Over the decades, the University of Santo Tomas, amongst other UAAP member schools have dealt DLSU exciting matches not just in basketball, but also in different sports. The rivalry between La Salle and Ateneo is not the only rivalry DLSU has in the UAAP. One often less told rivalry is that between La Salle and…
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LSAL 2011-12: Unfinished business
La Salle Athletic League (LSAL) 2011-2012, the annual intercollegiate sports tournament for all Lasallian undergraduate students, has encountered delays and questions amongst the student participants. Midway through the second term, LSAL basketball, volleyball and futsal games were suspended and rescheduled toting up confusion in the league. Come third term, some games were indefinitely postponed without…
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Beach volleyball: Setting in the sand
Volleyball featuring only two players a side is a sure challenge to those who are used to playing indoor volleyball. This explains the Lady Spikers’ performance last year; UAAP Season 74’s Women’s volleyball champion, the Lady Spikers, did not translate the team’s dominance in indoor volleyball to beach volleyball. After hard-fought games, the Lady Spikers…
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“Unbreakable at 75”, UAAP officially on
It’s that time of the school year again. The long wait is over, as the curtains have been raised. The 75th season of the UAAP is now officially open. All summer long, the development of the new venue of the UAAP, the SM Mall of Asia (MOA) Arena, has aroused excitement from sports fanatics for…
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The LaSallian Sports Awards 2012
The LaSallian Excellence Award: JV Casio From a collegiate standout to a national floor general, Casio has proven himself as an excellent leader even in the international and professional world of basketball. Today, he is the focal point of the Powerade Tigers’ offense in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). With an amazing performance in the…
The Lady Spikers’ virtually no-loss game season last UAAP Season 73 is one of the highlights of DLSU’s centennial. Sporting players like Best Spiker, Server, and MVP of the season Jacqueline Alarca, veterans Steph Mercado and Cha Cruz, the Lady Spikers managed to overcome their obstacles last season. A tournament rule infraction mired the Green-and-White…
The departure of UAAP’s volleyball stars DLSU’s Jacq Alarca and Stephanie Mercado, UST’s Aiza Maizo and Adamson’s Angela Benting, seems to have made the 74th Season of the women’s volleyball a few stars duller. Teams, however, are beefing up their line-ups, making it more difficult for Lady Spikers Head Coach Ramil de Jesus to achieve…
Former Rookie of the Year Johansen Benedict Aguilar anchored the Green Tankers back to a podium finish, while the Lady Tankers exited third best during the UAAP Season 74 Swimming Meet last Sept. 22-25 at the Trace Aquatic Sports Center in Los Baños, Laguna. The Green Tankers brought home DLSU’s first championship of the season…
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Once an Archer, Always an Archer
“I entered DLSU as a champion, and I want to graduate a champion.” – Simon Atkins Simon Atkins’ always said that he is aiming for a championship when he came to UAAP Season 74. The Lasallian community knows that they have failed to hit the mark. They were not able to force a playoff with…
Once they enter the esteemed Rizal Memorial Coliseum, there will only be redemption in the minds of the Green and Lady Tracksters. Looking back at the UAAP Season 72, both the DLSU Green and Lady Tracksters finished with painful and distant sixth places. As the collegiate league turns a new leaf over, the Tracksters have…