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Marinel Rudas & Estoy Pantua: Prominence and Headship

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…

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Ivy Remulla: The Millenium Spiker

As the first round of UAAP Season 76 comes close to a close, the second half teams and events are shaping up to be some of this year’s most anticipated bouts and head turners with the Lady Spikers spearheading the anticipated highlights as they continue to seek their fourth straight championship in the league. However,…

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2008 DLSU Lady Spikers: A tradition of dominance

Back in 2007, UAAP volleyball games were held during the first semester of the year. The UAAP board, however, decided to move the tournament to the latter half of the academic year for the thrilling games to be televised and step out of the shadow of basketball. The move was due to the rising popularity…

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Jun Limpot: The Main Man

Hanging from the gym rafters of the Enrique Razon Sports Complex are the retired jerseys of the Lasallian legends: Lim Eng Beng, Ren Ritualo, Kurt Bachmann and Manila Santos. Their spectacular play on the court brought not only glory to the University, but also gave them legendary status in Lasallian lore. ​Each generation of Lasallian…

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1998 Green Archers: The start of the dynasty

Dating back to 1998, the DLSU Green Archers had already been perennial title contenders, proving it with successive trips to the UAAP finals. After grabbing silver for three straight years behind the four-peat champion UST Growling Tigers, the Green-and-White did not allow it to happen for a fifth time. With a new coach, experienced guards,…