The LaSallianBefore 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…
Sports analyst, basketball scribes and former Green Archers share their fearless forecast on the Green Archers’ performance in the upcoming UAAP cagefest. “We have a big chance of being the champs again. Animo!” – Renren Ritualo, former Green Archer, PBA Air21 Express shooting guard “I think they will be fine! They can go…
It has been almost a month since the De La Salle University Green Archers finished bridesmaids in the 2012 FilOil Flying V Pre-Season Hanes Cup Tournament.They placed second out of 18 NCAA and UAAP squads, behind first-time champions National University Bulldogs. The LaSallian presents some interesting figures that highlight the Archers’ breakaway pre-season performance.…
The spotlight has always been on DLSU teams that have gained a reputation for their intense training in preparation for the UAAP, especially the Men’s basketball and Women’s volleyball team. The big B and V, however, have always overshadowed DLSU’s other sports clubs; these teams have been spreading the Animo spirit, continuously keeping the sport…
The Green Archers’ offseason bid has been riddled with health problems and concerns, forcing some familiar faces to the sidelines and the bleachers. The Taft-based squad, who are in their rebuilding era, has encountered problems with team chemistry, rotation and play adjustments because of an incomplete bench, which the injuries caused. Starting center Arnold Van…
After winning their first championship in the 1939 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)season, the De La Salle Green Archers have been established as a basketball powerhouse aiming to dominate every season of every college hoop action. During the Green Archers’ NCAA stint from 1924-1981, the ballers from Taft have collected five championships through Kurt Bachmann,…
One may think that the off-season is vacation time for most of the UAAP teams. Some squads, however, have chosen to utilize their summer break to advance and hone their skills in preparation for the upcoming UAAP season. Beach Volleyball: Sand skirmish First time partners Wensh Tiu and Kim Fajardo experienced their first bridesmaids…
The Lady Spikers breezes through the tournament with a six-game sweep as the team snags its third straight crown in the PVF National Inter-Collegiate Volleyball Tournament. The Taft-based Volleybelles still managed to clobber reigning NCAA champion, University of Perpetual Help System Delta Lady Altas without team captain Cha Cruz and defense specialist Melissa Gohing, in…
The UAAP has found a new home for its intense basketball action in The Arena, widely known as the Mall of Asia (MoA) Arena, after its phenomenal run in the Smart Araneta Coliseum. This year’s UAAP host, National University, owned by tycoon Henry Sy, will give the newly-built arena its amateur basketball “baptism of fire”…