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UAAP: La Salle bags five championships

It started out with the DLSU Green Jins, who stormed through the competition and finished atop the league to bag La Salle’s first UAAP Season 76 championship. Then the DLSU Green Paddlers emerged as the top seed at the end of the UAAP Table Tennis eliminations after losing just one game. They eventually emerged as…

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Aldeguer watches history repeat itself as Green Archers overcome UST

After 40 minutes of basketball, the DLSU Green Archers and the UST Growling Tigers were tied at 65 points apiece and this called for an overtime period to settle the score. The best-of-three UAAP Season 76 finals between these two multi-titled squads was filled with historical anecdotes and old rivalries, yet nothing was brought up…

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DLSC’s Speedy Gabby passes away

Former DLSU Green Archer Gabriel “Gabby” Liwag, a skipper during his time, died of a cardiac arrest last October 7, 2013 at 7:37 am. He was 56 years old. Following a stellar high school career as a member of the La Salle Greenhills Greenies, Liwag followed his older brothers and headed off to Taft Avenue…

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UAAP: Hail! Hail! Hail! Green Archers emerge as champions

It was once said that champions are made when no one is watching. Today, everyone in the Mall of Asia Arena witnessed the birth of a champion. In a game filled with gutsy drives and wild finishes, Jeron Teng willed the DLSU Green Archers into championship lore once again, grabbing a 71-69 win over a…

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UAAP Finals: Green Archers, Growling Tigers go for crown

There is nothing more exciting than a do-or-die game. The path to the UAAP basketball throne gets narrower as the days pass by, and both the DLSU Green Archers and the UST Growling Tigers know how every possession counts for this upcoming Finals Game Three. Trailing the Tigers 1-0 and facing elimination, the Green Archers…

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Sauler trims rotation, impresses yet again

The UAAP season was on the line and another loss to the UST Growling Tigers would have meant the end for the DLSU Green Archers. The UST community was ready to celebrate a championship as they filled the arena with gold for the second game of the best-of-three UAAP finals, but it was those in…

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UAAP: Green Archers overpower UST, force winner-take-all Game Three

With their season on the line, the DLSU Green Archers were successful in forcing a third and final game against the gritty UST Growling Tigers by pulling off a 77-70 win despite Jeric Teng’s game-high 28 points. “Siyempre kailangan namin maging aggresive na, wala ng bukas eh,” Green Archer Jeron Teng said after the game.…

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UAAP: Lady Archers capture championship, end title drought

“I want focus!” exclaims head coach Tyrone Bautista during the huddle in the dying minutes of the game. The DLSU Lady Archers were fazed by a strong comeback by the NU Lady Bulldogs in a late rally which saw the La Salle lead shrink to just four points after they led by 17 just a…

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Do-or-die: Green Archers seek to extend championship series

With a flick of his wrist, Almond Vosotros silenced the entire SMART-Araneta Coliseum as he attempted a potential game-winning three pointer. Only a few seconds were left in the first game of the UAAP Season 76 Men’s Basketball finals, and the shot meant everything for both sides. As it soared through the air, both the…

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UAAP: Green Paddlers reign as champions, Lady Paddlers finish second

The DLSU Green Paddlers gave the Lasallian community something to cheer about, winning the UAAP Men’s Table Tennis Tournament by defeating FEU, the team that gave them their lone loss this season. It was sweet revenge for the Green Paddlers, as they swept their toughest opponents this season to improve from their first-runner up finish…