Tag: 2002

THE FACULTY of Arts and Letters Booters whipped an undermanned combined team of the Graduate School and the Faculty of Civil Law (GS/CL), 5-0, in the Intercollegiate Football games last Jan. 8 at the UST Field.

With only seven minutes gone in the game, striker Christian Zosa set the tone for the lopsided victory with a goal amid a wild scramble at the penalty area.

The two teams exchanged tight defenses in the ensuing plays as the Artlets ended the first half with a 1-0 lead.

FOR THE fourth consecutive year, UST won again the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) general championship its 18th in 21 years.

Overall, UST has won 29 general championships out of the 64 years of the UAAP, making it the most dominant presence in collegiate sports in the country.

HIGHLIGHTING the maiden week-long celebration of the Institute of Physical Education and Athletics (IPEA), the UST Fencing Team held the University banner sky-high above other schools in the first-ever Tiger Cup Fencing Tournament last Mar. 5 at the Engineering Complex.

Dominating the competition of amateur fencers from different schools and universities around Metro Manila, the Thomasian fencers garnered a whopping six gold medals tally, six silvers and four bronzes.

LOCAL celebrities teamed up with four of the country’s best tennis players and slugged it out with the recently-crowned UAAP champions, the UST Tennisters, during the third leg of the first-ever 96.3 WRock University Challenge last Mar. 8 at the UST Tennis Courts.

The Rock n’ Roll All Star Team, composed of actors Mandy Ochoa, Miguel Vera, brothers Kier and Zoren Legazpi and RP team tennis players Johnny Arcilla, Adelo Abadia, Jun-Jun Toledo and Joseph Victorino got the better of the UST team, 5-2.

CAPPING off another sterling run en route to its 29th UAAP General Championship, the University recognized the heroes behind the glory through the Athletic Commencement and Awards Day at the UST Gym Annex last March 16.

Key championships

SMASHING the record books anew with another impressive performance in the Women’s High Jump, South East Asian (SEA) Games silver medalist Narcisa Atienza led the way to another successful Milo National Open Track and Field Championship campaign for UST with a two gold-medal finish last May 1 to 4 at the Rizal Memorial Field.

Atienza bested her own previous 1.74 record after easily dominating her feeble opposition to put up a new record of 1.75m for the gold.

AFTER a strong second-place finish last year in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines chess competition, the UST Male Woodpushers are bent on improving their performance this season despite the absence of ace player Roland Salvador.

Salvador, who was absent last year, will again be missed this season because of his training in the Philippine Navy.

FRESH from their title conquest of the Kick Sand Beach Football Open last April in Subic, the UST Lady Booters shone anew with a second runner-up finish in the Chris Monfort Memorial Cup at the Ateneo de Manila University football grounds last June 9.

WITH THE nucleus of “three-peat” champion De La Salle University Lady Archers gone, the UST Growling Tigresses now have a solid chance of reganing the UAAP women’s basketball title they last won in 1995.

The Taft-based lady dribblers, who carved a perfect 12-0 record last year, has become vulnerable this year with the departure of top scorer Roussel Ocampo. A product of the UST High School, Ocampo led the Lady Archers to the 2001 championship, posting league-best numbers of 19.2 points per game (ppg) and 3.33 steals per game (spg).

SCHOOL spirits will peak once again as the country’s premiere collegiate sporting event, the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP), will kick off its 65th season next month. Throngs of students and die-hard alumni from the eight member-universities will troop to the Araneta Coliseum to witness the colorful opening festivities highlighted by an opening game of the men’s basketball tournament.