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UAAP: Lady Batters falter against UST, UP

The DLSU Lady Batters suffered consecutive defeats in their games against the UST Tigresses and the UP Lady Maroons. With these losses, the Lady Batters now have a 6-6 win-loss record, tying them with the NU Lady Bulldogs in the UAAP Softball Tournament standings. *** Against UST last Saturday, March 7, the Lady Batters tallied…

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UAAP Finals: Ateneo sweeps Lady Spikers in Game One

The ADMU Lady Eagles stunned the DLSU Lady Spikers in straight sets, 25-18, 25-19, 25-19, earlier today at the Smart-Araneta Coliseum in Game One of the UAAP 77 Women’s Volleyball Finals. With the outcome, Ateneo moves one win away from clinching their second straight championship. On the other hand, La Salle is in a precarious…

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Ara Galang: An untimely farewell to the season

With two sets under their belt late in the fourth set of the heated stepladder semifinal match between the DLSU Lady Spikers and the NU Lady Bulldogs, the La Salle crowd rejoiced when team captain Ara Galang scored DLSU’s 23rd point through NU’s block. La Salle inched closer to a finals rematch against the ADMU…

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UAAP: Lady Spikers face Ateneo anew in finals opener

For the fourth season in a row, the DLSU Lady Spikers are set to face the ADMU Lady Eagles in the UAAP Women’s Volleyball finals. Things are different this time around, however, as La Salle enters the season finale as the underdog against their perennial rivals. On Wednesday, March 11, at 3:30 pm in the…

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Nierras addresses the DLSU Men’s Football Team for one last time

After the DLSU Men’s Football Team fell to the FEU Tamaraws in the thrilling 120-minute final of the UAAP Season 77 Men’s Football tournament, La Salle co-captain Matt Nierras shared a few inspiring words with his teammates. Together with UAAP Season 77 Best Midfielder Nathan Alquiros and team captain Gio Diamante, Nierras played the last…

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UAAP: FEU edges La Salle in thrilling Men’s Football final

The DLSU Men’s Football team ended UAAP Season 77 at second place after a 3-2 loss in extra time to the FEU Tamaraws in the season final at Rizal Memorial last March 8. It was a very highly competitive match-up between the two teams, with FEU gainingthe upper hand early in the first half of…

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UAAP: Lady Spikers advance to finals; Galang suffers knee injury

At the latter end of the fourth set, when the DLSU Lady Spikers were up by three points, 23-20, and ahead by two sets, La Salle team captain Ara Galang suddenly found herself down on the court, holding on to an aching left knee.   Despite seeing their captain being brought out of the court…

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UAAP: Green Batters drop finals opener against ADMU

The DLSU Green Batters dropped Game 1 of the UAAP Season 77 Baseball finals to the ADMU Blue Eagles, 7-3, last March 5 at the Rizal Memorial Baseball Stadium. ADMU now leads 1-0 in the best-of-three series. The Blue Eagles fired the opening shot as Adriane Bernardo scored on a fielder’s choice in the first…

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UAAP: NU sweeps Lady Spikers, do-or-die set

The DLSU Lady Spikers failed to make a quick entry to the UAAP finals as they lost their first game in the stepladder semifinals against the resilient NU Lady Bulldogs in straight sets, 25-20, 25-20, 25-19, last March 4 at the Smart-Araneta Coliseum. Sophomore Jaja Santiago and veteran Myla Pablo led the Lady Bulldogs with 13…

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UAAP: Lady Batters succumb to NU’s late comeback

Last March 4, the DLSU Lady Batters experienced an unexpected 6-5 loss to the NU Lady Bulldogs. With the loss, the Lady Batters now sit on a 6-4 win-loss record for the season. Perseverance The Lady Batters opened the scoring during the third inning, giving La Salle the first lead of the game. This was…