Tag: April 8

Despite bagging six titles, UST’s streak of UAAP general championships ended at 14 as De La Salle University claimed its first overall crown since joining the league in 1986.

The Green Archers finished with 293 points with five championships, namely in women’s chess, table tennis, taekwondo, tennis, and women’s volleyball. UST came in second with 278 markers on the strength of championships in men’s and women’s judo, women’s beach volleyball, men’s taekwondo, table tennis, and chess. Ateneo de Manila University settled for third place with 204 points.

Fr. Ermito De Sagon, O.P., director of the UST Institute of Physical Education and Athletics, said the loss should serve as a “wake-up call” for the school.

IT WOULD take more than the extension of residency years to completely eradicate athlete piracy in the UAAP.

But it’s a good start, according to Fr. Ermito de Sagon, O.P., director of the UST Institute of Physical Education and Athletics, who also pointed to monetary incentives that prompt athletes to move from one school to another.

“[The proposed UAAP rule] is not sufficient,” De Sagon said. “If we see that it’s not working then we have to implore other ways of curtailing piracy.”

“With the two years [of residency], I don’t think other schools would be paying for athletes who will not be playing for the two years…it is just a starting point of the problem, but we hope the rule can be still improved later,” he added.

IS THE subpar performance of the UST Lady Spikers this season a temporary setback or a lasting downfall?

The UAAP Season 75 women’s volleyball tournament marked the third straight championship for De La Salle University (DLSU). But it would also be remembered as the year when UST failed to barge into the Final Four for the first time in 10 years.

Even coach Odjie Mamon gave the team a score of five in a scale of 1 to 10 for their dismal performance. The España-based volleybelles finished fifth with a dismal 8-6 win-loss tally.

“The team was well-prepared but their full potential was not met,” Mamon said. “Those whom we expected to perform did not do well.”

THE FACULTY of Engineering bagged its second title in the Thomasian Goodwill Games men’s football tournament after trouncing the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, 2-0, at the UST Football field last Feb. 28.

With a minute left at the second half, Engineering rookie Viance Villanueva delivered a sharp long kick from the left flank as his squad scored its second goal and picked up its second title since 2010.

“All our players really played well in all our games, even though the players tended to be inconsistent sometimes. They see to it that they could back up everytime they fall down,” Engineering coach John Reginald Caballero said.

THE UST Salinggawi Dance Troupe (SDT) failed anew to enter the top three in the third UAAP Streetdance Competition held at the Skydome last March 23.

UP Street Dance Club dethroned two-time champions La Salle Dance Company-Street, which settled for a runner-up finish, while Adamson University CAST placed third.

“We really came up short this year because we allotted only three weeks of practice for this event,” said SDT coach Joe Abuda.

“I believe that the Salinggawi is a great dance group. The talent and passion is there and the whole Thomasian community is very supportive to us,” he added.

The competition was judged based on performance (60%) and skills (40%) set by the UAAP Streetdance Board of Committee.