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Taft Avenue: The second home

Every home is a special place. Whether home is in the form of a lavish house or simply on a scenic hilltop, one would need more than his ten fingers to enumerate why for them, home is best. Athletes too have considered home a special place, especially those that have had to leave their homes…

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UAAP Women’s Volleyball Finals Preview: La Salle, Ateneo face off for third consecutive year

The UAAP Women’s Volleyball championship throne has been occupied by a single team for the past three seasons and that team is none other than the DLSU Lady Spikers. With another trip to the finals this season, the Taft-based volleybelles will try to defend their throne in order to take home another championship for the…

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Green Booters revive championship hopes after slow start

After losing their first two games in UAAP Season 76 against the UST Growling Tigers and the UE Red Warriors respectively, the DLSU Green Booters have managed to bounce back. As a matter of fact, head coach Hans Smit’s squad is currently at third place in the season standings, above their tormentors at the onset…

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Green Batters, Softbelles head in different directions

With an undefeated start to their UAAP 76 campaign, the DLSU Green Batters have shocked everyone as they stand as the surprise league leaders. However, things aren’t looking too good for the DLSU Softbelles as they currently sport a win-loss record of 1-5 in the UAAP 76 Women’s Softball tournament, tied with the ADMU Lady…

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Lady Spikers versus Lady Eagles: Rivals meet again

How will the Lady Spikers  fare against their archnemeses, the Ateneo Lady Eagles? Find out in this Sunday’s match, 4 pm at the Mall of Asia Arena. For the past three years, the DLSU Lady Spikers have reigned as the queens of collegiate volleyball, but alongside their dominance exists the famed La Salle-Ateneo rivalry, a…

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Tennisters seek to continue UAAP dominance

With a stellar performance during last year’s UAAP season, the DLSU Green Tennisters & Lady Tennisters look to build on their momentum in the upcoming UAAP Season 76 Lawn Tennis tournament. This season, the Lady Tennisters seek to repeat their championship while the Green Tennisters aim to improve last season’s third place finish. Lady Tennisters…

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Fencers enter UAAP wars with nothing to lose

Two teams who will be raring to help defend DLSU’s UAAP General Championship in the second half of the league are the DLSU Green Fencers and Lady Fencers, who are hoping to improve from their respective third place finishes last season. “We all have to have our own contributions to the general championship kasi it…

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Woodpushers riding the tides of success

DLSU athletes are now geared up for the second and final half of UAAP Season 76. One of the teams stationed on the frontlines are the DLSU Woodpushers who racked up valuable experience during the off-season. Both the Green Woodpushers and the Lady Woodpushers now await the beginning of their UAAP campaign as they seek…

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Athletics standouts ready for UAAP 76

Update: The UAAP Athletics tournament will run from December 5 to 8 at DLSU-Dasmarinas. Running, leaping, and throwing may come up as simple tasks to the ordinary person. Despite being labeled as such, the DLSU Green Tracksters and Lady Tracksters take these tasks to a whole new level with athleticism that combines both power and…

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Green Batters, Softbelles hope to swing La Salle to Final Four

The most recent comeback in the World of Sports would be the 2013 World Series Champions, the Boston Red Sox. Coming from a 69 win season in 2012, they went atop their division and won the Fall Classic, a great improvement to say the least. The DLSU Green Batters and DLSU Softbelles, La Salle’s baseball…