2022 Spikers' Turf season

2022 Spikers' Turf season
2022 Spikers' Turf season
League	Spikers' Turf
Sport	Volleyball
Duration	August 30 – October 6, 2022
Number of teams	7
Total attendance	6,480
TV partner(s)	One Sports
Conference
Open champions	NU-Sta. Elena Nationals
Open runners-up	Cignal HD Spikers
Spiker's Turf seasons
	← 2019, 4th 2023, 6th →

The 2022 Spikers' Turf season was the fifth season^[1] of the men's volleyball league Spikers' Turf, which began on August 30, 2022 with only one conference.^[2]

No tournament was held in 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Open Conference

The 2022 Spikers' Turf Open Conference was the fifteenth conference of the Spikers' Turf. The tournament were held at Paco Arena, Manila from 30 August to 6 October 2022 with a total of seven teams.^[3]^[4]

The Spikers' Turf returned after a three-year absence, with its last tournament played being the 2019 Open Conference.^[5]

NU-Sta. Elena Nationals defeated the reigning champions Cignal HD Spikers in the championship match best-of-three series to clinched their first ever gold of the tournament. Cignal HD Spikers gets their fourth silver.^[6] PGJC-Navy Sea Lions defeated VNS-One Alicia Griffins in the third place match best-of-three series and claimed their first bronze.^[7]

Participating teams

2022 Spikers' Turf Open Conference
Abbr.	Team	Affiliation	Head Coach	Team Captain
PAR	Army-Katinko Troopers	Greenstone Pharmaceutical HK, Inc. / Philippine Army	Melvin Carolino	Benjaylo Labide
ADM	Ateneo-Fudgee Barr Blue Eagles	Ateneo De Manila University / Republic Biscuit Corporation	Timothy Sto. Tomas	Lance Andrei De Castro
CHD	Cignal HD Spikers	Cignal TV, Inc.	Dexter Clamor	Ysrael Wilson Marasigan
NUI	NU-Sta. Elena Nationals	National University / Sta. Elena Construction and Development Corporation	Dante Alinsunurin	Ave Joshua Retamar
PJN	PGJC-Navy Sea Lions	Philippine Navy	Cecil Cruzada	Gregorio Dolor
SRC	Santa Rosa City Lions	Department of Education City Division of Sta. Rosa	Edward Jan Lirio	Chris Emmanuel Hernandez
VNS	VNS-One Alicia Griffins	VNS Management Group	Ralph Raymund Ocampo	John Benedict San Andres

Preliminary round

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	PGJC-Navy Sea Lions	6	5	1	16	17	6	2.833	544	468	1.162	Semifinals
2	Cignal HD Spikers	6	5	1	15	16	3	5.333	465	388	1.198
3	NU-Sta. Elena Nationals	6	5	1	14	15	6	2.500	504	427	1.180
4	VNS-One Alicia Griffins	6	3	3	7	10	14	0.714	537	552	0.973
5	Santa Rosa City Lions	6	1	5	5	7	16	0.438	457	527	0.867
6	Ateneo-Fudgee Barr Blue Eagles	6	1	5	4	6	16	0.375	451	512	0.881
7	Army-Katinko Troopers	6	1	5	2	7	17	0.412	478	562	0.851

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Final round

Semifinals

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	NU-Sta. Elena Nationals	3	3	0	8	9	3	3.000	279	253	1.103	Championship series
2	Cignal HD Spikers	3	2	1	7	8	3	2.667	255	232	1.099	Championship series
3	PGJC-Navy Sea Lions	3	1	2	3	3	6	0.500	200	218	0.917	3rd place series
4	VNS-One Alicia Griffins	3	0	3	0	1	9	0.111	216	247	0.874	3rd place series

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Finals

3rd place

PGJC-Navy wins series, 2–0.

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
29 Sep	14:30	VNS-One Alicia Griffins	0–3	PGJC-Navy Sea Lions	20–25	19–25	21–25			60–75	P2
1 Oct	14:30	PGJC-Navy Sea Lions	3–1	VNS-One Alicia Griffins	26–28	25–18	25–16	25–23		101–85	P2

Championship

NU-Sta. Elena wins series, 2–0.

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
29 Sep	17:30	Cignal HD Spikers	1–3	NU-Sta. Elena Nationals	21–25	25–20	23–25	18–25		87–95	P2
1 Oct	17:30	NU-Sta. Elena Nationals	3–1	Cignal HD Spikers	25–18	23–25	25–23	25–23		98–89	P2

Awards

Award	Player	Team	Ref.
Conference Most Valuable Player	Angelo Nicolas Almendras	NU-Sta. Elena Nationals	^[8]
Finals Most Valuable Player	Michaelo Buddin	NU-Sta. Elena Nationals
1st Best Outside Spiker	Marck Espejo	Cignal HD Spikers
2nd Best Outside Spiker	John Benedict San Andres	VNS-One Alicia Griffins
1st Best Middle Blocker	Obed Mukaba	NU-Sta. Elena Nationals
2nd Best Middle Blocker	John Paul Bugaoan	Cignal HD Spikers
Best Opposite Spiker	Ysrael Wilson Marasigan	Cignal HD Spikers
Best Setter	Ave Joshua Retamar	NU-Sta. Elena Nationals
Best Libero	Manuel Sumanguid III	Cignal HD Spikers

Final standings

Rank	Team
	NU-Sta. Elena Nationals
	Cignal HD Spikers
	PGJC-Navy Sea Lions
4	VNS-One Alicia Griffins
5	Santa Rosa City Lions
6	Ateneo-Fudgee Barr Blue Eagles
7	Army-Katinko Troopers

Conference results

Conference	Champion	Runners-up	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th
Open	NU-Sta. Elena	Cignal HD	PGJC-Navy	VNS-One Alicia	Santa Rosa City	Ateneo-Fudgee Barr	Army-Katinko

References

^ "Spikers' Turf all set for 6th serving". Spikers' Turf. 27 August 2022. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
^ "Spotlight shines on men's volleyball as Spikers' Turf fires off". Philstar. August 29, 2022. Retrieved February 1, 2023.
^ Agcaoili, Lance (16 August 2022). "Spikers' Turf returns with seven teams on August 30". Inquirer Sports. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
^ "Men's volley takes spotlight as Spikers' Turf unwraps". Manila Standard. 29 August 2022. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
^ "After 3 years, Spikers' Turf makes comeback". Malaya Business Insight. 18 August 2022. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
^ Agcaoili, Lance (1 October 2022). "NU-Sta. Elena dethrones Cignal to claim Spikers' Turf crown". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
^ Agcaoili, Lance (1 October 2022). "Spikers' Turf: Navy sails to bronze medal, sinks VNS". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
^ Agcaoili, Lance (1 October 2022). "Nationals' Nico Almendras wins Spikers' Turf MVP award". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 1 October 2022.

Preceded by 4th, 2019	Spikers' Turf 2022	Succeeded by 6th, 2023

[1] "Spikers' Turf all set for 6th serving". Spikers' Turf. 27 August 2022. Retrieved 27 August 2022.

[2] "Spotlight shines on men's volleyball as Spikers' Turf fires off". Philstar. August 29, 2022. Retrieved February 1, 2023.

[3] Agcaoili, Lance (16 August 2022). "Spikers' Turf returns with seven teams on August 30". Inquirer Sports. Retrieved 25 August 2022.

[4] "Men's volley takes spotlight as Spikers' Turf unwraps". Manila Standard. 29 August 2022. Retrieved 30 August 2022.

[5] "After 3 years, Spikers' Turf makes comeback". Malaya Business Insight. 18 August 2022. Retrieved 30 August 2022.

[6] Agcaoili, Lance (1 October 2022). "NU-Sta. Elena dethrones Cignal to claim Spikers' Turf crown". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 1 October 2022.

[7] Agcaoili, Lance (1 October 2022). "Spikers' Turf: Navy sails to bronze medal, sinks VNS". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 1 October 2022.

[8] Agcaoili, Lance (1 October 2022). "Nationals' Nico Almendras wins Spikers' Turf MVP award". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 1 October 2022.

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