Tag: June 20
Making the right moves
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.
Lady booters third in Chris Monfort Cup
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.
Tigresses prepare to pounce
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).
From fraternity to glamour league
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.
Tennisters thrash DLSU in National Interschool Open
IN ANOTHER display of collegiate tennis brilliance, UAAP Lawn Tennis Champion University of Santo Tomas pounded the De La Salle University Tennisters, 4-0, to take the Interschool tournament title at the National Open Tennis Championship, held in Subic from April 27 to May 11.
In the first singles match, UST’s Francis Venzon defeated De La Salle’s Paolo Olbes, 8-4.
In doubles, Venzon teamed up with Art Thomas Calingasan to turn back Olbes and Johann Guba, 8-6.
