UAAP Season 76

UAAP Season 76
Host school	Adamson University
Tagline	Greatness never ends
Overall
Seniors	De La Salle Green Archers
Juniors	UE Junior Warriors
Seniors' champions
Sport Men Women Basketball  La Salle  La Salle Volleyball  NU  Ateneo Beach volleyball  NU  Adamson Football  FEU  FEU Baseball  Ateneo N/A Softball N/A  Adamson Fencing  UE  UE Swimming  UP  UP Badminton  Ateneo  Ateneo Chess  FEU  La Salle Judo  Ateneo  La Salle Table tennis  La Salle  UP Tennis  NU  NU Track and field  FEU  FEU Taekwondo  La Salle  UST Poomsae  UST (Coed) Cheerdance  NU (Ex - Coed)
Juniors' champions
Sport Boys Girls Basketball  NU N/A Volleyball  UE  UST Beach volleyball  FEU Football  FEU Baseball  UE  UE Softball  Ateneo  UE Fencing  NU Swimming  Ateneo Badminton  UE Chess  UE Judo  UE
(NT) = No tournament; (DS) = Demonstration Sport; (Ex) = Exhibition;
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UAAP Season 76 is the 2013–2014 athletic year of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines. It was hosted by Adamson University with Fr. Maximino D. Rendon, C.M. as president. There were eight universities that competed in fifteen sports with poomsae, a form in the sport of taekwondo now recognized as a regular sport and included in the general championship tally.^[1]

Some of the sporting events were aired live or on a delayed telecast by ABS-CBN Channel 2 and Studio 23. All the men's basketball games and the women's volleyball games were aired live by ABS-CBN Sports, the former for the fourteenth consecutive year and the latter since Season 69. Starting this season, ABS-CBN Sports will air on Friday afternoons: one men's volleyball game (1-3 pm, on a delayed basis) and one live men's football game (3-5 pm). On January 18, 2014, the UAAP telecast transferred to ABS-CBN Sports+Action starting with women's volleyball after Studio 23 ceased its broadcast on January 17, 2014.

Season 76 opened on Saturday, June 29, 2013 at 12:30 P.M. at the Mall of Asia Arena with an elaborate and colorful opening ceremony patterned after the hit book "The Hunger Games".^[1] Its theme is "Greatness never ends".^[2]

Dancers representing the eight universities dressed up according to their school's identity, but taking a page from the book from which the opening ceremony was themed. The schools’ dancers wore hats, capes matching their university colors and giving off a tribal look, as they came out like the characters from the Districts. The others were dressed in over-the-top outfits, looking like the people from the Capitol — as in the movie. Adamson, this year's host of the UAAP, had the most elaborate introduction in the opening as they showcased huge birds with feathers of white and blue.

The opening ceremony was followed by two men's basketball games, University of the East versus Far Eastern University and De La Salle University against University of Santo Tomas.

The June start, compared to the usual July opening of past seasons, was due to the decision of the UAAP to suspend its basketball games while the 2013 FIBA Asia Championship was running from August 1–11, 2013. This gave way to the country's hosting of the continental caging as requested by the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas.^[3]

The UAAP Season 76 basketball tournament began on June 29, 2013 at the Mall of Asia Arena. The tournament host was Adamson University and tournament commissioner was Joaquin "Chito" Loyzaga.

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	NU Bulldogs	10	4	.714[a]	—	Twice-to-beat in the semifinals
2	De La Salle Green Archers	10	4	.714[a]	—
3	FEU Tamaraws	10	4	.714[a]	—	Twice-to-win in the semifinals
4	UST Growling Tigers	8	6	.571	2
5	Ateneo Blue Eagles	7	7	.500[b]	3
6	UE Red Warriors	7	7	.500[b]	3
7	Adamson Soaring Falcons (H)	4	10	.286	6
8	UP Fighting Maroons	0	14	.000	10

	Semifinals (Nos. 1 & 2 have twice-to-beat advantage)						Finals (Best-of-three series)
	1	NU	62	69
	4	UST	71	76
							4	UST	73	70	69
							2	La Salle	72	77	71*
	2	La Salle		71
	3	FEU		68

• Most Valuable Player: Terrence Romeo (FEU Tamaraws)
• Rookie of the Year: Kyles Jefferson Lao (UP Fighting Maroons)

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	NU Lady Bulldogs	12	2	.857[a]	—	Twice-to-beat in the semifinals
2	De La Salle Lady Archers	12	2	.857[a]	—
3	UST Tigresses	8	6	.571[b]	4	Twice-to-win in the semifinals
4	Adamson Lady Falcons	8	6	.571[b]	4
5	FEU Lady Tamaraws[c]	7	7	.500	5
6	UP Lady Maroons	6	8	.429	6
7	UE Lady Warriors	2	12	.143	10
8	Ateneo Lady Eagles	1	13	.071	11

	Semifinals (Nos. 1 & 2 have twice-to-beat advantage)						Finals (Best-of-three series)
	1	NU	71	66
	4	Adamson	76	47
							1	NU	48	67	61
							2	La Salle	72	52	69
	2	La Salle		81*
	3	UST		74

* Game went into overtime.

• Most Valuable Player: Camille Sambile (FEU Lady Tamaraws)
• Rookie of the Year: Love Joy Sto. Domingo (UE Lady Warriors)

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	NUNS Bullpups	14	0	1.000	—	Thrice-to-beat in the Finals[a]
2	Ateneo Blue Eaglets	11	3	.786	3	Twice-to-beat in stepladder round 2
3	DLSZ Junior Archers	9	5	.643	5	Proceed to stepladder round 1
4	FEU–D Baby Tamaraws	8	6	.571	6
5	UE Junior Warriors	5	9	.357	9
6	UST Tiger Cubs	4	10	.286[b]	10
7	UPIS Junior Maroons	4	10	.286[b]	10
8	Adamson Baby Falcons	1	13	.071	13

	Stepladder round 1 (Single-elimination)					Stepladder round 2 (No. 2 has twice-to-beat advantage)					Finals (No. 1 has thrice-to-beat advantage)
											1	NU	101*	81
						2	Ateneo	69			2	Ateneo	93	74
	3	DLSZ	55			4	FEU–FERN	64
	4	FEU–FERN	65*

* Game went into overtime.

• Most Valuable Player: Ferdinand Ravena III (Ateneo Blue Eaglets)
• Rookie of the Year: Aaron Ivan Reyes (UST Tiger Cubs)

The UAAP Season 76 volleyball tournament started on December 1, 2013 at the Araneta Coliseum. The tournament host of the seniors' division is Adamson University while University of the East is tournament host for the juniors' division. The number of participating schools in the girls' tournament increased to six with Adamson University fielding a girls' volleyball team this season.

The UAAP uses the number of wins as the primary criterion for ranking teams. Adamson and La Salle, which were tied with 7 wins in the men's tournament, had a playoff to determine the #4 seed, despite La Salle having more points (23) than Adamson (21); the same happened for Adamson (19 points) and FEU (17 points), which were tied for 4th in the women's tournament with 6 wins.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	NU Bulldogs	14	12	2	32	37	15	2.467	1205	1038	1.161	Semifinals with a twice-to-beat advantage
2	Ateneo Blue Eagles	14	11	3	32	36	18	2.000	1261	1145	1.101
3	FEU Tamaraws	14	9	5	25	31	23	1.348	1210	1188	1.019	Semifinals
4	Adamson Soaring Falcons	14	7	7	21	26	28	0.929	1199	1214	0.988
5	De La Salle Green Archers	14	7	7	23	30	26	1.154	1237	1213	1.020	Fourth-seed playoff
6	UST Growling Tigers	14	5	9	16	26	32	0.813	1249	1275	0.980
7	UP Fighting Maroons	14	4	10	15	21	33	0.636	1152	1217	0.947
8	UE Red Warriors	14	1	13	4	8	40	0.200	953	1176	0.810

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

• Most Valuable Player: Marck Jesus Espejo (Ateneo Blue Eagles)
• Rookie of the Year: Marck Jesus Espejo (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	14	0	42	42	2	21.000	1090	753	1.448	Finals
2	NU Lady Bulldogs	14	12	2	36	37	9	4.111	1119	940	1.190	Semifinals with a twice-to-beat advantage
3	Ateneo Lady Eagles	14	10	4	28	31	16	1.938	1035	963	1.075	Semifinals
4	Adamson Lady Falcons	14	6	8	19	25	27	0.926	1168	1133	1.031
5	FEU Lady Tamaraws	14	6	8	17	21	28	0.750	1043	1065	0.979	Fourth-seed playoff
6	UST Tigresses	14	5	9	16	18	30	0.600	1030	1075	0.958
7	UP Lady Maroons	14	3	11	10	12	34	0.353	893	1068	0.836
8	UE Lady Warriors	14	0	14	0	3	42	0.071	735	1116	0.659

	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 thrice-to-beat advantage)
																	1	La Salle	1	3	2	0
											2	NU	1	1			3	Ateneo	3	1	3	3
						3	Ateneo	3			3	Ateneo	3	3
	Adamson		3			4	Adamson	0
	FEU		2

• Most Valuable Player: Alyssa Valdez (Ateneo Lady Eagles)
• Rookie of the Year: Alyja Daphne Santiago (NU Lady Bulldogs)

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	NUNS Bullpups	9	8	1	24	3	0	MAX	0	0	—	Finals
2	UE Junior Warriors	9	8	1	24	0	0	—	0	0	—
3	Ateneo Blue Eaglets	9	6	3	18	9	3	3.000	77	58	1.328
4	UST Tiger Cubs	9	3	6	9	0	3	0.000	58	77	0.753
5	DLSZ Junior Archers	9	2	7	6	0	0	—	0	0	—
6	UPIS Junior Maroons	9	0	9	0	0	0	—	0	0	—

• Most Valuable Player: Marc Icarangal (Ateneo Blue Eaglets)
• Rookie of the Year: Armel Amuan (NUNS Bullpups)

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	UST Junior Tigresses	10	9	1	28	2	3	0.667	0	0	—	Finals
2	NUNS Lady Bullpups	10	9	1	26	6	2	3.000	0	0	—
3	DLSZ Junior Lady Archers	9	6	3	18	0	0	—	0	0	—
4	UE Junior Lady Warriors	9	3	6	9	0	0	—	0	0	—
5	Adamson Lady Baby Falcons	9	2	7	6	0	3	0.000	0	0	—
6	UPIS Junior Lady Maroons	9	0	9	0	0	0	—	0	0	—

• Most Valuable Player: Ennajie Laure (UST Junior Tigresses)
• Rookie of the Year: Faith Nisperos (NUNS Lady Bullpups)

The UAAP Season 76 beach volleyball tournament began on August 31, 2013 at the University of the East (UE) sand courts in Caloocan, Metro Manila. The tournament host is University of the East.

  Qualified to the Finals with the thrice-to-beat advantage
  Qualified to the semifinals with the twice-to-beat advantage
  Qualified to the semifinals first-round playoff
  Qualified to fourth-seed playoff

Match-up results

Team ╲ Game	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
AdMU
AdU
DLSU
FEU
NU
UE
UP
UST

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
  = Win;   = Loss

	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	NU	0	2	2
											2	UST	2			2	UST	2	1	0
						3	UP	0			4	Adamson	0
	FEU		0			4	Adamson	2
	Adamson		2

• Most Valuable Player: Edwin Tolentino (NU Bulldogs)
• Rookie of the Year: Kris Roy Guzman (UST Growling Tigers)

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

Match-up results

Team ╲ Game	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
AdMU
AdU
DLSU
FEU
NU
UE
UP
UST

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
  = Win;   = Loss

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

• Most Valuable Player: Shiela Marie Pineda (Adamson Lady Falcons)
• Rookie of the Year: Kyla Llana Atienza (FEU Lady Tamaraws)

The UAAP Season 76 football tournament began on November 23, 2013 at the football field of the Far Eastern University in Diliman, Quezon City. The tournament host is Far Eastern University.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	FEU Tamaraws	12	11	0	1	26	8	+18	33	Twice-to-beat in the semifinals
2	UP Fighting Maroons	12	8	1	3	25	9	+16	25
3	UST Growling Tigers	12	5	2	5	16	19	−3	17	Twice-to-win in the semifinals
4	De La Salle Green Archers	12	5	2	5	14	17	−3	17
5	UE Red Warriors	12	3	3	6	12	16	−4	12
6	NU Bulldogs	12	3	1	8	13	23	−10	10
7	Ateneo Blue Eagles	12	1	3	8	7	21	−14	6

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

	Semifinals (Nos. 1 & 2 have twice-to-beat advantage)					Finals (Best-of-three series)
	1	FEU	2
	4	La Salle	1
						1	FEU	4	1
						2	UP	1	0
	2	UP	5
	3	UST	1

• Most Valuable Player: Paolo Bugas (FEU Tamaraws)
• Rookie of the Year: Francisco Jose Primo Santos (UP Fighting Maroons)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	UST Tigresses	8	3	4	1	7	4	+3	13	Twice-to-beat in the finals
2	FEU Lady Tamaraws	8	3	3	2	9	4	+5	12	Twice-to-win in the finals
3	Ateneo Lady Eagles	8	2	5	1	8	7	+1	11
4	UP Lady Maroons	8	3	2	3	10	10	0	11
5	De La Salle Lady Archers	8	1	2	5	7	16	−9	5

	Round 1				Round 2
Team ╲ Game	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
AdMU
DLSU
FEU
UP
UST

• Most Valuable Player: Mae Sullano (FEU Lady Tamaraws)
• Rookie of the Year: Mary Rose Obra (UP Lady Maroons)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	FEU–D Baby Tamaraws	6	5	1	0	29	3	+26	16	Twice-to-beat in the finals
2	Ateneo Blue Eaglets	6	4	1	1	23	9	+14	13	Twice-to-win in the finals
3	DLSZ Junior Archers	6	2	0	4	7	16	−9	6
4	UST Tiger Cubs	6	0	0	6	4	35	−31	0

	Round 1			Round 2
Team ╲ Game	1	2	3	4	5	6
AdMU
DLSZ
FEU
UST

• Most Valuable Player: Janryl Balanueco (FEU–D Baby Tamaraws)
• Rookie of the Year: Earl Laguerta (FEU–D Baby Tamaraws)

The UAAP Season 76 baseball tournament began on January 5, 2014 at the Rizal Memorial Baseball Stadium in Malate Manila. The tournament host is University of Santo Tomas.

  Qualified to the Finals with the twice-to-beat advantage
  Qualified to the Finals
  Qualified to second-seed playoff

Match-up results

	Round 1					Round 2
Team ╲ Game	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
AdU
AdMU
DLSU
NU
UP
UST

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
  = Win;   = Loss

February 15	Ateneo Blue Eagles	10–8 (F/10)	De La Salle Green Archers	Rizal Memorial Baseball Stadium

February 18	Ateneo Blue Eagles	8–3	De La Salle Green Archers	Rizal Memorial Baseball Stadium

Ateneo wins series 2–0

• Most Valuable Players: Andrew Antonio Augustine Tan (Ateneo Blue Eagles)
• Rookie of the Year: Miguel Dumlao (Ateneo Blue Eagles)

  Qualified to the Finals with the twice-to-beat advantage
  Qualified to the Finals
  Qualified to second-seed playoff

Match-up results

	Round 1		Round 2
Team ╲ Game	1	2	3	4
AdMU
DLSZ
UST

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
  = Win;   = Loss

• Most Valuable Player: Jose Maria Emmanuel Tantuico (DLSZ Junior Archers)
• Rookie of the Year: Angelo Raphael Tantuico (DLSZ Junior Archers)

The UAAP Season 76 softball tournament began on December 4, 2013 at the baseball diamond of the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex in Malate Manila. The tournament host is University of Santo Tomas.

  Qualified to the Finals with the thrice-to-beat advantage
  Qualified to the semifinals with the twice-to-beat advantage
  Qualified to the semifinals first-round playoff

Match-up results

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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
  = Win;   = Loss

February 18	Adamson Lady Falcons	11–3 (F/6)	NU Lady Bulldogs	Rizal Memorial Baseball Stadium

February 21	Adamson Lady Falcons	8–1	NU Lady Bulldogs	Rizal Memorial Baseball Stadium

Adamson wins series in two games

• Most Valuable Player: Analie Benjamen (Adamson Lady Falcons)
• Rookie of the Year: Roxelle Pearl Niloban (UE Lady Warriors)

The UAAP Season 76 badminton tournament began on September 1, 2013 at the Jumpsmash Badminton Center in Quezon City. The tournament host is National University.

  Qualified to the Finals with the thrice-to-beat advantage
  Qualified to the semifinals with the twice-to-beat advantage
  Qualified to the semifinals first-round playoff
  Qualified to fourth-seed playoff

Match-up results

Team ╲ Game	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
AdMU
AdU
DLSU
FEU
NU
UE
UP
UST

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
  = Win;   = Loss

	Seeding playoff (One–game playoff)					First round (One-tie playoff)					Semifinals (No. 2 seed has twice-to-beat advantage)					Finals (No. 1 seed has thrice-to-beat advantage)
	For 2nd seed
	NU		3													1	Ateneo	2	3	3
	UST		2								2	NU	3			2	NU	3	0	2
						3	UST	3			3	UST	1
	For 4th seed					4	UP	2
	UP		3
	La Salle		2

• Most Valuable Player: Patrick Wilfred Natividad (Ateneo Blue Eagles)
• Rookie of the Year: Ros Leenard Pedrosa (NU Bulldogs)

  Qualified to the Finals with the thrice-to-beat advantage
  Qualified to the semifinals with the twice-to-beat advantage
  Qualified to the semifinals first-round playoff
Note: Tiebreaker was head-to-head records (matches won-lost) among tied teams.

Match-up results

Team ╲ Game	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
AdMU
AdU
DLSU
FEU
NU
UE
UP
UST

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
  = Win;   = Loss

	Seeding playoff (One–game playoff)					First round (One-tie playoff)					Semifinals (No. 2 seed has twice-to-beat advantage)					Finals (No. 1 seed has thrice-to-beat advantage)
	For 2nd seed
	La Salle		3													1	Ateneo	3	3
	FEU		1								2	La Salle	3			2	La Salle	1	2
						3	FEU	1			4	UP	0
						4	UP	3

• Most Valuable Player: Maria Bianca Ysabel Carlos (Ateneo Lady Eagles)
• Rookie of the Year: Maria Bianca Ysabel Carlos (Ateneo Lady Eagles)

The UAAP Table Tennis tournament began on September 14, 2013 at the Blue Eagle Gym of the Ateneo de Manila University in Katipunan Ave., Loyola Heights, Quezon City. The tournament host is Ateneo de Manila University.

Incomplete Win–loss data

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

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: ^{[citation needed]}
  = Win;   = Loss

• Most Valuable Player: Walden Shayne Ledesma (De La Salle Green Archers)
• Rookie of the Year: John Russel Misal (NU Bulldogs)

Incomplete Win–loss data

  Qualified to the Finals with the thrice-to-beat advantage
  Qualified to the semifinals with the twice-to-beat advantage
  Qualified to the semifinals first-round playoff

Match-up results

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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
  = Win;   = Loss