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DLSU Sports clubs: Birthplace of unsung heroes

Sports which are not played in the Philippines’ top collegiate association, the University Athletic Association of the Philippines UAAP, are often unseen and taken for granted. For a long time, DLSU has several sports clubs in this category.   And though some may think that these unheard of clubs are weak simply because few people…

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Green Archers back to the Final Four, drops Tamaraws

All it took was one win, and the Green Archers has bridged its way back to the Final Four. DLSU’s Green Archers grabs the last Final Four spot with a 69-66 victory, after a thriller game with the FEU Tamaraws on September 26 at the Mall of Asia Arena.   “We just refused to lose.…

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UAAP: Green and Lady Paddlers place first after first round

After two days of intense table tennis action, the Green and Lady Paddlers topped the standings, sporting a 7-0 and a 6-0 record, respectively, in the recently concluded first round of the UAAP Season 75 table tennis last September 22 and 23 at the Blue Eagle Gym in Ateneo de Manila University.   The Green…

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UAAP: Green Archers’ streak ends against rival

After an impressive four-game winning streak, the DLSU Green Archers opened the month of September with a dismal 67-77 loss against the ADMU Blue Eagles at the Smart Araneta Coliseum. With this painful loss, the Taft-based squad is once again tied in standings with the NU Bulldogs; both teams have a 6-4 record. The winner-over-the-other…

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UAAP: Lady Archers tops rival Ateneo, stays at third

The DLSU Lady Archers showed composure against the Lady Eagles in another matchup to nab a 48-45 win in the UAAP Season 75 Women’s Basketball at the Arena in San Juan last August 31.   The Lady Archers relied on the scoring trio in Hannah Viterbo, Trisha Piatos and Ara Abaca as the three tightened their…

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UAAP: Archers blows out Red Warriors, wins third straight

After riding through tight games in the first round, the DLSU Green Archers had their first blowout win of the season with a convincing 73-52 victory over the UE Red Warriors last August 25 at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City.   With this win as the second round opener, the Archers improved…

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UAAP: Archers start second round over Warriors

Coming off two straight victories, the Green Archers ended the first round of the UAAP Season 75 with a 4-3 record. The Green-and-White squad is set to open the second round against the UE Red Warriors squad that has a 1-6 card.   On a July 19 thriller at the Big Dome, the Taft-based squad…

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Sports meme invasion

Memes have been flying around social network sites in recent months. These fancy pictures that have one liner jokes are dominating websites all over the online world to the colorful world of sports. Perhaps very few if not the any could have imagined the impact memes would have when it started. The result of likes,…

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Archers snap skid, rookies fill in Revilla’s void

After three disappointing games, the DLSU Green Archers snapped the team’s losing skid, giving them their hard fought, 56-52 victory over the undermanned Adamson Soaring Falcons through the heroics of Jeron Teng, Norbert Torres and Yutien Andrada last August 12 at the Smart Araneta Coliseum. The highly contested match tallied six deadlocks and 11 lead…

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Green Archers continue skid, stand at 2-3

Mano-a-mano, brother versus brother, Teng vs. Teng, the seasoned Tigers vs. the young Archers. In their very first collegiate game against each other, rookie sensation Jeron Teng may have outplayed his older brother Jeric, but the latter came up big for the Espana-based squad to overcome the Green Archers in a double overtime thriller, 84-82.…