


					3	PLDT Home Ultera Ultra Fast Hitters	3	3	–

					4	Philippine Navy Sailors	1	0	–

Final standings

Rank	Team
	Cignal HD Spikers
	Philippine Air Force Air Men
	PLDT Home Ultera Ultra Fast Hitters
4	Philippine Navy Sailors
5	IEM Volley Masters
6	Sta. Elena Construction Wrecking Balls

Individual awards

Award		Name
Most Valuable Player	Finals: Conference:	Edward Ybañez (Cignal) Mark Gil Alfafara (PLDT)
Best Outside Spikers	1st: 2nd:	Mark Gil Alfafara (PLDT) Nur Amid Madsairi (Navy)
Best Middle Blockers	1st: 2nd:	Peter Den Mar Torres (PLDT) Reyson Fuentes (Air Force)
Best Opposite Spiker		Reuben Inaudito (Air Force)
Best Setter		Glacy Ralph Diezmo (Cignal)
Best Libero		Sandy Montero (Cignal)

Venue

Filoil Flying V Centre, San Juan City

Broadcast partner

PTV-4^[1]

References

^ a b "Spikers' Turf showcases best in men's volleyball". The Philippine Star. March 25, 2015. Retrieved November 30, 2017.
^ Payo, Jasmine (March 25, 2015). "Men's volley hits scene with Spikers' Turf April 5". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved November 30, 2017.
^ "Spikers' Turf volleyball lifts covers off collegiate tourney". Philippine Daily Inquirer. July 4, 2015. Retrieved November 30, 2017.
^ Lozada, Bong (September 27, 2015). "Ateneo goes 13-0, sweeps NU for Spikers' Turf title". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved November 30, 2017.
^ Villar, Joey (September 28, 2015). "Eagles whip Bulldogs, cop Spikers' Turf crown". The Philippine Star. Retrieved November 30, 2017.
^ "Spikers' Turf Reinforced Conference to Begin on October 10". Sports Gateway PH. October 8, 2015. Retrieved November 30, 2017.

[Spikers_Turf1-1] "Spikers' Turf showcases best in men's volleyball". The Philippine Star. March 25, 2015. Retrieved November 30, 2017.

[2] Payo, Jasmine (March 25, 2015). "Men's volley hits scene with Spikers' Turf April 5". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved November 30, 2017.

[3] "Spikers' Turf volleyball lifts covers off collegiate tourney". Philippine Daily Inquirer. July 4, 2015. Retrieved November 30, 2017.

[4] Lozada, Bong (September 27, 2015). "Ateneo goes 13-0, sweeps NU for Spikers' Turf title". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved November 30, 2017.

[5] Villar, Joey (September 28, 2015). "Eagles whip Bulldogs, cop Spikers' Turf crown". The Philippine Star. Retrieved November 30, 2017.

[6] "Spikers' Turf Reinforced Conference to Begin on October 10". Sports Gateway PH. October 8, 2015. Retrieved November 30, 2017.

2015 Spikers' Turf season

Open conference

Collegiate conference

Reinforced conference

Venue

Broadcast partner

See also

References