UAAP Season 71

UAAP Season 71
"Filipino Leadership Through Sports Excellence"
Host school University of the Philippines
Overall champions
Seniors  UST Growling Tigers
Juniors  UST Tiger Cubs
Seniors' champions
Sport Men Women
Basketball  Ateneo  FEU
Volleyball  UST  La Salle
Chess  FEU  La Salle
Table tennis  UST  FEU
Taekwondo  UST  UST
Judo  Ateneo  UP
Swimming  UST  Ateneo
Beach Volleyball  UST  FEU
Track and field  FEU  FEU
Football  UP  UST
Fencing  UST  UE
Tennis  La Salle  UST
Badminton  UE  FEU
Baseball  Adamson N/A
Softball N/A  Adamson
Cheerdance  UP (EX) (Coed)
Juniors' champions
Sport Boys Girls
Basketball  Ateneo[1] N/A
Volleyball  UE[2]  UST
Chess  Adamson[3] N/A
Table tennis  UST[4] N/A
Taekwondo  UE[5] N/A
Judo  Ateneo[6] (DS) N/A
Swimming  Ateneo[7]  UST
Track and field  Ateneo[8] N/A
Football  Ateneo[9] (DS) N/A
Fencing  Ateneo[10] (DS) N/A
Key: (DS) = demonstration sport;
(EX) exhibition
< Season 70 UAAP seasons Season 72 >

UAAP Season 71 was the 20082009 season of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines.

The University of the Philippines (UP) hosted this season, which coincided with the centennial anniversary of the University's establishment. It opened on July 5, 2008 with an elaborate ceremony held at the Araneta Coliseum. [11]

Contents

Universal rules

Basketball

Qualified to the semifinals with twice to beat advantage
Qualified to the semifinals

Men's tournament

Elimination round

Team W L PCT GB Tie
 Ateneo Blue Eagles 13 1 .929 --
 La Salle Green Archers 10 4 .714 3
 FEU Tamaraws 10 4 .714 3
 UE Red Warriors 9 5 .643 4
 UST Growling Tigers 6 8 .429 7
 UP Fighting Maroons 3 11 .214 10 +39
 Adamson Falcons 3 11 .214 10 -39
 NU Bulldogs 2 12 .143 11

Host team in boldface.

Bracket

  2nd seed playoff Semifinals
#1 & #2 have twice-to-beat advantage
Finals
Best-of-three series
                               
    1   Ateneo 70    
    4   UE 50    
   
 
     1   Ateneo 69 62
     2   La Salle 61 51
 
 
  La Salle  62   2   La Salle 67  
  FEU  59   3   FEU 62    

Awardees

Juniors' tournament

Elimination round

Team W L PCT GB Tie
 Ateneo Blue Eaglets 12 2 .857 -- +2
 La Salle Junior Archers 12 2 .857 -- -2
 FEU-FERN Baby Tamaraws 9 5 .642 3 +10
 Adamson Baby Falcons 9 5 .642 3 -10
 UST Tiger Cubs 8 6 .571 4
 UE Red Pages 3 11 .214 9 +10
 NU Bullpups 3 11 .214 9 -10
 UPIS Junior Maroons 0 14 .000 12

Host team in boldface.

Bracket

  Semifinals
#1 & #2 have twice-to-beat advantage
Finals
Best-of-three series
                       
1   Ateneo 78    
4   Adamson 45    
*Denotes number of overtime periods.    1   Ateneo 72 71
   3   FEU-FERN 62 60
2   La Salle Zobel 70 56
3   FEU-FERN 72** 58  

Awardees

Women's tournament

Elimination round

Team W L PCT GB Tie
 FEU Lady Tamaraws 13 1 .929 --
 UST Tigresses 10 4 .714 3
 UP Lady Maroons 10 4 .714 3
 Adamson Lady Falcons 9 5 .643 4
 La Salle Lady Archers 7 7 .500 6
 Ateneo Lady Eagles 4 10 .286 9
 UE Lady Warriors 2 12 .143 11
 NU Lady Bulldogs 1 13 .071 12

Host team in boldface.

Bracket

  2nd seed playoff Semifinals
#1 & #2 have twice-to-beat advantage
Finals
Best-of-three series
                               
    1   FEU 56 74  
    4   Adamson 57 63  
   
 
     1   FEU 54 52
     3   UP 52 46
 
 
  UP  64   2   UST 39 46
  UST  69   3   UP 52 50  

Awardees

Volleyball

Qualified to the semifinals with twice to beat advantage
Qualified to the semifinals

Men's tournament

Elimination round

Host team in boldface.

Team W L PCT GB Tie
 UST Growling Tigers 14 0 1.000 --
 La Salle Green Archers 10 4 .714 4
 UP Fighting Maroons 9 5 .643 5
 Ateneo Blue Eagles 9 5 .643 5
 Adamson Falcons 6 8 .429 8 2-0
 FEU Tamaraws 6 8 .429 8 0-2
 UE Red Warriors 2 12 .083 12
 NU Bulldogs 0 14 .000 14

Tiebreakers:

Bracket

  3rd-seed playoff Semifinals
#1 & #2 have twice-to-beat advantage
Finals
Best-of-three series
                               
    1   UST 3    
    4   Ateneo 0    
   
 
  Ateneo  2        1   UST 3 3
  UP  3          3   UP 0 0
 
 
  2   La Salle 0 1
  3   UP 3 3  

Awardees

Women's tournament

Elimination round

Team W L PCT GB Tie
 La Salle Lady Archers 13 1 .929 --
 FEU Lady Tamaraws 12 2 .857 1
 UST Tigresses 9 5 .643 4
 Adamson Lady Falcons 9 5 .643 4
 Ateneo Lady Eagles 6 8 .429 7
 UE Lady Warriors 3 11 .214 10
 UP Lady Maroons 3 11 .214 10
 NU Lady Bulldogs 1 13 .071 12

Bracket

  3rd-seed playoff Semifinals
#1 & #2 have twice-to-beat advantage
Finals
Best-of-three series
                               
    1   La Salle 3    
    4   Adamson 1    
   
 
  Adamson  0        1   La Salle 2 3 3
  UST  3          2   FEU 3 1 1
 
 
  2   FEU 3  
  3   UST 1    

Awardees

Boys' tournament

Elimination round

Host team in boldface.

With UE sweeping the elimination round, they were declared automatic champions and the playoffs were scrapped.

Team W L PCT GB
 UE Red Pages 10 0 1.000 --
 Ateneo Blue Eaglets 7 3 .700
 UST Tiger Cubs 7 3 .700
 La Salle Junior Archers
 NU Bullpups
 UPIS Junior Maroons

Awardees

Girls' tournament

Host team in boldface.

With UST sweeping the elimination round, they were declared automatic champions and the playoffs were scrapped.

Elimination round

Team W L PCT GB
 UST Growling Tigers 6 0 1.000 --
 UE Junior Amazons
 La Salle Junior Lady Archers
 UPIS Junior Lady Maroons

Awardees

Football

Qualified to the finals with twice to beat advantage
Qualified to the finals

The UAAP Football will open on January 18, 2009. Games will be played at the Ateneo de Manila University Erenchun and Ocampo Fields.

Men's tournament

Elimination round

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts.
 FEU Tamaraws 10 6 2 2 16 6 +10 20
 UP Fighting Maroons 10 5 4 1 10 6 +4 19
 La Salle Green Archers 10 4 2 4 4 8 -4 14
 UST Growling Tigers 10 3 2 5 8 12 -4 11
 UE Red Warriors 10 2 3 5 7 10 -3 9
 Ateneo Blue Eagles 10 2 3 5 6 9 -3 9

Schedule

Win Draw Loss
School Round 1 Round 2
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
 Ateneo
 La Salle
 FEU
 UE
 UP
 UST

Finals

FEU had the twice to beat advantage.

February 26
UP Fighting Maroons  2–1  FEU Tamaraws Erenchun Field, Ateneo de Manila University, Quezon City
March 3
UP Fighting Maroons  1–0  FEU Tamaraws Erenchun Field, Ateneo de Manila University, Quezon City

Women's tournament

Elimination round

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts.
 La Salle Lady Archers 8 6 2 0 16 1 +15 20
 UST Tigresses 8 5 2 1 12 3 +9 17
 FEU Lady Tamaraws 8 3 3 2 11 6 +5 12
 Ateneo Lady Eagles 8 1 2 5 2 16 -14 5
 UP Lady Maroons 8 0 1 7 2 15 -13 1

Schedule

Win Draw Loss
School Round 1 Round 2
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
 Ateneo
 La Salle
 FEU
 UP
 UST

Finals

La Salle had the twice to beat advantage.

February 26
UST Tigresses  2–0 (aet)  La Salle Lady Archers Erenchun Field, Ateneo de Manila University, Quezon City
March 3
UST Tigresses  1–1 (aet)
4–1 (pso)
 La Salle Lady Archers Erenchun Field, Ateneo de Manila University, Quezon City

Beach Volleyball

The UAAP Beach Volleyball started on September 6 at the University of the East Caloocan Grounds. Two titles are being disputed for the UAAP Beach Volleyball; One for Men's Division and one for the women's division.

Since UST and FEU swept the men's and women's tournaments respectively, they were named outright champions.

Men's tournament

Team W L GB
 UST Growling Tigers 7 0 --
 FEU Tamaraws 6 1 1
 Adamson Falcons 5 2 2
 UP Fighting Maroons 3 4 4
 La Salle Green Archers 3 4 4
 NU Bulldogs 2 5 5
 UE Red Warriors 1 6 6
 Ateneo Blue Eagles 1 6 6
Host team is boldfaced.

Awardees

  • Most Valuable Player: Henry James Pecana (UST)
  • Rookie of the Year: Dominico Ramon Lucindo (UP)

Women's tournament

Team W L GB
 FEU Lady Tamaraws 7 0 --
 UE Lady Warriors 6 1 1
 UST Tigresses 5 2 2
 Adamson Lady Falcons 4 3 3
 NU Lady Bulldogs 3 4 4
 La Salle Lady Archers 2 5 5
 Ateneo Lady Eagles 1 6 6
 UP Lady Maroons 0 7 7
Host team in boldface.

Awardees

  • Most Valuable Player: Anna Camille Abanto (FEU)
  • Rookie of the Year: Melissa Gohing (La Salle)

Chess

The UAAP Season 71 chess tournament started on August 9, 2008, Saturday, at a new venue, the Tan Yan Kee Student Center at the University of Santo Tomas.[12]

Standings after 12 rounds

Men's tournament

Host team in boldface.

Team Rank
 FEU Tamaraws 36.0
 UST Growling Tigers 33.5
 Adamson Falcons 33.0
 La Salle Green Archers 31.5
 UE Red Warriors 29.5
 NU Bulldogs 25.5
 UP Fighting Maroons 24.5
 Ateneo Blue Eagles 10.5

Awardees

  • Most Valuable Player: IM John Paul Gomez (La Salle)
  • Rookie of the Year: Sheider Nebato (FEU)

Women's tournament

Host team in boldface.

Team Points TB
 La Salle Lady Archers 35.0
 FEU Lady Tamaraws 35.0
 UST Tigresses 28.0
 UP Lady Maroons 25.5
 UE Lady Warriors 23.0
 Ateneo Lady Eagles 17.0
 NU Lady Bulldogs 4.0

Awardees

  • Most Valuable Player: Aices Salvador (La Salle)
  • Rookie of the Year: Jedara Docena (FEU)

Juniors' tournament

Host team in boldface.

Team Points
 Adamson Baby Falcons 36.5
 UE Red Pages 33.5
 Ateneo Blue Eaglets 32.5
 FEU-FERN Baby Tamaraws 26.5
 NU Bullpups 26
 UST Tiger Cubs 7.5
 La Salle Junior Archers 5.5

Awardees

  • Most Valuable Player: Gabriel Layugan (Ateneo)
  • Rookie of the Year: Dominique Lagula (Ateneo)

Taekwondo

The UAAP Season 71 taekwondo tournaments were held on September 13 and September 17, 2008 at the Far Eastern University Gym. [13]

Men's tournament

Host team in boldface. Final.

Team W L GB
 UST Growling Tigers 5 0 -
 Ateneo Blue Eagles 4 1 -
 FEU Tamaraws 3 2 -
 UP Fighting Maroons 3 3 -
 UE Red Warriors -
 La Salle Green Archers -

Awardees

  • Most Valuable Player: Jurrie Bernardino (UST)
  • Rookie of the Year: Dane R. Pio de Roda (UST)

Women's tournament

Host team in boldface. Final.

Team W L GB
 UST Tigresses 5 0 -
 FEU Lady Tamaraws 4 1 -
 UP Lady Maroons 4 2 -
 Ateneo Lady Eagles 3 2 -
 La Salle Lady Archers -
 UE Lady Warriors -

Awardees

  • Most Valuable Player: Caryn Pilongo (UST)
  • Rookie of the Year: Jade Zafra (UST)

Juniors' tournament

Host team in boldface. Final.

Team W L GB
 UE Red Pages 5 0 -
 UST Tiger Cubs 4 1 -
 Ateneo Blue Eaglets 3 2 -
 FEU-FERN Baby Tamaraws -
 UPIS Junior Maroons -
 La Salle Junior Archers -

Awardees

  • Most Valuable Player: Anthony Sarnia (UE)
  • Rookie of the Year: John Resaba (UE)

Badminton

UE and FEU won all of their elimination round games in the men's and women's tournaments respectively to clinch the championship outright.

Men's tournament

Team W L GB
 UE Red Warriors 7 0 --
 UST Growling Tigers 6 1 1
 La Salle Green Archers 5 2 2
 FEU Tamaraws 4 3 3
 UP Fighting Maroons 3 4 4
 Ateneo Blue Eagles 2 5 5
 Adamson Falcons 1 6 6
 NU Bulldogs 0 7 7
Awardees:[14]
  • Most Valuable Player: Winston Aquilo (UE)
  • Rookie of the Year: R-Jay Ormilla (UST)
  • Most Improved Player: Don Johnson Agustin (UE)

Women's tournament

Team W L GB
 FEU Lady Tamaraws 7 0 --
 La Salle Lady Archers 5 2 1
 UST Tigresses 5 2 2
 UE Lady Warriors 5 2 3
 Adamson Lady Falcons 3 4 4
 UP Lady Maroons 2 5 5
 Ateneo Lady Eagles 1 6 6
 NU Lady Bulldogs 0 7 7
Awardees[15]
  • Most Valuable Player: Racquel Guerrero (UE)
  • Rookie of the Year: Bianca Legaspi (UP)
  • Most Improved Player: Diosan Abangan

Judo

The UAAP Judo Championships run from October 4 to October 5, at the UP College of Human Kinetics Gym. Two titles are being disputed for UAAP Judo: men's and women's divisions. For the third straight year there is a demonstration event for the boys' (junior's) division.

Men's tournament

Host team in boldface. Final.

Team Medals Points
Total
 Ateneo 2 1 6 9 37
 La Salle 3 1 4 32
 UST 28
 UP 7 26
 Adamson
 UE

Awardees

  • Most Valuable Player: Paulo Hector Luz (Ateneo)
  • Rookie of the Year: Alex Diaz (UP)

Women's tournament

Host team in boldface. Final.

Team Medals Points
Total
 UP 5 5 0 10 75
 UST 21
 La Salle 1 2 14
 Ateneo 4
 UE

Awardees

  • Most Valuable Player: Ada Therese Estanislao (UP)
  • Rookie of the Year: Ada Therese Estanislao (UP)

Juniors' tournament

Host team in boldface. Final.

Team Medals Points
Total
 Ateneo 5 2 1 8 62
 UST
 UE 0 0 3 3
 DLSZ

Awardees

  • Most Valuable Player:Tony Vergel de Dios (Ateneo)
  • Rookie of the Year:

Softball

The UAAP Softball officially opened January 10, 2009. Games were played at the UST Open Field.

Elimination round

Team W L GB
 Adamson Lady Falcons 10 0 --
 UST Tigresses 6 4 4
 UE Lady Warriors 5 5 5
 UP Lady Maroons 5 5 5
 Ateneo Lady Eagles 4 6 6
 La Salle Lady Archers 0 10 10

Schedule

Win Loss
School Round 1 Round 2
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
 Adamson
 Ateneo
 La Salle
 UE
 UP
 UST

Baseball

The UAAP Baseball officially opened January 11, 2009. Games were played at the Rizal Memorial Baseball Stadium.

Elimination round

Team W L GB
 Adamson Falcons 10 0 --
 UP Fighting Maroons 7 3 3
 Ateneo Blue Eagles 6 4 4
 UST Growling Tigers 4 6 6
 NU Bulldogs 3 7 7
 La Salle Green Archers 0 10 10

Schedule

Win Loss
School Round 1 Round 2
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
 Adamson
 Ateneo
 La Salle
 NU
 UP
 UST

Tennis

The UAAP Season 71 Tennis Tournaments began on January 10, 2009 at the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex Tennis Courts.

Men's tournament

Elimination round

Team W L GB
 La Salle Green Archers 5 1 0.5
 UST Growling Tigers 5 0 --
 UP Fighting Maroons 3 3 2.5
 UE Red Warriors 1 5 4.5
 Ateneo Blue Eagles 0 5 5

Awardees

  • Most Valuable Player: Glen Rodriguez (UST)
  • Rookie of the Year: Zoren Mendiola (UST)

Women's tournament

Elimination round

Team W L GB
 UST Growling Tigers 6 0 --
 La Salle Green Archers 4 2 2
 Ateneo Blue Eagles 2 4 4
 UP Fighting Maroons 0 6 6

Table tennis

The UAAP Season 71 Table Tennis tournament began on September 20, 2008 at the Blue Eagle Gym inside the Ateneo de Manila University campus.

Men's tournament

Host team in boldface. Final.

Team W L GB
 UST Growling Tigers 12 0 --
 FEU Tamaraws 10 2 2
 UP Fighting Maroons 6 6 6
 La Salle Green Archers 5 7 7
 UE Red Warriors 4 8 8
 Ateneo Blue Eagles 2 10 10
 NU Bulldogs 0 12 12

Women's tournament

Host team in boldface. Final.

Team W L GB
 FEU Lady Tamaraws 10 0 -
 UST Tigresses 8 2 2
 UP Lady Maroons 6 4 4
 La Salle Lady Archers 4 6 6
 Ateneo Lady Eagles 2 8 8
 NU Bulldogs 0 10 10

Awardees

  • Most Valuable Player: Beverly Villar (FEU)
  • Rookie of the Year: Princess Masong (UST)

Juniors' tournament

Host team in boldface. Final.

Team W L GB
 UST Tiger Cubs 12 0 -
 UE Red Pages 10 2 -
 Ateneo Blue Eaglets 6 4 -
 Adamson Baby Falcons 6 6 -
 UPIS Junior Maroons 5 7 -
 NU Bullpups 2 10 -
 La Salle Junior Archers 0 10 -

Awardees

  • Most Valuable Player: Kheithlynn Cruz (UST)
  • Rookie of the Year: Donna Gamilla (UST)

Swimming

The UAAP Swimming started on September 25 at the Trace Aquatics Centre in Los Baños, Laguna. Four titles are being disputed for the UAAP Swimming: one for the men's division, one for the women's division, one for the boys' division, and one for the girls' division[16]

Men's tournament

Host team in boldface. Final.

Team Medals Points
Total
 UST 223
 La Salle 211
 UP 3 6 2 11 176
 Ateneo 1 7 7 15
 UE

Team Captain UST Swimming Team: Januario Divino Muriel Nazareno

Awardees

  • Most Valuable Player: Timothy Vincent Yap (La Salle)
  • Rookie of the Year: Ernest Lorenzo Dee (La Salle)

Women's tournament

Host team in boldface. Final.

Team Medals Points
Total
 Ateneo 9 6 10 25 216
 UP 213
 UST 172
 La Salle
 UE

Awardees

  • Most Valuable Player: Luica Gaudes Dacanay (UP)
  • Rookie of the Year: Jackie Junio (UP)

Boys' tournament

Host team in boldface. Final.

Team Medals Points
Total
 Ateneo 15 13 10 38 385
 UST
 La Salle
 UPIS
 UE

Awardees

  • Most Valuable Player: Gian Daniel Berino (UST)
  • Rookie of the Year: Gabe Castelo (Ateneo)

Girls' tournament

Host team in boldface. Final.

Team Medals Points
Total
 UST 260
 UE
 UPIS
 DLSZ

Awardees

  • Most Valuable Player: Sabrina Ingrid Ilustre (UE)
  • Rookie of the Year: Maria Kristina Bartolome (UST)

Cheerdance

The 2008 Cheerdance Competition was held on September 7, 2008 at the Araneta Coliseum, Araneta Center, Cubao, Quezon City.

The Cheerdance Competition is not counted on the tabulation of the Overall Championship.

The UP Pep Squad won first place with UST and FEU winning 2nd and 3rd respectively.

This year, the pep squads performed before a record-holding attendance of 23,443 students, alumni and fans.

The host team is in bold.

Rank Pep squad Score
1st UP Pep Squad
Stunner awardee: Frances Fleta
93.30
2nd UST Salinggawi Dance Troupe 85.27
3rd FEU Cheering Squad 83.96
4th Ateneo Blue Babble Battalion 83.81
5th Adamson Pep Squad 81.04
6th UE Cheering Squad 72.89
7th DLSU Pep Squad 70.07
8th NU Pep Squad 68.36

Championship Summary

Seniors Division championships

Rank MEN'S
1st ADMU UST UST UST FEU UST DLSU UE FEU UST UST ADMU AdU UP
2nd DLSU UP FEU DLSU UST FEU UST UST UST UE ADMU DLSU UP FEU
3rd FEU DLSU AdU UP AdU UP UP DLSU ADMU UP FEU UST ADMU DLSU
4th UE AdMU DLSU
& UP
ADMU DLSU DLSU ADMU FEU UE FEU UP UP UST UST
5th UST AdU UE UE UE UE UP UP DLSU UE UE
& AdU
NU UE
6th UP FEU NU NU ADMU ADMU DLSU ADMU DLSU DLSU ADMU
7th AdU UE ADMU
& UE
UP NU AdU
8th NU NU ADMU NU
Rank WOMEN'S
1st FEU DLSU FEU ADMU DLSU FEU UST FEU FEU UE UST UP AdU UST
2nd UP FEU UE UP FEU UST DLSU DLSU UST UP FEU UST UST DLSU
3rd UST UST UST UST UST UP ADMU UST UE UST UP DLSU UE FEU
4th AdU AdU AdU DLSU UP DLSU UP UE ADMU ADMU ADMU UE UP ADMU
5th DLSU ADMU NU UE UE ADMU AdU UP FEU DLSU ADMU ADMU UP
6th ADMU UE DLSU ADMU NU UP DLSU DLSU UE AdU DLSU
7th NU UP ADMU NU ADMU
8th UE NU UP NU

Juniors Division championships

Rank BOYS' GIRLS'
1st ADMU UE ADMU AdU UST ADMU UE ADMU ADMU ADMU UST UST
2nd FEU ADMU UST UE UE FEU UST UPIS UE UST UE UE
3rd DLSZ UST DLSZ ADMU ADMU DLSZ ADMU UST UST UE DLSZ UPIS
4th AdU DLSZ UPIS FEU AdU UST UE UE UPIS DLSZ UPIS DLSZ
5th UST NU UE NU UPIS FEU FEU
6th UE UPIS UST NU DLSZ DLSZ
7th NU DLSZ DLSZ
8th UPIS

Overall Championship race

The host school is boldfaced. Standings at end of the 71st Season of the UAAP. [17][18]

Juniors' Division

Rank School Points
1st  UST 99
2nd  UE 92
3rd  Ateneo 87
4th  DLSZ 60
5th  UPIS 57
6th  Adamson 39
7th  FEU-FERN 28
8th  NU 16
Note: Excludes demonstration sports Football and Fencing.

Seniors' Division

Rank School Points
1st  UST 333
2nd  La Salle 241
3rd  UP 235
4th  FEU 233
5th  Ateneo 199
6th  UE 170
7th  Adamson 99
8th  NU 35

Individual awards

References

See also