Never has there been a player as overly-animated as DLSU Lady Spiker Abigail Maraño. With UAAP 76 over, La Salle’s captain has exhausted her college volleyball eligibility and though she did not cap off her career with a dream championship finish, Maraño still has had one of the most respectable careers in the history of…
Author: Dan Jerusalem
After reigning as the league’s dominant champions for three-straight seasons beginning in UAAP 73, the DLSU Lady Spikers suffered a major upset as they lost to their fierce archrivals, the ADMU Lady Eagles. Ateneo overcame La Salle’s thrice-to-beat advantage and ousted DLSU in straight sets today, March 15, at the Mall of Asia Arena in…
After three games of neck and neck battles against the ADMU Lady Eagles, the DLSU Lady Spikers have found an opponent worthy enough to be labeled not just as a hindrance but a legitimate threat to the elusive UAAP Season 76 Women’s Volleyball championship. After three games of breathtaking sets, both squads have proven that…
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Taft Avenue: The second home
Every home is a special place. Whether home is in the form of a lavish house or simply on a scenic hilltop, one would need more than his ten fingers to enumerate why for them, home is best. Athletes too have considered home a special place, especially those that have had to leave their homes…
The DLSU Lady Tennisters finished as first runner-up in UAAP Season 76 after they were defeated in the best-of-three finals by NU, 2-1. Champions a year ago, the ladies from Taft pushed NU to the limit as the championship was decided in the very last match-up. The Green-and-White squad lost 3-2 in the third game…
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Meg Diaz: First place or nothing
To kick off 2014, The LaSallian brings to you five athletes that you may have heard about over the duration of the year gone by for their accomplishments in their respective sports. Despite their impressive body of work though, these five Lasallians have barely scratched the surface, and they are poised to have a breakout…
After a shocking start to the season which saw the DLSU Green Tennisters and Lady Tennisters drop their opening assignments, the two teams regrouped to notch respective victories to avoid a tumble down the standings. “What coach did was he prepared some line-ups that will work, kasi every game there are different opponents, so kami…
The DLSU Green Batters emerged victorious against the UP Fighting Maroons at the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex Diamond with a final score of 8-7 last January 19. This sealed the team’s surprising first round sweep of the UAAP 76 Baseball Tournament. Runs started coming in early, with both teams each tacking on a run in…
The DLSU Green Tennisters, the former third placers of the UAAP Men’s Tennis competition, started UAAP Season 76 with tough losses at the hands of the UP Fighting Maroons, 3-2, on January 11 and the UST Growling Tigers, 3-2, the following day at Olivarez College. Their female counterparts, the Lady Tennisters, dropped their opening…
Last November 8, 2013, Typhoon Haiyan, locally known as Typhoon Yolanda, made landfall in the central region of the Philippines. The typhoon, regarded as the strongest to hit land in the world’s history, brought strong winds and heavy rainfall that led to the death of more than five thousand people. Days after the devastating calamity,…