After six games of competitive women’s basketball in the 76th season of the UAAP, the Lady Archers find themselves with a comfortable 5-1 record nearing the end of the first round of eliminations. Fourth year forward Ara Abaca has averaged a double-double throughout six games with a statline of 14.5 points and 11.7 rebounds per…
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Lady Booters sunder through PFL campaign
With their UAAP campaign just a few months away, the DLSU Lady Booters have begun their build-up for their quest to bring back the Women’s Football Championship back to Taft Avenue. Since June, head coach Hans Smit’s squad has participated in the Pinay Futbol League, a women’s football tournament organized by Pinay Futbol, an association…
By the numbers: DLSU in the first round
With all the ups and downs that the DLSU Green Archers have been going through over the past few months, seven games isn’t enough to determine what the true identity of this team is. In one game, the Green Archers might be shooting the lights out from the free throw line then in another, Arnold…
UAAP: Lady Archers fall to undefeated FEU
The DLSU Lady Archers suffered their second loss in a row with a crushing 70-49 defeat to the defending UAAP champions, the FEU Lady Tamaraws. The loss came a week after the team’s first defeat of the season to the NU Lady Bulldogs which snapped a five game winning streak. With the loss, head coach…
Green Journal: Jason Perkins v.2
With the UAAP Season on a two week hiatus, The LaSallian catches up with Green Archer rookie Jason Perkins and get his thoughts on the first round, his first La Salle – Ateneo game (and the Mochiko they earned), and what he expects in the second round. In the first round, I was expecting to…
In both wins and losses, it has been a noticeable trend that the Green Archers seem to live and die by the quartet of Arnold van Opstal, Jeron Teng, Jason Perkins, and Almond Vosotros. When the Green Archers win, they seem to be as formidable as any other unit in the league, yet when it…
After dominating all of their opponents and winning five straight games, the DLSU Lady Archers tasted their first loss in the UAAP tournament at the hands of the NU Lady Bulldogs. The Lady Archers were unable to maintain their unblemished win-loss record as they suffered a 55-64 defeat against one of the surprise teams in…
After blowing double digit leads in their last three games, the DLSU Green Archers found themselves in unfamiliar territory against the NU Bulldogs, trailing by as much as 13 midway through the final quarter. Despite their sloppy 31.7 percent field goal shooting and a total of 18 turnovers, La Salle never gave up. The team…
Towards the end of the first round last season, the Green Archers found themselves in the same situation that they are in today. With a 3-3 record, they were raring for a victory to end the opening round on a positive note, but they were in for a battle against the NU Bulldogs and reigning…
With just one game remaining in the first round against the NU Bulldogs, the DLSU Green Archers find themselves with a 3-3 win-loss card and in a quadruple tie with the Bulldogs, the UE Red Warriors and their latest victim, the AdU Soaring Falcons, for third place. A so-so season so far for the Green…