Tag: November 14, 2006

UST PREVAILED over a feisty Far Eastern University squad in a topsy-turvy battle for third place in the UAAP Beach Volleyball Competition.

The UST Lady Spikers, composed of Cherry Ann Balse, Melissa Cu, and Verone Gutierrez, rained down various shots, from drops to down-the-line kills in the second and pay-off sets to bury FEU, 15-21, 21-18, 15-11, in a match that saw numerous ties and lead changes last Sept. 29 at the University of the East (UE)-Caloocan football field. Balse topscored for UST with 12 markers.

IT HAS been smooth sailing for the Tiger Dragons as they clinched their third straight Inter-collegiate Dragon Boat Regatta crown and placed third in an international rowing competition.

The UST Rowers finished the local Regatta competition in the men’s 500-m last Oct. 14 at the Manila Bay in four minutes and 57 seconds. De La Salle University came in second at five minutes and eight seconds, while the University of the Philippines Dragon Boat team came in third at five minutes and nine seconds.

THE GROWLING Tigers easily lost steam in the Collegiate Champions League, losing to the Jose Rizal University (JRU) Heavy Bombers last Oct. 9 at the UST Gym.

UAAP Mythical Five member Jervy Cruz, the leading scorer for UST, was thrown out of the game in the second canto after receiving two technical fouls. Cruz slapped with his first technical foul after elbowing Bomber Mark Pradas. The second call was given for Cruz’ second motion.

UST GROWLING Tigers head coach Pido Jarencio led the 2006 UAAP Press Corps award recipients as he received the Coach of the Year plum last Oct. 16 at the Pantalan Restaurant in Manila.

The debuting Tigers coach was given the award for steering the fabled Tigers to their first UAAP title in a decade despite finishing dead last in the first round.

Jarencio, a former UST Glowing Goldie stalwart, said he credits his first UAAP title to his underestimated yet competent wards, his coaching staff, and his father who was also present during the awarding ceremonies.

AFTER 13 straight grueling hours of table smashing plays, the UST Paddlers, who were UAAP Season 68 champions, took different paths. The Lady Paddlers successfully defended their crown, while the Male Paddlers settled for runner-up finish after their attempt for a fifth consecutive crown was foiled by the Far Eastern University (FEU).

The Lady Paddlers blanked FEU Lady Tamaraws, 3-0, in their finals match last Oct. 8 at the University of the Philippines (UP) Kinetics Gym.

JOURNALISM is power. Work hard to deserve it.

ABS-CBN News and Current Affairs Department head Maria Ressa threw this to aspiring journalists attending Inkblots 2006, in its eight fellowship of key media personalities and campus writers from around the country.

A FORMER member of the junior basketball team was detained over the theft of another UST student’s cellular phone last Oct. 4.

Jesus Dante Barredo, 27, admitted during police investigation that he had stolen the phone, a Nokia 7360, of Maria Kariza Ylagan, a high school senior, said UST security chief Clemente Dingayan.

Barredo also made a similar admission in an interview with the Varsitarian at the Manila Police District’s Station 4.

“I was pressured because my family needed the money,” Barredo told the Varsitarian.