Tag: 2014

NUMBERS don’t lie.

What went wrong with the UST Growling Tigers this season boiled down to inconsistency and shaky offense, as shown by data from Imperium, UAAP’s official statistics company.

In half of their 14 games, the Growling Tigers performed poorly in the first three quarters before getting their rhythm in the final period. They had four games where they collapsed in the end after an aggressive start.

The Tigers also slumped in offense as they only made a total of 309 field goals to rank seventh in the league. They also placed sixth in field goal percentage, shooting only an average of 35.7 percent.

THE UST Junior Golden Tigresses lost their title after succumbing to a determined National University side, 21-25, 26-28, 28-26, 12-25, in Game 2 of the UAAP Season 77 girls' volleyball tournament at the Adamson Gym last Oct. 2.

The Lady Bullpups clinched their first UAAP girls’ volleyball title.

Down two sets to none, the Golden Tigresses uncorked a quick 5-0 run to gain the lead late in the third set, 20-18.

Czarina Cudias then sealed a tight frame with a service ace to keep UST’s title hopes alive, 28-26.

But the Tigresses couldn’t stop a rampaging NU side as the Lady Bullpups cracked the fourth set with a commanding 11-point lead, 8-19, after Caitlyn Viray unleashed five aces.

THE UST Tigersharks clinched the third spot while the Female Tigersharks returned from a year of hiatus to bag fourth during the UAAP Season 77 swimming competitions at the Rizal Memorial Stadium last Oct. 2 to 5.

After placing fourth for the last two seasons, the Male Tigersharks collected a total of one silver and six bronze medals for 187 points to finish third overall behind Ateneo De Manila University (540 points) and University of the Philippines (325 points).

UST rookie Francis Marquez delivered the lone silver medal for the Tigersharks in the men’s 200-meter backstroke after clocking in at 2:17.14 behind Ateneo’s Gerard Reyes with 2:13.99.

Top Tigress Lore Rivera ended her collegiate career without a title, her squad’s final game against Far Eastern University (FEU) still haunting her.

With the Lady Tamaraws ahead only by a point, the former national team standout recalled how confident she was that she can execute the game-winning play designed for her.

“I told myself, ‘I can do it.’ I knew I can make the basket and the game was still ours,” she recalled.

But Rivera couldn’t deliver despite 3.8 seconds still left in the game as the Tigresses missed a chance to meet defending champion De La Salle University for a shot at the title.

Rivera, 21, recalled weeping afterward, realizing she was ending her stint with UST without a title.

THIS is not our year.

The UST Growling Tigers failed to end their forgettable season on a high note after a 73-78 loss to the University of the East Red Warriors in the UAAP Season 77 men’s basketball tournament at the Smart Araneta Coliseum last Sept. 16.

Graduating team captain Aljon Mariano went all out in his last UAAP game with the Tigers after finishing with a game-high 18 points despite their elimination in the Final Four race by a loss to De La Salle University two games back.

With less than two minutes left in the payoff period, the Growling Tigers trimmed a 12-point deficit to six, 69-75, after Karim Abdul scored four straight points.

SUPER rookies Rica Jane Rivera and Cherry Ann Rondina capped their maiden season by capturing the UAAP women’s beach volleyball crown.

But the Tiger Spikers suffered another heartbreaking defeat at the hands of National University in Game 3 of the men’s beach volleyball tournament at the University of the East-Caloocan sand court last Sept. 7.

The Lady Spikers won their second title in three years after sweeping De La Salle University in the rubber match, 21-15, 21-11.

Rivera and Rondina bucked a slow start and got their game going in the second set when they posted several 10-point leads on their way to an easy Game 3 win.

THE UST Growling Tigresses finished at fourth place after faltering anew in the fourth quarter with a 61-62 defeat against the Far Eastern University in the UAAP Season 77 women’s basketball stepladder semifinals at the Mall of Asia Arena last Sept. 21.

With less than a minute remaining in regulation, the Tigresses squandered several possessions that resulted in a resounding 13-2 FEU surge, capped with a Claire Castro layup to snatch the lead from UST, 60-61.

Lore Rivera managed to tie things up again at 61-all after a split from the stripe with 20 seconds remaining, but Lady Tamaraw Lorraine Ventura pushed her squad back on top with a split of her own, 61-62.

ONE MORE for the dream.

Two-time Palarong Pambansa badminton doubles’ champion Anna Patricia Barredo will have to wait another season to fulfill her dream of leading the UST Female Shuttlers to the UAAP title.

Barredo, the top women’s badminton player of UST for four years now, failed to tow her squad to the Final Four. The Female Shuttlers lost to Far Eastern University in a playoff and settled for fifth place.

Barredo, the former top-ranked Philippine mixed doubles player, was the lone bright spot for the Female Shuttlers this season after winning 12 games, sweeping all her singles matches and winning five out of seven of her doubles games.

MULING nakalusot ang UST Growling Tigers mula sa mainit na opensa ng Adamson University, 61-59, sa pagbubukas ng second round ng UAAP men’s basketball tournament sa Smart-Araneta Coliseum noong Agosto 16.

Gaya ng kanilang unang paghaharap noong Hulyo 26, pinahirapan ng epektibong shooting ng Soaring Falcons ang UST sa second half.

Gayunpaman, nakabangon ang Tigers sa pangunguna nina Louie Vigil, Ed Daquioag, Aljon Mariano at John Sheriff upang masungkit ang panalo.

Pumukol ng isang go-ahead jumpshot si Vigil sa huling 1:51 ng laban upang bigyan ng 60-59 na kalamangan ang UST.