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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…

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UAAP: Teng’s late game heroics tows Archers in season opener

When times get tough, clutch players rise to the occasion. Reminiscent of his FilOil preseason dagger trey over Kiefer Ravena, rookie Archer Jeron Teng does it again in crunch time by hitting a tough floater over the outstretched defense of the University of the Philippines Fighting Maroons for a 73-68 win last July 15 at…

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“Unbreakable at 75”, UAAP officially on

It’s that time of the school year again. The long wait is over, as the curtains have been raised. The 75th season of the UAAP is now officially open. All summer long, the development of the new venue of the UAAP, the SM Mall of Asia (MOA) Arena, has aroused excitement from sports fanatics for…

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Burning the Animo once more for UAAP 75

Before every season, an annual rally held at the amphitheater for this year, signals the start of the Green and White athletes’ UAAP quest. For this year, Friday the 13th marked the start of good fortune for all the squads of DLSU. The Animo Rally 2012 may be different from the previous rallies, where rookies…