The De La Salle Green Spikers finish their first round campaign with a 3-1 win over Ateneo 19-25, 25-18, 25-22, 25-21 today. With the victory, they now hold a 3-4 record which puts them currently in fifth place in the tournament. Defending champion UST leads the field together with FEU while UP and UE round up the top four.
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It only took less than an hour for the Lady Spikers to fashion out an easy 3-0 whipping of NU, 25-17, 25-8, 25-11 in the first game today. Stephanie Mercado led the team with nine hits while Jacqueline Alarca and Joanne Siy scored eight points each.
After showing a bit of rust in the first set, where they allowed NU to keep pace in the first half of the set, our players stepped it up to finish the first pulling away. In the 2nd set, the Lady Spikers poured it on to avoid a 2nd set letdown similar to what happened against UP. They ran away from NU from the start, and totally demoralized the NU players who meekly surrendered the set. Despite this, Coach Ramil took no chances, and only substituted in the 3rd set when victory was assured.
At 6-0, they lead the standings and are on the verge of sweeping the first round. Next up on Wednesday is FEU, their nemesis in last year’s championship series.
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Former Green Archer standout Rico Maierhofer is the current frontrunner for the coveted top freshman award. The high-flying beanpole played 4 years for the green and white squad and graduated from his college degree last June. Chosen 2nd overall by Purefoods in the PBA draft, Rico leads all neophytes in the statistical race with averages of 8.0 points, 5.8 rebounds and 1.1 blocks.
Just like many former Green Archers before him, Rico is making instant waves in just his first season in the professional level.
Even the 1st overall pick, who decided to remain an amateur, could only watch Rico soar above the PBA stratosphere.
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Photo courtesy of Rodj Cruz
It’s time to put on those sunglasses once again as the rest of the 2nd semester sports of the UAAP get underway in the coming days. Most of the scheduled events are to be played in the great outdoors.
Get to know the members of our Men’s Football, Women’s Football, Lawn Tennis, Baseball, Softball and Chess teams.
Check out the game schedules for these events.
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We cap off an amazing decade by presenting the 10 most significant, action-packed and best remembered games of the Green Archers from 2000 to 2009. For the past 10 seasons, the Archers fought in numerous classic battles but these by far stand out the most.
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