UST was awarded the UAAP Season 84 general championship for the fifth-straight time on Tuesday, making the school a 45-time general champion in the seniors division.
UST concluded Season 84 with a haul of four golds and two silvers for 84 points.
After National University’s (NU) win in the women’s volleyball title against La Salle, they finished in second with 81 points. DLSU is a lock for third place with 76 points.
UST won gold medals in the poomsae, 3×3 basketball, men’s chess and men’s beach volleyball events.
The UAAP point system gives 15 points to an event’s champion team, 12 to the second placer and 10 to the third placer.
The fourth to eighth placers are given 8, 6, 4, 2 and 1 points, respectively.
The UST Jins gave UST its first gold medal of Season 84 as they reclaimed their UAAP poomsae title on May 31.
The UST Tiger Sands clinched their third-straight men’s beach volleyball gold medal on June 5.
The UST Growling Tigers ended their Season 84 campaign at a dismal seventh place in the men’s basketball tourney but found redemption as they clinched the the 3×3 basketball title.
UST’s final gold medal was won by the Male Woodpushers, who ended their nine-year title drought on June 15.
The UST Growling Tigresses bagged silver in the women’s 3×3 event.
The UST Golden Tigresses finished at fourth place in the women’s volleyball tournament after falling off the UAAP stepladder semifinals early.
The UST Salinggawi Dance Troupe also placed fourth in the UAAP Cheerdance Competition held on May 22.
Season 84, the first UAAP season since 2020, was limited to the following events: basketball, 3×3 basketball, beach volleyball, chess, poomsae, cheerdance (which are not part of the computations) and volleyball.
