Among the key contributors to DLSU’s third UAAP General Championship (GC) were the DLSU Green Woodpushers and Lady Woodpushers. Both chess teams remain as among the league’s elite despite the loss of a number of key veterans. The Lady Woodpushers enter Season 79 as the defending champions after overcoming a stacked field that included FEU…
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Sauler vs Ayo: Analyzing greatness
Three seasons ago, a young assistant coach by the name of Juno Sauler was given the head coaching job of a somewhat promising DLSU Green Archer squad just three weeks prior to its opening game. La Salle had suffered an early semifinals defeat the prior season against its archrivals, the ADMU Blue Eagles. Then led…
The 2016 ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) Suzuki Cup was the 11th edition of the premier football tournament in Southeast Asia and is accredited by FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association). Eight of the finest teams from the region participated in this year’s competition, which ran from November 19 to December 17, 2016. For the first time,…
Mayhem Tour, as it is called, is a fashion brand founded by Behavioral Science Majors Paulo Punla, Aldrich Lee, Dominique Tobari, and International Studies Alumnus Jason Arneson. With the continuous rise of online shopping, they are a few of the many student entrepreneurs who have taken the plunge into the field of commerce. They not…
With UAAP Season 79 at its halfway point, The LaSallian interviewed athletes, both those who have entered the offseason and those who will kick off their respective campaigns in the second semester of competition. Lady Tanker Maggie Mendoza, Green Judoka Adrian Perillo, Green Batter Paul Naguit, and DLSU Football’s Mauro Acot talk about their favorite…
In a crowd of Filipino basketball players, they stand out. Figuratively, they are fish out of water. From the way they run, to the way they make their presence on the court, foreign student athletes in the UAAP play as if they’re under a microscope, with the championship aspirations of their team hinged on their…
After an unexpected turn of events, Gelo Diamante is set to suit up for the DLSU Men’s Football Team in UAAP Season 79. Last season’s team captain initially opted to forego his fifth playing year for La Salle and proceed to medical school. Upon sending his application to graduate from the University, however, Diamante learned…
Still remaining on top, the DLSU Women’s Football Team garnered its fifth win after eking out a 2-1 victory against the UST Lady Booters yesterday at the Rizal Memorial Stadium. Two goals courtesy of Kyra Dimaandal (9′ and 39′) and UST’s Charisa Lemoran (23′), all in the first half, showed resilience from both teams. However, numerous…
In a crowd of Filipino basketball players, they stand out. Figuratively, they are fish out of water. From the way they run, to the way they make their presence on the court, foreign student athletes in the UAAP play as if they’re under a microscope, with the championship aspirations of their team hinged on their…
Getting into the water can be scary; the depths can seem intimidating. While some people take time before they learn to swim, however, it seems like an inborn talent for others, as if they were born with fins for arms and gills for lungs. For brothers Benjo Narciso (IV, SPM) and Miggy Narciso (III, FIN),…