Tag: October 29, 2015

THE UST Tiger Jins scored back-to-back championships while the Lady Jins improved to second place in their respective divisions in the UAAP Season 78 taekwondo tournament at the Ateneo de Manila University Blue Eagle Gym last Oct. 23.

The Tiger Jins trounced a gritty University of the East squad, 5-2, to top the tourney for the second straight year, while the Lady Jins, who slid to third place last year, failed to regain the championship they last won in Season 76.

Both UST squads shared an identical 5-1 win-loss card with UE but the Lady Warriors came out victorious via quotient rule by prevailing against the Lady Jins in their previous encounter, 4-3.

NO CROWN for the UST Spikers this year.

After sweeping the elimination round last year en route to the championship, the Lady Spikers crashed to fifth place while the Tiger Spikers settled for another silver-medal finish in the UAAP Season 78 beach volley tournament at the Sands SM by the Bay from Oct. 9 to 21.

The duo of Cherry Rondina and Rica Rivera, who recorded a 7-0 sweep in their rookie season last year, came up with only four wins in seven outings.

Rondina and Rivera had the chance to book a Final Four seat with a twice-to-beat incentive but De La Salle University’s tandem of Kim Fajardo, this year’s Most Valuable Player (MVP), and Cyd Demicillo erased UST’s championship hopes, 21-19, 20-22, 14-16.

AFTER a heartbreaking third-place finish last year, the UST Tiger Jins dethroned the University of the Philippines (UP) to reclaim the crown in the UAAP Season 78 poomsae championships at the Ateneo Blue Eagle Gym last Oct.21.

The Tiger Jins clinched their second title as poomsae marked its third year as an official UAAP sport.

UST snatched three gold medals and a silver to top University of the Philippines and De La Salle University which claimed second and third place, respectively.

The Tiger Jins, which swept the tournament en route to the championship in the event’s maiden year in 2013, surprisingly dropped to third place last season behind La Salle and eventual champions UP.