Tag: No. 2

THE UST Tigresses opened their UAAP Season 76 campaign with a 67-45 demolition of the University of the East (UE) at the Blue Eagle Gym in Ateneo de Manila University last July 4.

Co-captains Lore Rivera (21 points and 11 boards) and Maica Cortes (19 markers and 19 rebounds) both delivered double-double performances for the Tigresses, while team captain Marian Mejia contributed 13 points.

With less than five minutes left in the second quarter, Rivera drained a three-pointer to ignite an 11-2 UST run that pushed the lead to 17 to end the first half, 39-22.

The Lady Warriors managed to trim the deficit, 46-33, after the Tigresses committed several turnovers to open the third frame.

THE THOMASIAN contingent is all geared up for the UAAP and the goal, a 40th general championship and UST’s 15th consecutive one. But all that will depend on individual and team performances across all disciplines. Here’s the Varsitarian’s Fearless Forecast:

Basketball

Growling Tigers
Last season: Fourth place
Prediction: Final Four

The Tigers are still a “Final Four-caliber squad,” said one sports scribe.

Jasmine Payo, sports writer for the Philippine Daily Inquirer, said even though the squad got more scoring options with the return of Clark Bautista and Aljon Mariano, “they still lost a key player in Chris Camus.”

UST NOW has an official frisbee team.

The Office for Student Affairs (OSA) has given the go-signal for España United (EU) to represent UST in frisbee tournaments. The squad got the accreditation last month following a “tedious process” that took a year to complete.

EU got the nod despite the presence of other unofficial frisbee clubs on campus. But Tin Garcia, the team captain and president, said part of her squad’s goal was to “unite everyone and help the sport grow.”

The 73-member squad plans to join inter-collegiate tournaments within the next five years and organize frisbee events in UST, said Garcia, who is also a member of the national team. EU is also in the process of forming its coaching staff and acquiring funding from the school.

A THOMASIAN cue artist held his own against some of the best billiards players in the country, finishing eighth in the Skechers 10-ball Cup at the Star Billiards Center in Quezon City last June 15 and 16.

At 17, Rodlin John “RJ” Bautista was the youngest player in the tournament that gathered 63 amateur and professional cue artists. He finished with four wins and one loss.

“It was a big thing for me because my opponents were already professional players and I was the youngest who joined the tournament. I learned a lesson from my loss,” said Bautista, who is a member of the UST billiards team.

TWO UST-LADEN teams missed the finals of the ninth season of Baseball Philippines after dropping their respective do-or-die matches at the Rizal Memorial Stadium last July 1.

The Dumaguete Uni-Bikers yielded to three-time champions Manila Sharks, 10-12, while the Alabang Tigers faltered against the Cebu Dolphins, 9-17.

The Uni-Bikers got the services Golden Sox aces Arvin Plaza, Amber Plaza, and Carlo Conge, while the Tigers paraded Thomasians Arcel Aligno, Gerald Mitra, Harry Galapon, Mario Cerda, and Bernardo Siaotong.

ASSISTANT team captain Jude Emil Fronda of the UST Woodpushers settled for third place in the 20th Shell National Youth Active Chess Championship National Capital Region Leg (Juniors Division) at the SM Megamall Event Center last June 23 to 24.

Fronda finished with seven wins and two losses behind champion Marc Christian Nazario of the University of the Philippines and runner-up Jefferson Mansanero of the National University.

“It was a close fight, and this experience will make me a better player,” said Fronda.

Nazario collected eight points, while Mansanero and Fronda finished with 7.5 and seven points, respectively.

“HRM ka ‘di ba?” and “So, magaling ka magluto?”

These are questions that have been reiterated at me a couple of times over the past few months. So what if I major in Hotel and Restaurant management? It does not mean that just because someone is a student of a certain course, he or she is limited to certain chores.

To be honest, the question that really gets on my nerves more, is the latter.

It is true that the course I am taking covers culinary subjects. But, we do not focus on that in HRM, we also have managerial and accounting subjects—to emphasize the words “hotel and restaurant management.”

UST ATHLETES now have a new home in the state-of-the-art Quadricentennial Pavilion. But not everyone is happy with the P800-million, four-story complex now serving both as a training facility and playing venue for the varsity teams.

Some coaches have complained of what they called “architectural flaws” that purportedly bother training sessions, particularly in judo and badminton.

But others like coach Dindo Simpao of the taekwondo team are nonetheless thankful for the new facility.

“You might hear plenty of complaints about its inadequacies but those things are rubbish. We should be grateful that we have a new usable gym,” Simpao said.

MOMMY Tiger has left the lair.

Felicitas Francisco, one of UST’s longest-serving employees, was honored in a dinner held at the SyCip-Velayo Multi-purpose Hall at the AMV-College of Accountancy last June 22.

Francisco was responsible for the varsity team’s transition from the “Glowing Goldies” to the “Growling Tigers” in 1992, earning her the moniker “Mommy Tiger.”

Besides her contributions in collegiate sports, she was also known in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines for wearing tiger-printed clothes and bags in the league’s events.

VARSITY teams have lost at least six key athletes due to academic deficiencies even before UST could formally begin its quest for another general championship in UAAP Season 74.

Sweet-shooting Clark Bautista will not suit up for the Growling Tigers after failing subjects in his Communication Arts major. Badminton standout Peter Magnaye, the Season 73 Most Valuable Player suffered a similar fate and opted to concentrate instead on the national team.

Swimmers Michael Godoy and Fritz Agapay will no longer be playing for UST owing to academic problems at the College of Commerce and Business Administration and Institute of Physical Education and Athletics (IPEA), respectively.