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Male rookie of the year: Green Fencer Darylle Lumahan exceeds expectations

Spotting a silver finish behind the seven-peat champions, UE Red Warriors, the DLSU Green Fencers moved up the podium with the assistance of their prized rookie, Darylle Lumahan, as he landed second in the men’s individual épée behind the men’s division MVP Samuel Tranquilan of UE, and garnered gold in the team category. After bagging…

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Surprise team of the year: Lady Tennisters clinch finals berth for the first time in five years

In an interview before the season started, head coach Ronald Kraut expected them to at least make it to the finals. “For women’s, [they were] third place last year, we’re looking for first or second place this year. So it’s doing better definitely than last year,” explained Kraut. The expectation made by coach Kraut may…

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Female athlete of the year: Mira Mirano clinches back-to-back title, MVP plum in career ender

Winning a championship is already a difficult task for an athlete, but defending the title is another feat much harder to achieve. Only a few can attain back-to-back titles in their respective sporting events and one of them is Lady Woodpusher graduating team captain Mira Mirano. As The LaSallian’s Female Athlete of the Year for…

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Male athlete of the year: Diego Lozano cements his place among La Salle’s greatest

Capping off the elimination rounds at the top of the table and going on to win the championship of the UAAP 81 Baseball Tournament have been the high points of Lasallian sports this year. While the DLSU Baseball team has a multitude of players to boast about, right fielder Diego Lozano’s season was exceptional, as…

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Hanging from the Rafters: DLSU immortalizes Ian Lariba’s legacy

De La Salle University held the jersey retirement of Olympian and former Lady Paddler Ian “Yanyan” Lariba earlier today at the Enrique M. Razon Sports Center. Yanyan is the first table tennis player and second female athlete to have her jersey retired by La Salle. Overall, she is the fifth athlete to have her jersey…

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Lady Booters, PH bets perform in international campaign

The Philippine Women’s National Team scored a 2-1 record in the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Qualifiers for the Women’s Olympic Football Tournament. Called the Malditas, the national team defeated Iran and Palestine, but lost to Chinese Taipei in the second qualifying round held last April 4 to 10 in Qatar. Six of the DLSU Lady…

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2020 Olympics Asian Qualifiers: Lady Booters fill up national roster

Six of the DLSU Lady Booters are to don blue and red to represent the national team in the second round of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Qualifiers for the Women’s Olympic Football Tournament. From April 3 to 10, the Philippines will have its own share of global football as the UAAP regular season is…

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UAAP: LSDC-Street ready to reclaim streetdance title

The Taft-based squad is a day away from their annual University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) Streetdance Competition and have been preparing to reclaim what was originally theirs. The La Salle Dance Company (LSDC)-Street finished second place last year with an 85.75 grade, falling short from their expected back-to-back title finish as FEU Street…

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Green Journal: Des Cheng v.1

With the highly competitive UAAP Season 81 Women’s Volleyball Tournament ongoing, the four-peat seeking DLSU Lady Spikers have been training twice a day in the past few months. The LaSallian caught up with the graduating team captain Des Cheng right after one of their morning trainings. In this first installment, Cheng shares her experiences when…

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Word on the street: NBA Season Awards

Now that the 2018-2019 NBA Season is coming to a close, the newly arranged NBA Awards Show will soon begin. The show debuted two years ago with TV personality Anthony Anderson hosting it last year. In this show, they will televise the winners of the NBA Season Awards in an Oscars-like show. The awards consists…