UAAP Season 77 volleyball tournaments

UAAP Season 77 Volleyball
Host school	University of the East
Duration	March 4–7, 2015
Arena(s)	Mall of Asia Arena, Smart Araneta Coliseum
Finals MVP	Esmilzo Joner Polvorosa
Winning coach	Oliver Almadro
Semifinalists	UST Growling Tigers; Adamson Soaring Falcons
TV network(s)	ABS-CBN, ABS-CBN Sports+Action, The Filipino Channel, Balls, Balls HD
Duration	March 11–14, 2015
Arena(s)	Smart Araneta Coliseum, Mall of Asia Arena
Finals MVP	Rongomaipapa Amy Ahomiro
Winning coach	Anusorn Bundit
Semifinalists	NU Lady Bulldogs; FEU Lady Tamaraws
TV network(s)	ABS-CBN, ABS-CBN Sports+Action, The Filipino Channel, Balls, Balls HD

The UAAP Season 77 seniors' division volleyball tournament started on November 22, 2014, at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay, Metro Manila. Opening-day games were the women's teams of UE vs UST at 2 PM and Ateneo vs NU at 4 PM. The tournament main venue was the Filoil Flying V Arena in San Juan City while selected games will be played at the Smart Araneta Coliseum in Cubao, Quezon City, and the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay.

The UAAP Season 77 high school volleyball tournament started on July 26, 2014. The tournament venue was the Adamson University Gym in San Marcelino St., Ermita, Manila. The number of participating schools in the boys' and girls' tournaments both increased to seven. Far Eastern University fielded boys' and girls' volleyball teams this season. Since there are now seven participating schools, the tournaments will have a Final Four format.

Men's tournament

Elimination round

Team standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Ateneo Blue Eagles	14	11	3	34	38	14	2.714	1214	1064	1.141	Semifinals with a twice-to-beat advantage
2	UST Growling Tigers	14	11	3	32	37	15	2.467	1210	1094	1.106	Semifinals with a twice-to-beat advantage
3	NU Bulldogs	14	10	4	29	33	18	1.833	1079	974	1.108	Semifinals
4	Adamson Soaring Falcons	14	10	4	29	32	19	1.684	1103	992	1.112	Semifinals
5	FEU Tamaraws	14	6	8	14	22	34	0.647	1197	1263	0.948
6	De La Salle Green Archers	14	4	10	15	21	33	0.636	1134	1216	0.933
7	UP Fighting Maroons	14	4	10	12	20	37	0.541	1169	1252	0.934
8	UE Red Warriors (H)	14	0	14	3	9	42	0.214	970	1213	0.800

Source:
Rules for classification: Point system: 3 points = win match in 3 or 4 sets; 2 points = win match in 5 sets; 1 point = lose match in 5 sets; 0 point = lose match in 3 or 4 sets
(H) Host

Match-up results

	Round 1							Round 2
Team ╲ Game	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
ADU
ADMU
DLSU
FEU
NU
UE
UP
UST

Source:
= Win; = Loss

Game results

Results to the right and top of the gray cells are first round games, those to the left and below are second round games.

Team	AdU	ADMU	DLSU	FEU	NU	UE	UP	UST
Adamson		3–1	3–2	3–0	0–3	3–0	3–1	3–1
Ateneo	3–0		3–0	3–0	3–2	3–1	3–2	0–3
La Salle	0–3	0–3		2–3	0–3	3–0	2–3	0–3
FEU	3–1	1–3	3–2		1–3	3–2	1–3	1–3
NU	3–1	1–3	0–3	3–0		3–0	3–0	3–2
UE	0–3	0–3	1–3	1–3	0–3		2–3	0–3
UP	1–3	0–3	2–3	2–3	2–3	3–2		0–3
UST	1–3	3–2	3–1	3–0	3–0	3–0	3–0

Source:
Legend: Blue = left column team win; Red = top row team win.

Bracket


Semifinals (Nos. 1 & 2 have twice-to-beat advantage)				Finals (Best-of-three series)



1	Ateneo		3

4	Adamson		1
				1	Ateneo	3	3

				3	NU	1	1
2	UST	1	0

3	NU	3	3

Semifinals

Ateneo vs Adamson

February 25 02:00 PM (UTC+08:00)	Ateneo Blue Eagles	3–1	Adamson Soaring Falcons	Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
	(25–16, 25–12, 26–28, 25–20)

UST vs NU

February 25 10:00 AM (UTC+08:00)	UST Growling Tigers	1–3	NU Bulldogs	Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
	(24–26, 26–28, 25–23, 21–25)

February 28 02:00 PM (UTC+08:00)	UST Growling Tigers	0–3	NU Bulldogs	Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
	(18–25, 23–25, 23–25)

Finals

March 4 02:00 PM (UTC+08:00)	Ateneo Blue Eagles	3–1	NU Bulldogs	Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
	(25–19, 30–28, 20–25, 25–22)

March 7 02:00 PM (UTC+08:00)	Ateneo Blue Eagles	3–1	NU Bulldogs	Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
	(23–25, 25–23, 25–23, 25–15)

Awards

UAAP Season 77 men's volleyball champions
Ateneo Blue Eagles First title

Most valuable player (Season): Marck Jesus Espejo (Ateneo de Manila University)^[1]
Most valuable player (Finals): Esmilzo Joner Polvorosa (Ateneo de Manila University)
Rookie of the Year: Edward Camposano (University of the East)
Best scorer: Mark Gil Alfafara (University of Santo Tomas)
Best attacker: Marck Jesus Espejo (Ateneo de Manila University)
Best blocker: Peter Den Mar Torres (National University)
Best setter: Esmilzo Joner Polvorosa (Ateneo de Manila University)
Best digger: Rence Melgar (Adamson University)
Best receiver: Rence Melgar (Adamson University)
Best server: Vincent Mangulabnan (National University)

Women's tournament

Elimination round

Team standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Ateneo Lady Eagles	14	14	0	39	42	7	6.000	1161	926	1.254	Finals
2	De La Salle Lady Archers	14	12	2	37	39	11	3.545	1212	948	1.278	Semifinals with a twice-to-beat advantage
3	NU Lady Bulldogs	14	8	6	22	25	24	1.042	1083	1045	1.036	First round
4	FEU Lady Tamaraws	14	6	8	18	21	26	0.808	1036	1047	0.989	First round
5	UST Tigresses	14	6	8	20	24	26	0.923	1095	1056	1.037	Fourth-seed playoff
6	UP Lady Maroons	14	5	9	17	23	31	0.742	1114	1203	0.926
7	Adamson Lady Falcons	14	5	9	15	22	30	0.733	1094	1162	0.941
8	UE Lady Warriors (H)	14	0	14	0	1	42	0.024	665	1073	0.620

Source:
Rules for classification: Point system: 3 point = win match in 3 or 4 sets; 2 points = win match in 5 sets; 1 point = lose match in 5 sets; 0 point = lose match in 3 or 4 sets
(H) Host

Match-up results

	Round 1							Round 2
Team ╲ Game	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
AdU
ADMU
DLSU
FEU
NU
UE
UP
UST

Source:
= Win; = Loss

Game results

Results to the right and top of the gray cells are first round games, those to the left and below are second round games.

Team	AdU	ADMU	DLSU	FEU	NU	UE	UP	UST
Adamson		0–3	1–3	3–0	1–3	3–0	1–3	3–1
Ateneo	3–2		3–2	3–0	3–0	3–0	3–2	3–0
La Salle	3–0	1–3		3–1	3–0	3–0	3–0	3–0
FEU	3–0	0–3	1–3		3–0	3–0	3–0	1–3
NU	3–1	0–3	1–3	3–0		3–0	3–2	3–2
UE	0–3	0–3	0–3	1–3	0–3		0–3	0–3
UP	2–3	0–3	1–3	1–3	0–3	3–0		3–1
UST	3–1	0–3	0–3	3–0	3–0	3–0	2–3

Source:
Legend: Blue = left column team win; Red = top row team win.

Bracket


4th–seed playoff (One–game playoff)		First round (One–game playoff)			Semifinals (No. 2 seed has twice-to-beat advantage)				Finals (No. 1 seed has to win twice; opponent thrice)



									1	Ateneo	3	3

					2	La Salle	0	3	2	La Salle	0	0

		3	NU	3	3	NU	3	1

UST	2	4	FEU	1

FEU	3

Fourth–seed playoff

February 25 04:00 PM (UTC+08:00)	UST Tigresses	2–3	FEU Lady Tamaraws	Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
	(21–25, 15–25, 25–20, 25–16, 6–15)

First round

February 28 04:00 PM (UTC+08:00)	NU Lady Bulldogs	3–1	FEU Lady Tamaraws	Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
	(25–13, 25–17, 25–27, 25–23)

Semifinals

La Salle has the twice-to-beat advantage.

March 4 04:00 PM (UTC+08:00)	De La Salle Lady Archers	0–3	NU Lady Bulldogs	Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
	(20–25, 20–25, 19–25)

March 7 04:00 PM (UTC+08:00)	De La Salle Lady Archers	3–1	NU Lady Bulldogs	Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
	(26–24, 21–25, 25–18, 25–21)

Finals

Elimination round games:

January 11: Ateneo (3-2) La Salle at the Mall of Asia Arena (25-22, 25–27, 16–25, 25–14, 15–9)
February 18: Ateneo (3-1) La Salle at the Mall of Asia Arena (25-20, 21–25, 25–23, 27–25)

Ateneo has the thrice-to-beat advantage after sweeping the elimination round.

March 11 03:00 PM (UTC+08:00)	Ateneo Lady Eagles	3–0	De La Salle Lady Archers	Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Attendance: 18,363
	(25–18, 25–19, 25–19)

March 14 03:00 PM (UTC+08:00)	Ateneo Lady Eagles	3–0	De La Salle Lady Archers	Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay Attendance: 20,705
	(25–22, 25–17, 25–23)

Awards

UAAP Season 77 women's volleyball champions
Ateneo Lady Eagles Second title, second consecutive title

Most valuable player (Season): Alyssa Valdez (Ateneo de Manila University)^[1]
Most valuable player (Finals): Rongomaipapa Amy Ahomiro (Ateneo de Manila University)^[2]
Rookie of the Year: Kathleen Faith Arado (University of the East) and Ennajie Laure (University of Santo Tomas)
Best scorer: Alyssa Valdez (Ateneo de Manila University)
Best attacker: Alyja Daphne Santiago (National University)
Best blocker: Marivic Velaine Meneses (University of Santo Tomas)
Best server: Alyssa Valdez (Ateneo de Manila University)
Best setter: Julia Melissa Morado (Ateneo de Manila University)
Best receiver: Dennise Michelle Lazaro (Ateneo de Manila University)
Best digger: Christine Agno (Far Eastern University)

Boys' tournament

Elimination round

Team standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	UE Junior Warriors (H)	12	12	0	1.000	—	Advance to the Finals
2	NUNS Bullpups	12	9	3	.750	3	Twice-to-beat in stepladder round 2
3	Ateneo Blue Eaglets	12	8	4	.667	4	Stepladder round 1
4	UST Tiger Cubs	12	7	5	.583	5	Stepladder round 1
5	DLSZ Junior Archers	12	3	9	.250	9
6	FEU–D Baby Tamaraws	12	2	10	.167	10
7	UPIS Junior Maroons	12	1	11	.083	11

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) if tied for #2 or #4, one-game playoff; 3) head-to-head record; 4) head-to-head point differential; 5) overall point differential
(H) Hosts

Match-up results

	Round 1						Round 2
Team ╲ Game	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
AdMU
DLSZ
FEU–F
NU
UE
UPIS
UST

Source:
= Win; = Loss

Bracket


Stepladder round 1 (One-game playoff)			Stepladder round 2 (No. 2 has twice-to-beat advantage)				Finals (No. 1 seed has to win twice; opponent thrice)



							1	UE	3	3

			2	NU	1	0	3	Ateneo	2	2

3	Ateneo	3	3	Ateneo	3	3

4	UST	0

Awards

UAAP Season 77 boys' volleyball champions
UE Junior Warriors 14th title, 11th consecutive title

Most valuable player: Ron Adrian Medalla (University of the East)
Rookie of the Year: Raymart Reyes (National University)
Best attacker: Joshua Umandal (University of the East)
Best blocker: Gian Carlo Glorioso (Ateneo de Manila University)
Best server: Sebastian Enrique Cuerva (Ateneo de Manila University)
Best setter: Adrian Rafael Imperial (University of the East)
Best receiver: Dazyl June Cayamso (National University)
Best libero: Ralph Ryan Imperial (University of the East)

Girls' tournament

Elimination round

Team standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	NUNS Lady Bullpups	12	11	1	.917	—	Twice-to-beat in the semifinals
2	UST Junior Tigresses	12	10	2	.833	1	Twice-to-beat in the semifinals
3	DLSZ Junior Lady Archers	12	9	3	.750	2	Twice-to-win in the semifinals
4	Adamson Lady Baby Falcons	12	5	7	.417^[a]	6	Twice-to-win in the semifinals
5	UE Junior Lady Warriors (H)	12	5	7	.417^[a]	6	Fourth-seed playoff
6	FEU–D Lady Baby Tamaraws	12	2	10	.167	9
7	UPIS Junior Lady Maroons	12	0	12	.000	11

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) if tied for #2 or #4, one-game playoff; 3) head-to-head record; 4) head-to-head point differential; 5) overall point differential
(H) Hosts
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Fourth-seed playoff: Adamson 3–2 UE

Match-up results

	Round 1						Round 2
Team ╲ Game	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
AdU
DLSZ
FEU–F
NU
UE
UPIS
UST

Source:
= Win; = Loss

Bracket


Fourth-seed playoff		Semifinals Top seeds twice-to-beat			Finals Best-of-three series



		1	NU	3

Adamson	3	4	Adamson	1

UE	2				1	NU	3	3

					2	UST	1	1

		2	UST	3

		3	La Salle	1

Awards

UAAP Season 77 girls' volleyball champions
NUNS Lady Bullpups First title

Most valuable player:Faith Janine Shirley Nisperos (National University)
Rookie of the Year: Rachelle Anne Fabro (Far Eastern University)
Best attacker: Ejiya Laure (University of Santo Tomas)
Best blocker: Pauline Marie Monique Gaston (University of Santo Tomas)
Best server: Jennifer Nierva (National University)
Best setter: Rica Diolan (National University)
Best receiver: Mildred Dizon (De La Salle University)
Best digger: Kristine Magallanes (National University)

Overall championship points

Seniors' division

Team	Men	Women	Total
Ateneo Blue Eagles	15	15	30
NU Bulldogs	12	10	22
De La Salle Green Archers	4	12	16
UST Growling Tigers	10	6	16
FEU Tamaraws	6	8	14
Adamson Soaring Falcons	8	2	10
UP Fighting Maroons	2	4	6
UE Red Warriors	1	1	2

Juniors' division

Team	Boys'	Girls'	Points
NUNS Bullpups	10	15	25
UE Junior Warriors	15	6	21
UST Tiger Cubs	8	12	20
DLSZ Junior Archers	6	10	16
Ateneo Blue Eaglets	12	—	12
Adamson Baby Falcons	—	8	8
FEU–D Baby Tamaraws	4	4	8
UPIS Junior Maroons	2	2	4

Pts.	Ranking
15	Champion
12	2nd
10	3rd
8	4th
6	5th
4	6th
2	7th
1	8th
—	Did not join
WD	Withdrew

In case of a tie, the team with the higher position in any tournament is ranked higher. If both are still tied, they are listed by alphabetical order.

How rankings are determined:

Ranks 5th to 8th determined by elimination round standings.
Loser of the #1 vs #4 semifinal match-up is ranked 4th
Loser of the #2 vs #3 semifinal match-up is ranked 3rd
Loser of the finals is ranked 2nd
Champion is ranked 1st

References

^ ^a ^b Ganglani, Naveen. "Top 10 UAAP basketball and volleyball stories in 2015". Rappler. No. December 30, 2015. Retrieved September 7, 2021.
^ Bracher, Jane. "Ateneo sweeps season, repeats as UAAP volleyball champion". Rappler. No. March 14, 2015. Retrieved September 7, 2021.

[table_hth_ADU0.74487240693759-3] Fourth-seed playoff: Adamson 3–2 UE

[UAAP_Season_77_VB-1] Ganglani, Naveen. "Top 10 UAAP basketball and volleyball stories in 2015". Rappler. No. December 30, 2015. Retrieved September 7, 2021.

[2] Bracher, Jane. "Ateneo sweeps season, repeats as UAAP volleyball champion". Rappler. No. March 14, 2015. Retrieved September 7, 2021.

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University Athletic Association of the Philippines (2024–25)
Members	Adamson Soaring Falcons, Lady Falcons, Baby Falcons and Lady Baby Falcons Ateneo Blue Eagles De La Salle Green Archers and Lady Archers/Zobel Junior Archers and Lady Junior Archers FEU Tamaraws and Lady Tamaraws/FEU–D Baby Tamaraws NU Bulldogs, Lady Bulldogs, Bullpups and Lady Bullpups UE Red Warriors, Lady Warriors, Junior Warriors and Lady Junior Warriors UP Fighting Maroons UST Growling Tigers, Tigresses, Tiger Cubs and Tigress Cubs
Sports	Athletics Badminton Baseball Basketball Basketball 3×3 Chess Football Fencing Judo Softball Swimming Table tennis Taekwondo Tennis Volleyball Beach Volleyball Overall
Special events	Ballroom Esports Cheerdance Street dance
Rivalries	Ateneo vs. La Salle Ateneo vs. UP La Salle vs. UST UE vs. FEU UP vs. UST
Related	Final Four Home of the UAAP

Men's tournament

Elimination round

Team standings

Match-up results

Game results

Bracket

Semifinals

Ateneo vs Adamson

UST vs NU

Finals

Awards

Women's tournament

Elimination round

Team standings

Match-up results

Game results

Bracket

Fourth–seed playoff

First round

Semifinals

Finals

Awards

Boys' tournament

Elimination round

Team standings

Match-up results

Bracket

Awards

Girls' tournament

Elimination round

Team standings

Match-up results

Bracket

Awards

Overall championship points

Seniors' division

Juniors' division

See also

References