2018 Premier Volleyball League season

2018 Premier Volleyball League season
2018 Premier Volleyball League season
League	Premier Volleyball League
Sport	Volleyball
Duration	April 17 – December 8, 2018
TV partner(s)	ABS-CBN Sports and Action; Liga & Liga HD
Conferences
Reinforced champions	Creamline
Reinforced runners-up	PayMaya
Collegiate champions	UP
Collegiate runners-up	FEU
Open champions	Creamline
Open runners-up	Ateneo–Motolite
PVL seasons
	← 2017 2019 →

The 2018 Premier Volleyball League (PVL) season was the second season of the Premier Volleyball League. There were three conferences for this season.

Reinforced conference

Participating teams

2018 Premier Volleyball League Reinforced Conference (Women's Division)
Abbr.	Team	Company	Head coach	Team captain	Import(s)
BLP	BaliPure–NU Water Defenders	Balibago Waterworks System, Inc.	Raymund Castillo	Joyme Cagande	Alexis Matthews Janisa Johnson
BKP	BanKo Perlas Spikers	Beach Volleyball Republic	Ariel dela Cruz	Sue Roces	Lakia Bright Jutarat Montripila
CCS	Creamline Cool Smashers	Republic Biscuit Corporation	Tai Bundit	Alyssa Valdez	Kuttika Kaewpin Laura Schaudt Nikolina Aščerić (withdrew)
IRG	Iriga City–Navy Oragons	Iriga City / Philippine Navy	Edgardo Rusit	Grazielle Bombita	Macy Ubben Lauren Whyte
PMY	PayMaya High Flyers	PLDT, Inc.	Roger Gorayeb	Jasmine Nabor	Tess Rountree Shelby Sullivan
PGZ	Petro Gazz Angels	Petro Gazz Ventures Phils Corp	Jerry Yee	Stephanie Mercado	Anastasia Trach Olena Lymareva-Flink Kadi Kullerkann (withdrew)
POC	Pocari Sweat–Air Force Lady Warriors	Federated Distributors, Inc.	Jasper Jimenez	Myla Pablo	Maddie Palmer Arielle Love
TAC	Tacloban Fighting Warays	Bounty Agro Ventures, Inc. (sponsor)	Ernesto Pamilar	Jovie Prado	Amporn Hyapha Patcharee Sangmuang Sasiwimol Sangpan (withdrew)

Preliminary round

Team standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Creamline Cool Smashers	7	6	1	19	20	4	5.000	573	482	1.189	Semifinals
2	PayMaya High Flyers	7	5	2	15	17	9	1.889	592	553	1.071	Semifinals
3	Tacloban Fighting Warays	7	4	3	10	13	14	0.929	591	622	0.950	Quarterfinals
4	Pocari–Air Force	7	3	4	10	13	15	0.867	606	594	1.020
5	Petro Gazz Angels	7	3	4	10	13	15	0.867	604	617	0.979
6	BaliPure Purest Water Defenders	7	3	4	9	13	16	0.813	642	654	0.982
7	BanKo Perlas Spikers	7	3	4	8	14	17	0.824	677	686	0.987
8	Iriga City–Navy Oragons	7	1	6	3	6	19	0.316	542	619	0.876

Source: P-4

Quarterfinals round

Team standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	BanKo Perlas Spikers	5	5	0	14	15	3	5.000	345	354	0.975	Semifinals
2	Pocari–Air Force	5	4	1	11	12	7	1.714	431	423	1.019	Semifinals
3	Petro Gazz Angels	5	3	2	9	10	6	1.667	372	329	1.131
4	BaliPure Purest Water Defenders	5	2	3	6	9	11	0.818	428	438	0.977
5	Iriga City–Navy Oragons	5	1	4	4	8	14	0.571	461	489	0.943
6	Tacloban Fighting Warays	5	0	5	1	2	15	0.133	318	412	0.772

Source:

Final round

All series are best-of-three.

Semifinals					Finals

1	Creamline Cool Smashers	0	3	3

4	Pocari–Air Force	3	1	0
						Creamline Cool Smashers	3	3	–

						PayMaya High Flyers	1	0	–
2	PayMaya High Flyers	1	3	3

3	BanKo Perlas Spikers	3	2	2	3rd place


						BanKo Perlas Spikers	2	3	–

						Pocari–Air Force	3	1	–

Awards

Award		Player
Most Valuable Player	Finals	Jia Morado (Creamline)
Most Valuable Player	Conference	Myla Pablo (Pocari–Air Force)
Best Outside Spikers	1st: 2nd:	Alyssa Valdez (Creamline) Myla Pablo (Pocari–Air Force)
Best Middle Blockers	1st: 2nd:	Jeanette Panaga (Pocari–Air Force) Mary Joy Dacoron (BanKo Perlas)
Best Opposite Spiker		Michele Gumabao (Creamline)
Best Setter		Jia Morado (Creamline)
Best Libero		Tatan Pantone (PayMaya)
Most Points Scored		Lakia Bright (BanKo Perlas)
Best Foreign Guest Player		Tess Nicole Rountree (PayMaya)

Final standings

Rank	Team
	Creamline Cool Smashers
	PayMaya Highflyers
	BanKo Perlas Spikers
4	Pocari Sweat–Air Force Lady Warriors
5	Petro Gazz Angels
6	BaliPure Purest Water Defenders
7	Iriga City–Navy Oragons
8	Tacloban Fighting Warays

Collegiate conference

Participating teams

2018 Premier Volleyball League Collegiate Conference (Women's Division)
Abbr.	Team	Head coach	Team captain
ADU	Adamson Lady Falcons	Airess Padda	Lea Ann Perez
CSB	Benilde Lady Blazers	Jerry Yee	Jewel Hannah Lai
FEU	FEU Lady Tamaraws	George Pascua	Kyle Negrito
SBU	San Beda Red Lionesses	Nemesio Gavino	Cesca Racraquin
SSC	San Sebastian Lady Stags	Roger Gorayeb	Joyce Santa Rita
UPH	Perpetual Lady Altas	Michael Cariño	Maria Aurora Blanca Tripoli
UPD	UP Lady Fighting Maroons	Godfrey Okumu	Ayel Estrañero
UST	UST Golden Tigresses	Emilio Reyes Jr.	Christine Francisco

Preliminary round

Team standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Adamson Lady Falcons	7	7	0	19	21	8	2.625	667	606	1.101	Semifinals
2	UST Golden Tigresses	7	6	1	17	19	6	3.167	607	508	1.195
3	FEU Lady Tamaraws	7	5	2	14	19	13	1.462	691	653	1.058
4	UP Lady Fighting Maroons	7	4	3	13	16	9	1.778	591	497	1.189
5	Benilde Lady Blazers	7	3	4	10	12	14	0.857	608	571	1.065
6	San Beda Red Lionesses	7	2	5	7	10	17	0.588	533	601	0.887
7	Perpetual Lady Altas	7	1	6	4	6	19	0.316	472	575	0.821
8	San Sebastian Lady Stags	7	0	7	0	4	21	0.190	452	610	0.741

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: Point system: 3 points = win match in 3 or 4 sets; 2 points = win match in 5 sets; 1 point = lose match in 5 sets; 0 point = lose match in 3 or 4 sets

Final round

All series are best-of-three.

Semifinals					Finals

1	Adamson Lady Falcons	1	3	1

4	UP Lady Fighting Maroons	3	0	3
						UP Lady Fighting Maroons	3	3	–

						FEU Lady Tamaraws	2	2	–
2	UST Golden Tigresses	3	1	1

3	FEU Lady Tamaraws	1	3	3	3rd place


						Adamson Lady Falcons	2	3	–

						UST Golden Tigresses	3	1	–

Awards

Award		Player
Most Valuable Player	Finals: Conference:	Isa Molde (UP)
Best Outside Spikers	1st: 2nd:	Isa Molde (UP) Bernadette Flora (Adamson)
Best Middle Blockers	1st: 2nd:	Celine Domingo (FEU) Aieshalaine Gannaban (UP)
Best Opposite Spiker		Eli Soyud (Adamson)
Best Setter		Mary Jane Igao (Adamson)
Best Libero		Thang Ponce (Adamson)

Final standings

Rank	Team
	UP Lady Fighting Maroons
	FEU Lady Tamaraws
	Adamson Lady Falcons
4	UST Golden Tigresses
5	Benilde Lady Blazers
6	San Beda Red Lionesses
7	Perpetual Lady Altas
8	San Sebastian Lady Stags

Open conference

Participating teams

2018 Premier Volleyball League Open Conference
Abbr.	Team	Company	Head coach	Team captain
ADM	Ateneo–Motolite Lady Eagles	Ateneo de Manila University / Motolite (sponsor)	Oliver Almadro	Bea de Leon
ADU	Adamson–Akari Lady Falcons	Adamson University / Akari Lighting and Technology Corporation (sponsor)	Airess Padda	Lea Ann Perez
BKP	BanKo Perlas Spikers	Beach Volleyball Republic / BPI Direct BanKo, Inc. (sponsor)	Ariel dela Cruz	Sue Roces
CCS	Creamline Cool Smashers	Republic Biscuit Corporation	Tai Bundit	Alyssa Valdez
IRG	Iriga City–Navy Oragons	Iriga City / Philippine Navy	Edgardo Rusit	Grazielle Bombita
PGZ	Petro Gazz Angels	PetroGazz Ventures Phils. Corp.	Jerry Yee	Stephanie Mercado
POC	Pocari Sweat–Air Force Lady Warriors	Federated Distributors, Inc.	Jasper Jimenez	Myla Pablo
TAC	Tacloban Fighting Warays	Bounty Agro Ventures, Inc. (sponsor)	Ernesto Pamilar	Jovie Prado

Preliminary round

Team standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Creamline Cool Smashers	14	11	3	34	39	13	3.000	1202	936	1.284	Semifinals
2	BanKo Perlas Spikers	14	11	3	32	35	18	1.944	1208	1105	1.093
3	Ateneo–Motolite Lady Eagles	14	10	4	26	31	23	1.348	1178	1162	1.014
4	PetroGazz Angels	14	8	6	27	33	22	1.500	1202	1142	1.053
5	Pocari Sweat Air Force Lady Warriors	14	7	7	22	31	27	1.148	1263	1247	1.013
6	Tacloban Fighting Warays	14	6	8	17	25	30	0.833	1178	1167	1.009
7	Iriga City–Navy Oragons	14	3	11	8	11	36	0.306	927	1134	0.817
8	Adamson Lady Falcons	14	0	14	2	6	42	0.143	875	1151	0.760

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: Point system: 3 points = win match in 3 or 4 sets; 2 points = win match in 5 sets; 1 point = lose match in 5 sets; 0 point = lose match in 3 or 4 sets

Final round

All series are best-of-three.

Semifinals				Championship

December 7–9

1 Creamline		3	3
				December 14–16
4 Petro Gazz		1	1
				Creamline	3	3
December 7–12
				Ateneo-Motolite	0	0
2 BanKo	3	0	2

3 Ateneo-Motolite	2	3	3
				3rd place match

				December 14–16

				Petro Gazz	1	0

				BanKo	3	3

Awards

Award		Player
Most Valuable Player	Finals	Jia Morado (Creamline)
Most Valuable Player	Conference	Alyssa Valdez (Creamline)
Best Outside Spikers	1st: 2nd:	Alyssa Valdez (Creamline) Jema Galanza (Creamline)
Best Middle Blockers	1st: 2nd:	Maddie Madayag (Ateneo) Kathy Bersola (Perlas)
Best Opposite Spiker		Katrina Tolentino (Ateneo)
Best Setter		Jia Morado (Creamline)
Best Libero		Cienne Cruz (PetroGazz)

Final standings

Rank	Team
	Creamline Cool Smashers
	Ateneo-Motolite Lady Eagles
	BanKo Perlas Spikers
4	PetroGazz Angels
5	Pocari Sweat–Air Force Lady Warriors
6	Tacloban Fighting Warays
7	Iriga City–Navy Oragons
8	Adamson–Akari Lady Falcons

2018 Premier Volleyball League Open champions
2nd title

Team Roster

Alyssa Valdez (C), Jia Morado, Jema Galanza, Risa Sato, Michele Gumabao, Pau Soriano, Melissa Gohing, Fille Cainglet–Cayetano, Paula Maninang, Coleen Bravo, Jem Gutierrez, Kyla Atienza, Alex Cabaños, Rizza Mandapat,

Head coach

Anusorn "Tai" Bundit

Conference results

Conference	Champion	Runner-up	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th
Reinforced	Creamline	PayMaya	Perlas	Pocari	PetroGazz	BaliPure	Iriga–Navy	Tacloban
Collegiate	UP	FEU	Adamson	UST	Benilde	San Beda	Perpetual	San Sebastian
Open	Creamline	Ateneo–Motolite	Perlas	PetroGazz	Pocari	Tacloban	Iriga–Navy	Adamson

References

↑ "Pocari Sweat joins forces with Air Force for 2018 campaign".
↑ "PLDT set to make much-anticipated return".
↑ "Premier Volleyball League spikes inaugural season with 3 conferences, 3 champions". The Philippine Daily Inquirer. December 26, 2017. Retrieved December 26, 2017.
↑ "Results: 2018 PVL Reinforced Conference". PhilSports. June 27, 2018. Retrieved August 20, 2023.
↑ Escarlote, Mark (July 11, 2018). "PVL: Cool Smashers sweep way to breakthrough crown". ABS-CBN Sports. Archived from the original on July 12, 2018. Retrieved July 11, 2018.
↑ Escarlote, Mark (July 11, 2018). "PVL: Pablo, Espejo cop MVP honors". ABS-CBN Sports. Archived from the original on July 11, 2018. Retrieved July 11, 2018.
↑ Escarlote, Mark (September 12, 2018). "PVL: Molde claims MVP recognition". ABS-CBN Sports. Archived from the original on September 12, 2018. Retrieved September 12, 2018.
↑ Escarlote, Mark (September 12, 2018). "PVL Finals: UP makes history, rules Collegiate Conference". ABS-CBN Sports. Archived from the original on September 13, 2018. Retrieved September 12, 2018.
↑ Escarlote, Mark (December 8, 2018). "PVL: Cool Smashers crush Lady Eagles, rule Open Conference". ABS-CBN Sports. Archived from the original on December 9, 2018. Retrieved December 8, 2018.
↑ Escarlote, Mark (December 8, 2018). "PVL: Valdez earns Open Conference MVP honors". ABS-CBN Sports. Archived from the original on December 9, 2018. Retrieved December 8, 2018.

[1] "Pocari Sweat joins forces with Air Force for 2018 campaign".

[2] "PLDT set to make much-anticipated return".

[3] "Premier Volleyball League spikes inaugural season with 3 conferences, 3 champions". The Philippine Daily Inquirer. December 26, 2017. Retrieved December 26, 2017.

[2018_reinforced-4] "Results: 2018 PVL Reinforced Conference". PhilSports. June 27, 2018. Retrieved August 20, 2023.

[5] Escarlote, Mark (July 11, 2018). "PVL: Cool Smashers sweep way to breakthrough crown". ABS-CBN Sports. Archived from the original on July 12, 2018. Retrieved July 11, 2018.

[2018_Reinforced-6] Escarlote, Mark (July 11, 2018). "PVL: Pablo, Espejo cop MVP honors". ABS-CBN Sports. Archived from the original on July 11, 2018. Retrieved July 11, 2018.

[7] Escarlote, Mark (September 12, 2018). "PVL: Molde claims MVP recognition". ABS-CBN Sports. Archived from the original on September 12, 2018. Retrieved September 12, 2018.

[8] Escarlote, Mark (September 12, 2018). "PVL Finals: UP makes history, rules Collegiate Conference". ABS-CBN Sports. Archived from the original on September 13, 2018. Retrieved September 12, 2018.

[9] Escarlote, Mark (December 8, 2018). "PVL: Cool Smashers crush Lady Eagles, rule Open Conference". ABS-CBN Sports. Archived from the original on December 9, 2018. Retrieved December 8, 2018.

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