HALFWAY through the season, UST is clinging on a two-point lead over De La Salle University for the UAAP general championship.
UST has a total of 155 points in large part because of championships men’s taekwondo, women’s judo and poomsae.
But UST sports officials are not celebrating early, knowing a lot can still happen in the second semester.
UST took home silver medals in men’s basketball, men’s judo, men’s table tennis, men’s beach volleyball and women’s taekwondo, and grabbed bronze in women’s table tennis.
The Tiger Jins and the Female Judokas muscled their way into two consecutive championships while the UST poomsae squad redeemed themselves from last year’s third-place finishing on top podium this season.
The Male Judokas failed to defend their crown after winning only one gold this year, while the Lady Jins fell short as the University of the East took home the title fter a perfect campaign.
For the third straight season, the Tiger Spikers settled for silver while the Growling Tigers lost in the finals against the FEU Tamaraws.
The Tiger and Lady Paddlers had a better season this year as they improved from their third and fourth place Season 77 finishes to third and second place, respectively, this year.
La Salle is trailing UST with 153 points in the race for the overall title. It ruled the table tennis and women’s beach volleyball tournaments but failed to enter the men’s basketball semifinals for the first time since 2011.
Ateneo de Manila University is at third place with 140 markers. It bagged championships in swimming, men’s judo and beach volleyball.
Season host and women’s badminton champions University of the Philippines came in at fourth place with 115 points, followed by men’s basketball titlist Far Eastern University with 90 markers.
Women’s basketball and men’s badminton champions National University, women’s taekwondo titlists University of the East and Adamson University tallied 82, 79 and 37 points, respectively.
The University’s football teams are expected to have a better season after registering their worst finishes in UAAP history.
UST has the record for the most number of general championships after topping 40 out of 67 seasons since the award was first given in Season 10.
