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UAAP: Lady Archers open campaign anew with triumph over the Lady Falcons, 72-57

The DLSU Lady Archers were victorious in their first game of Season 81 as they dominated the AdU Lady Falcons, 72-57, earlier today at the Blue Eagle Gym. “We want to start the tournament with a win to build up confidence coming into our next games. So it’s a very good win for us. I…

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UAAP: Lady Archers ready to bounce back from disappointing season

With reports from Dab Castañeda   The past three years have been painful for the DLSU Lady Archers as they lost a twice-to-beat advantage to the ADMU Lady Eagles in the playoff step-ladder format back in Season 78, got swept by the NU Lady Bulldogs in the championship round of Season 79, and bowed out…

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Female Rookie of the Year: Bea Delos Reyes begins collegiate career on a high note

The DLSU Women’s Football Team lost seven players from the Season 79 championship squad due to graduation and to complicate things further, the Castañeda sisters, Sara and Anicka, decided to sit-out the entire Season 80 thus putting a massive gap in the middle of the pitch for head coach Hans Smit. With the departure of…

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FilOil: Green Archers stumble in quarterfinals

The DLSU Green Archers failed to better last year’s second place finish as the Taft-based squad fell to the FEU Tamaraws in the quarterfinal round of the FilOil Flying V Preseason Cup. La Salle entered the playoffs after finishing the elimination round with a record of seven wins and two loses in Group A. Archrivals…

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UAAP: DLSU Women’s Football Team accomplishes a repeat

After ending its seven-year title drought last season, the DLSU Women’s Football Team was able to bag another championship, as it concluded Season 80 with a 2-1 victory over the UST Golden Tigresses in the Finals. When asked to describe the entire season, Nina Arrieta responded, “Oh wow! It was a roller-coaster. Ups and downs…

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Hans Smit undergoes successful heart surgery

DLSU Football head coach Hans Smit underwent a successful angioplasty procedure last Monday night at the Asian Hospital after suffering two minor heart attacks. Sam Smit, daughter of the veteran coach, stated that her father has already been transferred to a regular room following his stay in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) right after the…

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Abu Tratter: Gilas debut against powerhouse Australia

With Gilas-Pilipinas down by 16 points at the 3:47 mark of the fourth quarter, head coach Chot Reyes decided to give the big man from De La Salle University his international debut. A loose ball foul on June Mar Fajardo allowed Reyes to shuffle his players as he brought Abu Tratter and Allein Maliksi in…

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By the numbers: UAAP Season 80 Second Semester

DLSU concluded Season 80 at second place after garnering 271 general championship points, 10.5 points short of UST’s total. La Salle has now finished at second place for two consecutive years, while the España-based squad bagged their third general championship in four years. With the second semester sports now over, The LaSallian delves into the…

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Coach Alvin Ocampo: In the life of Football

Behind every brilliant team is a brilliant mind. For DLSU Football, assistant coach Alvin Ocampo serves as La Salle’s silent tactician along the sidelines of Hans Smit’s coaching staff. The LaSallian had the chance to sit with the assistant coach of the Football teams to talk about his journey rising through the ranks and how…

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FilOil: Green Archers succumb to the Blue Eagles in overtime, 81-75

The DLSU Green Archers ended their elimination round schedule with an 81-75 defeat against archrivals ADMU Blue Eagles earlier today at the Filoil Flying V Center in San Juan. “We played our best but it’s not good enough yet and we just have to keep grinding in practice,” said former Blue Eaglet Joaqui Manuel. Santi…