Creamline's Bernadeth Pons celebrates against Akari in the finals of the 2024 PVL Reinforced Conference at the PhilSports Arena on Wednesday. PVL Media

MANILA -- #MVPons is no longer a simple social media trend -- it's now reality, and a part of the Premier Volleyball League's history.

Creamline star Bernadeth Pons was crowned the Most Valuable Player of the 2024 PVL Reinforced Conference on Wednesday night, after leading the way for an undermanned squad throughout the tournament.

The Cool Smashers played without three key players -- Alyssa Valdez, Tots Carlos, and Jema Galanza -- throughout the conference, but still made it all the way to the Finals where they swept Akari for their ninth PVL title.

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The engine of their latest championship conquest was Pons, the 27-year-old outside spiker from Talisay, Negros Occidental who showcased her brilliance on both ends of the floor en route to the league's top individual award.

At the end of the quarterfinals, which determined the award winners, Pons stood out as the second-best local scorer with 147 points. She accumulated these through 136 attacks, six aces, and five blocks.

Additionally, the Far Eastern University product ranked second in receptions with an impressive 45.61 percent efficiency rate and sixth in digging with 3.06 digs per set.

This is Pons' first individual award in the PVL after making the move back to the taraflex. She had a trophy-laden stint in beach volleyball, including two bronze medals in the SOutheast Asian Games.

Meanwhile, MJ Perez was honored as the Best Foreign Guest Player.

Perez played a pivotal role in leading Cignal to a 7-1 record in the preliminaries and advancing past Capital1 in the quarterfinals.

The Venezuelan import accumulated a total of 229 points through the quarterfinals, ranking ninth in the best spikers race with a 34.38 percent success rate. Furthermore, Perez placed seventh in aces with 0.26 per set.

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Leading the PVL Premier Team are Best Outside Spikers Brooke Van Sickle of Petro Gazz and Grethcel Soltones of Akari.

Van Sickle excelled as the top local scorer with 196 points, ranking sixth overall in the league. Her impressive performance also included leading in service (0.48 per set), ranking sixth in spiking (36.02 percent success rate), eighth in digging (2.85 per set), and ninth in reception (37.5 percent efficiency rate).

Soltones, in contrast, was 16th overall in scoring with 111 points but made notable contributions in service (0.27 per set) and reception (41.12 percent), earning her fourth Best Outside Spiker award.

The Best Middle Blocker titles went to PLDT's Majoy Baron and Capital1's Des Clemente.

Baron led the league in total blocks with 23, tied with Nxled import Meegan Hart, and averaged 0.64 blocks per set. She also emerged as the highest-scoring middle blocker with 77 points, marking her second such recognition.

Clemente, enjoying a career revival with the Solar Spikers, was the third-highest-scoring middle blocker with 73 points. She also ranked fifth in blocks with 19 total and an average of 0.56 per set.

Trisha Tubu earned the Best Opposite Spiker award by accumulating 123 points, the highest among local opposites. She also led in efficiency among local spikers with a 36.77 percent success rate.

Rounding out the Premier Team were Cignal's Gel Cayuna and Galeries Tower's Alyssa Eroa.

Cayuna, who bagged her fourth Best Setter award, averaged 4.69 excellent sets per set and ranked in the top 50 scorers with 53 points, including 30 attacks, 13 aces, and 10 blocks. She also placed second in service with 0.37 per set.

Despite the Highrises’ winless conference, Eroa was a standout for the Highrisers, leading the league in receptions with a 47.83 percent efficiency rate and ranking fourth in digging with 4.09 per set.

Finally, Shar Ancheta of ZUS Coffee was awarded the first-ever Rookie of the Conference award, highlighting a promising start to her career.