UAAP Season 74 volleyball tournaments

UAAP Season 74 Girls' Volleyball
DLSZ Junior Lady Archers	8–0 (1.000)

UAAP Season 74 Volleyball
Host school	Ateneo de Manila University
Duration	February 25–29, 2012
Arena(s)	Filoil Flying V Arena, San Juan
Winning coach	George Pascua
Semifinalists	Adamson Soaring Falcons; De La Salle Green Archers
TV network(s)	Studio 23, Balls
Duration	February 25–29, 2012
Arena(s)	Filoil Flying V Arena, San Juan
Finals MVP	Charleen Abigail Cruz
Winning coach	Ramil De Jesus
Semifinalists	UST Tigresses; FEU Lady Tamaraws
TV network(s)	Studio 23, Balls
Duration	February 5, 2012
Arena(s)	UE Caloocan Gym
Winning coach	Rodrigo Roque
Semifinalists	NU Bulldogs

The seniors' division of the UAAP Season 74 volleyball tournaments opened November 26, 2011. Tournaments are hosted by Ateneo de Manila University. Tournament games are held at the Filoil Flying V Arena in San Juan City.^[1]^[2]

Usually held in the first semester, the UAAP Board decided to move the juniors' division tournaments on the second semester of the 2011–12 school year. In boys' tournament, the NU Bullpups and UST Tiger Cubs, which are tied at second place, played for the #2 seed with the latter winning the playoff. UE Junior Spikers successfully defended their title after beating UST in the finals. UE was awarded their tenth and eighth consecutive UAAP boys' volleyball championship. On the other hand, the La Salle Junior Lady Archers won all of their elimination round games in girls' division to clinch the championship outright.

In men's tournament, the FEU Tamaraws and the defending champions UST Tiger Spikers emerged on top of the standings and faced La Salle Green Spikers and Adamson Falcons in semifinals respectively. UST beat Adamson in four sets in semifinals to formalize their entry to the Finals.^[3] La Salle forced a rubber match^[4] but FEU won in a thrilling four-set battle on the second game to face third consecutive Finals rematch with UST.^[5]

In women's tournament, the La Salle Lady Spikers had the distinction of sweeping the double round eliminations 14–0, capped by a win against Ateneo Lady Spikers (3–2) on their last elimination round game.^[6] The UST Tigresses snagged the solo third spot into the Final Four after beating Adamson Lady Falcons in straight sets on their last game of eliminations.^[7] With La Salle sweeping the elimination round, the playoff tournament went through the stepladder format.^[8] Being tied at fourth place, FEU Lady Tamaraws blanked Adamson on a play for the #4 seed, the last berth to the first round of the playoffs.^[9] UST defeated FEU in a playoff,^[3] but Ateneo, enjoying twice-to-beat advantage, marched to their first UAAP Finals appearance with a win over the Tigresses.^[10]

Men's tournament

Elimination round

Team standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	FEU Tamaraws	14	12	2	26	40	18	2.222	1338	1162	1.151	Twice-to-beat in the semifinals
2	UST Growling Tigers	14	11	3	25	36	17	2.118	1224	1089	1.124	Twice-to-beat in the semifinals
3	Adamson Soaring Falcons	14	9	5	23^[a]	35	20	1.750	1245	1127	1.105	Twice-to-win in the semifinals
4	De La Salle Green Archers	14	9	5	23^[a]	31	19	1.632	1149	1068	1.076	Twice-to-win in the semifinals
5	NU Bulldogs	14	7	7	21	30	24	1.250	1213	1172	1.035
6	UP Fighting Maroons	14	6	8	20	24	33	0.727	1220	1324	0.921
7	Ateneo Blue Eagles	14	2	12	16	9	38	0.237	892	1113	0.801
8	UE Red Warriors	14	0	14	14	6	42	0.143	950	1185	0.802

Source: ABS-CBN Sports
Rules for classification: 1) number of wins; 2) if tied for #2 or #4, one-game playoff; 3) match points; 4) sets ratio; 5) points ratio
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Sets ratio: Adamson 1.750, La Salle 1.632

Schedule

	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

Results

Results to the right and top of the black cells are first round games, those to the left and below are second round games.

Team	AdU	ADMU	DLSU	FEU	NU	UE	UP	UST
Adamson		3–0	1–3	3–2	2–3	3–0	3–0	2–3
Ateneo	0–3		1–3	0–3	0–3	3–0	1–3	0–3
La Salle	3–1	3–0		1–3	0–3	3–0	3–0	0–3
FEU	3–2	3–0	3–2		3–2	3–1	3–0	2–3
NU	1–3	3–0	1–3	1–3		3–0	3–1	2–3
UE	0–3	2–3	1–3	0–3	0–3		1–3	0–3
UP	2–3	3–2	0–3	2–3	3–2	3–1		3–2
UST	0–3	3–0	3–1	1–3	3–0	0–3	3–1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = left column team win; Red = top row team win.

Bracket


Semifinals (Nos. 1 & 2 have twice-to-beat advantage)				Finals (Best-of-three series)



1	FEU	1	3

4	La Salle	3	1
				1	FEU	3	3

				2	UST	0	2
2	UST		3

3	Adamson		1

Semifinals

FEU vs. La Salle

Elimination round games:

November 26: FEU (3–1) La Salle at the Filoil Flying V Arena (25–16, 17–25, 25–23, 25–16)
February 1: FEU (3–2) La Salle at the Filoil Flying V Arena (20–25, 25–20, 20–25, 25–19, 15–11)

February 15 10:00 AM (UTC+08:00)	FEU Tamaraws	1–3	De La Salle Green Archers	Filoil Flying V Arena, San Juan Attendance: 241 Referees: Efren Gaa and Philip Sison
	(18–25, 25–14, 23–25, 20–25) Report

February 22 10:00 AM (UTC+08:00)	FEU Tamaraws	3–1	De La Salle Green Archers	Filoil Flying V Arena, San Juan Attendance: 872 Referees: Lumer Pajarillo and Efren Gaa
	(23–25, 25–19, 25–20, 26–24) Report

UST vs. Adamson

Elimination round games:

December 7: UST (3–2) Adamson at the Filoil Flying V Arena (25–21, 20–25, 22–25, 25–21, 15–9)
January 21: UST (0–3) Adamson at the Filoil Flying V Arena (18–25, 23–25, 20–25)

February 18 10:00 AM (UTC+08:00)	UST Tiger Spikers	3–1	Adamson Soaring Falcons	Filoil Flying V Arena, San Juan Attendance: 422 Referees: Philip Sison and Adrian Tabañag
	(20–25, 25–18, 25–22, 25–12) Report

Finals

Elimination round games:

January 8: FEU (2–3) UST at the Filoil Flying V Arena (25–14, 26–24, 21–25, 21–25, 11–15)
January 14: FEU (3–1) UST at the Filoil Flying V Arena (25–19, 23–25, 25–22, 25–17)

February 25 10:00 AM (UTC+08:00)	FEU Tamaraws	3–0	UST Tiger Spikers	Filoil Flying V Arena, San Juan Attendance: 1,051 Referees: Philip Sison and Adrian Tabañag
	(25–20, 25–21, 25–22) Report

February 29 10:00 AM (UTC+08:00)	FEU Tamaraws	3–2	UST Tiger Spikers	Filoil Flying V Arena, San Juan
	(25–27, 25–15, 19–25, 25–21, 15–13)

Awards

UAAP Season 74 men's volleyball champions
FEU Tamaraws 25th title

The UAAP awarded the outstanding players of the season prior to Game 1 of the Finals of men's volleyball at Filoil Flying V Arena in San Juan.^[11]

Most valuable player (Season): Jayson Ramos, University of Santo Tomas
Most valuable player (Finals): Rodolfo Labrador, Jr., Far Eastern University
Best scorer: Rodolfo Labrador, Jr., Far Eastern University
Best attacker: Peter Den Mar Torres, National University
Best blocker: Ruben Inaudito, National University
Best setter: Pitrus Paolo de Ocampo, Far Eastern University
Best server: John Hendrix Competente, Adamson University
Best receiver: Paul Jan Doloiras, University of Santo Tomas
Best digger: Gilbert Longavela, Adamson University

Women's tournament

Elimination round

With La Salle's 14–0 sweep of the tournament, they were supposed to proceed to the usual Final Four playoffs but instead will go through the stepladder format after UAAP Board upheld La Salle's appeal.

Team standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	De La Salle Lady Archers	14	14	0	28	42	8	5.250	1177	918	1.282	Advance to the Finals
2	Ateneo Lady Eagles	14	11	3	25	37	16	2.313	1214	1025	1.184	Twice-to-beat in stepladder round 2
3	UST Tigresses	14	9	5	23	32	19	1.684	1160	1022	1.135	Stepladder round 1
4	FEU Lady Tamaraws	14	8	6	22^[a]	32	19	1.684	1144	1075	1.064	Stepladder round 1
5	Adamson Lady Falcons	14	8	6	22^[a]	28	23	1.217	1135	1052	1.079	Qualified to fourth-seed playoff
6	UE Lady Warriors	14	4	10	18	12	35	0.343	910	1081	0.842
7	NU Lady Bulldogs	14	2	12	16	13	37	0.351	911	1137	0.801
8	UP Lady Maroons	14	0	14	14	3	42	0.071	767	1108	0.692

Source: ABS-CBN Sports
Rules for classification: 1) number of wins; 2) if tied for #2 or #4, one-game playoff; 3) match points; 4) sets ratio; 5) points ratio
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: FEU 1–1 Adamson; fourth-seed playoff: FEU 3–0 Adamson

Schedule

	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

Results

Results to the right and top of the black cells are first round games, those to the left and below are second round games.

Team	AdU	ADMU	DLSU	FEU	NU	UE	UP	UST
Adamson		2–3	1–3	0–3	3–2	3–0	3–0	3–2
Ateneo	3–1		1–3	3–1	3–0	3–0	3–0	3–0
La Salle	3–0	3–2		3–2	3–0	3–0	3–0	3–2
FEU	1–3	2–3	0–3		3–0	3–0	3–0	2–3
NU	0–3	1–3	0–3	0–3		2–3	3–0	0–3
UE	0–3	0–3	0–3	0–3	3–2		3–1	0–3
UP	0–3	0–3	0–3	0–3	1–3	0–3		1–3
UST	3–0	3–1	0–3	1–3	3–0	3–0	3–0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = left column team win; Red = top row team win.

Bracket


4th–seed playoff (One–game playoff)		First round (One–game playoff)			Semifinals (No. 2 seed has twice-to-beat advantage)			Finals (#1 seed has 1–0 lead in a best-of-5 series)



								1	La Salle	1	3	3

					2	Ateneo	3	2	Ateneo	3	1	0

		3	UST	3	3	UST	1

Adamson	0	4	FEU	1

FEU	3

Fourth–seed playoff

Adamson and FEU, which are tied at fourth place, played for the #4 seed, the last berth to the first round of the playoffs.^[9]

Elimination round games:

December 17: Adamson (0–3) FEU at the Filoil Flying V Arena (22–25, 23–25, 17–25)
February 1: Adamson (3–1) FEU at the Filoil Flying V Arena (25–18, 25–18, 21–25, 25–19)

February 13 03:30 PM (UTC+08:00)	Adamson Lady Falcons	0–3	FEU Lady Tamaraws	Filoil Flying V Arena, San Juan Attendance: 352 Referees: Lumer Pajarillo and Efren Gaa
	(19–25, 17–25, 24–26) Report

First round

Elimination round games:

December 7: UST (3–2) FEU at the Filoil Flying V Arena (25–19, 21–25, 22–25, 25–16, 15–13)
January 22: UST (1–3) FEU at the Filoil Flying V Arena (25–23, 20–25, 23–25, 23–25)

February 15 02:00 PM (UTC+08:00)	UST Tigresses	3–1	FEU Lady Tamaraws	Filoil Flying V Arena, San Juan Attendance: 841 Referees: Lumer Pajarillo and Jess Villareal
	(25–22, 23–25, 25–17, 25–21) Report

Semifinal

Elimination round games:

November 27: Ateneo (3–0) UST at the Filoil Flying V Arena (25–16, 25–23, 25–18)
January 15: Ateneo (1–3) UST at the Filoil Flying V Arena (25–14, 21–25, 19–25, 23–25)

February 18 02:00 PM (UTC+08:00)	Ateneo Lady Eagles	3–1	UST Tigresses	Filoil Flying V Arena, San Juan Attendance: 1,916 Referees: Lumer Pajarillo and Philip Sison
	(25–19, 25–16, 22–25, 25–19) Report

Finals

Elimination round games:

December 3: La Salle (3–1) Ateneo at the Filoil Flying V Arena (21–25, 25–22, 25–18, 25–21)
February 12: La Salle (3–2) Ateneo at the Filoil Flying V Arena (18–25, 25–14, 21–25, 25–19, 15–7)

La Salle has the thrice-to-beat advantage after sweeping the elimination round.

February 22 02:00 PM (UTC+08:00)	De La Salle Lady Archers	1–3	Ateneo Lady Eagles	Filoil Flying V Arena, San Juan Attendance: 3,002 Referees: Philip Sison and Rodrigo Rojas
	(25–23, 26–28, 23–25, 17–25) Report

February 25 02:00 PM (UTC+08:00)	De La Salle Lady Archers	3–1	Ateneo Lady Eagles	Filoil Flying V Arena, San Juan Attendance: 7,039 Referees: Efren Gaa and Philip Sison
	(23–25, 25–21, 26–24, 25–18) Report

February 29 02:00 PM (UTC+08:00)	De La Salle Lady Archers	3–0	Ateneo Lady Eagles	Filoil Flying V Arena, San Juan
	(25–16, 25–22, 25–13)

Awards

UAAP Season 74 women's volleyball champions
De La Salle Lady Archers Seventh title, second consecutive title

The UAAP awarded the outstanding players of the season prior to Game 2 of the Finals of women's volleyball at Filoil Flying V Arena in San Juan.^[11]^[12]

Most valuable player (Season): Abigail Maraño, De La Salle University
Most valuable player (Finals): Charleen Abigail Cruz, De La Salle University
Rookie of the Year: Victonara Galang, De La Salle University
Best scorer: Rosemarie Vargas, Far Eastern University
Best attacker: Maika Angela Ortiz, University of Santo Tomas
Best blocker: Michele Gumabao, De La Salle University
Best setter: Gyzelle Sy, Far Eastern University
Best server: Victonara Galang, De La Salle University
Best receiver: Angelica Vasquez, Adamson University
Best digger: Christine Agno, Far Eastern University

Boys' tournament

Elimination round

Team standings

Team	W	L	PCT	GB
UE Junior Warriors	7	0	1.000	—
UST Tiger Cubs	5	2	.714	2
NUNS Bullpups	5	2	.714	2
Ateneo Blue Eaglets	3	4	.429	4
DLSZ Junior Archers	1	6	.143	6
UPIS Junior Maroons	0	7	.000	7

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

Bracket

Second-seed playoff			Finals #1 has a 1–0 lead in a best-of-3 series

			1	UE	3
2	NU	0	2	UST	0
3	UST	3

Awards

UAAP Season 74 boys' volleyball champions
UE Junior Warriors Tenth title, eighth consecutive title

Most valuable player: Edward Camposano, University of the East
Rookie of the Year: Christian Gopio, University of the East
Best attacker: Edward Camposano, University of the East
Best receiver: Karl Roque, University of the East
Best blocker: Edward Camposano, University of the East
Best server: Wesley Fabroa, University of Santo Tomas
Best setter: Geuel Asia, University of the East
Best libero: Manuel Sumanguid III, National University

Girls' tournament

With De La Salle sweeping the elimination round, they were declared automatic champions and the playoffs were scrapped.

Elimination round

Team standings

Rank	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
	La Salle Junior Lady Archers	6	0	1.000	—
	UE Junior Amazons	5	1	.833	1
	UST Lady Tiger Cubs	3	3	.500	3
4	UPIS Junior Lady Maroons	1	5	.167	5
5	NU Lady Bullpups	0	6	.000	6

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

Awards

UAAP Season 74 girls' volleyball champions
DLSZ Junior Lady Archers Eighth title, second consecutive title

Most valuable player: Julienne Calugcug, De La Salle University
Rookie of the Year: Christine Mhae Tolentino, University of the East
Best attacker:
Best blocker: Kim Kianna Dy, De La Salle University
Best server: Ennajie Laure, University of Santo Tomas
Best receiver:
Best setter: Nina Baltazar, University of the East
Best libero: Dawn Nicole Macandili, De La Salle University

References

^ UAAP 74th volley reels off Nov. 26. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
^ UST, DLSU defend UAAP volleyball titles. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
^ ^a ^b Divinagracia, A. (2012-02-18). "UST battles Ateneo for semis survival". uaapsports.studio23.tv. Retrieved 2012-02-22.
^ Albelda, J.I. (2012-02-15). "Green Spikers stun Tams, force decider". uaapsports.studio23.tv. Retrieved 2012-02-22.
^ Albelda, J.I. (2012-02-22). "Tams set finals rematch with Tiger Spikers". uaapsports.studio23.tv. Retrieved 2012-02-23.
^ Albelda, J.I. (2012-02-12). "Lady Spikers edge Lady Eagles, complete sweep". uaapsports.studio23.tv. Retrieved 2012-02-13.
^ Divinagracia, A. (2012-02-11). "UST clinches Final Four ticket". uaapsports.studio23.tv. Retrieved 2012-02-13.
^ "Lady Spikers complete 14-0 sweep, beat Ateneo in 5 sets to enter UAAP finals outright". www.goarchers.com. 2012-02-12. Retrieved 2012-02-13.
^ ^a ^b Albelda, J.I. (2012-02-13). "Lady Tams oust Lady Falcons". uaapsports.studio23.tv. Retrieved 2012-02-14.
^ Divinagracia, A. (2012-02-19). "UST falls to Ateneo; Lady Eagles enter Finals". uaapsports.studio23.tv. Retrieved 2012-02-22.
^ ^a ^b Flores, C.R. (2012-02-25). "La Salle exacts revenge on Ateneo, a win away from UAAP volleyball title". Sports Inquirer. Retrieved 2012-02-26.
^ Divinagracia, A. (2012-02-25). "Maraño wins MVP plum". uaapsports.studio23.tv. Retrieved 2012-02-26.

Preceded by Season 73 (2010–11)	UAAP volleyball tournaments Season 74 (2010–11)	Succeeded by Season 75 (2012–13)

[table_hth_AdU0.12698228383762-11] Sets ratio: Adamson 1.750, La Salle 1.632

[table_hth_FEU0.78625821731345-13] Head-to-head record: FEU 1–1 Adamson; fourth-seed playoff: FEU 3–0 Adamson

[1] UAAP 74th volley reels off Nov. 26. Retrieved 17 January 2012.

[2] UST, DLSU defend UAAP volleyball titles. Retrieved 17 January 2012.

[USTdefFEU-3] Divinagracia, A. (2012-02-18). "UST battles Ateneo for semis survival". uaapsports.studio23.tv. Retrieved 2012-02-22.

[4] Albelda, J.I. (2012-02-15). "Green Spikers stun Tams, force decider". uaapsports.studio23.tv. Retrieved 2012-02-22.

[5] Albelda, J.I. (2012-02-22). "Tams set finals rematch with Tiger Spikers". uaapsports.studio23.tv. Retrieved 2012-02-23.

[6] Albelda, J.I. (2012-02-12). "Lady Spikers edge Lady Eagles, complete sweep". uaapsports.studio23.tv. Retrieved 2012-02-13.

[7] Divinagracia, A. (2012-02-11). "UST clinches Final Four ticket". uaapsports.studio23.tv. Retrieved 2012-02-13.

[8] "Lady Spikers complete 14-0 sweep, beat Ateneo in 5 sets to enter UAAP finals outright". www.goarchers.com. 2012-02-12. Retrieved 2012-02-13.

[WV4th-9] Albelda, J.I. (2012-02-13). "Lady Tams oust Lady Falcons". uaapsports.studio23.tv. Retrieved 2012-02-14.

[10] Divinagracia, A. (2012-02-19). "UST falls to Ateneo; Lady Eagles enter Finals". uaapsports.studio23.tv. Retrieved 2012-02-22.

[MVP-12] Flores, C.R. (2012-02-25). "La Salle exacts revenge on Ateneo, a win away from UAAP volleyball title". Sports Inquirer. Retrieved 2012-02-26.

[14] Divinagracia, A. (2012-02-25). "Maraño wins MVP plum". uaapsports.studio23.tv. Retrieved 2012-02-26.

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