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REELING from a shocking loss to the De La Salle Tennisters, the twice-to-beat University of Santo Tomas Tennisters finally got it done and won their second-straight UAAP title via a 2-1 win last February 9 at the Rizal Tennis Courts in Pasig.

Last February 2, UST enjoyed a huge psychological advantage over their Taft-based counterparts, defeating the De La Salle Tennisters twice during the eliminations.

THE UST Lady Booters continued their amazing season last February 9 as they routed the UP Lady Maroons, 2-0, at the Ateneo Football Field to march into the UAAP Women’s Football finals.

Forward Joyce Landagan put UST into the driver’s seat 17 minutes into the game when she stole the ball midway the field and dribbled towards the goal before drilling it to catch UP’s goal keeper flat-footed.

Fast-rising striker Julie Ann Gerona went for an unguarded goal to bag the game for UST.

THE UST Lady Batters failed to sustain a fiery run in the first inning as they suffered a 4-2 loss last January 29 at UST, handing this year’s UAAP Softball crown to UE Amazons, which completed an amazing 10-0 sweep of the elimination round.

BACKED by three gold medals in the men’s division, the College of Architecture (CA) judo squad won the overall championship of the 1ST Thomasian Goodwill Games recently at the UST Gymnasium.

The Ateliers won the crown with a 58-point tally, ten points better than eventual second-placer College of Commerce. Commerce actually finished with the same point total as the Faculty of Arts and Letters, but the former was deemed the runner-up due to its greater number of gold medals.

CONTRASTING fates struck the UST Shuttlecockers as a monumental collapse by the men’s number one singles player dashed the team’s hopes of a higher ranking this season while the Female Shuttlecockers rose above expectations. Both teams finished third in the UAAP Badminton Tournament from January 24 to February 8 at the Rizal Badminton Hall.

BOASTING of a line-up that looks more like a national training pool roster, the University of Santo Tomas jins made quick work of the opposition to win the UAAP men’s taekwondo title last Jan. 25 and 29 at the University of the Philippines-College of Human Kinetics (UP-CHK) in Diliman.

THE UST High School (HS) Cheering Team left the entire gymnasium slack-jawed as they ripped the title from two-time champion Faculty of Arts and Letters (Artlets) during the Cheermania 2003 last January 31.

The HS team led the competition with a total average of 88.7 per cent, winning the judges’ favor with their perky movements and solid pyramid stunts. Placing second was the Artlets team with an average score of 88.2, while the College of Education placed third with a total of 76 percent.

IF the pre-season tournament is any indication of what lies ahead for the Tiger Spikers, then the Thomasian community can look forward to a bright season.

In an attempt to erase the bitter memory of their early exit in the UAAP last season, the UST Spikers nailed a third place finish in the Inter-Collegiate Tournament last March 28-April 5 in Iloilo City.

The Tiger Spikers finished a dismal fifth place, their worst finish in the last two decades, in the UAAP last season.

UNIVERSITIES Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) coaches now have the luxury of having bigger 14-man rotation during games.

This was the latest rule change, which will take effect in the upcoming 67th UAAPseason.

The original proposal was to allow each team to submit 16-man rosters that can all play. But it was narrowed down to 14. In the previous seasons, the league allowed teams to have 16 players in their lineup but only 12 could play.

DISPLAYING deadly form, the UST Tiger Cubs are now toting a 5-1 card after drubbing the University of the East (UE) Pages, 84-72, and the National University (NU) Bullpups, 63-58, in the ongoing Fr. Martin’s Cup.