UAAP Season 79

UAAP Season 79
"Dare to Dream"
Host school	University of Santo Tomas
Overall champions
Seniors
Juniors
Seniors' champions
Sport	Men	Women
Basketball
Volleyball
Beach volleyball	UST	UST
Football
Baseball		N/A
Softball	N/A
Fencing
Swimming	Ateneo	UP
Badminton	NU	UP
Chess
Judo	UST	UST
Table tennis	UST	La Salle
Tennis
Track and field
Taekwondo	UST	NU
Poomsae	La Salle (Coed)
Cheerdance	NU (Ex - Coed)
Street dance	(Ex - Coed)
Juniors' champions
Sport	Boys	Girls
Basketball		N/A
Volleyball	NU	NU
Football		N/A
Baseball (DS)		N/A
Fencing
Swimming	UST	La Salle
Chess		N/A
Judo	UST	UST
Table tennis	UST	UST
Track and field		N/A
Taekwondo	UE	N/A
(Ex) = Exhibition; (DS) = Demonstration Sport
< Season 78 UAAP seasons Season 80 >

UAAP Season 79 (also known as UAAP LXXIX) is the 2016–2017 athletic year of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP). This season, hosted by the University of Santo Tomas officially opened on September 3, 2016. The opening ceremony was held at the UST Plaza Mayor at 3:00 pm with formal introduction of ballroom dancing as demonstration sport in this season, by the host school University of Santo Tomas (UST) at España, Manila. The official ceremony started at 5:00 pm as there was a concert party themed "Dare to Dream" where the official theme song for the season was revealed. However, unlike in the previous years, the first games were held separately which started off on September 4 for the basketball game at the Smart-Araneta Coliseum."^[1]

The eight member universities of the UAAP are competing in fifteen sports to vie for the overall championship. Season 79 marks the start of Ateneo's participation in the Juniors Girls division. Ateneo fielded a team in the Juniors Girls swimming tournament.

Opening ceremony

The opening ceremony of the UAAP Season 79 was held at the University of Santo Tomas main campus in España, Sampaloc, Manila on September 3, 2016. The ceremony kicked off with a ballroom Formation competition at the Quadricentennial Pavilion.

Ballroom dancing, which all member schools (except FEU) participated, was the newest demonstration sport and a side event before the commencement of UAAP basketball competition. University of the Philippines swept both the Latin and Standard categories in the said competition.^[2]

After the event, an opening parade and program proper, followed by an outdoor concert was also held at the nearby Plaza Mayor.^[3]

The first doubleheader games of the men's basketball tournament will start the next day at the Smart Araneta Coliseum.

A press conference was conducted at the Novotel Manila in Quezon City, 4 days before the actual opening.

Rule changes

Starting this season, the UAAP officially decided to remove the thrice-to-beat advantage of teams which sweep the elimination rounds in all UAAP sports except football.^[4] In the new rule, a team which will get a perfect record in the elimination rounds will have an outright Finals slot, while the other top 3 teams will play a stepladder format in the semi-final round. The team who wins the stepladder round gets to play against the sweeping team in a Best of Three Finals.^[5]

In addition, the traditional singing of school hymns will be played during the pre-game warm-ups, instead of after the games.^[6]

Sports calendar

This is the tentative calendar of events of the UAAP Season 79. The list includes the tournament host schools and the venues.^[7]

First semester

Sport/Division	Event Host	Date	Venue/s
Ballroom Dancing (demo sport)	UST	September 3, 2016	UST Quadricentennial Pavilion
Basketball (Men)	UST	September 4, 2016[8]	Smart Araneta Coliseum, Mall of Asia Arena
Basketball (Women)	UST	September 4, 2016[9]	Smart Araneta Coliseum, Mall of Asia Arena
Volleyball (Juniors)	Adamson	September 10, 2016	Adamson University Gym
Badminton (Seniors)	FEU	September 16, 2016	Rizal Memorial Badminton Hall
Beach Volleyball (Seniors)	UE	October 1, 2016	Sands at SM by the Bay
Table Tennis (M/W/B)	UP	October 8–9, 15-19, 2016	Blue Eagle Gym
Taekwondo (M/W/B)	Ateneo	October 22, 2016	Blue Eagle Gym
Poomsae (M/W/B)	Ateneo	October 21, 2016	Blue Eagle Gym / Filoil Flying V Centre
Swimming (Seniors/Juniors)	UP	October 21–24, 2016	Rizal Memorial Swimming Complex
Cheerdance	Special Events Committee	November 19, 2016	Smart Araneta Coliseum
Judo (Seniors/Juniors)	La Salle	November 19, 2016	De La Salle-Zobel Sports Pavilion

Second semester

Sport/Division	Event Host	Date	Venue
Basketball (Boys)	FEU	November 12, 2016	Filoil Flying V Centre
Football (Boys)	Ateneo	December 3, 2016	Moro Lorenzo Football Field
Volleyball (Seniors)	UST	February 4, 2017	Filoil Flying V Centre, Smart Araneta Coliseum, Mall of Asia Arena
Baseball (M/B)	La Salle	January 28, 2017	Rizal Memorial Baseball Stadium
Softball (W)	La Salle	January 28, 2017	Rizal Memorial Baseball Stadium
Football (Seniors)	Ateneo	February 6 - May 2017	Mckinley Hill Stadium, Moro Lorenzo Football Field, FEU Diliman Football Pitch
Chess (Seniors/Juniors)	Adamson	February 6, 2017	Henry Sy. Sr. Hall, DLSU-Taft
Fencing (Seniors/Juniors)	UE	2nd week of February 2017	St. Paul / Blue Eagle Gym / Filoil Flying V Centre
Lawn Tennis (Seniors)	NU	February 2017	Rizal Memorial Tennis Court
Track and Field (Seniors/Juniors)	NU	TBA	ULTRA Oval Track
Streetdance	Special Events Committee	TBA	TBA

Basketball

Seniors Division

The UAAP Season 79 seniors division basketball tournament began on September 4, 2016, the day after the official opening. The tournament host is the University of Santo Tomas and the tournament commissioner is Atty. Rebo Saguisag.^[1] The UAAP have adopted FIBA rules on technicals, timeouts, among others. The tournament still used referees from BRASCU for officiating.

Men's tournament

Elimination round

Team standings

Rank	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Tie
1	De La Salle Green Archers	13	1	.929	—
2	Ateneo Blue Eagles	10	4	.714	3
3	FEU Tamaraws	9	5	.643	4
4	Adamson Falcons	8	6	.571	5
5	NU Bulldogs	5	9	.357	8	+6
6	UP Fighting Maroons	5	9	.357	8	–6
7	UE Red Warriors	3	11	.214	10	+9
8	UST Growling Tigers	3	11	.214	10	–9

Event host in boldface

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

Playoffs

	Semifinals #1 & #2 have twice-to-beat advantage						Finals Best-of-three series
	1	La Salle	69
	4	Adamson	64
							1	La Salle	67		-
							2	Ateneo	65		-
	2	Ateneo	61	69
	3	FEU	62	68*

*Game went into overtime.

Awards

• Most Valuable Player: Ben Mbala (De La Salle University)
• Rookie of the Year: Aljun Jay Melecio (De La Salle University)

Women's tournament

Elimination round

Team standings

Rank	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Tie	PO
1	NU Lady Bulldogs	14	0	1.000	—
2	De La Salle Lady Archers	11	3	.786	3
3	UE Lady Warriors	10	4	.714	4
4	Adamson Lady Falcons	6	8	.429	8	0; −59
5	UST Tigresses	6	8	.429	8	0; −80
6	Ateneo Lady Eagles	4	10	.286	10
7	FEU Lady Tamaraws	3	11	.214	11
8	UP Lady Maroons	2	12	.143	12

Event host in boldface

  Qualified to the Finals
  Qualified to the semifinals with a twice-to-beat advantage
  Qualified to the semifinals
  Qualified to fourth-seed playoff

Playoffs

	4th–seed playoff One–game playoff				First round One–game playoff					Semifinals No. 2 seed has twice-to-beat advantage						Finals Best-of-three series
																1	NU	77		*
										2	La Salle		72			2	La Salle	74		*
					3	UE	48			3	UE		50
	Adamson	73			4	Adamson	45
	UST	58

* If necessary

Awards

• Most Valuable Player: Afril Bernardino (National University)
• Rookie of the Year:

Juniors Division

The UAAP Season 79 Juniors division basketball tournament will begin on November 12, 2016. The tournament venue will be at the Filoil Flying V Centre. The tournament host is the Far Eastern University.

Boys' tournament

Elimination round

Awards

• Most Valuable Player: Francis Andrei C. Corpuz
• Rookie of the Year: Francis Andrei C. Corpuz

Volleyball

Seniors Division

The UAAP Season 79 seniors division volleyball tournament will start on February 4, 2017.

Men's tournament

Elimination round

Team standings

Playoffs

Awards

• Season Most Valuable Player:
• Finals Most Valuable Player:
• Rookie of the Year:

Women's tournament

Elimination round

Team standings

Playoffs

Awards

• Season Most Valuable Player: jho maraguinot (admu)
• Finals Most Valuable Player: mich morente (admu)
• Rookie of the Year:julius samonte (admu)

Juniors Division

The UAAP Season 79 Juniors volleyball tournament started on September 10, 2016. The tournament venue will be at the Adamson University Gym. Adamson 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 boy's team starting season 79. Since there are now more than six participating schools in each tournament, both tournaments will 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.

Boys' tournament

Elimination Round

Playoffs

	Semifinals #1 & #2 have twice-to-beat advantage						Finals Best-of-three series
	1	NU	3
	4	FEU	1
							1	NU	3	2	3
							2	UST	2	3	0
	2	UST	3
	3	UE	0

Awards

• Most Valuable Player: Lorence Cruz (NU)
• Rookie of the Year: Raymond Bryce De Guzman (DLSZ)

Girls' tournament

Elimination round

Playoffs

	4th–seed playoff One–game playoff				First round One–game playoff					Semifinals No. 2 seed has twice-to-beat advantage						Finals Best-of-three series
																1	NSNU	3	1	3
										2	UST		3			2	UST	0	3	1
					3	DLSZ	3			3	DLSZ		1
	FEU	0			4	UE	0
	UE	3

Awards

• Most Valuable Player: Faith Janine Shirley Nisperos (National University)
• Rookie of the Year: Kathleen Keith Layugan (University of the East)

Beach volleyball

The UAAP Season 79 beach volleyball tournament began on October 1, 2016. The tournament venue was at the Sands at SM by the Bay, SM Mall of Asia in Pasay City, Metro Manila. University of the East was the tournament host. Beach volleyball is a single round-robin elimination tournament.

Men's tournament

Elimination round

Playoffs

	Semifinals One-game playoff					Semifinals No. 2 seed has twice-to-beat advantage						Finals Best-of-three series
												1	UST		2	2
						2	UP	0	0			4	FEU		0	0
	3	NU	0			4	FEU	2	2
	4	FEU	2

Awards

• Most Valuable Player: Kis Roy Guzman (University of Sto. Tomas)
• Rookie of the Year: Jeremiah Barrica (Far Eastern University)

Women's tournament

Elimination round

Playoffs

	Semifinals One-game playoff					Semifinals No. 2 seed has twice-to-beat advantage						Finals Best-of-three series
												1	UST	2	1	2
						2	FEU	1	2			2	FEU	0	2	0
	3	Ateneo	0			4	La Salle	2	0
	4	La Salle	2

Awards

• Most Valuable Player: Cherry Ann Rondina (University of Sto. Tomas)
• Rookie of the Year: Caitlyn Viray (University of Sto. Tomas)

Football

The UAAP Season 79 seniors division football tournament will start on February 6, 2017 at the __________. The tournament venue will be at the following football fields: Mckinley Hill Stadium, Ateneo Moro Lorenzo Field and the FEU Diliman Football Pitch. The tournament host is Ateneo with _________ as the tournament commissioner.

Seniors division

Men's tournament

Elimination round

Match-up results

Template:UAAP Season 79 men's football match-up results

Playoffs

	Semifinals					Finals

Awards

• Most Valuable Player:
• Rookie of the Year:

Women's tournament

Elimination round

Match-up results

Teams	Round 1				Round 2
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
AdMU
DLSU
FEU
UP
UST

Win

Draw

Loss

Awards

• Most Valuable Player:
• Rookie of the Year:

Juniors division

The UAAP Season 79 juniors division football tournament will start on December 3, 2016. All games are scheduled to take place at the Ateneo Moro Lorenzo Football field on December 3, 10, 17 for the first round and January 14, 21, 28, 2017 for the 2nd round. The championship game is scheduled for February 4, 2017. Ateneo is the tournament host.

Boys' Tournament

http://uaapfutbol.leaguerepublic.com/l/fg/1_963397426.html

Elimination round

Finals

Awards

• Most Valuable Player:
• Rookie of the Year:
• Best Striker:
• Best Midfielder:
• Best Defender:
• Best Goalkeeper:
• Fair Play Award:

Baseball

Men's tournament

The UAAP Season 79 Seniors division baseball tournament will begin on February 2017 at the Rizal Memorial Baseball Stadium in Malate Manila.^[10] The tournament host is La Salle.

Elimination round

Scores

Results to the right and top of the black cells are first round games, those to the left and below are second round games. Superscript is the number of innings played before the mercy rule applied.

Team	AdU	ADMU	DLSU	NU	UP	UST
Adamson
Ateneo
La Salle
NU
UP
UST

Win

Loss

Awards

• Most Valuable Player:
• Rookie of the Year:
• Best Hitter:
• Best Pitcher:
• Best Slugger:
• Most Home-runs :
• Most Runs Batted-In :
• Most Stolen Bases :

Boys' tournament

The UAAP Season 79 Juniors division baseball (demonstration sport) tournament will begin in February 2017 at the Rizal Memorial Baseball Stadium in Malate Manila. The tournament host is La Salle.

Elimination round

Scores

Results to the right and top of the black cells are first round games, those to the left and below are second round games. Superscript is the number of innings played before the mercy rule applied.

Team	AdMU	DLSZ	UST
Ateneo
La Salle
UST

Win

Loss

Finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2

Awards

• Most Valuable Player:
• Rookie of the Year:

Softball

The UAAP Season 79 softball tournament will begin in February 2017 at the Rizal Memorial Baseball Stadium in Malate Manila. The tournament host is La Salle. Softball is a sport for women only in the UAAP

Elimination round

Scores

Results to the right and top of the black cells are first round games, those to the left and below are second round games. Superscript is the number of innings played before the mercy rule applied.

Team	AdU	ADMU	DLSU	NU	UE	UP	UST
Adamson
Ateneo
La Salle
NU
UE
UP
UST

Win

Loss

Awards

• Most Valuable Player:
• Rookie of the Year:

Badminton

The UAAP Season 79 badminton tournament began on September 16, 2016. The tournament venue was the Rizal Memorial Badminton Hall in Vito Cruz St., Malate, Manila. Badminton is a single round-robin elimination tournament. Far Eastern University was the tournament host.

Seniors division

Men's tournament

Elimination round

Playoffs

	4th–seed playoff One–game playoff				First round One–game playoff					Semifinals No. 2 seed has twice-to-beat advantage						Finals Best-of-three series
																1	NU		3	3
										2	UP	1	2			4	Ateneo		0	0
					3	La Salle	2			4	Ateneo	3	3
	UST	1			4	Ateneo	3
	Ateneo	3

Awards

• Most Valuable Player: Ros Leenard Pedrosa (National University)
• Rookie of the Year: Enrico Keoni Asuncion (Ateneo de Manila University)

Women's tournament

Elimination round

Playoffs

	Semifinals One-game playoff					Semifinals No. 2 seed has twice-to-beat advantage						Finals Best-of-three series
												1	UP	2	3	3
						2	La Salle	0	0			3	Ateneo	3	2	1
	3	Ateneo	3			3	Ateneo	3	3
	4	NU	0

Awards

• Most Valuable Player: Malvinne Ann Venice Alcala (University of the Philippines)
• Rookie of the Year: Chanelle Lunod (Ateneo de Manila University)

Judo

The UAAP Season 79 Judo Championships was held from November 19–20, 2016 at the De La Salle Zobel Sports Pavilion in Ayala Alabang, Muntinlupa. The tournament host was De La Salle University.

Seniors division

Juniors division

Swimming

The UAAP Season 7 Swimming Championships was held on October 21–24, 2016 at the Rizal Memorial Swimming Pool in Vito Cruz St., Malate, Manila. The tournament host was University of the Philippines and tournament commissioner was Richard G. Luna. The number of participating teams in the Girls' tournament increased by one school with the participation of Ateneo.

Team ranking is determined by a point system, similar to that of the overall championship. The points given are based on the swimmer's/team's finish in the finals of an event, which include only the top eight finishers from the preliminaries. The gold medalist(s) receive 15 points, silver gets 12, bronze has 10. The following points: 8, 6, 4, 2 and 1 are given to the rest of the participating swimmers/teams according to their order of finish.

Pos.	Pts.
1st	15
2nd	12
3rd	10
4th	8
5th	6
6th	4
7th	2
8th	1

Seniors division

Juniors division

Performance Sports

Ballroom Dancing

The UAAP Season 79 opened with a new competition, Ballroom Dancing. UP swept the competition. The UP Ballroom Formation Team claimed the championship in both Latin-American and Standard Ballroom categories of the inaugural UAAP Ballroom Competition on September 3, 2016 inside the University of Sto. Tomas campus in Espana Boulevard, Manila. Ballroom Dancing is a demonstration sport.

Cheerdance

The UAAP Season 79 cheerdance competition waqs held on November 19, 2016 at the Smart Araneta Coliseum. It was hosted by University of Santo Tomas, the season's host. University of the Philippines Pep Squad skipped the UAAP Season 79 Cheerdance Competition due to an unresolved protest against last year's results.^[11] Cheerdance competition is an exhibition event. Points for the overall championship are not awarded to the participating schools.

Team standings

Rank	Team	Order	Tumbling	Stunts	Tosses	Pyramids	Dance	Penalties	Points	Percentage
1	NU Pep Squad	7th	89.00	87.00	82.00	84.00	370.00	–1	711.00	88.88%
2	FEU Cheering Squad	4th	82.00	78.00	84.00	83.50	349.00	–18	658.50	82.31%
3	Adamson Pep Squad	5th	64.50	72.50	80.00	89.00	353.00	–4	655.00	81.88%
4	UST Salinggawi Dance Troupe	2nd	80.00	75.00	77.50	78.00	343.50	–4	650.00	81.25%
5	UE Pep Squad	6th	68.50	81.50	87.50	79.50	343.00	–15	645.00	80.63%
6	DLSU Animo Squad	1st	63.00	70.00	69.00	75.00	294.50	–11	560.50	70.06%
7	Ateneo Blue Babble Battalion	3rd	55.50	64.00	67.50	74.00	281.00	–30	512.00	64.00%
-	UP Pep Squad	N/A	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-%

Order refers to order of performance.

Special awards from sponsors:

• Yamaha Best Toss: NU Pep Squad
• Jollibee Over-The-Top Pyramid: NU Pep Squad

Group stunts competition

Champion	2nd place	3rd place
NU	UST	FEU

Streetdance

The 4th UAAP Street Dance Competition will be held on _________, 2017 at the _________ hosted by _________. Street dance competition is an exhibition event. Points for the general championship are not awarded to the participating schools.

Rank	Team	Creativity	Formation and staging	Entertainment value	Attire	Variety	Choreography	Musicality	Timing	Execution	Technique	Difficulty	Penalty	Points
	Company of Ateneo Dancers
	Adamson CAST
	La Salle Dance Company–Street
	FEU Dance Company
	UE Armada
	UP Street Dance Club
	UST Hype Crew

Host team in boldface

General championship summary

The overall champion is determined by a point system. The system gives 15 points to the champion team of a UAAP event, 12 to the runner-up, and 10 to the third placer. The following points: 8, 6, 4, 2 and 1 are given to the rest of the participating teams according to their order of finish.

Pts.	Position
15	Champion
12	2nd
10	3rd
8	4th
6	5th
4	6th
2	7th
1	8th
—	Did not join
*	Ongoing

Seniors' division

Medal table

Rank	Team	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	UST Growling Tigers	6	3	0	9
2	NU Bulldogs	3	1	1	5
3	De La Salle Green Archers	2	2	4	8
4	UP Fighting Maroons	2	0	5	7
5	Ateneo Blue Eagles	1	4	1	6
6	FEU Tamaraws	0	3	2	5
7	UE Red Warriors	0	1	0	1
8	Adamson Falcons	0	0	0	0
Total		13	13	13	39

General championship tally

																															Total
Rank	University	M	W	M	W	M	W	M	W	M	W	M	W	M	W	M	W	M	W	M	W	M	W	C	M	W	M	W	M	W	M	W	C	Overall
1	UST	—	—	—	—	15	15	8	8	—	—	15	12	—	—	6	6	—	—	—	—	15	12	12	15	15	—	—	—	—	74	68	12	154
2	La Salle	—	—	—	—	2	10	12	10	—	—	12	15	—	—	8	10	—	—	—	—	6	4	15	10	8	—	—	—	—	50	57	15	122
3	UP	—	—	—	—	10	4	10	15	—	—	6	8	—	—	10	15	—	—	—	—	4	8	10	8	10	—	—	—	—	48	60	10	118
4	Ateneo	—	—	—	—	4	8	15	12	—	—	1	1	—	—	12	12	—	—	—	—	2	10	6	12	6	—	—	—	—	46	49	6	101
5	NU	—	—	—	—	8	6	6	—	—	—	10	6	—	—	15	8	—	—	—	—	12	15	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	51	35	4	90
6	FEU	—	—	—	—	12	12	—	—	—	—	4	10	—	—	4	4	—	—	—	—	10	2	8	—	—	—	—	—	—	30	28	8	66
7	UE	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	6	—	—	8	4	—	—	2	1	—	—	—	—	8	6	—	6	12	—	—	—	—	27	30	0	57
8	Adamson	—	—	—	—	6	2	4	4	—	—	2	2	—	—	1	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4	4	—	—	—	—	17	14	0	31

Juniors' division

Medal table

Rank	Team	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
	Ateneo Blue Eaglets
	Adamson Baby Falcons
	De La Salle Junior Archers	1
	FEU-Diliman Baby Tamaraws
	NSNU Bullpups	2
	UE Junior Warriors	1
	UPIS Junior Maroons
	UST Tiger Cubs	2	2	1
Total

General championship tally

																	Total
Rank	High School	B	B	G	B	G	C	B	G	B	B	G	B	B	B	B	B	G	C	Overall
1	Ateneo	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	0
2	Adamson	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	0
3	La Salle	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	0
4	FEU-D	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	0
5	NSNU	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	0
6	UE	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	0
7	UPIS	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	0
8	UST	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	0

Broadcast coverage

For its 2nd straight season since its broadcast deal renewal, ABS-CBN Sports will provide television and online coverage for all UAAP events. The games will be aired live on S+A Channel 23, S+A HD Channel 166 and their website, sports.abs-cbn.com.^[12]

See also

• NCAA Season 92

References