“They just shot better in all departments. It’s gonna be hard to win if the opponent shoots better in all aspects.” With this statement, DLSU head coach Juno Sauler basically summed up the troubles of his Green Archers in the opening game of the UAAP Men’s Basketball best-of-three finals. Coming into the game, La Salle…
Author: Ronaldo Manzano
The NU Lady Bulldogs lived for another day as they prevented the DLSU Lady Archers from winning their first UAAP championship since 2002. Coming off a humiliating defeat in the first game of the best-of-three series, the Lady Bulldogs used a 14-2 run at the end of the third quarter to break away and take…
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Green Journal: Jason Perkins v.4
With the UAAP Season 76 finals just around the corner, The LaSallian catches up with Green Archer Jason Perkins who was just named a member of this year’s Mythical Five. In this edition of the journal, Perkins discusses his favorite things to eat, his relationship with the crowd and even gives a shoutout to his…
The teams duking it out this coming Wednesday are only repeating a history marked by the close clashes of the Tigers and the Archers back in the 90’s. It was in 1993 that the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) installed the Final Four format, allowing the top four teams in the league to…
As the DLSU Green Archers warmed up for their first round encounter of the UE Red Warriros, only one player had yet to see action for head coach Juno Sauler prior to their fifth game of the season. Despite his considerable size, he would hoist three pointers in the warm-ups, hitting them with precision and…
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The odyssey of LA Revilla
In 2008, the DLSU Green Archers were the defending UAAP champions and came into the season led by the veteran duo of JVee Casio and Rico Maeirhofer. The team made it all the way to the finals, but lost and failed to defend their crown against the ADMU Blue Eagles, signalling the beginning of the…
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Ana de Leon: The Stunner of the Year
As the DLSU Animo Squad marched onto the rubber floor of the Mall of Asia Arena in their camouflage soldier uniforms for the UAAP Cheer Dance Competition (CDC), it seemed like the least likely place to find the “Stunner of the Year”. What with the glamorous cheerleaders and dancers from other schools dressed in more…
“There’s no sense of accomplishment yet for me,” shares Juno Sauler, the rookie head coach of the DLSU Green Archers. La Salle had just won its seventh straight game with a 69-64 conquest of the UST Growling Tigers to finish the eliminations with a 10-4 record. The team that took the floor today for DLSU…
The DLSU Lady Archers’ late surge in the second half wasn’t enough to extend their win streak to five games, as they fell to the Adamson Lady Falcons with a score of 54-52, last September 11. Fourth-year guard Trisha Piatos was the lone bright spot for the squad from Taft Avenue as she had a…
Around three weeks before the beginning of the UAAP Men’s Basketball tournament, Juno Sauler was installed as the head coach of the DLSU Green Archers. With just a few days to prepare for the tournament, the team stumbled out of the the gates and finished the first round with a 3-4 record. Doubters and pundits…