UAAP Season 77

UAAP Season 77
Unity in Excellence
Host school	University of the East
Overall
Seniors	University of Santo Tomas
Juniors	University of Santo Tomas
Seniors' champions
Sport Men Women Basketball  NU  NU Volleyball  Ateneo  Ateneo Beach volleyball  NU  UST Football  FEU  FEU Baseball  Ateneo N/A Softball N/A  Adamson Fencing  UE  UE Swimming  Ateneo  Ateneo Badminton  NU  UP Chess  La Salle  FEU Judo  UST  UST Table tennis  La Salle  La Salle Tennis  NU  NU Track and field  FEU  UST Taekwondo  UST  UP Poomsae  UP (Coed) Cheerdance  NU (Ex - Coed) Street dance  UP (Ex - Coed)
Juniors' champions
Sport Boys Girls Basketball  Ateneo N/A Volleyball  UE  NU Beach volleyball  FEU N/A Football  FEU Baseball  UE  UE Softball  Ateneo  UST Fencing  NU N/A Swimming  Ateneo Badminton  UE Chess  UE Judo  UE
(NT) = No tournament; (DS) = Demonstration Sport; (Ex) = Exhibition;
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UAAP Season 77 is the 2014–15 athletic year of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP). The season host is the University of the East with Carmelita Mateo as president.^[1] Eight universities are competing in fifteen sports to vie for the general championship. Each sporting event is hosted by a school.

Some of these sporting events are aired live or on a delayed telecast by ABS-CBN Sports+Action and ABS-CBN Channel 2. All the men's basketball games and the women's volleyball games are aired live by ABS-CBN Sports, the former for the fifteenth consecutive year following the renewal of the contract for the broadcast of the games and the latter since Season 69 (2006−07).

Season 77 kicked off at 12:30 P.M. on Saturday, July 12, 2014 at the Smart Araneta Coliseum with University of the East (UE) as the host school. This year's theme was "Unity in Excellence". Eight huge spheres were hanged from the ceiling of the coliseum representing the different universities united in the pursuit of excellence.

The opening ceremony featured a parade of the "constellations," with students portraying legendary figures from Greek mythology such as Zeus, Andromeda, Pegasus and Orion. Team captains of the basketball teams of the eight participating schools were introduced riding on Segways. UE Red Warriors team captain Bong Galanza led the oath of sportsmanship.

A basketball double header followed after the opening ceremonies. Host school UE took on the UP Fighting Maroons, while the defending champion De La Salle Green Archers was pitted against the FEU Tamaraws.

First semester events (July–October) July Basketball (Seniors' division) Volleyball (Juniors' division) August Badminton Beach volleyball September Judo Table tennis Taekwondo Poomsae Cheerdance October Swimming

Second semester events (November–March) November Basketball (Juniors' division) Football (Seniors' division) Volleyball (Seniors' division) December Fencing Track and field January Baseball Softball Football (Juniors' division) Tennis Chess

The UAAP Season 77 seniors division basketball tournament began on July 12, 2014. The tournament main venue was the Smart Araneta Coliseum in Cubao, Quezon City and the secondary venue was the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay, Metro Manila. The tournament host was University of the East and the tournament commissioner was Andy Jao.

The UAAP Season 77 juniors division basketball tournament started on November 29, 2014. The UAAP Board decided to move the juniors division basketball tournament from the 1st semester to the 2nd semester to give way to the players participating in the 2014 FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship tournament. The NU Bullpups were the defending champions.

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Ateneo Blue Eagles	11	3	.786	—	Twice-to-beat in the semifinals
2	FEU Tamaraws	10	4	.714[a]	1
3	De La Salle Green Archers	10	4	.714[a]	1	Twice-to-win in the semifinals
4	NU Bulldogs	9	5	.643[b]	2
5	UE Red Warriors (H)	9	5	.643[b]	2
6	UST Growling Tigers	5	9	.357	6
7	UP Fighting Maroons	1	13	.071[c]	10
8	Adamson Soaring Falcons	1	13	.071[c]	10

	Semifinals (Nos. 1 & 2 have twice-to-beat advantage)						Finals (Best-of-three series)
	1	Ateneo	74	63
	4	NU	78	65
							4	NU	70	62	75
							2	FEU	75	47	59
	2	FEU	73	67
	3	La Salle	94	64

• Most Valuable Player: Kiefer Ravena (Ateneo Blue Eagles)
• Rookie of the Year: Arvin Tolentino (Ateneo Blue Eagles)

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	NU Lady Bulldogs	14	0	1.000	—	Thrice-to-beat in the Finals[a]
2	De La Salle Lady Archers	10	4	.714	4	Twice-to-beat in stepladder round 2
3	UST Tigresses	8	6	.571[b]	6	Proceed to stepladder round 1
4	FEU Lady Tamaraws	8	6	.571[b]	6
5	Ateneo Lady Eagles	7	7	.500	7
6	Adamson Lady Falcons	6	8	.429	8
7	UE Lady Warriors (H)	3	11	.214	11
8	UP Lady Maroons	0	14	.000	14

	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	80	59
						2	La Salle	56	80			4	FEU	58	48
	3	UST	61			4	FEU	61	81*
	4	FEU	62

• Most Valuable Player: Afril Bernardino (NU Lady Bulldogs)
• Rookie of the Year: Ria Joy Nabalan (NU Lady Bulldogs)

The UAAP Season 77 juniors division basketball tournament started on November 29, 2014. The tournament main venue is the Ateneo Blue Eagle gym in Katipunan Avenue, Loyola Heights, Quezon City. The tournament host is the University of the East.

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Ateneo Blue Eaglets	14	0	1.000	—	Thrice-to-beat in the Finals[a]
2	NUNS Bullpups	9	5	.643[b]	5	Twice-to-beat in stepladder round 2
3	Adamson Baby Falcons	9	5	.643[b]	5	Proceed to stepladder round 1
4	DLSZ Junior Archers	9	5	.643[b]	5
5	FEU–D Baby Tamaraws	8	6	.571	6
6	UST Tiger Cubs	5	9	.357	9
7	UPIS Junior Maroons	2	12	.143	12
8	UE Junior Warriors (H)	0	14	.000	14

	Stepladder round 1 (Single-elimination)					Stepladder round 2 (No. 2 has twice-to-beat advantage)					Finals (No. 1 has thrice-to-beat advantage)
											1	Ateneo	72	78	90
						2	NU	61			2	NU	76	76	73
	3	Adamson	81			4	DLSZ	45
	4	DLSZ	87

• Most Valuable Player: Michael Joseph Nieto (Ateneo Blue Eaglets)
• Rookie of the Year:

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 is 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. Tournament commissioner was Rustico "Otie" Camangian.

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. The UAAP Board decided to move the high school volleyball tournaments from 2nd semester to 1st semester due to the basketball juniors tournament being moved from the 1st semester to 2nd semester.

The tournament host for volleyball was University of the East.

Pos	Team v t e	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
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
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

	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

• Most Valuable Player: Marck Jesus Espejo (Ateneo Blue Eagles)
• Rookie of the Year: Edward Camposano (UE Red Warriors)

Pos	Team v t e	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
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

	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

• Most Valuable Player: Alyssa Valdez (Ateneo Lady Eagles)
• Rookie of the Year: Ennajie Laure (UST Tigresses) and Kathleen Arado (UE Lady Warriors)

Pos	Team v t e	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
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

	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

• Most Valuable Player: Ron Adrian Medalla (UE Junior Warriors)
• Rookie of the Year: Raymart Reyes (NUNS Bullpups)

Pos	Team v t e	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
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
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

	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

• Most Valuable Player: Faith Janine Shirley Nisperos (NUNS Lady Bullpups)
• Rookie of the Year: Rachelle Anne Fabro (FEU–D Lady Baby Tamaraws)

The UAAP Season 77 beach volleyball tournament began on August 23, 2014. The tournament venue was the University of the East (UE) sand courts in Caloocan, Metro Manila. Beach volleyball is a single round-robin elimination tournament. Adamson University was the tournament host.

Team standings Pos Team Pld W L PCT GB Qualification 1  UST Growling Tigers 7 6 1 .857 — Twice-to-beat in the semifinals 2  NU Bulldogs 7 6 1 .857[a] — 3  Adamson Soaring Falcons 7 6 1 .857[a] — Twice-to-win in the semifinals 4  FEU Tamaraws 7 4 3 .571 2 5  Ateneo Blue Eagles 7 3 4 .429 3 6  UE Red Warriors 7 2 5 .286 4 7  UP Fighting Maroons 7 1 6 .143 5 8  De La Salle Green Archers 7 0 7 .000 6 Source: ABS-CBN Sports 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 Notes: ^ a b Second-seed playoff: NU 2–0 Adamson

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

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

• Most Valuable Player: Josephenry Tipay (NU Bulldogs)
• Rookie of the Year: Edward Camposano (UE Red Warriors)

Team standings Pos Team Pld W L PCT GB Qualification 1  UST Tigresses 7 7 0 1.000 — Advance to the Finals 2  De La Salle Lady Archers 7 6 1 .857 1 Twice-to-beat in stepladder round 2 3  FEU Lady Tamaraws 7 5 2 .714 2 Qualified to stepladder round 1 4  Adamson Lady Falcons 7 4 3 .571[a] 3 5  NU Lady Bulldogs 7 4 3 .571[a] 3 Qualified to fourth-seed playoff 6  UP Lady Maroons 7 2 5 .286 5 7  UE Lady Warriors 7 1 6 .143 6 8  Ateneo Lady Eagles 7 0 7 .000 7 Source: ABS-CBN Sports 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 Notes: ^ a b Fourth-seed playoff: Adamson 2–0 NU

Match-up results Team ╲ Game 1 2 3 4 5 6 7  AdU  ADMU  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	UST	2	1	2
											2	La Salle	2			2	La Salle	0	2	0
						3	FEU	0			4	Adamson	0
	NU		0			4	Adamson	2
	Adamson		2

• Most Valuable Player: Cherry Ann Rondina (UST Tigresses)
• Rookie of the Year: Rica Jane Rivera (UST Tigresses)

The UAAP Season 77 seniors division football tournament started on November 29, 2014 with a double header in the men's tournament at the Moro Lorenzo Football Field of Ateneo de Manila University in Katipunan Ave., Loyola Heights, Quezon City. UP will face off against La Salle at 4pm, while Ateneo will go against UE at 6pm.

The number of participating schools increased to eight in the men's division. Adamson University fielded a men's team. Adamson made its return in men's football after more than a decade of absence. The tournament host is FEU.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	De La Salle Green Archers	14	9	5	0	24	9	+15	32	Semifinals
2	FEU Tamaraws	14	9	3	2	52	17	+35	30
3	UP Fighting Maroons	14	8	4	2	32	13	+19	28
4	Ateneo Blue Eagles	14	7	4	3	21	18	+3	25
5	NU Bulldogs	14	7	2	5	21	17	+4	23
6	UST Growling Tigers	14	4	0	10	23	34	−11	12
7	UE Red Warriors	14	1	2	11	8	38	−30	5
8	Adamson Soaring Falcons	14	0	2	12	12	47	−35	2

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

• Most Valuable Player: Jesus Joaquin Melliza (FEU Tamaraws)
• Rookie of the Year: Julian Vincent Roxas (Ateneo Blue Eagles)

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	UP Lady Maroons	8	5	1	2	12	6	+6	16	Finals
2	FEU Lady Tamaraws	8	5	1	2	11	8	+3	16
3	Ateneo Lady Eagles	8	3	2	3	8	6	+2	11
4	De La Salle Lady Archers	8	2	2	4	5	8	−3	8
5	UST Tigresses	8	2	0	6	4	12	−8	6

Team 1	Score	Team 2
UP Lady Maroons	1–2	FEU Lady Tamaraws

• Most Valuable Player: Alesa Dolino (FEU Lady Tamaraws)
• Rookie of the Year: Marie Chelo Hodges (De La Salle Lady Archers)

The UAAP Season 77 juniors division football tournament started on January 24, 2015 at the FEU-Diliman football field.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	FEU–D Baby Tamaraws	6	6	0	0	32	2	+30	18	Finals
2	Ateneo Blue Eaglets	6	3	1	2	12	13	−1	10
3	DLSZ Junior Archers	6	1	1	4	6	19	−13	4
4	UST Tiger Cubs	6	0	2	4	5	19	−14	2

Team 1	Score	Team 2
FEU–D Baby Tamaraws	2–1	Ateneo Blue Eaglets

• Most Valuable Player:
• Rookie of the Year: Miguel Joaquin Roque (Ateneo Blue Eaglets)

The UAAP Season 77 baseball tournament began on January 25, 2015 at the Rizal Memorial Baseball Stadium in Malate Manila.

Team standings Pos Team Pld W L PCT GB Qualification 1  De La Salle Green Archers 10 8 2 .800 — Qualified to the Finals 2  Ateneo Blue Eagles 10 7 3 .700 1 3  UP Fighting Maroons 10 5 5 .500 3 4  UST Growling Tigers 10 4 6 .400[a] 4 5  NU Bulldogs 10 4 6 .400[a] 4 6  Adamson Soaring Falcons 10 2 8 .200 6 Source: ABS-CBN Sports 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 Notes: ^ a b Head-to-head record: UST 1–1 NU; UST –0.19, NU –0.26

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