The 2015 Spikers' Turf season was the inaugural season of Spikers' Turf. The season ran currently with the 2015 Shakey's V-League season with it running from April 5 to December 6, 2015. The first conference of the season was the Open Conference, followed by the Collegiate Conference, and culminating with the Reinforced Conference.
In 2014, the Shakey's V-League organized a men's tournament for the 2014 Reinforced Open Conference, which paved the way for the foundation of Spikers' Turf as its own league.
Open conference
The Open Conference, which started on April 5, 2015 was the inaugural conference of the Spikers' Turf.
Participating Teams Abbr.Team CAG Cagayan Valley Rising Suns CHA Champion Infinity Active Smashers CIG Cignal HD Spikers FRB Fourbees Cavite Patriots Total Attackers IEM Instituto Estetico Manila Phoenix Volley Masters PAF Philippine Air Force Air Men PAR Philippine Army Troopers PLD PLDT Home Ultera Ultra Fast Hitters
Preliminary All times are in Philippines Standard Time (UTC+08:00)
Semifinals
Finals Battle for Bronze
Battle for Gold
Final standings Rank Team PLDT Home Ultera Ultra Fast Hitters Cagayan Valley Rising Suns Philippine Air Force Air Men 4 Cignal HD Spikers 5 Philippine Army Troopers 6 Champion Infinity Active Smashers 7 Fourbees-Cavite Patriots 8 Instituto Estetico Manila Phoenix Volley Masters
Individual awards Award Name Most Valuable Player Finals:Conference:Mark Gil Alfafara (PLDT)Marck Espejo (CAG) Best Outside Spikers 1st:2nd: Marck Espejo (CAG)John Paul Torres (PLDT) Best Middle Blockers 1st:2nd: Reyson Fuentes (CIG)Peter Den Mar Torres (CAG)Best Opposite Spiker Mark Gil Alfafara (PLDT)Best Setter Jessie Lopez (PAF)Best Libero Erickson Joseph Ramos (CAG)
Collegiate conference
The Spikers’ Turf Collegiate Conference was the 2nd conference of the Spikers' Turf which started on July 13, 2015 and ended on September 27, 2015 at the Filoil Flying V Arena in San Juan.
Participating Teams Participating Teams Abbr. Group A Abbr. Group B EAC AUN FEU ADM NCBNational College of Business and Arts CSB NUI DLD De La Salle University – Dasmariñas MIT DLS UEA UPM
Preliminary Group A
Group B
Quarterfinals
Final round All series are best-of-3
Final standings Rank Team 4 National College of Business and Arts 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 De La Salle University – Dasmariñas 12
Individual awards Award Name Most Valuable Player Finals:Conference: Marck Espejo Best Outside Spikers 1st:2nd: Howard Mojica Marck Espejo Best Middle Blockers 1st:2nd: Kim Malabunga Reyson FuentesBest Opposite Spiker Ysay MarasiganBest Setter April Jhon PagtalunanBest Libero Ricky Marcos
Notable records Howard Mojica of the EAC Generals holds the record of highest number of scored points in a single game, 41 points (38 spikes, 1 block & 2 service aces) in a match against the Ateneo Blue Eagles during the quarter finals round of the 2015 collegiate conference - ref. Match 34 P2 The Ateneo Blue Eagles made history in the league by being the first team to sweep a conference (13 wins & 0 loss).
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.
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
Preliminary
Final round
Final standings Rank Team Cignal HD Spikers Philippine Air Force Air Men PLDT Home Ultera Ultra Fast Hitters 4 Philippine Navy Sailors 5 IEM Volley Masters 6 Sta. Elena Construction Wrecking Balls
Individual awards Award Name Most Valuable Player Finals:Conference:Edward Ybañez (Cignal)Mark Gil Alfafara (PLDT) Best Outside Spikers 1st:2nd: Mark Gil Alfafara (PLDT)Nur Amid Madsairi (Navy) Best Middle Blockers 1st:2nd: Peter Den Mar Torres (PLDT)Reyson Fuentes (Air Force)Best Opposite Spiker Reuben Inaudito (Air Force)Best Setter Glacy Ralph Diezmo (Cignal)Best Libero Sandy Montero (Cignal)
Venue Filoil Flying V Centre, San Juan City
Broadcast partner PTV-4
See also 2015 SVL season
References