Umandal earns ST MVP crown

(UPDATE) UNABLE to steer AMC-Cotabato to a top Spikers' Turf (ST) finish, Jau Umandal still lifted the Most Valuable Player (MVP) trophy behind his conference-long exploits in the Open Conference won by Cignal in record fashion at the Rizal Memorial Coliseum on Friday.

The 25-year-old former University of Santo Tomas star emerged the second leading scorer at the end of the semifinals after tallying a total of 236 points on 203 attacks, 22 blocks and 11 aces. He also finished inside the Top 5 in all scoring categories, placing third in the spiking department (45.82 percent), winding up fourth in blocking (0.47 per set) and posting another fourth place effort in serving (0.23 per set).