UAAP Season 71

UAAP Season 71
Host school	University of the Philippines
Tagline	Filipino Leadership Through Sports Excellence
Overall
Seniors	University of Santo Tomas
Juniors	University of Santo Tomas
Seniors' champions
Sport Men Women Basketball  Ateneo  FEU Volleyball  UST  La Salle Chess  FEU  La Salle Table tennis  UST  FEU Taekwondo  UST  UST Judo  Ateneo  UP Swimming  UST  Ateneo Beach Volleyball  UST  FEU Track and field  FEU  FEU Football  UP  UST Fencing  UST  UE Tennis  La Salle  UST Badminton  UE  FEU Baseball  Adamson NT Softball NT  Adamson Cheerdance  UP (Ex - Coed)
Juniors' champions
Sport Boys Girls Basketball  Ateneo[1] NT Volleyball  UE[2]  UST Chess  Adamson[3] Table tennis  UST[4] Taekwondo  UE Judo  Ateneo Swimming  Ateneo  UST Beach Volleyball  Ateneo[5] Track and field  Ateneo Football  Ateneo[6]
(NT) = No tournament; (DS) = Demonstration Sport; (Ex) = Exhibition;

UAAP Season 71 was the 2008–2009 season of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines. The University of the Philippines (UP) hosted this season, which coincided with the centennial anniversary of the University's establishment. It opened on July 5, 2008 with an elaborate ceremony held at the Araneta Coliseum.^[7]

• Two-round eliminations, the top 4 teams enter the semifinals, with the top 2 seeds possessing the twice-to-beat advantage. Semifinal winners play in the best-of-three finals.
• If there are ties in the standings, the standard tiebreaking procedure will be used per sport, except for the last seed, in which an extra game will be held to break the tie.
  • Exception: In basketball and volleyball, an extra game will be played regardless of the position and tiebreaking procedure recommended in a sport.
• If a team wins all of their elimination round games, the postseason will be scrapped and that team will win the championship outright.
• Exceptions:
  • In basketball, the team that wins all elimination round games will have the thrice-to-beat advantage in the finals.
  • In volleyball, the team that wins all elimination round games advances outright to the finals.
  • In both instances, the #3 and #4 teams play for a berth to face the #2 seed with the twice-to-win advantage in the semifinals.

The UAAP Season 71 Basketball tournament began on July 5, 2008 at the Araneta Coliseum in Cubao, Quezon City. The tournament host was University of the Philippines and tournament commissioner was Andres "Chito" Narvasa, Jr.

Pos	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Ateneo Blue Eagles	13	1	.929	—	Twice-to-beat in the semifinals
2	De La Salle Green Archers	10	4	.714[a]	3
3	FEU Tamaraws	10	4	.714[a]	3	Twice-to-win in the semifinals
4	UE Red Warriors	9	5	.643	4
5	UST Growling Tigers	6	8	.429	7
6	UP Fighting Maroons (H)	3	11	.214[b]	10
7	Adamson Soaring Falcons	3	11	.214[b]	10
8	NU Bulldogs	2	12	.143	11

• Most Valuable Player: Rabeh Al-Hussaini (Ateneo Blue Eagles)
• Rookie of the Year: Ryan Buenafe (Ateneo Blue Eagles)

Pos	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	FEU Lady Tamaraws	13	1	.929	—	Twice-to-beat in the semifinals
2	UST Tigresses	10	4	.714[a]	3
3	UP Lady Maroons (H)	10	4	.714[a]	3	Twice-to-win in the semifinals
4	Adamson Lady Falcons	9	5	.643	4
5	De La Salle Lady Archers	7	7	.500	6
6	Ateneo Lady Eagles	4	10	.286	9
7	UE Lady Warriors	2	12	.143	11
8	NU Lady Bulldogs	1	13	.071	12

• Most Valuable Player: Marichu Bacaro (UST Tigresses)
• Rookie of the Year: Angelica Ortega (Adamson Lady Falcons)

Pos	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Ateneo Blue Eaglets	12	2	.857[a]	—	Twice-to-beat in the semifinals
2	DLSZ Junior Archers	12	2	.857[a]	—
3	FEU–D Baby Tamaraws	9	5	.643[b]	3	Twice-to-win in the semifinals
4	Adamson Baby Falcons	9	5	.643[b]	3
5	UST Tiger Cubs	8	6	.571	4
6	UE Junior Warriors	3	11	.214[c]	9
7	NUNS Bullpups	3	11	.214[c]	9
8	UPIS Junior Maroons (H)	0	14	.000	12

• Most Valuable Player: Mark Kevin Juruena (Adamson Baby Falcons)
• Rookie of the Year: Luis Alfonso dela Paz (DLSZ Junior Archers)

Rank	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Tie
1	UST Growling Tigers	14	0	1.000	--
2	De La Salle Green Archers	10	4	.714	4
3	UP Fighting Maroons	9	5	.643	5
4	Ateneo Blue Eagles	9	5	.643	5
5	Adamson Soaring Falcons	6	8	.429	8	2-0
6	FEU Tamaraws	6	8	.429	8	0-2
7	UE Red Warriors	2	12	.083	12
8	NU Bulldogs	0	14	.000	14

  Qualified to the Finals with the twice-to-beat advantage
  Qualified to the Finals

Tiebreakers:

• UP defeated Ateneo 3–2 in the third-seed game.
• Adamson defeated FEU in both of their elimination round games.

• Most Valuable Player: Ray Karl Dimaculangan (UST Growling Tigers)
• Best Digger: Henry James Pecaña (UST Growling Tigers)
• Best Server: Ray Karl Dimaculangan (UST Growling Tigers)
• Best Attacker: Jayson Ramos (UST Growling Tigers)
• Best Blocker: Lloyd Arden Belgado (UP Fighting Maroons)
• Best Receiver: Bernardino Casanova (De La Salle Green Archers)
• Best Setter: Gerard Magtoto (UP Fighting Maroons)

Rank	Team	GP	W	L	PCT	Tie
1	De La Salle Lady Archers	14	13	1	.929
2	FEU Lady Tamaraws	14	12	2	.857
3	UST Tigresses	14	9	5	.643
4	Adamson Lady Falcons	14	9	5	.643
5	Ateneo Lady Eagles	14	6	8	.429
6	UE Lady Warriors	14	3	11	.214
7	UP Lady Maroons	14	3	11	.214
8	NU Lady Bulldogs	14	1	13	.071

  Qualified to the Finals with the twice-to-beat advantage
  Qualified to the Finals

• Most Valuable Player: Manilla Santos (De La Salle Lady Archers)
• Rookie of the Year: Melissa Gohing (De La Salle Lady Archers)
• Best Blocker: Jacqueline Alarca (De La Salle Lady Archers)
• Best Server: Rachel Anne Daquis (FEU Lady Tamaraws)
• Best Receiver: Manilla Santos (De La Salle Lady Archers)
• Best Setter: April Linor Jose (FEU Lady Tamaraws)
• Best Digger: Lizlee Ann Gata (Adamson Lady Falcons)
• Best Attacker: Manilla Santos (De La Salle Lady Archers)
• Best Scorer: Aiza Maizo (UST Tigresses)

Rank	Team	GP	W	L	PCT	Tie
1	UE Red Pages	10	10	0	1.000
2	Ateneo Blue Eaglets	10	7	3	.700
3	UST Tiger Cubs	10	7	3	.700
	DLSZ Junior Archers
	NUNS Bullpups
	UPIS Junior Maroons

With UE sweeping the elimination round, the Red Pages were declared automatic champions and the Finals was not held.

• Most Valuable Player: Michael Reyes (UE Junior Warriors)
• Rookie of the Year: Karl Roque (UE Junior Warriors)

Rank	Team	GP	W	L	PCT
1	UST Junior Tigresses	6	6	0	1.000
	UE Junior Amazons
	DLSZ Junior Archers
	UPIS Junior Lady Maroons

With UST sweeping the elimination round, the Tigress Cubs were declared automatic champions and the Finals was not held.

• Most Valuable Player: Alyssa Valdez (UST Junior Tigresses)
• Rookie of the Year: Jelly Buan (UST Junior Tigresses)

The UAAP Beach Volleyball tournament started on September 6, 2008 at the University of the East Caloocan Grounds. UST and FEU were declared outright champions after sweeping the men's and women's tournaments, respectively.

The UAAP Football tournament opened on January 18, 2009. Games were played at the Erenchun and Ocampo Football Fields of the Ateneo de Manila University.

FEU had the twice to beat advantage.

La Salle had the twice to beat advantage.

The UAAP Baseball tournament opened on January 11, 2009. Games were played at the Rizal Memorial Baseball Stadium.

The UAAP Softball tournament opened on January 10, 2009. Games were played at the UST Open Field.

The UAAP Season 71 Chess tournament started on August 9, 2008, at the Tan Yan Kee Student Center of the University of Santo Tomas.^[8]

Standings after 12 rounds

Team	Points
Adamson Baby Falcons	36.5
UE Red Pages	33.5
Ateneo Blue Eaglets	32.5
FEU–D Baby Tamaraws	26.5
NUNS Bullpups	26
UST Tiger Cubs	7.5
DLSZ Junior Archers	5.5

• Most Valuable Player: Gabriel Layugan (Ateneo Blue Eaglets)
• Rookie of the Year: Dominique Lagula (FEU–D Baby Tamaraws)

The UAAP Season 71 Taekwondo tournaments were held on September 13 and September 17, 2008 at the Far Eastern University Gym.^[9]

Final.

Team	W	L	GB
UE Red Pages	5	0	-
UST Tiger Cubs	4	1	-
Ateneo Blue Eaglets	3	2	-
FEU–D Baby Tamaraws			-
UPIS Junior Maroons			-
DLSZ Junior Archers			-

• Most Valuable Player: Anthony John Samia (UE Junior Warriors)
• Rookie of the Year: John Resaba (UE Junior Warriors)

The UAAP Judo Championships ran from October 4 to October 5, 2008 at the UP College of Human Kinetics Gym. For the third straight year, Judo was a demonstration sport in the boys' (junior's) division.

Final results:

Team	Medals				Points
				Total
Ateneo	5	2	1	8	62
UST
UE	0	0	3	3
DLSZ

• Most Valuable Player: Ronaldo Vergel de Dios (Ateneo Blue Eaglets)
• Rookie of the Year:

UE and FEU won all of their elimination round games in the men's and women's tournaments respectively to clinch the championship outright.

The UAAP Season 71 Tennis tournaments began on January 10, 2009 at the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex Tennis Courts.

The UAAP Season 71 Table Tennis tournament began on September 20, 2008 at the Blue Eagle Gym inside the Ateneo de Manila University campus.

Team standings

Team	W	L	GB
UST Tiger Cubs	12	0	-
UE Red Pages	10	2	-
Ateneo Blue Eaglets	6	4	-
Adamson Baby Falcons	6	6	-
UPIS Junior Maroons	5	7	-
NUNS Bullpups	2	10	-
DLSZ Junior Archers	0	10	-

• Most Valuable Player:
• Rookie of the Year:

The UAAP Season 71 Swimming Championships started on September 25, 2008 at the Trace Aquatics Centre in Los Baños, Laguna. Four titles were disputed, namely: the men's division, the women's division, the boys' division and the girls' division^[12]

Team ranking is determined by a point system, similar to that of the overall championship. The points given are based on the swimmer's/team's finish in the finals of an event, which include only the top eight finishers from the preliminaries. The gold medalist(s) receive 15 points, silver gets 12, bronze has 10. The following points: 8, 6, 4, 2 and 1 are given to the rest of the participating swimmers/teams according to their order of finish.

The 2008 Cheerdance Competition was held on September 7, 2008 at the Araneta Coliseum in Cubao, Quezon City. This year, the pep squads performed before a record attendance of 23,443 students, alumni and fans.

Cheer dance competition is an exhibition event. Points for the general championship are not awarded to the participants.

Rank	Pep squad	Score
1st	UP Pep Squad	93.30
2nd	UST Salinggawi Dance Troupe	85.27
3rd	FEU Cheering Squad	83.96
4th	Ateneo Blue Babble Battalion	83.81
5th	Adamson Pep Squad	81.04
6th	UE Cheering Squad	72.89
7th	DLSU Pep Squad	70.07
8th	NU Pep Squad	68.36

Stunner awardee: Frances Fleta

The general champion is determined by a point system. The system gives 15 points to the champion team of a UAAP event, 12 to the runner-up, and 10 to the third placer. The following points: 8, 6, 4, 2 and 1 are given to the rest of the participating teams according to their order of finish.

																														Total
Rank	Team	M	W	M	W	M	W	M	W	M	W	M	W	M	W	M	W	M	W	M	W	M	W	M	W	M	W	M	W	M	W	Overall
1	UST	6	10	15	10	15	10	15	10	12	10	12	15	15	12	12	10	15	15	10	12	8	12	8	15	12	12	15	10	170	163	333
2	La Salle	12	6	10	15	7	4	12	8	8	15	15	12	8	8	10	12	4	6	12	10	4	4	10	12	4	4	6	4	122	120	242
3	UP (H)	4	12	12	2	7	1	10	12	2	8	10	8	10	10	6	4	8	10	8	15	12	8	15	6	6	6	10	12	120	114	234
4	FEU	10	15	4	12	12	15	—	—	15	12	—	—	12	15	8	15	10	12	—	—	—	—	12	10	15	15	8	6	106	127	233
5	Ateneo	15	4	8	6	1.5	2	8	15	1	4	8	10	4	6	4	2	12	8	15	6	10	6	4	8	10	8	4	8	104.5	93	197.5
6	UE	8	1	2	4	1.5	12	6	6	6	6	6	—	6	—	15	8	6	4	5	8	—	10	6	—	8	10	12	15	87.5	84	171.5
7	Adamson	2	8	6	8	10	8	—	—	10	—	—	—	—	—	2	6	—	—	5	4	15	15	—	—	—	—	—	—	50	49	99
8	NU	1	2	1	1	4	6	—	—	4	2	—	—	2	4	1	1	—	—	—	—	6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	19	16	35

											Total
Rank	Team	B	B	G	B	G	C	B	B	B	B	G	C	K	Overall
1	UST	6	10	15	12	15	4	15	12	10	65	30	4	0	99
2	UE	4	15	12	6	12	12	12	15	8	60	24	12	0	96
3	Ateneo	15	12	—	15	—	10	10	10	15	77	0	10	0	87
4	DLSZ	10	8	10	10	8	2	2	4	4	38	18	2	0	58
5	UPIS (H)	1	4	8	8	10	—	6	8	12	39	18	0	0	57
6	FEU–FERN	12	—	—	—	—	8	—	6	6	24	0	8	0	32
7	Adamson	8	—	—	—	—	15	8	—	—	16	0	15	0	31
8	NU	2	6	—	—	—	6	4	—	—	12	0	6	0	18

• Athlete of the Year:
  • Seniors': John Paul Gomez (De La Salle Green Archers, chess)
  • Juniors': Alyssa Valdez (UST Junior Tigresses, volleyball)

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