UAAP Season 77 volleyball tournaments

UAAP Season 77 Volleyball

Host school	University of the East
Men's Finals 1 2 Wins  Ateneo Blue Eagles 3 3 2  NU Bulldogs 1 1 0
Duration	March 4–7, 2015
Arena(s)	Mall of Asia Arena, Smart Araneta Coliseum
Finals MVP	Esmilzo Joner Polvorosa
Winning coach	Oliver Almadro
Semifinalists	UST Growling Tigers  Adamson Falcons
TV network(s)	ABS-CBN, ABS-CBN Sports+Action, The Filipino Channel, Balls, Balls HD
Women's Finals 1 2 Wins  Ateneo Lady Eagles 3 3 2+1  De La Salle Lady Archers 0 0 0
Duration	March 11–14, 2015
Arena(s)	Smart Araneta Coliseum, Mall of Asia Arena
Finals MVP	Rongomaipapa Amy Ahomiro
Winning coach	Anusorn Bundit
Semifinalists	NU Lady Bulldogs  FEU Lady Tamaraws
TV network(s)	ABS-CBN, ABS-CBN Sports+Action, The Filipino Channel, Balls, Balls HD

The UAAP Season 77 seniors' division volleyball tournament started on November 22, 2014 at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City, Metro Manila. Opening-day games were the women's teams of UE vs UST at 2 PM and Ateneo vs NU at 4 PM. The tournament main venue was the Filoil Flying V Arena in San Juan City while selected games will be played at the Smart Araneta Coliseum in Cubao, Quezon City, and the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City.

The UAAP Season 77 high school volleyball tournament started on July 26, 2014. The tournament venue was the Adamson University Gym in San Marcelino St., Ermita, Manila. The number of participating schools in the boys' and girls' tournaments both increased to seven. Far Eastern University fielded boys' and girls' volleyball teams this season. Since there are now seven participating schools, the tournaments will have a Final Four format.

Men's tournament

Elimination round

Match-up results

Teams	Round 1							Round 2
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
ADU
ADMU
DLSU
FEU
NU
UE
UP
UST

Win

Loss

Game results

Results to the right and top of the black cells are first round games, those to the left and below are second round games.

Team	AdU	ADMU	DLSU	FEU	NU	UE	UP	UST
Adamson		3–1	3–2	3–0	0–3	3–0	3–1	3–1
Ateneo	3–0		3–0	3–0	3–2	3–1	3–2	0–3
La Salle	0–3	0–3		2–3	0–3	3–0	2–3	0–3
FEU	3–1	1–3	3–2		1–3	3–2	1–3	1–3
NU	3–1	1–3	0–3	3–0		3–0	3–0	3–2
UE	0–3	0–3	1–3	1–3	0–3		2–3	0–3
UP	1–3	0–3	2–3	2–3	2–3	3–2		0–3
UST	1–3	3–2	3–1	3–0	3–0	3–0	3–0

  Win
  Loss

Bracket

	Semifinals #1 & #2 have twice-to-beat advantage						Finals Best-of-three series
	1	Ateneo	3
	4	Adamson	1
							1	Ateneo		3	3
							3	NU		1	1
	2	UST	1	0
	3	NU	3	3

Semifinals

Ateneo vs Adamson

February 25 02:00 PM (UTC+08:00)	Ateneo Blue Eagles	3–1	Adamson Falcons	Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
	25 25 26 25 101	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Total	16 12 28 20 76
	Ateneo advances to the Finals

UST vs NU

February 25 10:00 AM (UTC+08:00)	UST Growling Tigers	1–3	NU Bulldogs	Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
	24 26 25 21 96	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Total	26 28 23 25 102

February 28 02:00 PM (UTC+08:00)	UST Growling Tigers	0–3	NU Bulldogs	Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
	18 23 23 64	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Total	25 25 25 75
	NU advances to the Finals

Finals

March 4 02:00 PM (UTC+08:00)	Ateneo Blue Eagles	3–1	NU Bulldogs	Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
	25 30 20 25 100	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Total	19 28 25 22 94

March 7 02:00 PM (UTC+08:00)	Ateneo Blue Eagles	3–1	NU Bulldogs	Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay City
	23 25 25 25 98	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Total	25 23 23 15 86
	Ateneo wins series 2–0

Awards

UAAP Season 77 Men's Volleyball Champions
Ateneo Blue Eagles First title

• Most Valuable Player (Season): Marck Jesus Espejo (Ateneo de Manila University)
• Most Valuable Player (Finals): Esmilzo Joner Polvorosa (Ateneo de Manila University)
• Rookie of the Year: Edward Camposano (University of the East)
• Best Scorer: Mark Gil Alfafara (University of Santo Tomas)
• Best Attacker: Marck Jesus Espejo (Ateneo de Manila University)
• Best Blocker: Peter Den Mar Torres (National University)
• Best Setter: Esmilzo Joner Polvorosa (Ateneo de Manila University)
• Best Digger: Rence Melgar (Adamson University)
• Best Receiver: Rence Melgar (Adamson University)
• Best Server: Vincent Mangulabnan (National University)

Women's tournament

Elimination round

Match-up results

Teams	Round 1							Round 2
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
AdU
ADMU
DLSU
FEU
NU
UE
UP
UST

Win

Loss

Game results

Results to the right and top of the black cells are first round games, those to the left and below are second round games.

Team	AdU	ADMU	DLSU	FEU	NU	UE	UP	UST
Adamson		0–3	1–3	3–0	1–3	3–0	1–3	3–1
Ateneo	3–2		3–2	3–0	3–0	3–0	3–2	3–0
La Salle	3–0	1–3		3–1	3–0	3–0	3–0	3–0
FEU	3–0	0–3	1–3		3–0	3–0	3–0	1–3
NU	3–1	0–3	1–3	3–0		3–0	3–2	3–2
UE	0–3	0–3	0–3	1–3	0–3		0–3	0–3
UP	2–3	0–3	1–3	1–3	0–3	3–0		3–1
UST	3–1	0–3	0–3	3–0	3–0	3–0	2–3

  Win
  Loss

Bracket

	4th–seed playoff One–game playoff				First round One–game playoff					Semifinals No. 2 seed has twice-to-beat advantage						Finals No. 1 seed has to win twice; opponent thrice
																1	Ateneo		3	3
										2	La Salle	0	3			2	La Salle		0	0
					3	NU	3			3	NU	3	1
	UST	2			4	FEU	1
	FEU	3

Fourth–seed playoff

February 25 04:00 PM (UTC+08:00)	UST Tigresses	2–3	FEU Lady Tamaraws	Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
	21 15 25 25 6 92	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total	25 25 20 16 15 101
	FEU advances to the first round

First round

February 28 04:00 PM (UTC+08:00)	NU Lady Bulldogs	3–1	FEU Lady Tamaraws	Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
	25 25 25 25 100	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Total	13 17 27 23 80
	NU advances to the semifinals

Semifinals

La Salle has the twice-to-beat advantage.

March 4 04:00 PM (UTC+08:00)	De La Salle Lady Archers	0–3	NU Lady Bulldogs	Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
	20 20 19 59	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Total	25 25 25 75

March 7 04:00 PM (UTC+08:00)	De La Salle Lady Archers	3–1	NU Lady Bulldogs	Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
	26 21 25 25 97	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Total	24 25 18 21 88
	La Salle advances to the Finals

Finals

Elimination round games:

• January 11: Ateneo (3-2) La Salle at the Mall of Asia Arena (25-22, 25-27, 16-25, 25-14, 15-9)
• February 18: Ateneo (3-1) La Salle at the Mall of Asia Arena (25-20, 21-25, 25-23, 27-25)

Ateneo has the thrice-to-beat advantage after sweeping the elimination round.

March 11 03:00 PM (UTC+08:00)	Ateneo Lady Eagles	3 – 0	De La Salle Lady Archers	Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Attendance: 18,363
	25 25 25 75	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Total	18 19 19 56

March 14 03:00 PM (UTC+08:00)	Ateneo Lady Eagles	3 – 0	De La Salle Lady Archers	Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay Attendance: 20,705
	25 25 25 75	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Total	22 17 23 62
	Ateneo wins series 3-0 [1]

Awards

UAAP Season 77 Women's Volleyball Champions
Ateneo Lady Eagles Second title, Second consecutive title

• Most Valuable Player (Season): Alyssa Valdez (Ateneo de Manila University)
• Most Valuable Player (Finals): Rongomaipapa Amy Ahomiro (Ateneo de Manila University)
• Rookie of the Year: Kathleen Faith Arado (University of the East) and Ennajie Laure (University of Santo Tomas)
• Best Scorer: Alyssa Valdez (Ateneo de Manila University)
• Best Attacker: Alyja Daphne Santiago (National University)
• Best Blocker: Marivic Velaine Meneses (University of Santo Tomas)
• Best Server: Alyssa Valdez (Ateneo de Manila University)
• Best Setter: Julia Melissa Morado (Ateneo de Manila University)
• Best Receiver: Dennise Michelle Lazaro (Ateneo de Manila University)
• Best Digger: Christine Agno (Far Eastern University)

Boys' tournament

Elimination round

Bracket

	Semifinals One-game playoff					Semifinals No. 2 seed has twice-to-beat advantage						Finals No. 1 seed has to win twice; opponent thrice
												1	UE		3	3
						2	NU	1	0			3	Ateneo		2	2
	3	Ateneo	3			3	Ateneo	3	3
	4	UST	0

Awards

UAAP Season 77 Boys' Volleyball Champions
UE Junior Warriors 14th title, 11th consecutive title

• Most Valuable Player: Ron Adrian Medalla (University of the East)
• Rookie of the Year: Raymart Reyes (National University)
• Best Attacker: Joshua Umandal (University of the East)
• Best Blocker: Gian Carlo Glorioso (Ateneo de Manila University)
• Best Server: Sebastian Enrique Cuerva (Ateneo de Manila University)
• Best Setter: Adrian Rafael Imperial (University of the East)
• Best Receiver: Dazyl June Cayamso (National University)
• Best Libero: Ralph Ryan Imperial (University of the East)

Girls' tournament

Elimination round

Bracket

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

Awards

UAAP Season 77 Girls' Volleyball Champions
NU Lady Bullpups First title

• Most Valuable Player: Faith Janine Shirley Nisperos (National University)
• Rookie of the Year: Rachelle Anne Fabro (Far Eastern University)
• Best Attacker: Ejiya Laure (University of Santo Tomas)
• Best Blocker: Pauline Marie Monique Gaston (University of Santo Tomas)
• Best Server: Jennifer Nierva (National University)
• Best Setter: Rica Diolan (National University)
• Best Receiver: Mildred Dizon (De La Salle University)
• Best Libero: Kristine Magallanes (National University)

Overall Championship points

In case of a tie, the team with the higher position in any tournament is ranked higher. If both are still tied, they are listed by alphabetical order.

How rankings are determined:

• Ranks 5th to 8th determined by elimination round standings.
• Loser of the #1 vs #4 semifinal match-up is ranked 4th
• Loser of the #2 vs #3 semifinal match-up is ranked 3rd
• Loser of the finals is ranked 2nd
• Champion is ranked 1st

See also

• UAAP Season 77

References

Preceded by Season 76 (2013–14)	UAAP volleyball tournaments Season 77 (2014–15)	Succeeded by Season 78 (2015–16)