2015 Spikers' Turf 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.^[1]

Spikers' Turf 1st Season Reinforced Open Conference

Men's Finals G1 G2 G3 Wins Philippine Air Force 3 0 0 1 Cignal HD Spikers 1 3 3 2
Duration	Oct. 10, 2015 – Dec. 6, 2015
Arena(s)	Filoil Flying V Arena, San Juan
Finals MVP	Finals: Edward Ybañez (Cignal) Conference: Mark Alfafara (PLDT)
Winning coach	Michael Cariño
Semifinalists	PLDT Home Ultera Philippine Navy
< Season 1, Collegiate Reinforced Open Season 2, Open >

Tournament Format

Preliminaries (PL)

Teams will play a single round robin format.

• The TOP 4 TEAMS will advance to the semi-finals (SF) round.
• The bottom two (2) teams will be eliminated from the tournament.

Semi-finals (SF)

The top four teams at the end of the single-round eliminations will advance to semifinals, with the top two earning a twice-to-beat advantage.

• Semi-finals series: Rank 1 vs Rank 4 and Rank 2 vs Rank 3
• Top two (2) SF teams will compete for GOLD.
• Bottom two (2) SF teams will compete for BRONZE.

Finals

The battle for GOLD and the battle for BRONZE will both follow the best-of-three format, provided:

• If the battle for GOLD ends in two (2) matches (2-0), then there will no longer be a Game 3 for either GOLD or Bronze. A tie in BRONZE (1-1) will be resolve using FIVB rules.
• A tie in the series for GOLD (1-1) after Game 2 will be broken in a Game 3, regardless of the result of the series in BRONZE.

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

Conference Line-up

Cignal HD Spikers No. Player name Position 1 MONTERO, Sandy Domenick L 2 DELA CRUZ, Jay (c) 3 DIEZMO, Glacy Ralph S 4 CHRISTENSEN, Red 6 CAPATE, Lorenzo Jr. 7 ABLAN, Gilbert 8 RELATA, Redentor 9 CALDERON, Aaron 10 YBAÑEZ, Edward 11 LANSANGAN, Jeffrey 12 FAYTAREN, Alexis 14 RAMOS, Herschel 17 LEE, Mark 18 BONONO, Edmar CARIÑO, Michael HC ACAYLAR, Sammy AC IEM Volley Masters No. Player name Position 1 CONDE, Michael 2 ALMARIO, Carlo L 3 CERILES, Reyvic 4 GONZALES, Gian Carlo 5 TIMBAL, Salvador Jr. 6 DELA CALZADA, Karl Ian 7 CANLAS, Eden 8 SALCEDO, Arjay 9 JIMENEZ, Jeffrey 10 TONDQUIN, Roland 11 ORDOÑEZ, Renz (c) S 12 ARROYO, Edward 14 ZAMORA, Michael 18 GATDULA, Rudy ODRON, Butch HC SANTOS, Joseph AC Philippine Air Force Air Men No. Player name Position 3 MOSUELA, Raffy L 4 BALSE, Patrick 5 MALABANAN, Jeffrey 6 JERUZ, Nino 7 LABRADOR, Rodolfo 8 FUENTES, Reyson 9 INAUDITO, Reuben 10 AVILA, Arvin 11 ABDILLA, Alnakran 13 ABRIA, Mike 14 TAJANLANGIT, Marnel L 17 LOPEZ, Jessie (c) S 18 TOLENTINO, Edwin 19 DE OCAMPO, Pitrus VERAYO, Rhovyl HC ALINSUNURIN, Dante AC Philippine Navy Sailors No. Player name Position 1 SAPDA, Wilbert Jayson 2 COLOCADO, Joseph 3 CACAYURAN, Alvin 4 RUSIT, Edgardo 5 ENCISA, Reenen 6 TIPAY, Josephenry L 7 MEDINO, Roldan 8 AYSON, Edwin 9 SENISAN, Christopher 10 JUNIO, John Paul (c) S 11 PALISOC, Razzel 13 KASIM, Ibrahim 15 ABUBAKAR, Alsimar 17 MADSARI, Nur Amin GASPILLO, Rene HC MALINAB, Bob AC PLDT Home Ultera Ultra Fast Hitters No. Player name Position 1 MANGULABNAN, Vincent Raphael S 2 ILANO, Harby 3 MANGARING, Juvie Mark L 4 GALANG, Ron Jay OH 5 TORRES, John Paul OH 6 CASILLAN, Rolando (c) S 7 BILLENA, Andro 8 ALFAFARA, Mark Gil OP 9 PECAÑA, Henry James OP 10 LONGAVELA, Gilbert L 11 PAGLINAWAN, Berlin OH 13 TORRES, Peter Den Mar MH 14 RAMOS, Jayson MH 16 FRANCO, Kheeno MH MAMON, Arthur "Odjie" HC DELA CRUZ, Ariel AC Sta. Elena Construction Wrecking Balls No. Player name Position 1 MANDANI, Ace 2 LAJA, Alnasip 3 CAMAGANAKAN, Joven 4 ANTONIO, Christopher Michael OP 5 MACALMA, John Angelo 7 HU, Rhenze L 8 GOMEZ, Richard "Goma" OH 9 HONORADE, Sylvester "Rocky" (c) MH 10 ABDULWAHAB, Al-Frazin "Fraz" S 11 LOZADA, Carlo 13 ARBASTRO, Christian Anthony 14 ESPIRITU, Angelo OH 16 MOLATE, Nestor LANIOG, Arnold HC JAVIER, Roberto AC

Legend   S   Setter   MH   Middle Hitter   OH   Outside Hitter   OP   Opposite Hitter   L   Libero  (c)  Team Captain   HC   Head Coach   AC   Asst. Coach

Preliminaries

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	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	Eliminated
6	Sta. Elena Construction	5	1	4	4	6	13	0.462	403	453	0.890

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Match results

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
10/10	15:00	PAF	3–1	IEM	25–19	25–27	25–22	25–20	–	100–88	P2
10/10	17:00	PNV	3–1	STE	25–21	21–25	25–19	25–18	–	96–83	P2
10/11	17:00	PLD	0–3	CIG	21–25	21–25	19–25	–	–	61–75	P2
10/17	15:00	STE	3–1	PLD	25–22	25–21	14–25	29–27	–	93–95	P2
10/17	17:00	CIG	1–3	PAF	22–25	18–25	25–20	21–25	–	86–95	P2
10/24	15:00	STE	2–3	CIG	25–23	25–22	16–25	20–25	9–15	95–110	P2
10/24	17:00	PLD	3–1	IEM	25–18	20–25	25–15	25–18	–	95–76	P2
10/25	17:00	PNV	0–3	PAF	21–25	21–25	18–25	–	–	60–75
11/04	13:00	PAF	3–0	STE	26–24	25–22	25–20	–	–	76–66	P2
11/04	15:00	PNV	0–3	PLD	22–25	27–29	14–25	–	–	63–79	P2
11/04	17:00	CIG	3–1	IEM	22–25	25–23	25–14	25–17	–	97–79	P2
11/07	15:00	IEM	3–0	STE	25–19	25–26	26–24	–	–	76–66	P2
11/07	17:00	CIG	3–1	PNV	25–20	22–25	25–19	25–17	–	97–81	P2
11/08	17:00	PLD	3–1	PAF	23–25	25–21	25–21	25–14	–	98–81	P2
11/14	17:00	IEM	2–3	PNV	30–28	19–25	26–28	25–14	12–15	112–110	P2

Semifinals round

	Semifinals * – twice to beat advantage							Finals best of three
	1	Air Force*	3	–	–
	4	Navy	2	–	–
									Air Force	3	0	0
									Cignal HD Spikers	1	3	3
	2	Cignal HD Spikers*	3	–	–
	3	PLDT	2	–	–			3rd place
									PLDT	3	3	–
									Sta. Elena Ball Hammers	1	1	–

Rank 1 vs Rank 4

* Air Force Air Men (Rank #1) had the twice-to-beat advantage

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
11/15	15:00	PAF	3–2	PNV	25–15	20–25	29–27	24–26	15–12	113–105	P2

Rank 2 vs Rank 3

* Cignal HD Spikers (Rank #2) had the twice-to-beat advantage

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
11/15	12:45	CIG	3–2	PLD	25–22	21–25	25–23	11–25	15–8	97–103	P2

Finals

Battle for Bronze

November 21, 2015 13:00	PLDT Home Ultera	3–1	Philippine Navy	Filoil Flying V Arena Attendance: 410 Referees: P. Sison, E. Gaa
	(25–14, 25–22, 23–25, 25–19) Match Result P2 POG: No. 16 Kheeno Franco with 12 attacks, 2 blocks & 2 service aces

November 25, 2015 13:00	Philippine Navy	1–3	PLDT Home Ultera	Filoil Flying V Arena Attendance: 561 Referees: J. Villareal, G. Vargas
	(29–31, 25–20, 21–25, 15–25) Match Result P2 POG: No. 8 Mark Gil Alfafara with 19 attacks, 1 block & 1 service ace

PLDT Home Ultera won the series in two games

Battle for Gold

November 21, 2015 15:00	Philippine Air Force	3–1	Cignal HD Spikers	Filoil Flying V Arena Attendance: 420 Referees: L. Benito Jr., R. Roxas
	(25–15, 19–25, 25–21, 25–21) Match Result P2 POG: No. 5 Jeffrey Malabanan with 15 attacks, 1 block & 1 service ace

November 25, 2015 15:00	Cignal HD Spikers	3–0	Philippine Air Force	Filoil Flying V Arena Attendance: 825 Referees: A. Tabañag, L. Pajarillo
	(25–16, 25–17, 25–18) Match Result P2 POG: No. 18 Edmar Bonono with 15 attacks, 2 blocks & 2 service aces

December 6, 2015 17:00	Philippine Air Force	0–3	Cignal HD Spikers	Filoil Flying V Arena Attendance: 1,045 Referees: L. Pajarillo, A. Tabañag
	(17–25, 30–32, 23–25) Match Result P2 POG: No. 18 Edmar Bonono with 6 attacks, 3 blocks & 1 service ace

Cignal HD Spikers won the series in three games

Awards

• Most valuable player (Finals)
  • Edward Ybañez (Cignal)
• Most valuable player (Conference)
  • Mark Gil Alfafara (PLDT)^[2]
• Best setter
  • Glacy Ralph Diezmo (Cignal)
• Best Outside Spikers
  • Mark Gil Alfafara (PLDT)
  • Nur Amid Madsairi (Navy)
• Best middle blockers
  • Peter Den Mar Torres (PLDT)
  • Reyson Fuentes (Air Force)
• Best opposite spiker
  • Reuben Inaudito (Air Force)
• Best libero
  • Sandy Montero (Cignal)

Final standings

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

Spikers' Turf 1st Season Reinforced Open Conference Champions Cignal HD Spikers 1st title Team roster Sandy Montero (L), Jay Dela Cruz (c), Ralph Diezmo, Red Christensen, Lorenzo Capate Jr., Gilbert Ablan, Redentor Relata, Aaron Calderon, Edward Ybañez, Jeffrey Lansangan, Alexis Faytaren, Herschel Ramos, Mark Lee, Edmar Bonono Michael Cariño (Head Coach), Sammy Acaylar (Asst. Coach), Dexter Clamor (Asst. Coach) Note (c) – Team Captain (L) – Libero

Venue

• Filoil Flying V Arena, San Juan

See also

• Shakey's V-League 12th Season Reinforced Open Conference