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For the love of Football

Football is the number one sport in the world, which is one of the reasons why it is called a universal sport. It is a different sport; it is unique in that players don’t use hands except for the goalkeeper. There is nothing like the passion you get when you see the crowd get crazy…

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UAAP Women’s Volleyball Poll: DLSU Lady Spikers ready for second round

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Dissecting the finals rematch: Lady Spikers versus Lady Eagles

The Lady Spikers will face the Lady Eagles in a familiar finals duel tomorrow, 3 pm at the Arena in San Juan.  Last year, the ladies in Green-and-White beat the Lady Eagles, but tomorrow’s match may be a different story. The Lady Spikers, the defending champion, is set to face the only unbeaten team this…

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UAAP Women’s Volleyball Poll: DLSU Lady Spikers versus ADMU Lady Eagles

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13 things to watch out for in 2013

In preparation for the coming New Year, The LaSallian’s Sports section brings you 13 things to look forward to and to expect from the different La Salle sports teams.    1. Wounded Green Batters’ comeback After missing a chance to take the trophy home last season, the DLSU Green Batters is looking forward to nothing…

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Green and Lady Spikers off to different starts this season

The Green and Lady Spikers shared contrasting fates to open UAAP Season 75. The squads have opposite places in the team standings as the ladies sport a 2-1 start while their counterparts recorded 1-2 a win-loss slate. Both squads performed remarkably last season as the Green Spikers made it to the Final Four while the…

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Climbing back: Lady Spikers resurges back into form

Finally, the team is gelling into form. In what seemed to be a disastrous season after a five-set defeat against the University of Sto. Tomas Lady Tigresses in the season opener, the DLSU Lady Spikers finally found the team’s winning formula and turned the tides, winning three straight games. Lady Spikers Head Ramil De Jesus…

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La Salle Booters start title quest on sour notes

The De La Salle University men’s and women’s teams opened their Season 75 accounts in frustrating fashion as both sides failed to take home wins in Sunday afternoon’s UAAP football tournament curtain-raiser. Green Booters: Losing footing early on A couple of quick second half goals from Jesus Melliza and a late Noli Chavez goal were…

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Lady Spikers embark on a three-peat quest

On December 2, the DLSU Lady Spikers will play its first UAAP match and begin a bid for a three-peat against the University of Santo Tomas at 3:30pm at the Arena in San Juan.   A tradition of dominance   After sweeping last year’s elimination round and downing Ateneo in the finals, La Salle will…

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DLSU’s UAAP Grand Championship bid

Season 70, the year after DLSU’s UAAP suspension, was also the last year that the DLSU Green Archers failed to make it to the top three slots of the UAAP championship race. Since then, the Green-and-White squad has been trying to reach the prestigious crown, keeping a close trail behind the champion, UST, for four…