UAAP Season 80

UAAP Season 80
Go for Great
Host school	Far Eastern University
Overall
Seniors	University of Santo Tomas[1]
Juniors	University of Santo Tomas[2]
Seniors' champions
Sport Men Women Basketball  Ateneo  NU Volleyball  NU  La Salle Beach volleyball  NU  UST Football  UP  La Salle Baseball  Adamson NT Softball NT  Adamson Fencing  UE  UE Swimming  Ateneo  Ateneo Badminton  NU  La Salle Chess  NU  La Salle Judo  Ateneo[3]  UST[4][5]  UST Table tennis  NU  La Salle Tennis  UE  UST Track and field  FEU  UST Taekwondo  NU  NU Poomsae  UST (Coed) Cheerdance  Adamson (Ex - Coed) Street dance  FEU (Ex - Coed) Ballroom Not held (Ex - Coed)
Juniors' champions
Sport Boys Girls Basketball  Ateneo NT Volleyball  UST  NU Football  FEU NT Baseball  UST NT Fencing  UE  UE Swimming  UST  La Salle Judo  UST  UE Table tennis  NU  UST Track and field  UE  UE Taekwondo  UST NT
(NT) = No tournament; (DS) = Demonstration Sport; (Ex) = Exhibition;
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UAAP Season 80 was the 2017–18 athletic year of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP). This season was hosted by the Far Eastern University.^[6][7]

The eight member universities of the UAAP competed in the league's 28 events from 15 sports to vie for the overall championship. This season's sports events included the inaugural 3-on-3 basketball as a demonstration sport held at FEU Manila.

On January 12, 2017, the presidents of the member institutions of the University Athletics Association of the Philippines (UAAP) met in the campus of the host university, the University of Santo Tomas, to discuss the re-organization of the association.

In an interview with the UST Rector, the Very Rev. Herminio V. Dagohoy, O.P., PhD, he said that the group "approved in principle the re-organization of the UAAP." Such entailed that the Presidents/Rectors would become the members of the Board of Trustees, while the present members of the Board of Trustees comprised the Board of Managing Directors, which manage and supervise the UAAP events, like games, among other things.

Created under the proposed change are "risk and audit committees, which will be under the Board of Trustees." Meanwhile, other working committees similar to existing committees were created and placed under the supervision of the board of managing directors.

The proposed amendments to the Articles of Incorporation and By-Laws were submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission for approval, and were eyed for implementation in time for the opening of the 80th season of UAAP later in 2017.

In August 2017, the UAAP Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Dr. Michael Alba of the Far Eastern University, announced the appointment of Rene Andrei Q. Saguisag, Jr., as the Association's first Executive Director.

The opening ceremony of the UAAP Season 80 was held on September 9, 2017 at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City. With the season's theme, "Go for Great", the ceremony gave tribute to its long list of athletic legends.^[8]

Started with various performances from students and a live band, the ceremony's highlight was the parade of athletes joined by "UAAP greats" from each school. Among the greats who represented their respective schools were Ateneo's Alyssa Valdez and Rico Villanueva; NU's Danny Ildefonso, Ray Parks and Christine Patrimonio; UP's Ronnie Magsanoc, Joe Lipa, and former varsity volleyball player Congresswoman Pia Cayetano; FEU's Glenn Capacio, Terrence Romeo and Rachel Anne Daquis; UST's Aric del Rosario, Dylan Ababou and Cyrus Baguio; UE's Tisha Abundo; Adamson's Queeny Sabobo, and Ana Santiago; and DLSU's Renren Ritualo and Marielle Benitez.

This is the calendar of events of the UAAP Season 80. The list includes the tournament host schools and the venues.

Sport/Division	Event Host	Start Date	Venue/s
Ballroom Dancing (demo sport)		Not Held
Basketball (Men)	Far Eastern University	September 9, 2017	Smart Araneta Coliseum, Mall of Asia Arena
Basketball (Women)	Far Eastern University	September 10, 2017	Smart Araneta Coliseum, Mall of Asia Arena, Blue Eagle Gym
Volleyball (Juniors)	National University	September 9, 2017	FilOil Flying V Centre
Badminton (Seniors)	University of the East	September 21, 2017	Rizal Memorial Badminton Hall
Beach Volleyball (Seniors)	University of Santo Tomas	October 6, 2017	Sands at SM by the Bay
Table Tennis (M/W/B)	University of the Philippines	September 2017	UP Gym
Taekwondo (Kyorugi) (M/W/B)	Ateneo de Manila University	November 15, 2017	Ateneo Blue Eagle Gym
Taekwondo (Poomsae) (M/W/B)	Ateneo de Manila University	November 14, 2017	Ateneo Blue Eagle Gym
Swimming (Srs/Jrs)	University of the Philippines	October 12, 2017	Rizal Memorial Swimming Complex
Judo (Seniors/Juniors)	De La Salle University	November 11, 2017	De La Salle-Zobel Sports Pavilion
Cheerdance	Special Events Committee	December 2, 2017	Mall of Asia Arena

Sport/Division	Event Host	Start Date	Venue
Basketball (Boys)	Ateneo de Manila	November 11, 2017	Filoil Flying V Centre and Ateneo Blue Eagle Gym
Basketball 3 × 3 (Srs-demo sport)	Far Eastern University	March 4, 2018	SM Mall of Asia Music Hall
Football (Boys)	De La Salle University	November 19, 2017	Rizal Memorial Football Stadium
Football (Seniors)	De La Salle University	Women's - Feb. 3, 2018 Men's - Feb 4, 2018	Rizal Memorial Football Stadium
Baseball (M/B)	Adamson University	Boys' - Jan. 20, 2018 Men's - Feb. 4, 2018	Rizal Memorial Baseball Stadium
Softball (W)	Adamson University	February 1, 2018	Rizal Memorial Baseball Stadium
Volleyball (Seniors)	Far Eastern University	February 3, 2018	Filoil Flying V Centre, Mall of Asia Arena
Chess (Seniors/Juniors)	University of Santo Tomas	February 17, 2018	UST Quadricentennial Pavilion
Fencing (Seniors/Juniors)	University of the East	February 8, 2018	PSC Fenncing Center Philsport Complex Meralco Ave. Pasig
Athletics (Seniors/Juniors)	Adamson University	February 7, 2018	Philsports Arena (Formerly ULTRA) Oval Track
Tennis (Seniors)	National University	Men's - Feb. 3, 2018 Women's - Feb. 4, 2018	Rizal Memorial Tennis Center
Streetdance	De La Salle University	March 11, 2018	Mall of Asia Arena

The UAAP Season 80 seniors division basketball tournament began on September 9, 2017, at the Mall of Asia Arena. The tournament host is Far Eastern University and the tournament commissioner is Rebo Saguisag.^[9] The UAAP have adopted FIBA rules on technicals, timeouts, among others. The tournament still used referees from BRASCU for officiating.

The primary venues are the Mall of Asia Arena and the Smart Araneta Coliseum. The Filoil Flying V Centre serves as the alternate venue (on the games on October 15 and 22) when the MOA Arena and Araneta Coliseum are unavailable.

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Ateneo Blue Eagles	13	1	.929	—	Twice-to-beat in the semifinals
2	De La Salle Green Archers	12	2	.857	1
3	Adamson Soaring Falcons	9	5	.643	4	Twice-to-win in the semifinals
4	FEU Tamaraws (H)	7	7	.500	6
5	UP Fighting Maroons	6	8	.429	7
6	NU Bulldogs	5	9	.357	8
7	UE Red Warriors	3	11	.214	10
8	UST Growling Tigers	1	13	.071	12

	Semifinals (Nos. 1 & 2 have twice-to-beat advantage)						Finals (Best-of-three series)
	1	Ateneo	67	88*
	4	FEU	80	84
							1	Ateneo	76	83	88
							2	La Salle	70	92	86
	2	La Salle		82
	3	Adamson		75

*Game went into overtime.

• Most Valuable Player: Benoit Mendzana Mbala (De La Salle Green Archers)
• Rookie of the Year: Juan Gerardo S. Gomez de Liaño (UP Fighting Maroons)

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	NU Lady Bulldogs	14	0	1.000	—	Advance to the Finals[a]
2	UE Lady Warriors	11	3	.786	3	Twice-to-beat in stepladder round 2
3	UST Tigresses	10	4	.714	4	Proceed to stepladder round 1
4	FEU Lady Tamaraws (H)	8	6	.571	6
5	Adamson Lady Falcons	6	8	.429	8
6	Ateneo Lady Eagles	4	10	.286	10
7	De La Salle Lady Archers	3	11	.214	11
8	UP Fighting Maroons	0	14	.000	14

	Stepladder round 1 (Single-elimination)					Stepladder round 2 (No. 2 has twice-to-beat advantage)						Finals (Best-of-three series)
												1	NU	89	79
						2	UE	53	69			2	UE	61	68
	3	UST	86			3	UST	63	62
	4	FEU	72

• Most Valuable Player: Jack Danielle Animam (NU Lady Bulldogs)
• Rookie of the Year: Marian Justine Domingo (UP Lady Maroons)

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Ateneo Blue Eaglets	14	0	1.000	—	Advance to the Finals[a]
2	NUNS Bullpups[b] (H)	11	3	.786	3	Twice-to-beat in stepladder round 2
3	FEU–D Baby Tamaraws	8	6	.571	6	Proceed to stepladder round 1
4	UST Tiger Cubs	7	7	.500[c]	7
5	Adamson Baby Falcons	7	7	.500[c]	7
6	DLSZ Junior Archers	4	10	.286	10
7	UPIS Junior Maroons	3	11	.214	11
8	UE Junior Warriors	2	12	.143	12

	Stepladder round 1 (Single-elimination)					Stepladder round 2 (No. 2 has twice-to-beat advantage)					Finals (Best-of-three series)
											1	Ateneo	86	67	63
						2	NSNU	91			2	NSNU	70	70	58
	3	FEU–D	80			4	UST	72
	4	UST	81

• Most Valuable Player: Crispin John Cansino (UST Tiger Cubs)

The UAAP expanded its number of tournaments by holding 3×3 basketball games in the men's and women's divisions as a demonstration sport in Season 80. The inclusion of 3×3 basketball in the list of UAAP tournaments is timely as 3×3 basketball is now an Olympic event. 3×3 basketball may be reclassified as a regular sport next season after the positive responses from member schools who all fielded a team.^[11]

Pos	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	De La Salle Green Archers	2	1	.667[a]	—	Qualified to the semifinals		—	13–11	10–9	9–11
2	UE Red Warriors	2	1	.667[a]	—				—	19–17	18–16
3	Ateneo Blue Eagles	1	2	.333[b]	1					—	19–16
4	Adamson Soaring Falcons	1	2	.333[b]	1						—

Pos	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	NU Bulldogs	1	1	.500[a]	—	Qualified to the semifinals		—	20–22	19–17
2	FEU Tamaraws (H)	1	1	.500[a]	—				—	7–10
3	UP Fighting Maroons	1	1	.500[a]	—					—

	Semifinals (Single-elimination)					Finals (Single-elimination)
	A1	La Salle	12
	B2	FEU	15
						B2	FEU	21
						A2	UE	13
	B1	NU	16
	A2	UE	19

Pos	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Adamson Lady Falcons	3	0	1.000	—	Qualified to the semifinals		—	9–7	8–3	16–8
2	Ateneo Lady Eagles	1	2	.333[a]	2				—	9–11	8–4
3	De La Salle Lady Archers	1	2	.333[a]	2					—	3–8
4	UE Lady Warriors	1	2	.333[a]	2						—

Pos	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	NU Lady Bulldogs	3	0	1.000	—	Qualified to the semifinals		—	14–8	13–6	15–9
2	UST Tigresses	2	1	.667	1				—	14–13	12–10
3	UP Lady Maroons	1	2	.333	2					—	9–7
4	FEU Lady Tamaraws (H)	0	3	.000	3						—

	Semifinals (Single-elimination)					Finals (Single-elimination)
	A1	Adamson	15
	B2	UST	8
						A1	Adamson	6
						B1	NU	15
	B1	NU	10
	A2	Ateneo	5

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's team	FEU Wendel Comboy Richard Escoto Kenneth Tuffin Michael John Casino	UE Alvin Pasaol Philip Manalang Mark Maloles Jason Varilla	La Salle  NU
Women's team	NU Jack Animam Ria Nabalan Annick Tiky Afril Bernardino	Adamson Jonalyn Lacson Jaime Alcoy April Cabug Nathalia Prado	Ateneo Katrina Guytinco Nicole Cancio Jhazmin Joson Johanne Nîmes  UST Angelica Anies Jhenn Angeles Karla Manuel Maria Sangalang

The UAAP Season 81 seniors division volleyball tournaments began on February 16, 2019. The tournament main venue was the Filoil Flying V Centre in San Juan City while selected games were played at the SM Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay and Smart Araneta Coliseum in Cubao, Quezon City. The tournament host is the National University.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	NU Bulldogs	14	12	2	35	37	14	2.643	1211	1053	1.150	Twice-to-beat in the semifinals
2	FEU Tamaraws (H)	14	12	2	35	39	16	2.438	1304	1219	1.070
3	Ateneo Blue Eagles	14	11	3	34	36	14	2.571	1207	1070	1.128	Twice-to-win in the semifinals
4	UST Growling Tigers	14	6	8	19[a]	24	31	0.774	1215	1210	1.004
5	Adamson Soaring Falcons	14	6	8	18[a]	24	26	0.923	1144	1128	1.014	Qualified to fourth-seed playoff
6	De La Salle Green Archers	14	5	9	16	23	29	0.793	1177	1178	0.999
7	UP Fighting Maroons	14	4	10	11	18	33	0.545	1126	1196	0.941
8	UE Red Warriors	14	0	14	0	4	42	0.095	809	1139	0.710

	Fourth-seed playoff					Semifinals Top seeds twice-to-beat						Finals Best-of-three series
						1	NU		3
	Adamson		2			4	UST		0
	UST		3									1	NU	3	3
												3	Ateneo	0	1
						2	FEU	2	1
						3	Ateneo	3	3

• Most Valuable Player: Marck Espejo (Ateneo Blue Eagles)
• Rookie of the Year: Ariel Morado Jr. (Ateneo Blue Eagles)

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	De La Salle Lady Archers	14	12	2	34	39	14	2.786	1227	1052	1.166	Twice-to-beat in the semifinals
2	FEU Lady Tamaraws (H)	14	10	4	31	36	20	1.800	1245	1168	1.066
3	Ateneo Lady Eagles	14	9	5	26	32	24	1.333	1225	1173	1.044	Twice-to-win in the semifinals
4	NU Lady Bulldogs	14	7	7	19	25	28	0.893	1134	1188	0.955
5	Adamson Lady Falcons	14	6	8	21[a]	30	30	1.000	1267	1238	1.023
6	UP Lady Maroons	14	6	8	16[a]	20	30	0.667	1083	1152	0.940
7	UST Tigresses	14	4	10	14	20	32	0.625	1156	1161	0.996
8	UE Lady Warriors	14	2	12	7	15	39	0.385	1047	1252	0.836

	Semifinals (Nos. 1 & 2 have twice-to-beat advantage)					Finals (Best-of-three series)
	1	La Salle	3
	4	NU	0
						1	La Salle	3	3
						2	FEU	0	0
	2	FEU	3
	3	Ateneo	1

• Most Valuable Player: Jaja Santiago (NU Lady Bulldogs)
• Rookie of the Year: Milena Alessandrini (UST Tigresses)

The UAAP Season 80 Juniors volleyball tournament started on September 9, 2017. National University athletic director Chito Loyzaga and Sports Vision chairman Moying Martelino announced a partnership that resulted in the UAAP Season 80 boys and girls volleyball games being played at FilOil Flying V Centre in San Juan using the facilities of the Premier Volleyball League (PVL). The San Juan venue became the new home of the UAAP high school volleyball. The Adamson gym hosted the competition for three years since 2014. The UAAP wanted a good venue to develop young high school volleyball players. The FilOil Flying V Centre gives young and promising high school volleyball players a venue where they can perform at their very best. For the first time these high school players got a chance to compete on a Taraflex floor.

The girls volleyball matches were played from 12 noon to 4:00 p.m. every Monday and Saturday. The boys matches were held every Wednesday on the same timeslots. On Sundays there were four boys matches starting at 10:00 a.m. and a lone girls game at 8:00 a.m.

National University is the tournament host. The number of participating schools in the boys' and girls' tournaments increased to eight and seven, respectively. Far Eastern University fielded boys' and girls' volleyball teams beginning season 77. Adamson fielded a boys' team starting season 79. Since there would be more than six participating schools in each tournament, both tournaments have a Final Four format. The UAAP Board decided to move the high school volleyball tournaments from 2nd semester to 1st semester in Season 78 due to the basketball juniors tournament being moved from the 1st semester to 2nd semester.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR
1	NSNU Bullpups (H)	3	3	0	9	9	0	MAX	226	155	1.458
2	DLSZ Junior Archers	3	2	1	6	6	3	2.000	193	180	1.072
3	UST Tiger Cubs	3	2	1	6	7	4	1.750	258	212	1.217
4	FEU Baby Tamaraws	2	1	1	3	3	4	0.750	142	164	0.866
5	Adamson Baby Falcons	2	1	1	2	3	5	0.600	168	167	1.006
6	Ateneo Blue Eaglets	3	1	2	4	5	7	0.714	227	268	0.847
7	UE Junior Warriors	2	0	2	0	1	6	0.167	145	170	0.853
8	UPIS Junior Maroons	2	0	2	0	1	6	0.167	130	173	0.751

	2nd-seed playoff					Semifinals Top seeds twice-to-beat						Finals Best-of-three series
						1	FEU		3
						4	UE		2
												1	FEU	1	2
												2	UST	3	3
	NU		2			2	UST	2	3
	UST		3			3	NU	3	0

• Most Valuable Player: Mark Frederick Calado (FEU–D Baby Tamaraws)
• Rookie of the Year: CJ Segui (UST Tiger Cubs)

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR
1	UST Junior Tigresses	8	8	0	24	24	2	12.000	566	414	1.367
2	NSNU Lady Bullpups (H)	6	5	1	15	16	4	4.000	481	354	1.359
3	DLSZ Junior Lady Archers	5	3	2	9	9	8	1.125	389	361	1.078
4	Adamson Lady Baby Falcons	6	2	4	6	8	13	0.615	423	470	0.900
5	UE Junior Amazons	4	1	3	2	4	11	0.364	299	341	0.877
6	FEU–D Lady Baby Tamaraws	5	1	4	4	7	12	0.583	368	410	0.898
7	UPIS Junior Lady Maroons	5	0	5	0	0	15	0.000	199	375	0.531

	Semifinals (Nos. 1 & 2 have twice-to-beat advantage)					Finals (Best-of-three series)
	1	NU	3
	4	FEU	1
						1	NU	3	3
						2	UST	2	0
	2	UST	3
	3	DLSZ	1

• Most Valuable Player: Mhicaela Belen (NUNS Lady Bullpups)
• Rookie of the Year: Alyssa Jae Solomon (NUNS Lady Bullpups)

The UAAP Season 80 football tournaments started on November 18, 2017 for the juniors division; and on February 3, 2018 for the women's division and the following day for the men's division.

The tournament venue is the Rizal Memorial Stadium. The tournament host is De La Salle University.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	UP Fighting Maroons	14	10	4	0	32	6	+26	34	Qualified to the semifinals
2	Ateneo Blue Eagles	14	10	2	2	34	13	+21	32
3	UST Growling Tigers	14	7	4	3	23	12	+11	25
4	De La Salle Green Archers	14	6	2	6	16	17	−1	20
5	UE Red Warriors	14	6	1	7	13	24	−11	19
6	NU Bulldogs	14	5	1	8	12	15	−3	16
7	FEU Tamaraws (H)	14	3	4	7	25	27	−2	13
8	Adamson Soaring Falcons	14	0	0	14	4	45	−41	0

Match-up results [edit]   Round 1 Round 2 Team ╲ Game 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14  Adamson  Ateneo  La Salle  FEU  NU  UE  UP  UST Source: [citation needed]   = Win;   = Draw;   = Loss

Scores [edit] Team AdU ADMU DLSU FEU NU UE UP UST Adamson 0–2 0–2 0–7 0–1 0–2 1–4 0–3 Ateneo 4–0 2–1 4–3 3–1 5–0 0–1 0–1 La Salle 2–0 0–0 3–1 0–1 3–2 0–2 0–2 FEU 3–2 4–5 0–1 0–2 0–0 1–1 0–4 NU 4–0 0–1 1–2 1–0 0–1 0–2 0–0 UE 1–0 0–4 3–1 1–3 1–0 0–3 1–0 UP 5–1 2–2 2–0 0–0 2–0 3–0 1–1 UST 5–0 0–2 1–1 2–2 2–0 2–1 0–4 Source: [citation needed] Legend: Blue = left column team win; Yellow = draw; Red = top row team win. Results to the right and top of the gray cells are first round games, those to the left and below are second round games.

	Semifinals					Finals
	1	UP	1
	4	La Salle	0
						1	UP	1
						3	UST	0
	2	Ateneo	0
	3	UST (a.e.t.)	1

• Most Valuable Player: Ian Clarino (UP Fighting Maroons)
• Rookie of the Year: Fidel Tacardon (UP Fighting Maroons)

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	UST Tigresses	8	6	1	1	22	10	+12	19	Finals
2	De La Salle Lady Archers	8	5	1	2	9	7	+2	16
3	FEU Lady Tamaraws (H)	8	3	4	1	10	5	+5	13
4	Ateneo Lady Eagles	8	2	2	4	7	12	−5	8
5	UP Lady Maroons	8	0	0	8	5	19	−14	0

Match-up results [edit]   Round 1 Round 2 Team ╲ Game 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8  Ateneo  La Salle  FEU  UP  UST Source: [citation needed]   = Win;   = Draw;   = Loss

Scores [edit] Team ADMU DLSU FEU UP UST Ateneo 0–1 0–0 1–3 1–2 La Salle 1–0 1–0 3–1 0–1 FEU 1–1 0–0 2–1 3–1 UP 0–1 0–1 0–3 2–3 UST 6–1 5–2 1–1 3–0 Source: [citation needed] Legend: Blue = left column team win; Yellow = draw; Red = top row team win. Results to the right and top of the gray cells are first round games, those to the left and below are second round games.

• Most Valuable Player: Kyla Jan Inquig (De La Salle Lady Archers)
• Rookie of the Year: Anna Beatrice Delos Reyes (De La Salle Lady Archers)

The UAAP Season 80 juniors division football tournament started on November 19, 2017. Rizal Memorial Football Stadium and De La Salle Canlubang Football Field are the playing venues. Ateneo is the tournament host. The number of participating schools increased to five from the four teams of season 79. NU fielded a team starting season 80.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	FEU–D Baby Tamaraws	8	6	1	1	31	4	+27	19	Finals
2	DLSZ Junior Archers	8	5	1	2	31	9	+22	16[a]
3	NUNS Bullpups	8	5	1	2	24	13	+11	16[a]	Second-seed playoff
4	UST Tiger Cubs	8	1	2	5	4	28	−24	5
5	Ateneo Blue Eaglets (H)	8	0	1	7	6	42	−36	1