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Reformed Archers chases final four glory

Running defenders, long-cutting passes, staggered screens, and agile ball movement are the ingredients of La Salle’s recipe for success during the Pumaren era. Every team before knew that the Archers are experts in wearing teams down via the full court press, which breaks the rhythm of opposing teams. Archers’ mentor Franz Pumaren delivered the famous…

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Lady Archers: Sniping for the bigger prize

Despite Miller Ong’s last second downtown equalizer in the 4th quarter, the Lady Archers fell short at a choky 62-43 loss in the the team’s preseason campaign to bag the 18th Fr. Martin championship title against the Adamson Lady Falcons. “Everybody [Lady Archers] just starts to get teary-eyed. It’s a good thing that it [loss]…

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Green and Lady Tankers: Keeping afloat

Last season, the DLSU Swimming teams had a good turnout as the Green Tankers reclaimed the championship title, while the Lady Tankers maintained the team’s third place podium finish for the last three years. After the impressive performance, a new season for swimming dawns upon the Green-and-White Tankers.   Treading in troubled waters A new…

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UAAP: Teng’s late game heroics tows Archers in season opener

When times get tough, clutch players rise to the occasion. Reminiscent of his FilOil preseason dagger trey over Kiefer Ravena, rookie Archer Jeron Teng does it again in crunch time by hitting a tough floater over the outstretched defense of the University of the Philippines Fighting Maroons for a 73-68 win last July 15 at…

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Lady Spikers captures three-peat, Green Spikers yields title to NU in InterCol

The Lady Spikers breezes through the tournament with a six-game sweep as the team snags its third straight crown in the PVF National Inter-Collegiate Volleyball Tournament. The Taft-based Volleybelles still managed to clobber reigning NCAA champion, University of Perpetual Help System Delta Lady Altas without team captain Cha Cruz and defense specialist Melissa Gohing, in…

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General Championship: Evaluating UAAP Season 74

The Basketball championship, highly-anticipated and hyped-up, is just a small trophy when compared to the UAAP General Championship (GC), which the University of Santo Tomas has monopolized for more than a decade already. La Salle in its last three seasons, however, has seen itself inch away from its first GC title; DLSU has always been…

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Archers stumble as Bulldogs capture title; Torres part of Mythical Five

All good things come to an end. After pulling off an impressive three-game winning streak against three marquee teams, the De La Salle Green Archers saw the end of their magical run as the National University Bulldogs claimed the title in a heartbreaking 64-54 loss in this year’s FilOil Flying V Preseason Hanes Cup yesterday…

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Title Chase: Archers versus Bulldogs Filoil Championship preview

A new champion will be crowned this Tuesday as the resurgent De La Salle Green Archers will square off against the still undefeated National University (NU) Bulldogs. The Green-and-White squad though has proved that the team is once again worthy of a championship status after eliminating three top contenders. On the other hand, the Bulldogs…

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Heart and Pride: Archers book Finals trip with win over Lions

“We’re beating good teams and the team really has the heart, the Lasallian heart,” said Br. Bernie Oca FSC, Vice Chancellor for Lasallian Mission and Alumni Relations, after the Archers pulled off three straight wins to enter the Filoil Flying V Preseason Cup finals. The Archers has won over defending Filoil and four-peat UAAP champions…

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FilOil Semis Preview: Archers vs. Lions

After an impressive 84-70 rout of defending their Philippine Collegiate Champions League (PCCL) Championship against the San Sebastian Golden Stags, the De La Salle Green Archers booked tickets to the semis to clash with the undefeated San Beda Red Lions. In the opening day of the preseason, La Salle had almost completed a 16-point comeback,…