Tag: No. 12

FOR COACH Jojo Arce, defying the odds has become the trademark of the UST Judo teams.

But this time, the multi-titled mentor is convinced that grappling with the inevitable task of personnel overhaul during the off-season to replace his stalwarts is just one of the many challenges in the UAAP next season.

EVEN as the Philippine Taekwondo Association slapped UST lady jin Esther Singson with a three-month for banned substance use, prior to the Southeast Asian Games, the University continued to give solid support to its beleaguered athlete.

The 20-year-old Thomasian had earlier admitted that she had been taking a slimming tea prior to the biennial multi-sports meet. Singson tested positive for diuretics, a banned substance usually found in slimming tea.

A PREDATOR’S debut.

The UST Tiger Cubs made mincemeat of a listless Far Eastern University-B Junior Tamaraws squad, 91-50, to jumpstart its campaign in the 12th Fr. Martin’s Cup 2006 Nike Summer League last April 22 at the Emilio Aguinaldo College gym.

Armed with a relentless half-court trapping defense, the Tiger Cubs virtually sealed the deal as early as the end of the third quarter after posting the biggest lead of the game at 75-40.

HE WAS not the go-to-guy. He did not save games for the Tigers, but on a mundane Black Saturday, he saved two lives at the expense of his.

After rescuing the relatives of girlfriend Thereene Aggabao from electrocution, Growling Tigers guard John Lee Apil, 21, died of severe electric shock and burns last April 15 in a resort in Tuguegarao City, Cagayan.

A GRUELING UAAP season has just been put to wraps, but Thomasian athletes are already gearing up for another battle. This time, they will battle not only for school pride, but for a higher, patriotic cause.

The Southeast Asian Games (SEAG) 2005 Philippine selection committee has invited several Thomasian athletes and coaches to don the national colors in the Manila SEAG in November.

Three top-notch Thomasian jins have been included in the lineup of the national Taekwondo team.

EVEN without top gunner and team captain Aileen Arcigal, the UST Tigresses managed to pull off a decent third-place finish, with a 6-2 card, in the first Smart Gold Cup Women’s Collegiate Basketball Tournament.

Nerissa Noscal filled the vacuum left by Arcigal, who has decided not to play her final year of eligibility for personal reasons.

Noscal, the Tigresses’ new team captain, exploded for a game-high 13 points, including two three-point buckets, in the lopsided match against the University of the East, 61-31, last April 8 at the UST gym.

A CELEBRATION that turned into tragedy. This was the sad story of the UST Badminton team’s trip to the world-famous Boracay Island, as a tragic accident at the beach claimed one of its members.

Arden Pantig, 18, a key player of UST in the doubles event, drowned last April 2 in Boracay.

UST Badminton head coach Noli Cajefe said the accident probably happened while the team was playing patintero near the shore at around 5 p.m.

THE NEXT logical step for International Master Ronald Dableo is finally clinching the grandmaster (GM) title.

The Lady Woodpushers head coach is set to clash with the world’s finest chessers in the US Chess Open on May 15, and is well on his way to snatching the second GM norm. He scored his first in the Asian 3.2a Zonal Championships in Vietnam in 2003. Only after a successful third GM norm can an IM officially earn the GM title.

Dableo said boosting his current ELO rating of 2444 and improving his chance for a GM norm are at stake in the tournament.

FRESH from a spotless UAAP run, the UST Baseball team again displayed top caliber performance by ruling the National Private Schools Athletic Association through a masterful 6-0 win-loss campaign last April 10-16 in Zamboanga city.

The Golden Sox sealed the championship after nipping the cunning Davao Batters in a pulsating 4-3 victory.

UST TABLE Tennis head coach Henberd Ortalla and UAAP Season 67 team captain Harold Baring helped power the Philippine National Police (PNP) men’s team to its first ever title in the seventh University of the Philippines (UP) Chancellors Cup Table Tennis National Open.

Ortalla and Baring, together with PO2 Rodel Valle, led the team to an immaculate 4-0 record. The three went up against Iloilo-Philippine Navy for the title last April 7 at the UP Human Kinetics Gym.