CPU sends depleted Ateneo out of women’s volleyball tournament

Ateneo's Mona Bagatsing is blocked by CPU's Jovelyn Gonzaga during a three-set sweep in their quarterfinals match-up.

CPU sends depleted Ateneo out of women’s volleyball tournament

by rick olivares

October 27, 2011

Panay Civic Center

The depleted Ateneo Lady Eagles bowed out of the quarterfinals competition of the women’s volleyball tournament to the Central Philippine University Centralians in three sets in heartbreaking fashion yesterday at the Panay Civic Center.

Without their starting six that left early Thursday morning for Manila to compete in the V-League Southeast Asian Club Invitationals, the remaining Lady Eagles had to compete without a libero against a team that took the University of Santo Tomas Tigresses to five sets in their group play.

The Lady Eagles battled nerves and being forced to play unfamiliar positions and roles. And it told heavily on their game as their spikes lacked power and their defense was spotty. However, they Ateneans stayed within striking distance of the Centralians 8-10 in the first set behind Ella de Jesus and Bea Tan. A spate of errors gave CPU some distance that allowed them to take the first set 25-18.

Seeing that the CPU team wasn’t as strong as they though it would be, the Lady Eagles made a game of it in the second set. Sarah Cruz blocked CPU’s national player and team captain Juvelyn Gonzaga to notch the count at 20-all. Aillysse Nacachi put Ateneo ahead 21-20 as she found a crease in CPU’s defense. But Tan had her shot blocked for the last deadlock of the set as CPU once more exploited the inexperience of the Lady Eagles’ reserves. After CPU’s Jeannie de los Reyes hammered home a spike, CPU had the all-important second set that broke Ateneo’s back. Jeffrey Alcarde’s cruised to an easy 25-11 third set for a sweep.

Assistant coach Parley Tupaz, who took over as head coach Roger Gorayeb joined the first team in Manila, lamented the great opportunity for the reserves to snag the first two sets. “Kaya naman nila. Nabigyan sila ng pagkakataon pero kinabahan,” said the Panay, Capiz native. “At least meron silang matutunan dito.”

Note: Ateneo's beach volleyball duo of Mona Bagatsing and Bea Tan likewise crashed out of the quarterfinals yesterday.

Partial track and field results from 16th University Games

Here are some results from the Wednesday track and field events at Villareal Stadium in Roxas City.

Adornado, Gonzaga hold off La Salle Stingers for Ateneo’s third win

Joma Adornado bringing down the ball against the USLS Stingers. He drove hard to the basket in this shot but it rimmed out.

Adornado, Gonzaga hold off USLS Stingers for Ateneo’s third win

An old and new hand combined to give the University of St. La Salle Stingers a lesson about being clutch and desire.

by rick olivares

October 26, 2011

Capiz Gym

The team in front of the Ateneo Blue Eagles must have looked familiar. There was that familiar green and white uniform and that deadeye shooting from the perimeter.

Only it wasn’t their emerald foes from Taft Avenue but the University of St. La Salle Stingers who looked not only to avenge their Manila brethren but to also top their group play with an upset over last year’s semifinalists.

The Stingers threw a 2-3 zone against the Blue Eagles and opted to bombard from the outside with Rogie Gelasan and Scott Salvacion accounting for a combined 36 points. When Ateneo’s bigs rotated out, they drove hard to the basket.

Yet even when Ateneo seemed sloppy and out of synch, as a testament to their talent and championship pedigree, the Blue Eagles bucked a tough challenge from USLS to win their third consecutive game, 86-67, in the men’s basketball competition of the 16^th University Games.

Ateneo posted its biggest lead of 18 points, 55-37, at the 8:57 mark of the third period following a floater in the lane by Juami Tiongson. But USLS went on a 19-7 run that saw them knock on the Blue Eagles’ door, 56-62, with the crowd buzzing over a potential upset.

But Joma Adornado, the son of former pro great William “Bogs” Adornado who has been logging serious time on Ateneo’s Team B, hit a triple from the left quarter court with six seconds left in the third period to give the blue and white some breathing room, 65-56.

Adornado earlier hit a trey (from the right corner pocket) in the midst of USLS’s stirring third quarter comeback and teamed up with Tonino Gonzaga to score eight and six points respectively and keep their side afloat. He went on to drain another, his fourth of the match at the 5:49 mark of the final quarter to hike the score to 73-57 Ateneo.

Gonzaga who was having trouble with his ball handling and was misfiring from the outside, tried to make amends with his stellar defense. He picked off five passes like a free safety and issued three assists.

Juami Tiongson bucked early foul trouble to score eight points in the final period as Ateneo regained its double-digit lead. They also had help from the inept free throw shooting of the Stingers who missed 11 of 12 free throws awarded them in the payoff period.

“We were off on many things – our shooting, our perimeter defense, and our rebounding,” noted assistant coach Gene Afable after the match. “It’s just one of those days. But the boys responded to the challenge.”

The Stingers’ Gelasan led all scorers with 25 points while Salvacion backed him up with 11 of his own. However, Ateneo, led by Justin Chua’s 16 points saw four Blue Eagles score in double figures.

“Panget laro namin,” confessed Gonzaga. “We didn’t have a good grip on the game until the fourth period. Siguro La Salle din kasi kaya hindi magpapatalo. Buti na lang nag-click din si Joma.”

The Ateneo Blue Eagles faced a familiar foe in green and white that could shoot some. The USLS Stingers trouble was, they weren’t the only ones who could stroke it.

Ateneo de Manila University 86 – Chua 16, Tiongson 15, Adornado 14, Gonzaga 11, Capacio 9, Cipriano 8, Erram 6, Pessumal 5, Estrada 2, Mercado 0, Siarot 0.

University of St. La Salle 67 – Gelasan 25, Salvacion 11, Cuenca 7, Cuaresma 6, Badillo 4, Villaroman 4, Genzanes 4, Delagante 2, Dionela 2, Villafranca 2, Ong 0, Reyes 0, Bernales 0.

Notes: One day after cheering on Ateneo’s women’s volleyball team, the Lady Eagles repaid the favor by watching the match at the Capiz Gym to cheer on the blue and white.

The Ateneo Blue Eagles went over to the Filamer Christian University to cheer on the Ateneo Lady Eagles during the evening match against Colegio de la Purisima Concepcion last Tuesday. In the picture above, they react to a monstrous spike by Ella de Jesus. In the picture below, the volleybelles exchange high fives with the Blue Eagles.

During the Blue Eagles' game against the University of St. La Salle Stingers, it was the volleybelles turn to cheer on their fellow Ateneans. And of course, it was their turn to high five.

DLSU's football protest is denied and other results from the football competition of the 16th University Games

The protest by De La Salle University regarding the non-call by the referee regarding a UNO-R player who blocked Green Archer keeper Patrick Deyto's kick was denied. The letter above was sent to DLSU head coach Hans Smit who in turn showed it to me. The DLSU Green Archers minus three starters will play the Dipolog Memorial Medical Center team that not only beat Ateneo de Manila University in a come from behind 2-1 win but they also shocked UAAP defending champion University of the Philippines with a 3-0 win today at the Villareal Stadium. 

Other football results today:

Women's Football

De La Salle University def. Ateneo de Manila University 1-0

Men's Football

Ateneo de Manila University def. University of San Carlos 3-1

College of Saint Benilde def. University of Northern Philippines 7-2

Dipolog Memorial Medical Center def. University of the Philippines 3-0

Ateneo Lady Eagles blank nemesis Adamson to top Unigames group

Ateneo Lady Eagles blank nemesis Adamson to top Unigames group

Ateneo def. Adamson 25-22, 25-16, 25-22

by rick olivares

October 26, 2011

Pan-ay Civic Center

There’s a moment in a game where a team either seizes control or falls apart. For years, the Ateneo Women’s Volleyball Team oft had their path blocked by the Adamson Lady Falcons. Even when they had a chance to put away their nemesis, they wilted under the pressure. Twice Adamson ended the Lady Eagles’ Final Four campaign. And there have been numerous defeats before and since.

When the two teams faced off at the Pan-ay Civic Center for the top seed of their group, there weren’t any smiles that characterized their blowouts of the overmatched Colegio de la Purisima Concepcion and University of Negros Occidental- Recoletos.  

This was serious business and when the first set began, the teams traded points, blocks, aces, and service errors. For the Lady Eagles, the compact blocking at the net and the excellent receiving that marked their first two wins was gone. It was replaced by tentativeness, a lack of communication, and a gaping hole in the back that Adamson’s hitters found with precision.

The score was 20-16 for Adamson after Shiela Marie Pineda’s spike punctured the Lady Eagles’ defense.

In the next play, Ateneo was able to work the ball to Fille Cainglet who hammered home a shot just behind Pineda. Cainglet, this year’s captain, then blocked Adamson’s Pau Soriano for a point. Alyssa Valdez scored on a spike and Aiilysse Nacachi blocked a spike.

Just like that the first set was tied at 20.

Valdez smashed home another point and when Soriano’s reply went out of bounds, Ateneo held a two-point lead, 22-20. In times, past, the Lady Eagles would surrender this lead.

Before the game started, a table official said that the team facing the western side of the gym oft lost the first set of the game (that also led to a defeat). He reasoned out that the glare made it tough for the team on the east side to receive and serve. By the time, they normally adjusted, the other squad had wrapped up the first set.

But Valdez, the team’s long awaited open hitter who is deemed to be a game changer, added another point while Nacachi was once more a wall at the net. In just one minute, Ateneo had set point.

Following an Adamson serve, setter Jem Ferrer’s drop shot gave the team the first set. And that was a massive shot of confidence to Roger Gorayeb’s girls.

The Ateneo volleybelles had their Adamson counterparts on the ropes in the second set 16-10 as they finally got their game going. But in another moment that tested their resolve, the Lady Falcons charged right back to within a point 16-15 after Cainglet’s smash was rejected.

Ateneo responded with Gretchen Ho blocking Mayette Zapanta for a point that gave the team some breathing room. Angelica Quinlog hit the net on the next play then Cainglet scored to restore a four—point 19-15 lead.

The challenge had been met and Ferrer once more closed the set, 25-16, with a brilliant toss that dropped in right before the touchline.

In the third set, Dzi Gervacio and Bea Tan gave the team a huge lift with some timely points, defense, and digging. Cainglet spiked home a killer for match point, 25-22.

And so Ateneo beat Adamson to top Group C of the Women’s Volleyball competition.

Said Gorayeb afterwards, “Sinagot nila yung hamon ng Adamson nung first and second sets. Kapag hinayaan mong humabol yung at pumuntos ng pumuntos, lalakas yung loob nila. Tama yung ginawa nila at pinatay nila yung hamon.”

Note: The Ateneo Lady Eagles will be without Fille Cainglet, Jem Ferrer, Gretchen Ho, Alyssa Valdez, Dennise Lazaro, and Angeline Gervacio in tomorrow’s crossover quarterfinals as they will be competing in the V-League Southeast Asian Club Invitational from October 27-30. That team will be reinforced by Aerieal Patnongon and possibly Charo Soriano. The remaining six – Ella de Jesus, Aillysse Nacachi, Bea Tan, Natasha Faustino, Mona Bagatsing, Sarah Cruz, and Mary Tajima will finish their Unigames campaign. They play CPU at 9am at the Pan-ay Civic Center.

Partial Tuesday results from the 16th University Games

Women's Volleyball

University of San Agustin def. Foundation University 25-17,  25-17, 25-20

University of the Philippines def. National University 25-22, 25-15, 27-25

Ateneo de Manila University def. Adamson University 25-22, 25-16, 25-22

Men's Volleyball 

De La Salle University def. St. Louis University 25-15, 25-17, 25-12

University of St. La Salle def. Negros Oriental State University 25-15, 25-17, 25-17

University of Santo Tomas def. Colegio de la Purisima Concepcion 25-12, 25-21, 25-19

University of San Agustin def. College of Saint Benilde 24-26, 25-21, 25-13, 17-25, 17-15

Women's Basketball 

University of the Philippines def. St. Louis University 67-59

Adamson University def. Holy Angel University 106-46

Men’s Basketball

Ateneo de Manila University def. University of Saint La Salle 86-67
St. Francis of Assisi College def. Ateneo de Davao University 65-61

Women's Football

De La Salle University def. Ateneo de Manila University 1-0

Men's Football

Ateneo de Manila University def. University of San Carlos 3-1

College of Saint Benilde def. University of Northern Philippines 7-2

Dipolog Memorial Medical Center def. University of the Philippines 3-0

Men's Badminton

University of Saint La Salle def. Holy Angel University 3-0

Iloilo Doctor's College def. La Salle University-Ozamiz 3-0

Women's Badminton

College of Saint Benilde def. Iloilo Doctor's College 3-0

University of Saint La Salle def. Filamer Christian University 3-0

Ateneo Lady Eagles sweep first two games; set up huge match with Adamson

SHE'S A STAR. Fille Cainglet smashes one home for a 24-12 lead.

Ateneo Lady Eagles sweep first two games; set up huge match with Adamson

by rick olivares

October 25, 2011

Filamer Christian University

Roxas City, Capiz

The was an air of anticipation about the Ateneo Lady Eagles’ first game of the volleyball competition in the 16^th University Games in Roxas City, Capiz. Students and fans from different schools in the city began to file inside the Filamer Christian University gym.

With the tertiary games being held in Capiz for the first time, there were many who had not seen the team play live except on television. And after two days of competition, the Lady Eagles were making their debut by playing two matches on Tuesday – the first against the University of Negros Occidental-Recoletos Rams (UNO-R) and the second, to be played in the evening, against host school Colegio de la Purisima Concepcion (CPC).

The Rams entered the match with a 1-1 record (they lost to Adamson last Sunday and won over CPC). Ateneo head coach Roger Gorayeb cautioned his team about the game that was to be played a little over five hours apart. He figured that his team could easily handle UNO-R and CPC. “Finish them off right away so we can all rest,” said Gorayeb in Filipino. Wednesday would find them against long time UAAP nemesis Adamson.

The long time champion volleyball coach knew that the team could win this Unigames volleyball tournament but because his starting six would be leaving for Manila this Thursday morning to take part in the V-League Club Invitationals, his best shot was to nail these three assignments and hope that the remaining six players can hold off the other volleyball powers taking part in the competition.

When the game barker announced the starting six, a huge cheer went out for the Lady Eagles that one would think the team was back at the San Juan Arena. But the biggest cheer was reserved for team captain Fille Cainglet.

And following a Cainglet kill in the first set for a 24-12 lead the cheers got a whole lot louder (UNO-R’s service error ended the set).

In the second set, Gorayeb mostly used his bench. Although the score was a little closer at 25-17, the bench had played well with Bea Tan and Alyssa Valdez putting the finishing touches on the set.

In the third set, Ateneo quickly raced out to a 14-0 lead highlighted by Tasha Faustino’s three consecutive aces. The Lady Eagles wavered a bit but the final result was 25-9 for a 46-minute three-set sweep.

The match ended around 12:30pm and Gorayeb instructed his team to get some rest but not to sleep. “Baka sumakit mga ulo niyo.”

The second game, against CPC, was slated for 6pm. But because of scheduling snafus that seemed to plague the entire games, Ateneo was moved up to around 9pm. Gorayeb once more told his team to waste no time in dispatching the winless CPC squad.

With the Ateneo Men’s Basketball Team wildly cheering their schoolmates on, the Lady Eagles finished off their opponents in another devastating sweep (25-8, 25-10, and 25-17) following Tan’s dink that closed out the third set. Their serves made it difficult for CPC to receive and put the ball in play.

The Ateneo Lady Eagles play the Adamson Lady Falcons today, Wednesday, at 1030am at the Panay Civic Center.

Ateneo Blue Eagles pick apart NORSU Tigers

Gwynne Capacio scores on a reverse lay up for an and-one situation.

This appears in ateneo.edu


Blue Eagles pick apart NORSU Tigers

by rick olivares photo by brosi gonzales

October 25, 2011

Capiz Gym

Roxas City, Capiz

JP Erram grabbed the defensive rebound and attempted an outlet pass to Gwynne Capacio that would have ignited another Ateneo fastbreak. But Negros Oriental State University point guard Kenneth Unabia picked off the pass. With Erram guarding the basket, Unabia pulled up for a jumper but Capacio came back down to swat the shot away.

The Ateneo de Manila Blue Eagles blew away NORSU 90-32, their second win in as many blowouts. Last Sunday, they opened the campaign for the 16 University Games basketball championship with a 90-50 demolition job on Filamer Christian University.

If you think that they’ve got any hangover from winning a fourth straight UAAP title, guess again.

The Blue Eagles are without their entire starting unit and a few from their second (Bacon Austria, Frank Golla, and Oping Sumalinog) but that doesn’t mean that they do not have the offensive weaponry or the defensive chops to stop opponents.

The Ateneo Blue Eagles – Justin Chua, Juami Tiongson, Tonino Gonzaga, JP Erram, Jeric Estrada, Bon Jovi Cipriano, Von Pessumal, Gwynne Capacio, and their replacement killers in Paul Siarot, Joma Adornado, and Marky Mercado (Golla will be arriving on Friday) – are proof that the system we have in place works.

A blowout might sound boring but if you’re a hoops geek, then you’re going to appreciate the finer points of picking apart an opponent.

The NORSU Tigers may not be as tall but they definitely have talent and some athleticism. And the Blue Eagles did not have to use their height to get things done. They killed the Tigers, who oft preferred to go one-on-one, with terrific team defense and clinical passing.

With their hot shooting and high percentage shots, the field goal percentage must have been in the 80% range.

And speaking of “hot” the Capiz Gym inside the Villareal Stadium is a sweat house. You think that the antiquated Blue Eagle Gym is hot? You have not been to this sauna that passes for a basketball court.

Nevertheless, a crowd of several thousand packed the gym. They came to watch the Blue Eagles. They asked, “Where’s Ravena? Where’s Slaughter, Salva, or Long?”

After the game, they knew everyone’s names as they asked for pictures and autographs. In fact, during the game, it seemed that the Capiz Gym had become the Smart Araneta Coliseum during the last UAAP campaign as fans cheered for the Blue Eagles.

Although it didn’t start out exactly that way.

The game started rather testily as Justin Chua’s second motion on the Tigers’ Archie Ella was deemed by the referee to be an unsportsmanlike foul. Ella made both free throws for an early 5-2 NORSU lead. Chua was reprimanded by acting head coach Sandy Arespacochaga while the crowd rained some jeers. “Wag kang pikon,” hissed one fan.

Minutes later, JP Erram tried to save a possession by throwing the ball at the body of a Tiger. Instead, he beaned Ella on the noggin. Although unintentional, the referee called Erram over to be careful so as not to inflame passions. The events of last Sunday’s melee between two other squads has not been lost on the tournament organizers.

In Ateneo’s next possession, Capacio found Tonino Gonzaga in the right corner pocket for a triple. Zags returned the favor in the next two offensives by finding Capacio for two fastbreak layups including a lookaway pass that had the crowd roaring.

The Blue Eagles held the Tigers scoreless over the next four minutes and by the time NORSU scored a bucket, the lead was 15-7 and Ateneo had taken control over the game.

Deftly pacing his wards, Arespacochaga had his players in and out regularly as the Tigers did not know what hit them. Juami Tiongson dished off nine assists (by my count) and the ball was whipping around like crazy.

At the 2:18 mark of the second period, Tiongson whipped the ball to Gonzaga who was open in the left corner. As the defense rotated over to him, Gonzaga, without missing a beat found a cutting Capacio for a layup and a deuce, 41-17 for Ateneo.

Three touches. No dribbles. Two points. Easy money.

Other players who sparingly play during the UAAP season like Jeric Estrada and Von Pessumal showed what they can do given longer minutes and the opportunity to get hold of the ball.

Even the call ups from Team B – Siarot, Adornado, and Mercado – were pretty in synch with the offense.

Said one patron in the vernacular (I had to ask the person seated next to me to translate it because he was so animated in his expressions): “Walang ka-hirap hirap maglaro ‘tong Ateneo. Wala na nga sila Slaughter at Ravena wala pa rin binatbat yung kalaban.”

Ateneo 90 – Capacio 12, Gonzaga 10, Cipriano 10, Estrada 9, Siarot 9, Chua 9, Tiongson 8,  Pessumal 6, Adornado 6, Mercado 6, Erram 5.

NORSU 32 – Reyes 8, Ella 7, Veniales 4, Bheron 4, Enriquez 3, Piñero 2, Enopia 2, Unabia 2.

Juami Tiongson was magic. Picking up from where he left off in a scintillating UAAP Finals series, Tiongson was magnificent at quarterback. He dished off nine assists to go with his eight points.

On this hallowed (and muddied) football ground

This appears in my column WOOLYBACK that appears in interaksyon.com

On this hallowed (and muddied) ground

by rick olivares

When I arrived at the Villareal Stadium in Roxas City, Capiz, to catch the football competition of the 16^th University Games, the first thing that came to my mind was: are these some prehistoric warriors doing battle out here?

Truthfully, it was players from the University of the Philippines Fighting Maroons and the University of San Carlos slogging through the mud. Was the Battle of Somme like this? It was literally a battle of inches because the short passing game was almost non-existent. Powerfully kicked balls traveled for short distances before they were stopped not by defenders but by the mire. And the players, caked with mud (think of Arnold Schwarzenegger in the first Predator movie where he was all covered in muck), moved forward and backward as if in a ghastly primordial tribal war.

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DLSU Men's Football team walks out following controversial non-call

In the above picture, a UNO-R player blocks DLSU keeper Patrick Deyto's kick. In the photo below, another UNO-R player pounces on the ball but Deyto will stop this. It would be UNO-R player #7 who would score the controversial goal. Both photos are by Brosi Gonzales (please do not use without permission). DLSU protest letter courtesy of Hans Smit.

DLSU Men's Football team walks out following controversial non-call.

by rick olivares

ROXAS CITY, CAPIZ -- The De La Salle Men's Football team walked out its match with University of Negros Occidental-Recoletos this morning at the muddy Villareal Stadium in Roxas City following a controversial non-call that led to a goal.

In the 40th minute of the match, a UNO-R player blocked a kick by La Salle goalkeeper Patrick Deyto. Two UNO-R players immediately pounced on the loose ball with one of them able to kick the ball towards the empty net. Deyto, but the fourth year La Salle keeper, was able to stop the first shot but the second UNO-R attacker was able to finish the job.

La Salle players on the field immediately protested to the referee who according to Green Archers head coach Hans Smit did not see the play. As the referee counted the goal, Smit immediately pulled his team from the field.

Smit immediately filed a letter of protest to football tournament commissioner Jaime Nicolau III. Wrote Smit: “The 1st Assistant Referee saw this but didn’t also make any call (which was his duty and responsibility to do so) and this resulted in a goal for UNO-R which the referee awarded WITHOUT KNOWING WHAT HAPPENED! This is a clear violation on obstruction and non-protection of a goalkeeper!”

Added Smit in an interview: "It was pure incompetence on the part of the officials. There were also a lot of fouls and hard tackles due to their inefficient and inconsistent calls. I hope they can do the right thing with this appeal."

In La Salle’s first match in the football competition of the 16^th University Games, the Green Archers drew with brother school University of St. La Salle 1-1.

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Football at the 16th University Games in Roxas City

MONDAY UNI-GAMES FOOTBALL. Villareal Stadium, Roxas City --  After Ateneo's freshman Mikko Mabanag scored on a spectacular corner kick to give the Blue Eagles a 1-nil lead, Dipolog Medical Center College came back in the second half to score two goals to win 2-1. In the picture above, DMCC winger Bryan Gumela scored on a penalty that leveled the match. Renando Mantua scored late in the second half to win the match.

Over at the women's side, De La Salle University destroyed Foundation University 5-0. The rains over the past three days reduced the fields to a muddy patch of earth. While there was some element of skill, a lot of luck and defensive lapses produced goals. It wasn't really fun to watch.

Monday results of 16th PSC-University Games

16th University Game (Partial) Results as of Monday, October 24, 2011

Women's Volleyball

UP defeated Foundation University 25-27, 26-24, 25-11, 25-22

Men's Volleyball

University of San Carlos def CSB 17-25, 25-21, 25-17, 27-29, 15-11

USLS def. NU 25-20, 25-14, 20-25, 25-21

Holy Cross of Davao College def. Colegio dela Purisima Concepcion 25-22, 25-17, 25-23

DMMA College of Southern Philippines def. Negros Oriental State University 25-16, 25-24, 22-25, 25-14

Iloilo Doctor's College def. St. Louis University 25-20, 25-22, 25-20

Ateneo de Manila University def. University of Northern Philippines 25-10, 27-25, 25-15

Foundation University def. John B. Lacson Foundation Maritime University 25-22, 25-19, 23-25, 25-21

Men's Basketball

Hercor College Iloilo Doctor's College 68-59

Ateneo de Davao University def. Foundation University 82-65

Women's Basketball

St. Louis University defeated University of Mindanao 47-43

National University def. Holy Cross of Davao College 100-58

University of the Philippines def. University of San Agustin 66-40

Men's Football

UP def. University of San Carlos 2-1

Dipolog Medical Center College def. Ateneo de Manila University 2-1

Women's Football

De La Salle University def. Foundation University 5-0

Men's Table Tennis

Xavier University def. De La Salle University-Ozamiz 3-1

John B. Lacson Foundation Maritime U def. Colegio dela Purisima Concepcion 3-1

VMA Global College def. Holy Angel University 3-1

Sepak Takraw

Colegio dela Purisima Concepcion def. VMA Global College 2-1

University of St. La Salle def. Central Philippine University 2-1