Season 7 Tournament

Main article: *PEx Volleyball Club*

The seventh season of the PExVC retained the original color teams from season 6: Blue, Green, Orange, Pink and Yellow colors shuffling the original teams of season 6. The color games formally started on April 23, 2022 at the St. Mary of the Woods School Gym in Makati and culminated with the finals of the tournament on July 23, 2022.

After five seasons, the colors of each team will be dropped from the monikers..

## **Tournament Format**

**PRELIMINARIES:**

* The first 2 weeks of the tournament will be a series of double round robin matches.
* All elimination round matches will be a single set format (21 pts per set with deuce). Each team will have 8 matches per week, for a total of 16 single set matches.
* The accumulated standings at the of eliminations will determine the official ranking for the semifinals. In case of a tie, the ratio of points won and lost shall break the tie.

**SEMIFINALS:**

* The 3rd week of the league will be reserved for the Knockout round and semifinals.
* Seed 4 and 5 will figure in a Knockout match played in a Best-of-5-sets format. The winner of this match will face the 1st seeded team.
* Seed 1 and 2 will have a twice to beat advantage. Seed 1 will face the winner of the Knockout match, while Seed 2 will face the Seed 3. Game one of both crossover semifinals will be played in a Best-of-5-sets format. In case of a Game 2, it will be played in a Best-of-3-sets format.
* Scenarios for the Color Game Champion (CGC) will be as follows:
	+ (1) If the CGC finishes eliminations as either the 1st or 2nd seed, they will have a twice to beat advantage and rule above applies;
	+ (2) If the CGC finishes as the 3rd seed, they will have no twice to beat advantage, and will face 2nd seed;
	+ (3) if the CGC finishes at the 4th place, they will be promoted to 3rd seed and will face 2nd seed. 3rd place team and 5th place team will face in the knockout;
	+ (4) if the CGC finishes at the 5th place, they will be promoted to 3rd seed and will face 2nd seed. 3rd place team and 4th place team will face in the knockout.
* The winners of the semifinal pairings will advance to the finals, while the losers will face in the bronze medal match. The loser of the knockout match will be eliminated.

**FINALS:**

* Finals and bronze matches will also follow a best of 5 format same as the semifinals.

## **Team Line Up**

 **27** | TAQUISO, Ruben Dave

 **27** | DUNGCA, Hans L.

 **06** | ~~SAN JOSE, Jay A.~~LOZA, Jose Arnold G.

 **24** | DE JESUS, Mark Emmanuel M.

 **19** | MENDEZ, August Carl T.

## **Color Games Summary**

The color games ran every Saturday from April 23, 2022 to June 11, 2022 for a total of 7 games. The Blue Panthers won the Color Games Championships, winning three weekly golds, and will earn the automatic semifinals incentive in the tournament. The Mustangs and Jaguars placed 2nd and 3rd, respectively.

The Foxes and Robins will figure in the first match in the tournament as the 4th and 5th seeded teams.

## **Preliminaries**

**TEAM STANDINGS**

█ *Qualified to the semifinals with twice to beat advantage*
█ *Qualified to the semifinals*

**ELIMINATIONS (Week by week results)**

DAY 1 - JULY 2, 2022 - Crimson Hawks Gymnasium, QC

*Scores above dark cells are first round results.*
*Scores below dark cells are second round results.*

DAY 2 - JULY 9, 2022 - Crimson Hawks Gymnasium, QC

*Scores above dark cells are third round results.*
*Scores below dark cells are fourth round results.*

**MATCH UP RESULTS**

## **Playoffs**

**Knockout Match**

 *\*Fourth seed Robins advance to the Final 4 to face 1st seeded Foxes*

**Semifinals (2 v 3)** *Panthers with twice to beat advantage*

**Semifinals (1 v 5)** *Foxes with twice to beat advantage*

**Bronze Medal Match**

**Gold Medal Match**

## **Final Standing**

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## **Awards**

**Skills Awards**

**Special Awards**

## **Post Season Notes**

* Alexis Alda was originally lined up for the Panthers, however injury forced him to withdrew in the middle of the season. Bernard Barlaan took his place.
* Ron Gube was originally lined up for the Mustangs, however he withdrew in the middle of the season due to personal reasons. Jouz Hugo took his place.
* Kennedy Garcia was originally lined up for the Mustangs, however he withdrew in the middle of the season due to personal reasons. Jude Matira took his place.
* Alden Andres was originally lined up for the Mustangs, however he withdrew in the middle of the season due to personal reasons. Julius Rioflorido took his place.

## **Statistics**

**Individual Records**

* **Lanz Desiderio** won her third championship, tying Dodley Gallardo with the most number of championships.
* **Manuel Tapia**, **Kevin Miranda** and **Aaron Santomin** won their second championship.
* **Kenan Quitco** set the all-time scoring record during this season beating the previous record of Christian Tolentino in season 5.
* **Kenan Quitco** set the all-time serving record during this season beating the previous record of Dave Taguiam in season 6.

**Team Records**

* This is the fifth time in six seasons that the number one seed claimed the tournament crown.
* This is the sixth consecutive season that the color Blue finished in the Top 2 after the Eliminations.
* This is the first time that the color Orange entered the finals, and won.
* This is the first time that the color Yellow did not played in the Knock out Round.

## **Videos**

PExVC+ Season 7- Pre-Semis InterviewSeason 7, Week 7 - Weekly All StarsSeason 7, Game 6 - Weekly All StarsSeason 7, Game 5 - Weekly All StarsSeason 7, Game 4 - Weekly All StarsSeason 7, Game 3 - Weekly All StarsSeason 7, Game 2 - Weekly All StarsSeason 7, Game 1 - Weekly All StarsSeason 7 - Theme RevealSeason 7 - Team Reveal