2022 Premier Volleyball League Reinforced Conference

The 2022 Premier Volleyball League Reinforced Conference was the thirteenth conference of the Premier Volleyball League, its fourth conference as a professional league, and the third and final conference of the 2022 season.

2022 Premier Volleyball League Reinforced Conference
Duration	October 8 – December 6, 2022
Matches	46
Teams	9
Attendance	168,821 (3,670 per match)
TV partner(s)	One Sports One Sports+
Results
Champions	Petro Gazz Angels
Runners-up	Cignal HD Spikers
Third place	Creamline Cool Smashers
Fourth place	Chery Tiggo Crossovers
Awards
Conference MVP	Mylene Paat
Finals MVP	Lindsey Vander Weide
Best OH	Alyssa Valdez Myla Pablo
Best MB	MJ Phillips Roselyn Doria
Best OPP	Mylene Paat
Best Setter	Jia de Guzman
Best Libero	Ria Beatriz Duremdes
PVL Reinforced Conference chronology
< 2019 2024 >
PVL conference chronology
< 2022 Invitational 2023 First All-Filipino >

The tournament began on October 8 and finished on December 6, 2022.^[1] This is the first reinforced conference in three years, since the last reinforced was commenced way back in 2019. And also the first conference to use a video challenge system.^[2] It features nine local teams with one foreign guest player each. Among these nine teams are the returning F2 Logistics Cargo Movers and the debuting team — Akari Chargers.^[3][4]

Participating teams

2022 Premier Volleyball League Reinforced Conference
Abbr.	Team	Affiliation	Head coach	Foreign guest player	Team captain
AKA	Akari Chargers	Akari Lighting & Technology Corporation	Jorge Edson	Prisilla Rivera	Michelle Marie Monique Cobb
CTC	Chery Tiggo Crossovers	United Asia Automotive Group, Inc.	Clarence Esteban	Jelena Cvijović	Mylene Paat
CMF	Choco Mucho Flying Titans	Republic Biscuit Corporation	Edjet Mabbayad	Odina Aliyeva	Isabel Beatriz De Leon
CHD	Cignal HD Spikers	Cignal TV, Inc.	Cesael Delos Santos	Tai Bierria	Rachel Anne Daquis
CCS	Creamline Cool Smashers	Republic Biscuit Corporation	Sherwin Meneses	Yeliz Başa	Alyssa Valdez
FTL	F2 Logistics Cargo Movers	F2 Logistics Philippines	Benson Bocboc	Lindsay Stalzer	Lindsay Stalzer
PGA	Petro Gazz Angels	PetroGazz Ventures Phils. Corp.	Rald Ricafort	Lindsey Vander Weide	Relea Ferina Saet
PLD	PLDT High Speed Hitters	PLDT Inc.	George Pascua	Elena Savkina-Samoilenko	Rhea Katrina Dimaculangan
UAA	United Auctioneers Army Lady Troopers	Philippine Army and United Auctioneers Inc.	Emilio Reyes Jr.	Laura Condotta	Jovelyn Gonzaga

Venues

Preliminaries
Santa Rosa City	San Juan City	Pasay City
Santa Rosa Sports Complex	Filoil EcoOil Centre	SM Mall of Asia Arena
Capacity: 5,700	Capacity: 6,000	Capacity: 15,000
Preliminaries, Semifinals, Finals
Quezon City	Pasig City
Araneta Coliseum	PhilSports Arena
Capacity: 20,000	Capacity: 10,000

Transactions

National team players

The following playersthat played in the 2022 Asian Women's Volleyball Cup and the 2022 ASEAN Grand Prix are solely composed of the players from Creamline Cool Smashers.^[5]

Team	Outside Hitters	Middle Blockers	Opposite Spikers	Setters	Liberos
Creamline Cool Smashers	Fille Cainglet-Cayetano	Lorie Lyn Bernardo	Tots Carlos	Jia De Guzman	Kyla Atienza
	Jema Galanza	Celine Domingo	Michele Gumabao	Kyle Negrito	Ella de Jesus
	Rosemarie Vargas	Jeanette Panaga	Rizza Jane Mandapat	—	—
	—	Risa Sato	—
		Pau Soriano

Team additions and transfers

The following are the players who transferred to another team for the upcoming conference.

Player	Moving from (last team)	Moving to
Krich Macaslang	Adamson Lady Falcons (UAAP)	Akari Chargers
Trisha Genesis	Adamson Lady Falcons (UAAP)	Akari Chargers
Danielle Theris Ravena	Ateneo Blue Eagles (UAAP)	Akari Chargers
Erika Raagas	Ateneo Blue Eagles(UAAP)	Akari Chargers
Janel Maraguinot	Ateneo Blue Eagles(UAAP)	Akari Chargers
Geneveve Casugod	BaliPure Purest Water Defenders	Akari Chargers
Gyra Ezra Barroga	BaliPure Purest Water Defenders	Akari Chargers
Jamie Isabelle Lavitoria	BaliPure Purest Water Defenders	Akari Chargers
Janine Marciano	BaliPure Purest Water Defenders	Akari Chargers
Jhoana Louisse Maraguinot	BaliPure Purest Water Defenders	Akari Chargers
Michelle Marie Monique Cobb	De La Salle Lady Spikers (UAAP)	Akari Chargers
Lycha Ebon	FEU Lady Tamaraws (UAAP)	Akari Chargers
Princes Ezra Madrigal	FEU Lady Tamaraws (UAAP)	Akari Chargers
Chiara May Permentilla	Marinerang Pilipina Lady Skippers (PSL)	Akari Chargers
Bingle Landicho	NU Lady Bulldogs (UAAP)	Akari Chargers
Andrea Marzan	Sta. Lucia Lady Realtors	Akari Chargers
Jaila Atienza	UP Fighting Maroons (UAAP)	Chery Tiggo Crossovers[6]
Jaycel delos Reyes	Ateneo Blue Eagles(UAAP)	Chery Tiggo Crossovers[7]
Roselle Baliton	BaliPure Purest Water Defenders	Chery Tiggo Crossovers[6]
Pia Sarmiento	Lyceum Lady Pirates (NCAA)	Chery Tiggo Crossovers
France Elize Ronquillo	NU Lady Bulldogs (UAAP)	Chery Tiggo Crossovers[6]
Rachelle Roldan	UST Golden Tigresses(UAAP)	Chery Tiggo Crossovers[8]
Maika Ortiz	Chery Tiggo Crossovers	Choco Mucho Flying Titans[9]
Arianne Mae Layug	Chery Tiggo Crossovers	Cignal HD Spikers
Mary Joy Dacoron	Chery Tiggo Crossovers	Cignal HD Spikers
Elaine Kasilag	Chery Tiggo Crossovers	F2 Logistics Cargo Movers[10]
Ivy Lacsina	NU Lady Bulldogs (UAAP)	F2 Logistics Cargo Movers[11]
Kalei Mau	Athletes Unlimited Volleyball (United States)	F2 Logistics Cargo Movers[12]
Rachel Austero	Chery Tiggo Crossovers	PLDT High Speed Hitters[13]

Foreign guest players

The following are the foreign guest players who are acquired by each team.

Team	Foreign player	Moving from
Akari Chargers	Prisilla Rivera[14]	Jakarta Pertamina Energi
Chery Tiggo Crossovers	Jelena Cvijović[15]	SCM U Craiova
Choco Mucho Flying Titans	Odina Aliyeva[16]	VW Jakarta Elektrik PLN
Cignal HD Spikers	Tai Bierria[17]	Clamart Volley-Ball
Creamline Cool Smashers	Yeliz Başa[18]	Anthea Vicenza
F2 Logistics Cargo Movers	Lindsay Stalzer[12]	Atenienses de Manati
Petro Gazz Angels	Lindsey Vander Weide[19]	AEK Athens
PLDT High Speed Hitters	Elena Savkina-Samoilenko[20]	Mersin B.Şehir Bld.
United Auctioneers Army Lady Troopers	Laura Condotta[21]	AEK Larnaca

Coaching changes

Team	Outgoing coach	Manner of departure	Replaced by	Ref
Choco Mucho Flying Titans	Oliver Almadro	Resigned midway through the conference	Edjet Mabbayad	[22]
Petro Gazz Angels	Arnold Laniog	Reassigned	Rald Ricafort

Format

This conference implemented a single round-robin in preliminary and semifinals, and a best-of-three series in the 3rd place match and Championship match. The following format conducted for the entirety of the conference:

Preliminary Round

1. The nine teams played in a single round-robin elimination.
2. Teams are ranked using the FIVB Ranking System.
3. Top four teams advance to the semifinals.

Semifinals

1. The four teams played again in a single round-robin elimination.
2. Teams are ranked using the FIVB Ranking System.
3. The 3rd and 4th ranked teams advanced to the bronze medal match.
4. The 1st and 2nd ranked teams advanced to the gold medal match.

Finals

1. Bronze medal: SF Rank 3 vs SF Rank 4 (best-of-three series)
2. Gold medal: SF Rank 1 vs SF Rank 2 (best-of-three series)

Pool standing procedure

• First, teams are ranked by the number of matches won.
• If the number of matches won is tied, the tied teams are then ranked by match points, wherein:
  • Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loser.
  • Match won 3–2: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser.
• In case of any further ties, the following criteria shall be used:
  • Set ratio: the number of sets won divided by number of sets lost.
  • Point ratio: number of points scored divided by number of points allowed.
  • Head-to-head standings: any remaining tied teams are ranked based on the results of head-to-head matches involving the teams in question.

Preliminary round

• All times are Philippine Standard Time (UTC+8:00).

Ranking

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Creamline Cool Smashers	8	7	1	22	23	10	2.300	782	700	1.117	Semifinals
2	Chery Tiggo Crossovers	8	6	2	16	21	14	1.500	764	764	1.000
3	Petro Gazz Angels	8	5	3	15	18	12	1.500	703	617	1.139
4	Cignal HD Spikers	8	5	3	14	18	14	1.286	718	708	1.014
5	F2 Logistics Cargo Movers	8	4	4	11	15	14	1.071	742	709	1.047
6	PLDT High Speed Hitters	8	3	5	10	15	18	0.833	742	715	1.038
7	Choco Mucho Flying Titans	8	3	5	9	14	18	0.778	717	723	0.992
8	Akari Chargers	8	3	5	9	13	18	0.722	637	710	0.897
9	United Auctioneers Army Lady Troopers	8	0	8	2	5	24	0.208	545	692	0.788

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Match results

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
08 Oct	14:30	SRSC	PLDT High Speed Hitters	3–2	United Auctioneers Army Lady Troopers	17–25	25–20	24–26	25–11	15–11	106–93	P2
08 Oct	17:30	SRSC	Akari Power Chargers	1–3	Cignal HD Spikers	25–20	23–25	18–25	16–25		82–95	P2
11 Oct	14:30	PSA	F2 Logistics Cargo Movers	0–3	Chery Tiggo Crossovers	23–25	21–25	22–25			66–75	P2
11 Oct	17:30	PSA	Petro Gazz Angels	3–0	Choco Mucho Flying Titans	27–25	25–22	28–26			80–73	P2
13 Oct	14:30	PSA	PLDT High Speed Hitters	1–3	Creamline Cool Smashers	22–25	18–25	28–26	22–25		90–101	P2
13 Oct	17:30	PSA	F2 Logistics Cargo Movers	1–3	Choco Mucho Flying Titans	21–25	25–22	20–25	24–26		90–98	P2
15 Oct	14:30	PSA	Akari Power Chargers	3–0	United Auctioneers Army Lady Troopers	25–20	25–22	25–22			75–64	P2
15 Oct	17:30	PSA	Cignal HD Spikers	1–3	Chery Tiggo Crossovers	23–25	25–20	21–25	20–25		89–95	P2
18 Oct	14:30	PSA	United Auctioneers Army Lady Troopers	0–3	F2 Logistics Cargo Movers	17–25	21–25	16–25			54–75	P2
18 Oct	17:30	PSA	Creamline Cool Smashers	3–1	Petro Gazz Angels	25–19	16–25	25–18	27–25		93–87	P2
20 Oct	14:30	PSA	Chery Tiggo Crossovers	3–2	Akari Power Chargers	23–25	25–21	21–25	25–21	15–6	109–98	P2
20 Oct	17:30	PSA	Choco Mucho Flying Titans	3–2	PLDT High Speed Hitters	25–27	25–22	18–25	25–22	17–15	110–111	P2
22 Oct	14:30	SRSC	Petro Gazz Angels	3–0	Akari Power Chargers	25–13	25–14	25–20			75–47	P2
22 Oct	17:30	SRSC	Creamline Cool Smashers	3–1	Cignal HD Spikers	25–18	22–25	25–22	25–12		97–77	P2
25 Oct	14:30	PSA	Choco Mucho Flying Titans	1–3	Chery Tiggo Crossovers	27–29	25–18	16–25	20–25		88–97	P2
25 Oct	17:30	PSA	PLDT High Speed Hitters	0–3	F2 Logistics Cargo Movers	19–25	22–25	20–25			61–75	P2
27 Oct	14:30	PSA	Akari Power Chargers	1–3	Creamline Cool Smashers	25–23	15–25	16–25	21–25		77–98	P2
27 Oct	17:30	PSA	Chery Tiggo Crossovers	3–2	United Auctioneers Army Lady Troopers	22–25	25–18	25–27	25–18	15–12	112–100	P2
03 Nov	14:30	FEC	United Auctioneers Army Lady Troopers	0–3	Cignal HD Spikers	23–25	19–25	19–25			61–75	P2
03 Nov	17:30	FEC	Choco Mucho Flying Titans	2–3	Akari Power Chargers	25–23	21–25	19–25	25–21	12–15	102–109	P2
05 Nov	14:30	SRSC	Petro Gazz Angels	3–1	PLDT High Speed Hitters	19–25	25–21	25–20	27–25		96–91	P2
05 Nov	17:30	SRSC	Chery Tiggo Crossovers	1–3	Creamline Cool Smashers	23–25	25–20	12–25	30–32		90–102	P2
08 Nov	14:30	SAC	United Auctioneers Army Lady Troopers	0–3	Choco Mucho Flying Titans	24–26	10–25	17–25			51–76	P2
08 Nov	17:30	SAC	Creamline Cool Smashers	2–3	F2 Logistics Cargo Movers	25–22	25–23	20–25	19–25	11–15	100–110	P2
10 Nov	14:30	SAC	Cignal HD Spikers	3–2	Petro Gazz Angels	25–22	34–32	15–25	16–25	15–13	105–117	P2
10 Nov	17:30	SAC	Akari Power Chargers	0–3	PLDT High Speed Hitters	11–25	21–25	19–25			51–75	P2
12 Nov	14:30	SAC	Creamline Cool Smashers	3–1	United Auctioneers Army Lady Troopers	25–12	25–18	23–25	25–23		98–78	P2
12 Nov	17:30	SAC	Petro Gazz Angels	3–2	Chery Tiggo Crossovers	25–14	24–26	25–13	21–25	15–9	110–87	P2
15 Nov	14:30	SAC	PLDT High Speed Hitters	3–1	Cignal HD Spikers	25–21	25–23	22–25	25–21		97–90	P2
15 Nov	17:30	SAC	F2 Logistics Cargo Movers	1–3	Akari Power Chargers	21–25	25–22	24–26	22–25		92–98	P2
17 Nov	14:30	MOA	Chery Tiggo Crossovers	3–2	PLDT High Speed Hitters	25–20	18–25	22–25	25–16	18–16	108–102	P2
17 Nov	17:30	MOA	Choco Mucho Flying Titans	1–3	Creamline Cool Smashers	25–15	20–25	20–25	26–28		91–93	P2
19 Nov	14:30	SAC	United Auctioneers Army Lady Troopers	0–3	Petro Gazz Angels	13–25	12–25	19–25			44–75	P2
19 Nov	17:30	SAC	Cignal HD Spikers	3–1	F2 Logistics Cargo Movers	25–21	20–25	25–14	25–20		95–80	P2
22 Nov	14:30	PSA	Cignal HD Spikers	3–1	Choco Mucho Flying Titans	17–25	25–22	25–18	25–14		92–79	P2
22 Nov	17:30	PSA	F2 Logistics Cargo Movers	3–0	Petro Gazz Angels	25–17	25–22	27–25			77–64	P2

Final round

• All times are Philippine Standard Time (UTC+8:00).

Semifinals

Ranking

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Cignal HD Spikers	3	2	1	6	7	4	1.750	260	258	1.008	Championship series
2	Petro Gazz Angels	3	2	1	6	6	4	1.500	239	201	1.189
3	Creamline Cool Smashers	3	2	1	5	7	5	1.400	266	251	1.060	3rd place series
4	Chery Tiggo Crossovers	3	0	3	1	2	9	0.222	197	252	0.782

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Match results

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
24 Nov	14:30	PSA	Petro Gazz Angels	0–3	Creamline Cool Smashers	21–25	20–25	23–25			64–75	P2
24 Nov	17:30	PSA	Cignal HD Spikers	3–0	Chery Tiggo Crossovers	28–26	25–17	25–23			78–66	P2
27 Nov	14:30	SAC	Creamline Cool Smashers	1–3	Cignal HD Spikers	25–23	23–25	26–28	18–25		92–101	P2
27 Nov	17:30	SAC	Chery Tiggo Crossovers	0–3	Petro Gazz Angels	15–25	17–25	13–25			45–75	P2
29 Nov	14:30	PSA	Petro Gazz Angels	3–1	Cignal HD Spikers	25–14	25–21	25–27	25–19		100–81	P2
29 Nov	17:30	PSA	Chery Tiggo Crossovers	2–3	Creamline Cool Smashers	16–25	25–20	25–14	11–25	9–15	86–99	P2

Finals

3rd place

• Creamline wins series, 2–0.

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
01 Dec	14:30	SAC	Creamline Cool Smashers	3–1	Chery Tiggo Crossovers	25–22	22–25	25–5	25–19		97–71	P2
06 Dec	14:30	PSA	Chery Tiggo Crossovers	1–3	Creamline Cool Smashers	15–25	19–25	25–23	21–25		80–98	P2

Championship

• Petro Gazz wins series, 2–0.

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
01 Dec	17:30	SAC	Petro Gazz Angels	3–0	Cignal HD Spikers	25–21	27–25	37–35			89–81	P2
06 Dec	17:30	PSA	Cignal HD Spikers	1–3	Petro Gazz Angels	17–25	25–22	12–25	22–25		76–97	P2

Final standing

Rank Team Petro Gazz Angels Cignal HD Spikers Creamline Cool Smashers 4 Chery Tiggo Crossovers 5 F2 Logistics Cargo Movers 6 PLDT High Speed Hitters 7 Choco Mucho Flying Titans 8 Akari Chargers 9 United Auctioneers Army Lady Troopers

2022 PVL Reinforced champions Petro Gazz Angels Second title Team Roster Shiela Marie Pineda, Djanel Welch Cheng, Mariella Gabarda, Grethcel Soltones, Seth Marione Rodriguez, Aiza Maizo-Pontillas, Mary Remy Joy Palma, Marian Alisa Buitre, Myla Pablo, Mar-Jana Phillips, Lindsey Vander Weide, Relea Ferina Saet (c), Cienne Mary Arielle Cruz, Nicole Anne Tiamzon, Jonah Sabete Head coach Rald Ricafort

Awards and medalists

Individual awards

Award	Player	Team	Ref.
Conference Most Valuable Player	Mylene Paat	Chery Tiggo	[23][24]
Finals Most Valuable Player	Lindsey Vander Weide	Petro Gazz
1st Best Outside Spiker	Alyssa Valdez	Creamline
2nd Best Outside Spiker	Myla Pablo	Petro Gazz
1st Best Middle Blocker	Mar-Jana Phillips	Petro Gazz
2nd Best Middle Blocker	Roselyn Doria	Cignal
Best Opposite Spiker	Mylene Paat	Chery Tiggo
Best Setter	Jia De Guzman	Creamline
Best Libero	Ria Beatriz Duremdes	Chery Tiggo
Best Foreign Guest Player	Lindsey Vander Weide	Petro Gazz

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Petro Gazz Angels Relea Ferina Saet (c) Shiela Marie Pineda (L) Djanel Welch Cheng Mariella Gabarda Grethcel Soltones Seth Marione Rodriguez Aiza Maizo-Pontillas Mary Remy Joy Palma Marian Alisa Buitre Myla Pablo Mar-Jana Phillips Lindsey Vander Weide (I) Cienne Mary Arielle Cruz (L) Nicole Anne Tiamzon Jonah Sabete Head Coach: Rald Ricafort	Cignal HD Spikers Rachel Anne Daquis (c) Glaudine Troncoso Roselyn Doria Tai Bierria (I) Maristela Genn Layug Arianne Mae Layug Frances Xinia Molina Angeli Pauline Araneta Fatima Bia General (L) Jacqueline Acuña Mary Joy Dacoron Angelique Dionela (L) Klarisa Abriam Jerilli Malabanan Marivic Velaine Meneses Maria Arielle Estrañero Maria Angelica Cayuna Head Coach: Cesael Delos Santos	Creamline Cool Smashers Alyssa Valdez (c) Kyle Negrito Fille Cainglet-Cayetano Risa Sato Michele Gumabao Jorella Marie De Jesus (L) Maria Paulina Soriano Kyla Atienza (L) Julia Melissa Morado-De Guzman Celine Domingo Jeanette Panaga Rizza Jane Mandapat Rosemarie Vargas Lorielyn Bernardo Yeliz Basa (I) Jessica Margarett Galanza Head Coach: Sherwin Meneses

Statistics leaders

Statistics leaders correct at the end of preliminary round.

Best Scorers Rank Name Points 1 Elena Samoilenko 213 2 Prisilla Rivera 206 3 Lindsey Vander Weide 187 4 Lindsay Stalzer 161 5 Mylene Paat 160

Best Spikers Rank Name %Eff 1 Prisilla Rivera 39.79 2 Yeliz Başa 38.07 3 Mylene Paat 37.09 4 Lindsey Vander Weide 36.04 5 Lindsay Stalzer 35.37 Best Blockers Rank Name Avg 1 Mary Remy Joy Palma 0.77 2 Ivy Keith Lacsina 0.69 3 Roselyn Doria 0.69 4 Mar-Jana Phillips 0.67 5 Roselle Baliton 0.57 Best Servers Rank Name Avg 1 Angelica Cayuna 0.41 2 Lindsey Vander Weide 0.37 3 Kim Fajardo 0.31 4 Desiree Wynea Cheng 0.31 5 Mika Aereen Reyes 0.30

Best Diggers Rank Name Avg 1 Anngela Nunag 3.66 2 Kyla Atienza 3.61 3 Ria Beatriz Duremdes 3.46 4 Alyssa Valdez 3.18 5 Dennise Lazaro-Revilla 3.13 Best Setters Rank Name Avg 1 Julia Melissa De Guzman 5.82 2 Djanel Welch Cheng 4.23 3 Kim Fajardo 4.07 4 Angelica Cayuna 3.78 5 Rhea Dimaculangan 3.52 Best Receivers Rank Name %Succ 1 Kathleen Faith Arado 56.11 2 Jessica Galanza 50.00 3 Odina Aliyeva 45.67 4 Anngela Nunag 45.06 5 Ria Beatriz Duremdes 39.23