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Green and Lady Paddlers seek dominance

Following a couple of top three finishes last season, the Green and Lady Paddlers are looking to regroup to wrest the Season 75 UAAP Table Tennis championship. The Green Paddlers are hoping to rebound from a third place finish last season behind UST and FEU. The team roster is still intact this season despite a…

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DLSU Animo Squad: A new start

Coming from a year of upsets and accomplishments, the DLSU Animo Squad will be put to the test once again. A new system that uses an organizational chart will be introduced to attain the team’s short and long-term goals. Departure of the veterans and conflict of class schedules are two of the many challenges the…

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Shuttlers: Gearing for a come back

The Green and Lady Shuttlers shared the same fate in UAAP season 74, but they are now ready to pull a breakaway in season 75. “Even though we didn’t go far up to the championships, we were able to have a place [3rd] that still contributed to elevate DLSU’s rank in the overall championships,” said…

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Taekwondo: Jins set eyes on the prize

After a failed title defense last season, the DLSU Green Jins are aiming to regain the title from the UST Jins this season. The Season 73 UAAP champions has been reinforced with four promising recruits, three of which hail from the La Salle Greenhills (LSGH) program that dominated the NCAA Juniors Division in the past…

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Lady Archers: Sniping for the bigger prize

Despite Miller Ong’s last second downtown equalizer in the 4th quarter, the Lady Archers fell short at a choky 62-43 loss in the the team’s preseason campaign to bag the 18th Fr. Martin championship title against the Adamson Lady Falcons. “Everybody [Lady Archers] just starts to get teary-eyed. It’s a good thing that it [loss]…

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Green and Lady Tankers: Keeping afloat

Last season, the DLSU Swimming teams had a good turnout as the Green Tankers reclaimed the championship title, while the Lady Tankers maintained the team’s third place podium finish for the last three years. After the impressive performance, a new season for swimming dawns upon the Green-and-White Tankers.   Treading in troubled waters A new…

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Beach volleyball: Setting in the sand

Volleyball featuring only two players a side is a sure challenge to those who are used to playing indoor volleyball. This explains the Lady Spikers’ performance last year; UAAP Season 74’s Women’s volleyball champion, the Lady Spikers, did not translate the team’s dominance in indoor volleyball to beach volleyball. After hard-fought games, the Lady Spikers…

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On revenge and title defense: Bernales and the Judokas

Eyes on the prize. This has always been the motto and mindset of every DLSU Judoka. Now that the UAAP season is just around the corner, Head Coach Sam Bernales will see the fruit of more than a years worth of work. “It took me a year to make the training program for the upcoming…

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UAAP: Green Archers escapes Red Warriors for solo lead

In unfamiliar territory no more is the DLSU Green Archers after its win over the UE Red Warriors. July 19 at the Big Dome, and the hot start of the Taft squad was marked. Their 67-59 escape brings them ahead of all the competing UAAP schools, with their 2-0 record. Struggles, competencies It was an…

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LDSC – Street sets arrows to Vegas

  “Why do you dance?” LSDC – Street has only one general answer. To inspire. Approximately 1,066 avid spectators were mesmerized last July 13 as they witnessed a glimpse of the 11th World Hip Hop Dance Championships, as Philippine representative La Salle Dance Company (LSDC) – Street Megacrew took the Teresa Yuchengco Auditorium by storm…