Lady Spikers silence Tigresses, completes first round sweep
| January 25, 2012 | By Brian Tamayao, Adiel De Jesus, Jerome Alvarez, and Imman Canicosa under Sports, Sports Featured |
“Never underestimate the heart of a champion.” These were the immortal words uttered by Houston Rockets Head Coach Rudy Tomjanovich when his team faced stiff adversity on their ascent to the championship. The DLSU Lady Spikers, seeking their seventh win in as many games against rival UST Tigresses, found themselves in a similar predicament when Head Coach Ramil De Jesus said the same words during…
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Championship, Green and Lady Booters’ goal
| January 25, 2012 | By Tim Alejandro and Martha Elisse Teves under Sports |
The DLSU Green and Lady Booters are set to redeem themselves after failing to reach the finals of last year’s UAAP Men’s and Women’s Football Championships. Both teams were pegged at third place with the Green Booters four points adrift of second seed UST, and the Lady Booters five points behind their FEU counterparts. The Green Booters are coming off from a fresh championship victory…
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Green Archers join charity basketball game for Sendong victims
| January 25, 2012 | By Tim Alejandro under Sports |
Fastbreak, a fast-paced charity basketball match held at the Fil Oil Flying V San Juan Arena last January 6, united athletes and celebrities in providing excitement and comedy for a just cause. UAAP Season 74 Men’s Basketball Rookie of the Year Kiefer Ravena and Ignite Media organized a basketball charity game that collected more than P400,000 for victims of the tropical storm Sendong in Northern…
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Green Tennisters blank UE in UAAP opener
| January 25, 2012 | By Adiel De Jesus, Brian Tamayao, and Kathryn Cartera under Sports |
It was a cold and drenched opening day for the UAAP Season 74 Lawn Tennis Championship, but last season’s Green Tennister finalist burned the wet courts to demise the University of the East (UE) Red Warriors 5-0, last January 7. The Green-and-White Tennisters started the season with a statement delivering the ‘W’ in every singles and doubles game. Organizers halted the said match-ups several times…
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Duo powers Green Spikers to 3-3 slate
| January 25, 2012 | By Charles Usi and Martha Elisse Teves under Sports |
The Green Spikers split their first six games evenly in the UAAP Season 74 Men’s Volleyball Tournament at the Fil Oil Flying V Arena to finish in the three-way log jam with Final Four contenders Adamson University (AdU) and University of the Philippines (UP). DLSU’s top two spikers, Team Captain Myco Antonio and sophomore Red Christensen, held the DLSU banner in the post-season bid. Antonio,…
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OSD Director to take a new journey
| January 8, 2012 | By Imman Canicosa under Sports, Sports Featured |
DLSU Office of Sports Development (OSD) Executive Director, Edwin Theodore Reyes, decided to resign after four and a half years of service to DLSU sports. Reyes turned in his resignation letter to DLSU President Br. Jun Erguiza FSC last Oct. 27, to take another path. His resignation as OSD director will be effective early next year. Time for a paradigm shift Reyes did not expect…
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2011: Lady Spikers’ Season 73 win highlights
| January 8, 2012 | By Kathryn Cartera and Jamie Lau under Sports |
The Lady Spikers’ virtually no-loss game season last UAAP Season 73 is one of the highlights of DLSU’s centennial. Sporting players like Best Spiker, Server, and MVP of the season Jacqueline Alarca, veterans Steph Mercado and Cha Cruz, the Lady Spikers managed to overcome their obstacles last season. A tournament rule infraction mired the Green-and-White Volleybelles during the Christmas break, causing the tarnish in their…
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2011: Green Tankers back at the top, Aguilar’s seven-medal feat
| January 8, 2012 | By Martha Elisse Teves and Ivan Evangelista under Sports |
The Green Tankers started the season by giving DLSU its first championship crown in the UAAP Season 74 Swimming Meet last September. The Green-and-White Tankers out swam the UST Tigersharks and the Ateneo Blue Tankers on the rally towards the top spot. The Tankers eyed the prize, delivered, and did not disappoint. One tanker exceeded expectations, breaking records and even a win that DLSU witnessed…
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2011: Green Spikers tout an early 1-1 UAAP record
| January 8, 2012 | By Adiel De Jesus and Charles Usi under Sports |
Two matches of the Green-and-White squad in the UAAP Season 74 Men’s Volleyball Tournament did not go as expected. The Green Spikers started with a 1-1 win and loss record after facing the top and the bottom squads of the previous season. With a mixed of seasoned veterans and five promising newcomers, last year’s 3rd runner-up have prepared for this season. A Chris Macasaet-less Green…
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2011: LSDC stomps class at inaugural UAAP Streetdancing Competition
| January 8, 2012 | By Imman Canicosa under Sports |
The 73rd installment of the UAAP arrived at its homestretch last February, but before the University passed its hosting duties to rival school Ateneo De Manila University at the closing ceremonies held at the Smart-Araneta Coliseum, another group of Lasallians made noise before the season’s wind-up. La Salle Dance Company-Street (LSDC) was hailed as the best dance crew at the first-ever UAAP Streetdancing Competition, which…
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