Tag: June 10, 2012

The UST Growling Tigers dropped out of the Filoil Flying V Preseason Cup following a 68-77 loss to the National University in their semi-finals game at the Arena in San Juan last June 6.

Aljon Mariano topscored for UST with 16 points and six rebounds, while teammates Jeric Fortuna and Karim Abdul finished with 12 markers apiece.

“We played a good game, but we had too many turnovers plus a bad rotation on defense,” Fortuna said.

Mariano singlehandedly led the Tigers in the last frame, but UAAP Season 75 Most Valuable Player Bobby Ray Parks and Emmanuel Mbe teamed up to hold off UST and pull away for good. Things turned from bad to worse for UST when Abdul fouled out with 4:33 minutes left.

SPORTS officials have tapped two former national team standouts to call the shots for the troubled table tennis teams, a month after they were deactivated due to a conflict between players and their head coach.

Former Tiger Paddler Lorinda Wadjad and San Beda College alumnus Joseph Cruz will now coach the women’s and men’s squads, respectively, in the coming UAAP season.

“We were looking for a former player and coach Wadjad was actually the one recommended by most of the people I talked to,” Institute of Physical Education and Athletics (IPEA) director Fr. Ermito de Sagon, O.P. said.

Wadjad then suggested Cruz, her former teammate in the Philippine team, to UST officials, De Sagon said.

TWO THOMASIAN jins contributed to the Philippines’ medal tally in the 2012 Asian Taekwondo Championships at the Phu Tho Stadium in Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam from May 4 to 11.

Physics sophomore Marvin Gabriel received a gold medal in the poomsae (forms) men’s team under-29 category, while Tiger Jin veteran Christian Al de la Cruz earned a bronze in the kyorugi (sparring) senior’s men welterweight division. The national team finished with 1-2-3 gold-silver-bronze medal haul.

Gabriel, along with teammates Jean Sabido and Galilee Tinaya, bested competitors from 16 other countries.

WITH just over a month left before the UAAP hostilities begin, Thomasian athletes, including the Salinggawi Dance Troupe (SDT), reaped awards in the POC-PSC Philippine National Games.

UST fencers placed third in the group division of the men’s and women’s foil, and men’s and women’s saber at the Philsports Arena Fencing Hall in Pasig last May 25.

Foil head coach Emerson Segui was the lone medal winner for UST in the singles event, taking home a silver in the men’s foil tournament.

“I expected more from the team since they played well during the past UAAP season. But these games can really prepare them for season 75,” Segui said. “I did not play during the group stages to let the players play on their own.”

SADDLED by terrible offensive and defensive plays, the UST Tiger Cubs bowed out of contention in the Filoil Flying V Preseason Hanes Cup after falling prey to San Beda College, 60-80, at the Arena in San Juan last May 28.

The Tiger Cubs solely banked on Nicko Bahia, who fired 20 points on top of four rebounds. UST ended its campaign with a 2-3 win-loss slate.

Arvin Tolentino, Jess Diputado, and Ranbill Tongco combined for 35 points to keep San Beda undefeated in four games.

“Our team (UST) lacks big men and those who were expected to step up did not do well,” coach Allan Ascue said.

Down by as much as 19 points in the last frame, UST found a bit of relief from Paolo Corre, who scored on a lay-up and sank two free throws.

THE UST Shuttlers took an early exit in the initial rounds of the 5th Philippine National Open-Ming Ramos Youth Cup Badminton Championships at the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex Badminton Hall from May 14 to 18.

Male Shuttler Benjude Cajefe trounced Gilbert Ignacio of the Philippine Polytechnic University in his first game, 21-10, 21-11, but lost steam in his match against Far Eastern University’s (FEU) Vincent Fabro on the second day.

Former Tiger Kevin Dalisay scored back-to-back victories in the men’s singles division against Escoses Training Camp’s Kingsley Go, 21-6, 21-12, and Under-19 neophyte Ray Chan, 21-6, 21-4. Dalisay fell short against an experienced Paul Vivas of the University of the Philippines in the third round, 16-21, 13-21.

BY NOW, undergraduate classes should have begun without my batchmates and I am no longer a part of college anymore. Our old shoes and uniforms have already been given away to charity or kept in the bodega along with other things set to be lost in oblivion.

Sure enough, some of us might have already expressed how much we miss good old USTe by blogging about it. On the other hand, those who wish to pursue further studies have a different feel on the brand new academic year ahead of them: Anticipation.