Tag: March 24

THE UST Lady Booters’ championship dream turned into a nightmare as they fell, 5-1, at the hands of the De La Salle University Lady Green Booters in the UAAP Women’s Football finals last Feb. 23 at the Ateneo field.

A week after they settled for a scoreless standoff in their last elimination round assignment, the España-based booters came out sluggish and failed to match the green-and-white booters’ intensity.

Rookie of the Year Stephanie Pheasant ignited DLSU’s fiery game with a goal early into the third minute of the game.

UST FENCERS made a repeat performance this year as the women’s and men’s teams delivered silver and bronze performances in UAAP competitions last month at the Philsports Fencing Hall.

UST and UP actually bagged three golds each but the España-based fencers settled for second overall as Diliman had superior ranking in all women’s events.

UST’s three golds came from Jocelyn Naval in the individual Sabre and from the team Epée and team Sabre events. Naval’s feat earned her Rookie of the Year honors.

THOMASIAN athletes bagged bronze medals in the 1st University Karate Cup last March 15 at the De La Salle Sports Complex.

Freshmen Thislie Barruga and Juby Bernadette Ruiz, who represented the UST Athletic Karate Alliance (USTAKA), both took third place in the women’s divisions of the Individual Kata (Forms) and the Kumite (Sparring) events, respectively.

AS EXPECTED, the University of Santo Tomas got the much-needed boost from its second semester varsity teams en route to winning its 30th University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) General Championship.

After trailing De La Salle University by ten points at the end of the first half, 123-113, UST made a killing in the second half of the season as it took the crown in four events, placed second in five events, while settling for third in another four events.

THE EUPHORIA of their queen-size upset over the defending champions University of the East in the semifinals did not last long.

The UST Lady Batters’ amazing run came to an unexpected end as they were swept by the Adamson University Lady Falcons in the best-of-three finals of the UAAP softball.

In game one of the championship, the Lady Falcons rode on Loverly Parohinog’s homer in the early goings en route to a 3-0 shutout of the Lady Batters last Feb. 14 at the UST diamond.

DESPITE going 2-1 in their last three games, the UST Growling Booters still finished the UAAP football season with a losing record for the second straight year.

Needing a victory to have a lock on third place, the Growling Booters closed out their campaign with a bitter 1-0 loss to the Far Eastern University Tamaraw Booters last Feb. 22 at the Ateneo field.

Roy Clores played the assassin’s role as he scored the lone goal of the tightly fought match in the 55th minute.

DESPITE a depleted line-up, the UST Fencers had another silver and bronze showing for the third straight year.

The Sabres saved the men’s team from a medal shutout as they plucked silvers in both the team and individual events. The two silvers were enough to make UST remain in the top three of the men’s competitions.

WITH HALF of the team playing in the pressure-packed finals for the first time, the UST Golden Sox’s could not overcome its inexperience.

The Golden Sox sputtered against the grizzled veterans of the University of the Philippines as they surrendered the title in two games of the best-of-three UAAP baseball finals at the Rizal Memorial Baseball Stadium.

WOUNDED in the initial round of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP), the UST Growling Tigers as expected roared back in the second round to win its 31st General Championship, making University of the Philippines and De La Salle University eat their dust with a commanding and unreachable 28-point advantage.