UAAP Season 74

Season host Ateneo de Manila University presented an Olympic-style opening ceremony which was the first time it took place in an open field on July 9, 2011 at the Marikina Sports Park. The highlights of the opening ceremony were the presentation of the UAAP board of directors, parade of athletes, torch relay, cauldron lighting and free concert. It also featured a group of Ateneo graduates singing the UAAP theme song. The Ateneo Blue Babble Battalion and Spongecola's Yael Yuzon provided entertainment during the ceremonies.[2]

The torch relay took place prior to the start of the events in the Marikina Sports Park. The relay started from the De La Salle University campus in Taft Avenue, Malate, Manila and passed thru the campuses of the other seven member schools of the UAAP. Athletes representing their school received and transferred the torch to the next school by means of running. Ateneo was the last school to receive the torch. Thus it had the honor of bringing the torch to its final destination which was the Marikina Sports Park. Former Ateneo basketball player Olsen Racela was the torch lighter which role he did when he lighted the cauldron with the torch after being lifted by a hydraulic conveyor.[3]

The opening ceremony proceeded as scheduled despite continuous rains. Contingency plans were made so that the ceremony will not be called off due to inclement weather. The parade of athletes proceeded with the athletes carrying colored umbrellas corresponding to their school colors. The following schools make up the UAAP: Ateneo de Manila University, Adamson University, De La Salle University, Far Eastern University, National University, University of Santo Tomas, University of the East, and University of the Philippines.[4]

University of Santo Tomas had the largest delegation with 627 athletes. It was followed by Ateneo de Manila (600), University of the East (512), University of the Philippines (425), De La Salle University (417), Adamson University (300), Far Eastern University (300) and National University (260).[5]

Basketball games started the next day at the Smart Araneta Coliseum.

The UAAP Season 74 basketball tournament began on July 10, 2011 at the Araneta Coliseum in Cubao, Quezon City. The tournament host was Ateneo de Manila University and tournament commissioner was Andrew "Andy" Jao.

Team standings

Pos	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Ateneo Blue Eagles (H)	13	1	.929	—	Twice-to-beat in the semifinals
2	Adamson Falcons	10	4	.714	3
3	FEU Tamaraws	9	5	.643	4	Twice-to-win in the semifinals
4	UST Growling Tigers	8	6	.571	5
5	NU Bulldogs	6	8	.429	7
6	De La Salle Green Archers	5	9	.357	8
7	UE Red Warriors	3	11	.214	10
8	UP Fighting Maroons	2	12	.143	11

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
(H) Host.

Playoffs

	Semifinals #1 & #2 have twice-to-beat advantage						Finals Best-of-three series
	1	Ateneo	69
	4	UST	66
							1	Ateneo		82	82
							3	FEU		64	69
	2	Adamson	49	74
	3	FEU	59	78

Team standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	FEU Lady Tamaraws	14	12	2	.857	—	Twice-to-beat in the semifinals
2	Adamson Lady Falcons	14	10	4	.714[lower-alpha 1]	2
3	UST Tigresses	14	10	4	.714[lower-alpha 1]	2	Twice-to-win in the semifinals
4	De La Salle Lady Archers	14	10	4	.714[lower-alpha 1]	2
5	Ateneo Lady Eagles (H)	14	7	7	.500	5
6	NU Lady Bulldogs	14	4	10	.286	8
7	UP Lady Maroons	14	2	12	.143	10
8	UE Lady Warriors	14	1	13	.071	11

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
(H) Host.
Notes:

1. Head-to-head goal averages: UST +27, Adamson –3, La Salle –24; second-seed playoff: Adamson 70–59 UST

Playoffs

	2nd-seed playoff				Semifinals #1 & #2 have twice-to-beat advantage						Finals Best-of-three series
					1	FEU	54	66
					4	La Salle	57	44
											1	FEU	56	72	68
											2	Adamson	60	50	57
	Adamson	70			2	Adamson	53
	UST	59			3	UST	45

Elimination round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	FEU–D Baby Tamaraws	14	12	2	.857	—	Twice-to-beat in the semifinals
2	DLSZ Junior Archers	14	11	3	.786	1
3	NSNU Bullpups	14	10	4	.714	2	Twice-to-win in the semifinals
4	Ateneo Blue Eaglets (H)	14	9	5	.643	3
5	Adamson Baby Falcons	14	7	7	.500	5
6	UST Tiger Cubs	14	5	9	.357	7
7	UE Junior Warriors	14	1	13	.071[lower-alpha 1]	11
8	UPIS Junior Maroons	14	1	13	.071[lower-alpha 1]	11

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
(H) Host.
Notes:

1. Head-to-head record: UE 1–1 UP; UE +8

Playoffs

	Semifinals #1 & #2 have twice-to-beat advantage						Finals Best-of-three series
	1	FEU–FERN	53	63
	4	Ateneo	62	56
							1	FEU–FERN	71	46	63
							3	NU	67	57	72
	2	DLSZ	52	46
	3	NU	66	49

The UAAP Season 74 beach volleyball tournament began on August 27, 2011 at the sand courts of UE Caloocan.

Elimination round

Team standings Team W L PCT GB  FEU Tamaraws 7 0 1.000 —  Adamson Falcons 6 1 .800 1  UST Growling Tigers 5 2 .800 2  UP Fighting Maroons 3 4 .500 4  UE Red Warriors 3 4 .500 4  De La Salle Green Archers 3 4 .400 4  NU Bulldogs 1 6 .000 6  Ateneo Blue Eagles 0 7 .000 7 Season host is boldfaced.   Qualified to the Finals with the thrice to beat advantage   Qualified to the semifinals with the twice to beat advantage   Qualified to the first round

Schedule Teams 1 2 3 4 5 6 7  AdU  ADMU  DLSU  FEU  NU  UE  UP  UST   Win   Loss

Playoffs

	Stepladder round 1 One-game playoff					Semifinal Knockout game						Finals 1st seed has 1–0 lead in the best-of-3 series
												1	FEU		2*	2
						2	Adamson	1				3	UST		0	0
	3	UST	2			3	UST	2
	4	UP	1
* After sweeping the eliminations, the team has 1–0 (2–0 sets) lead advantage in the best-of-3 series.

Elimination round

Team standings Team W L PCT GB  UST Tigresses 6 1 .857 —  Ateneo Lady Eagles 6 1 .857 —  Adamson Lady Falcons 5 2 .714 1  De La Salle Lady Archers 3 4 .429 3  UE Lady Warriors 3 4 .429 3  FEU Lady Tamaraws 3 4 .429 3  UP Lady Maroons 2 5 .286 4  NU Lady Bulldogs 0 7 .000 6 Season host is boldfaced.   Qualified to the semifinals with the twice to beat advantage   Qualified to the semifinals

Schedule Teams 1 2 3 4 5 6 7  AdU  ADMU  DLSU  FEU  NU  UE  UP  UST   Win   Loss

Playoffs

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

The UAAP Season 74 football tournament began on January 14, 2012 at the football fields of the Ateneo de Manila University.

Elimination round

Team standings Rank Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts 1  UP Fighting Maroons 10 5 5 0 11 1 +10 20 2  UST Growling Tigers 10 4 4 2 6 4 +2 16 3  FEU Tamaraws 10 4 3 3 11 6 +5 15 4  De La Salle Green Archers 10 3 4 3 5 7 –2 13 5  Ateneo Blue Eagles 10 3 0 7 4 13 –9 9 6  UE Red Warriors 10 1 4 5 2 9 –7 7   Qualified to the Finals with the twice to beat advantage   Qualified to the Finals

Match-up results Teams Round 1 Round 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10  ADMU  DLSU  FEU  UE  UP  UST   Win   Draw   Loss

Finals

February 26, 2012

2:00 PM (UTC+08:00)

UP Fighting Maroons	1–0	UST Growling Tigers
Valmayor  61'

Ateneo High School Football Field, Quezon City

	UP wins series in one game

Elimination round

Team standings Rank Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts 1  UST Tigresses 8 4 3 1 12 5 +7 15 2  De La Salle Lady Archers 8 3 4 1 7 4 +3 13 3  FEU Lady Tamaraws 8 2 5 1 7 5 +2 11 4  UP Lady Maroons 8 3 2 3 7 7 0 11 5  Ateneo Lady Eagles 8 0 2 6 2 14 –12 2 Host team in boldface.   Qualified to the Finals with the twice to beat advantage   Qualified to the Finals

Match-up results Teams Round 1 Round 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8  ADMU  DLSU  FEU  UP  UST   Win   Draw   Loss

Finals

February 26, 2012

9:00 AM (UTC+08:00)

UST Tigresses	0–0 (a.e.t.)	De La Salle Lady Archers
Penalties
Barruga Fuertes	3–4

Ateneo High School Football Field, Quezon City

March 4

09:00 AM (UTC+08:00)

UST Tigresses	1–0	De La Salle Lady Archers
Barruga  68'

Ateneo High School Football Field, Quezon City

	UST wins series in two games

Elimination round

Team standings Rank Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  FEU–D Baby Tamaraws 6 6 0 0 23 0 +23 18  Ateneo Blue Eaglets 6 3 0 3 13 5 +8 9  DLSZ Junior Archers 6 3 0 3 11 14 –3 9 4  UST Tiger Cubs 6 0 0 6 1 29 –28 0 Host team in boldface.

Match-up results Teams Round 1 Round 2 1 2 3 4 5 6  ADMU  DLSU  FEU  UST   Win   Draw   Loss

There was no playoff. FEU was automatically declared champion after sweeping the elimination rounds.

The UAAP Season 74 baseball tournament began on January 12, 2012 at the baseball diamond of the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex.[6] This year marked the introduction of high school baseball in the UAAP as a demonstration sport. The initial participating schools were Ateneo de Manila University, De La Salle-Santiago Zobel School and University of Santo Tomas High School.

Elimination round

Team standings Team W L PCT GB  NU Bulldogs 8 2 .800 —  Ateneo Blue Eagles 7 3 .700 1  De La Salle Green Archers 7 3 .700 1  UST Growling Tigers 4 6 .400 4  Adamson Falcons 3 7 .300 5  UP Fighting Maroons 1 9 .100 7 Host team in boldface.   Qualified to the semifinals with the twice to beat advantage   Qualified to the semifinals

Schedule Teams Round 1 Round 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10  AdU  ADMU  DLSU  NU  UP  UST   Win   Loss

Playoffs

	Semifinals #1 & #2 have twice-to-beat advantage						Finals Best-of-three series
	1	NU	2	7
	4	UST	4	2
							1	NU	4	5	5
							2	Ateneo	11	2	4
	2	Ateneo	13 (F/8)
	3	La Salle	4

Elimination round

Team standings Team W L PCT GB  Ateneo Blue Eaglets 3 1 .750 -  DLSZ Junior Archers 3 1 .750 -  UST Tiger Cubs 0 4 .000 3 Host team in boldface.   Qualified to the Finals

Schedule Teams Round 1 Round 2 1 2 3 4  ADMU  DLSU  UST   Win   Loss

The UAAP Season 74 softball tournament began on January 11, 2012 at the baseball diamond of the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex.[6] With Adamson sweeping the elimination round, they were declared automatic champions and the playoffs were scrapped.

Elimination round

Team standings Rank Team W L PCT GB  Adamson Lady Falcons 10 0 1.000 —  UP Lady Maroons 7 3 .700 3  UE Lady Warriors 6 4 .600 4 4  UST Tigresses 5 5 .500 5 5  Ateneo Lady Eagles 2 8 .200 7 6  De La Salle Lady Archers 0 10 .000 10 Host team in boldface.

Match-up results Teams Round 1 Round 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10  AdU  ADMU  DLSU  UE  UP  UST   Win   Loss

The UAAP Season 74 tennis tournaments began on January 7, 2012 at the Rizal Memorial Tennis Center.

Elimination round

Team standings Team W L PCT GB  De La Salle Green Archers 10 0 1.000 —  NU Bulldogs 8 2 .800 1  UST Growling Tigers 5 5 .500 5  UP Fighting Maroons 4 6 .400 6  UE Red Warriors 3 7 .300 7  Ateneo Blue Eagles 0 10 .000 10 Host team in boldface.   Qualified to the Finals with the twice to beat advantage   Qualified to the Finals

Schedule Teams Round 1 Round 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10  ADMU  DLSU  NU  UE  UP  UST   Win   Loss

Finals

With De La Salle Green Tennisters sweeping the elimination round, the Final round went through a best-of-three series with the team enjoying the twice-to-beat advantage over the second placer NU Bulldogs. La Salle won the championship title after beating NU (3–2) in one game last February 21, 2012 at the Rizal Memorial Tennis Center.[7]

Matches on Rizal Memorial Tennis Center
Event		Winner	Loser	Score	Notes
1	Singles, 1st round	Michael Basco	Tim Polero	6–0, 6–0	La Salle leads match, 1–0.
2	Doubles, 1st round	Michael Madrio Fritz Verdad	Pemrik Alina Kyle Cordero	7–6 (3–0), 6–1	Match tied, 1–1.
3	Singles, 2nd round	Alberto Villamor	Al Khady Jainul	6–4, 6–2	La Salle leads match, 2–1.
4	Doubles, 2nd round	Dheo Talatayod Wilson Oblea	Ed Amor Fidel Regis	6–4, 6–3	Match tied, 2–2.
5	Singles, 3rd round	Ernesto Pantua	Leander Lazaro	2–6, 6–4, 6–2	La Salle wins tennis title.

Elimination round

Team standings Team W L PCT GB  De La Salle Lady Archers 6 0 1.000 —  UST Tigresses 3 3 .500 3  UP Lady Maroons 3 3 .500 3  Ateneo Lady Eagles 0 6 .000 6 Host team in boldface.   Qualified to the Finals with the twice to beat advantage   Qualified to the Finals   Qualified to the second-seed playoff

Schedule Teams Round 1 Round 2 1 2 3 4 5 6  ADMU  DLSU  UP  UST   Win   Loss

Playoffs

	Second-seed playoff					Finals #1 has a 1–0 lead in a best-of-3 series
						1	La Salle	2	2
	UST		3			2	UST	3	3
	UP		1

Second-seed playoff

Being tied at second place, UST Lady Tennisters defeated UP Lady Tennisters (3–1) on a playoff, the last berth to the Final round, on February 21, 2012 at the Rizal Memorial Tennis Center.[7]

Matches on Rizal Memorial Tennis Center
Event		Winner	Loser	Score	Notes
1	Singles, 1st round	Zaza Paulino	Bea Fabregas	4–6, 7–5, 6–0	UST leads match, 1–0.
2	Doubles, 1st round	Diane Bautista Chrizanth Helar	Meli delos Reyes Creslita Gulosino	6–1, 7–6 (7–0)	UST leads match, 2–0.
3	Singles, 2nd round	Sarah Jane Restauro	Macy Gonzales	6–3, 6–3	UST still leads match, 2–1.
4	Doubles, 2nd round	Hazel Grecia April Santos	JV Custodio Medeline Ramos	7–5, 7–6 (4–0)	UST wins playoff and advances to Finals.

Finals

With De La Salle Lady Tennisters sweeping the elimination round, the Final round went through a best-of-three series with the team enjoying the twice-to-beat advantage over the playoff winner UST Lady Tennisters.[8] UST forced a rubber match[9] and obtained the championship title after beating La Salle (3–2) in the second game.[10] Finals first and second games were held on February 24 and 26 respectively at the Rizal Memorial Tennis Center.

Game 1
Matches on Rizal Memorial Tennis Center
Event		Winner	Loser	Score	Notes
1	Singles, 1st round	Regina Santiago	Hazel Grecia	6–0, 6–2	La Salle leads match, 1–0.
2	Doubles, 1st round	Diane Bautista Chrizanth Helar	Nadine Castillo Aira Putiz	6–1, 6–0	Match tied, 1–1.
3	Singles, 2nd round	Martina Guba	Linda Santos	6–1, 6–1	La Salle leads match, 2–1.
4	Doubles, 2nd round	Macy Gonzales April Santos	Trudy Amoranto Kirstie Barraquias	7–6 (7–0), 3–6, 6–2	Match tied, 2–2.
5	Singles, 3rd round	Zaza Paulino	Enah Baba	6–2, 6–1	UST forces one game.
Game 2
Matches on Rizal Memorial Tennis Center
Event		Winner	Loser	Score	Notes
1	Singles, 1st round	Regina Santiago	Linda Santos	6–7 (0–4), 6–0, 6–3	La Salle leads match, 1–0
2	Doubles, 1st round	Diane Bautista Chrizanth Helar	Trudy Amoranto Kirstie Barraquias	3–6, 6–2, 6–3	Match tied, 1–1.
3	Singles, 2nd round	Martina Guba	Hazel Grecia	6–2, 6–0	La Salle leads match, 2–1.
4	Doubles, 2nd round	Macy Gonzales April Santos	Nadine Castillo Aira Putiz	6–0, 6–0	Match tied, 2–2.
5	Singles, 3rd round	Zaza Paulino	Enah Baba	6–3, 6–3	UST wins tennis title.

The UAAP Season 74 badminton tournament began on August 6, 2011 at Badminton Hall, Rizal Memorial Sports Complex.

Elimination round

Team standings Team W L PCT GB  De La Salle Green Archers 6 1 .857 —  NU Bulldogs 6 1 .857 —  FEU Tamaraws 5 2 .714 1  Ateneo Blue Eagles 5 2 .714 1  UST Growling Tigers 2 5 .286 4  UP Fighting Maroons 2 5 .286 4  UE Red Warriors 1 6 .143 5  Adamson Falcons 1 6 .143 5 Season host is boldfaced.   Qualified to the semifinals with the twice to beat advantage   Qualified to the semifinals

Schedule Teams 1 2 3 4 5 6 7  AdU  ADMU  DLSU  FEU  NU  UE  UP  UST   Win   Loss