UAAP Season 70

UAAP Season 70
"Winners All, Recreating the Value of Honesty through Sports"
Host school	University of Santo Tomas
Overall champions
Seniors	UST Growling Tigers
Juniors	UST Tiger Cubs
Seniors' champions
Sport	Men	Women
Basketball	La Salle	Ateneo
Volleyball	UST	FEU
Chess	FEU	UST
Table tennis	UST	FEU
Taekwondo	FEU	UST
Beach volleyball	FEU	FEU
Judo	UP	UP
Track and field	FEU	FEU
Fencing	UST	UE
Football	FEU	FEU
Tennis	UST	UST
Badminton	La Salle	UST
Baseball	Adamson	N/A
Softball	N/A	UP
Swimming	UP	UST
Cheerdance	UP (Ex - Coed)
Juniors' champions
Sport	Boys	Girls
Basketball	DLSZ	N/A
Volleyball	UE	UST
Chess	Adamson	N/A
Table tennis	UST	N/A
Taekwondo	UST	N/A
Judo (DS)	Ateneo	N/A
Track and field	UST	N/A
Football (DS)	DLSZ	N/A
Swimming	Ateneo	UPIS
(Ex) = Exhibition; (DS) = Demonstration Sport
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UAAP Season 70 was the 2007-08 season of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines, which was hosted by the University of Santo Tomas. The theme of season 70 was "Winners All, Recreating the Value of Honesty through Sports"^[1] It opened on July 7, 2007 at the Araneta Coliseum. De La Salle University returned to active participation after being suspended in Season 69.

Basketball

The UAAP Season 70 basketball tournament began on July 7, 2007 at the Araneta Coliseum in Cubao, Quezon City. The tournament host was University of Santo Tomas and tournament commissioner was Edgardo "Ed" Cordero.

Men's basketball games were held at the Ninoy Aquino Stadium, the Cuneta Astrodome and the Araneta Coliseum. The women's and juniors' games were held at the school gyms of Adamson University, Ateneo de Manila University and Far Eastern University.

Men's tournament

Elimination round

Rank	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Tie
1	UE Red Warriors	14	0	1.000	--
2	De La Salle Green Archers	9	5	.643	5
3	Ateneo Blue Eagles	9	5	.643	5
4	UST Growling Tigers	8	6	.571	6
5	FEU Tamaraws	8	6	.571	6
6	NU Bulldogs	6	8	.429	8
7	Adamson Falcons	2	12	.143	12
8	UP Fighting Maroons	0	14	.000	14

  Qualified for the Finals
  Qualified for the semifinals with the twice-to-beat advantage
  Qualified for the semifinals
  Qualified for the fourth-seed playoff

• La Salle defeated Ateneo 70-69 in the playoff for the second seed.
• UST defeated FEU 80-69 in the playoff for the fourth seed.

Bracket

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	Classification games				First round One-game playoff					Semifinal 2nd seed has twice-to-beat advantage						Finals Best-of-three series
	For 2nd seed:
	Ateneo	69							UE		63	64
	La Salle	70							La Salle	64	65			2	La Salle		64	73
	For 4th seed::				3	Ateneo	69			3	Ateneo	65	60
	FEU	69
	UST	80

Awardees

• Most Valuable Player (Finals): JV Casio and Cholo Villanueva (La Salle; co-awardees)
• Most Valuable Player (Season): Jervy Cruz (UST)
• Rookie of the Year: JR Cawaling (FEU).

Women's tournament

Elimination round

Rank	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Ateneo Lady Eagles	12	2	.857	--
2	UP Lady Maroons	11	3	.786	1
3	UST Tigresses	10	4	.714	2
4	Adamson Lady Falcons	8	6	.571	4
5	FEU Lady Tamaraws	7	7	.500	5
6	De La Salle Lady Archers	5	9	.385	7
7	UE Lady Warriors	2	12	.143	10
8	NU Lady Bulldogs	1	13	.077	11

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

Bracket

	Semifinals #1 & #2 have twice-to-beat advantage						Finals Best-of-three series
	1	Ateneo	57
	4	Adamson	46
							1	Ateneo		64	62
							2	UP		60	58
	2	UP	56
	3	UST	54

Juniors' tournament

Elimination round

Rank	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Tie
1	Ateneo Blue Eaglets	13	1	.928	--
2	De La Salle Junior Archers	11	3	.786	2
3	FEU-Diliman Baby Tamaraws	9	5	.643	4
4	NSNU Bullpups	6	8	.428	7
5	UE Red Pages	6	8	.428	7
6	Adamson Baby Falcons	5	9	.357	8
7	UPIS Junior Maroons	4	10	.286	9
8	UST Tiger Cubs	2	12	.143	11

  Qualified to the semifinals with the twice-to-beat advantage
  Qualified to the semifinals
  Qualified for the fourth-seed playoff

Tiebreaker: NU defeated UE in the playoff for the fourth seed, 83-80.

Bracket

	Fourth-seed playoff				Semifinals #1 & #2 have twice-to-beat advantage						Finals Best-of-three series
					1	Ateneo	70	94
	UE	80			4	NU	73	75
	NU	83
											1	Ateneo		74	92
											2	La Salle Zobel		76	98*
					2	La Salle Zobel	67				*Overtime
					3	FEU-FERN	61

Awardees

• Most Valuable Player (Season): Samuel Marata (UPIS)
• Rookie of the Year: Dave Kurt De Guzman (UE)

Football

The UAAP Football tournament officially opened on January 12, 2008 at the Ateneo Erenchun Football Field of the Ateneo de Manila University in Katipunan Avenue, Loyola Heights Quezon City. Tournament host was Ateneo de Manila.

This year marked the introduction of high school football in the UAAP as a demonstration sport. The initial participating schools were Ateneo de Manila University, De La Salle-Santiago Zobel School, University of Santo Tomas High School and FEU - Diliman.

Three championship titles are disputed in UAAP football, one for each division, namely the men's, women's and juniors. The tournament is a double round robin elimination. A Team that sweeps both rounds automatically wins the championship. Otherwise, the number one and two ranked teams meet in the Finals round with the former having a twice-to-beat advantage over the number two team. Games in the Finals go into extra time if the score is a draw at the end of Regulation Time. The extra time consists of two 15-minute periods. If there is still no winner after the extra time, then the game will go to a penalty shootout (free kick) to decide the winner.

Volleyball

The UAAP volleyball tournament opened on December 1, 2007 at the Blue Eagle Gym hosted by University of the Philippines. The Ateneo de Manila University Men's Volleyball Team took on University of the East Men's Volleyball as the opening game for the Season.

Men's volleyball games were mostly held at the Blue Eagle Gym and some at the Rizal Memorial Coliseum. Women's volleyball action meanwhile had its opening games at the Blue Eagle Gym and transferred to Ninoy Aquino Stadium in the succeeding games. The boys' and Girls' volleyball games were mostly held at the University of the East Gymnasium with some games held at the University of the Philippines College of Human Kinetics Gym.

Men's tournament

Elimination round

Rank	Team	W	L	GB	Tie
1	FEU Tamaraws	13	1	--
2	UST Growling Tigers	13	1	--
3	Adamson Falcons	9	5	4
4	UP Fighting Maroons	8	6	5
5	UE Red Warriors	7	7	6
6	De La Salle Green Archers	3	11	10
7	Ateneo Blue Eagles	2	12	11
8	NU Bulldogs	1	13	12

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

• FEU defeated UST in 5 sets in the playoff for the first-seed.

Bracket

	1st–seed playoff				Semifinals #1 & #2 have twice-to-beat advantage						Finals Best-of-three series
	FEU	3			1	FEU	3
	UST	2			4	UP	0
											1	FEU	1	3	2
											2	UST	3	1	3
				2	UST	3
					3	Adamson	2

Women's tournament

All the won games of De La Salle from January 15, 2008 up to the time it was discovered that one of its players, Jacqueline Alarca, continued playing despite her being on leave of absence were forfeited. The UAAP rule requires a player to be enrolled while playing.^[2]

Elimination round

Rank	Team	W	L	GB	Tie
1	Adamson Lady Falcons	12	2	--	+2
2	FEU Lady Tamaraws	12	2	--	-1
3	UST Tigresses	12	2	--	-1		--
4	Ateneo Lady Eagles	8	6	4
5	UP Lady Maroons	4	10	8
6	NU Lady Bulldogs	3	11	9
7	De La Salle Lady Archers	3	11	9
8	UE Lady Warriors	2	12	10

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

The three-way tie for #1 was broken as follows:

• Teams were seeded by the number of sets won ratio. Adamson held the advantage with a +2, while UST and FEU had each a -1.
• In the playoffs for the first seed, Adamson with a better win record drew a bye and waited for the winner of the UST versus FEU match.
• FEU defeated UST in 4 sets and gained the right to play Adamson for the number one seeding. UST was relegated to #3 seed.
• Adamson defeated FEU in 5 sets in their playoff for the first seed.

Bracket

	1st–seed playoff				Semifinals #1 & #2 have twice-to-beat advantage						Finals Best-of-three series
	Adamson	3			1	Adamson	3
	FEU	2			4	Ateneo	0
											1	Adamson	3	1	2
											2	FEU	2	3	3
				2	FEU	3
					3	UST	2

Beach Volleyball

The UAAP Beach Volleyball tournament started on September 8, 2007 at the University of the East Caloocan sand courts in Caloocan City, Metro Manila.

Softball

The UAAP Softball tournament opened July 12, 2007. Games were played at the UST Open Field.

University of the Philippines Lady Maroons clinched the title automatically after sweeping the elimination round.

Elimination round

Rank	Team	W	L	GB
1	UP Lady Maroons	10	0	--
2	Adamson Lady Falcons	8	2	2
3	UST Growling Tigers	6	4	4
4	La Salle Lady Archers	3	7	7
5	UE Amazons	3	7	7
6	Ateneo Lady Eagles	0	10	10

Chess

Three championship titles were disputed in the UAAP Chess tournament.

Taekwondo

The UAAP Taekwondo tournament started on September 15, 2007 at the University of Santo Tomas Gym in España Boulevard, Sampaloc, Manila.

Table Tennis

The UAAP Table Tennis tournament started on September 18, 2007 at the Ateneo de Manila University Blue Eagle Gym in Katipunan Avenue, Loyola Heights, Quezon City.

Swimming

The UAAP Season 70 Swimming Championships was held on September 20 - 23, 2007 at the Trace Aquatics Centre in Los Baños, Laguna.

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.

Judo

The UAAP Judo tournament started on October 6, 2007 and ended on October 7, 2007 at the Blue Eagle Gym of the Ateneo de Manila University in Katipunan Avenue, Loyola Heights, Quezon City.

Cheerdance

The 2007 Cheerdance Competition was held on September 16, 2007 at the Araneta Coliseum, Araneta Center, Cubao, Quezon City. Cheer dance competition is an exhibition event. Points for the general championship are not awarded to the participants.

The UP Pep Squad clinched their fourth UAAP cheerdance title after 5 years. UST settled for second place, and the third place went to FEU.

Rank	Pep squad	Score
1st	UP Pep Squad	92.66
2nd	UST Salinggawi Dance Troupe	92.16
3rd	FEU Cheering Squad	91.66
4th	Ateneo Blue Babble Battalion	91.63
5th	Adamson Pep Squad	91.62
6th	UE Cheering Squad	91.55
7th	DLSU Pep Squad	89.54
8th	NU Pep Squad	84.23

General championships

Seniors Division

Sports rankings

Rank

MEN'S

1st

DLSU

UST

FEU

UP

FEU

UST

UST

DLSU

FEU

UST

FEU

UP

AdU

FEU

2nd

UE

FEU

ADU

UST

DLSU

FEU

DLSU

UE

UST

UE

UST

UST

UST

ADMU

3rd

ADMU

ADU

UST

DLSU

UP

UE

UP

FEU

ADMU

FEU

ADMU

ADMU

UP

UST

4th

UST

UP

UE

ADMU

UE

UP

ADMU

UST

UE

UP

DLSU

DLSU

NU

UP

5th

FEU

UE

ADMU

UE

UST

NU

UE

UP

UP

ADMU

UP

UE

ADMU

UE

6th

NU

DLSU

NU

NU

DLSU

ADMU

DLSU

DLSU

UE

DLSU

DLSU

7th

ADU

ADMU

DLSU

ADMU

ADMU

ADU

8th

UP

NU

UP

Rank

WOMEN'S

1st

ADMU

FEU

FEU

UST

UST

FEU

UST

UST

FEU

UE

UST

UP

UP

FEU

2nd

UP

ADU

ADMU

ADMU

DLSU

UST

ADMU

FEU

UST

ADMU

UP

ADMU

ADU

DLSU

3rd

UST

UST

UE

UP

UP

UP

UP

DLSU

UE

UP

FEU

UST

UST

UST

4th

ADU

ADMU

ADU

DLSU

FEU

UE

DLSU

UP

DLSU

UST

ADMU

DLSU

UE

ADMU

5th

FEU

UP

NU

UE

UE

DLSU

ADU

UP

FEU

DLSU

UE

DLSU

UP

6th

DLSU

NU

DLSU

NU

ADMU

ADMU

ADMU

DLSU

UE

ADMU

7th

UE

DLSU

UST

ADMU

NU

UE

8th

NU

UE

UP

NU

Juniors Division

Sports rankings

Rank	BOYS'									GIRLS'
1st	DLSZ	UE	ADMU	ADU	UST	DLSZ	UST	UST	ADMU	UST	UPIS
2nd	ADMU	DLSZ	UST	ADMU	UE	ADMU	ADMU	ADMU	UST	UE	UST
3rd	FEU	ADMU	DLSZ	UE	ADMU	FEU	UPIS	UPIS	UE	DLSZ	UE
4th	NU	UST	UPIS	NU	NU	UST	FEU	FEU	DLSZ	UPIS	DLSZ
5th	UE	UPIS	UE	UST	UPIS		UE	UE
6th	ADU			FEU	ADU		DLSZ	ADU
7th	UPIS
8th	UST

General championship standings

Individual Awards

Athlete of the Year:

• Seniors: Michelle Bruzola (Women's Fencing)  UE
• Juniors: Sabrina Ingrid Ilustre (Girls' Swimming)  UE

See also

• NCAA Season 83

References