If you ask an athlete why they took up their sport, you will get different answers, varying from pursuing their passion to getting a scholarship to their dream school. But for May Montenegro and Raymond Victoria Orozco, their paths to fencing were paved by different and unlikely situations. “When I was in third year high…
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The sport of baseball is not just about eye-popping offense, where the home run reigns supreme. It is also, however, a sport of defense where pitchers strike out batters at key moments or when the Third Baseman makes an outstretched diving grab then fires to first, just barely getting the out. Offense helps, but in…
Volleyball season is on its way once again. As La Salle has already reclaimed the men’s and women’s basketball crown, hopes are high for the Taft-based Spikers, the Lady Spikers being the queens of the league for the past three years, and the Green Spikers committing to clinch the gold this time around. A whirlwind…
In the adrenaline-filled sport of pole vaulting, courage will determine one’s success. AJ Francisco and Adel Valdecanas, both veteran pole-vaulters of the DLSU Athletics team, spread contagious happiness to their team to scale them to new heights. Anne Janelle Francisco (III, ECE) and Francesco Adel Valdecanas (III, BS-FIN) are two of the six pole vaulters…
In a team, greatness and leadership come in a pair. When you have this pair, you will conquer the rest of the field and triumph. The DLSU Tennisters are examples of a team encompassing these two factors for they have accomplished much success in their recent campaigns in the UAAP. Marinel Rudas is one of…
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UAAP: La Salle favored to win another GC
After racing out to a 16 point lead over UST, their closest rival in the UAAP General Championship (GC) race over the first half of the season, DLSU is poised to win its second GC in a row. Backed by five first place finishes out of a possible 15 tourneys, La Salle stamped its class…
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Booters seek to end championship drought
Despite finishing last UAAP season in the top four, the DLSU Green Booters and Lady Booters remain unsatisfied and seek to get over the hump in this year’s campaign. Both teams are still mentored by the legendary Hans Smit and they enter UAAP Season 76 with just one goal in mind: a championship. After rattling…
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Four former DLSU players begin PBA Dream
Fresh from the UAAP championship, LA Revilla is one of the Green Archers to be drafted into the PBA. For every Filipino basketball player, the PBA symbolizes the epitome of basketball success, a culmination for all the blood, sweat, and tears that were spilled in the gym. For four former Green Archers, the dream…
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UniGames: DLSU bags 3 championships
The DLSU varsity teams impressed yet again, this time on a national stage during the 18th UniGames. The tournament featured 72 different colleges and universities and it was held from last October 20 to 28. The annual spectacle was held in Bacolod City once again, the same city where the original edition of the games…
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Green Journal: Jason Perkins v.5
In this penultimate Green Journal, Jason Perkins talks about basking in the euphoria of the UAAP championship they won this season among other things. Heading over to Bacolod to celebrate the Maskara Festival, Perkins also talks about the local crowd and the native food, particularly their famous Chicken Inasal. He also talks about how the…