2022 Spikers' Turf season

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]

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

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

Open Conference

Main article: 2022 Spikers' Turf 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
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

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

See also

• 2022 Premier Volleyball League season