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UAAP: Lady Archers falls short against unbeaten Lady Tams

With a 14-point third quarter lead, the DLSU Lady Archers succumbed to the Far Eastern University Lady Tamaraws, 72-68, in the UAAP Season 75 Women’s Basketball Division at the MOA arena. With the loss, the Taft-based squad dropped to 5-3 in the standings while FEU remained unblemished at 8-0 in the game held last August…

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UAAP: Archers blows out Red Warriors, wins third straight

After riding through tight games in the first round, the DLSU Green Archers had their first blowout win of the season with a convincing 73-52 victory over the UE Red Warriors last August 25 at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City.   With this win as the second round opener, the Archers improved…

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Archers: Towards a successful championship bid

In what would have been a continuous slide to the cellar, the De La Salle Green Archers emerged from their three game losing streak with back-to-back tough victories, locking them in at fourth in the standings, sporting a 4-3 win-loss record. Entering the first round of the 75th UAAP Season, the Archers had made a…

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UAAP: Green and Lady Shuttlers annex third straight win

The Green and Lady Shuttlers suffered a setback early on in the season, but the teams have since come out triumphant with a 4-1 victory against their foes to retain their standing as one of the top four teams in their respective tournaments in the UAAP Season 75 Badminton Championships held last August 22 at…

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UAAP: Archers start second round over Warriors

Coming off two straight victories, the Green Archers ended the first round of the UAAP Season 75 with a 4-3 record. The Green-and-White squad is set to open the second round against the UE Red Warriors squad that has a 1-6 card.   On a July 19 thriller at the Big Dome, the Taft-based squad…

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Abanilla: ‘It’s a work in progress’

After four games in Season 75 of the UAAP, the DLSU Green Archers have found themselves at fourth place with the National University Bulldogs, with both teams nursing a 2-2 record. The players donning the green and white jerseys have since improved after Head Coach Gee Abanilla implemented a system that would tap every player’s…

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Jed Manguera – The Lockdown Specialist.

A masked Jed Bryan Manguera enters the court with four other white shirts ready for another tour of duty. This time around he has to guard one of the league’s top offensive guns and last year’s Rookie of the Year, Kiefer Ravena. Ravena receives the leather on the right wing. Driving hard, he found DLSU…

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The Lady on the sidelines: Angeline “Billie” Capistrano

The University’s new courtside reporter, Angeline Bea “Billie” Capistrano comes from a family of hardcore La Salle fans. A junior AB-OCM student and self-confessed health freak, Billie will now be the Lasallians ears and eyes in each Archers’ huddle this UAAP season. Billie explained her reason for auditioning; she said, “I wanted to give back…

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CRASH COURSE (Part 1 of 2): Navigating the UAAP venues

Stuck at home with your television sets? Why not go to the venues and watch the games? Many have been confused with the directions to the locations of the UAAP games while some have gotten stuck in traffic and others have been stranded in the LRT. Here is a quick guide and set of directions…

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Golden ticket: A guide to the UAAP ticketing scheme

It is that time of the year again; the UAAP has started and university students are hyped up to watch the heated games and make a bid to secure a golden ticket either by going to the venue a couple of hours before, lining up in front of the schools’ sports office or haggling with…