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The UE Red Warriors, Lady Warriors, Junior Warriors and Lady Junior Warriors are the collegiate men's and women's, and high school men's and women's, respectively, varsity teams of the University of the East (UE) that play in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines.

UE Red Warriors, Lady Warriors, Junior Warriors and Lady Junior Warriors
Logo of UE Red Warriors, Lady Warriors, Junior Warriors and Lady Junior Warriors
SchoolUniversity of the East
LeagueUAAP
Joined1952
LocationClaro M. Recto Ave., Sampaloc Manila, Philippines
Team colorsRed White
Juniors' teamUE Junior Warriors
Seniors' general championships
  • UAAP: 5
    1965-66 1969-70 1971-72 1972-73 1974-75
Juniors' general championships
  • UAAP: 2
    2005-06 2013-14

The Athletic Director of the university is Rodrigo M. Roque.

Background

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The University of the East is one of eight schools participating in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines. The UE Warriors teams have won UAAP championships in basketball, volleyball, fencing, table tennis and other sports. UE athletes also participate in other intercollegiate tournaments as well as invitational tournaments abroad.

Sports

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Basketball

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Main article: UE Red Warriors basketball

As of 2006, The Red Warriors were tied with the University of Santo Tomas as the second most successful team in UAAP men's basketball, with 18 titles, most of them coming from the time of coach Baby Dalupan and Robert Jaworski.[1]

The UE Red Warriors holds the longest senior basketball championship run with seven straight UAAP titles. They also hold the longest finals streak appearances, with sixteen straight from 1957 to 1972.[1] The team has also represented the country at the 1967 Summer Universiade.[2]

UE also participates in the Father Martin Cup and Philippine Collegiate Champions League (PCCL) men's (and women's) basketball tournaments. The UE Red Warriors were crowned as champions of the 2006 Philippine Collegiate Champions League. They are also the 2013 FilOil/Flying V-Hanes Preseason Cup champions.

Pre UAAP season highlights

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  • Champion - 2013 FilOil Flying V Hanes Premier Cup: The Red Warriors won the 2013 FilOil Flying V Hanes Premier Cup.[3]
  • 10th Fr. Martin Division Cup: The team won the 10th Father Martin Division 2 Cup at the Trinity University of Asia in Quezon City.

UAAP seasons highlights

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  • UAAP Season 69: The team ended UAAP Season 69 (2006–07) in third place after failing to win their knockout match against University of Santo Tomas on September 21, 2006. They lost to the UST Growling Tigers by one point, 81–82.
  • UAAP Season 70: The team ended it Finals-appearance drought in Season 70 (2007–08), finishing 14–0 sweep in elimination rounds and winning their games by at at least 16 points.[1] The team, however, lost the best-of-three Finals series to the De La Salle Green Archers 2–0.
  • UAAP Season 72: On January 12, 2009, Lawrence Chongson replaced Dindo Pumaren as the team's head coach. the team participated in five tournaments, two of which were held abroad: the 2009 Ming Dao International Basketball Tournament held in March in Taipei, Taiwan; the Easter Showcase in Las Vegas, USA in April; the 2009 FilOil Flying V Pre-Season MVP Invitational Cup held at the FilOil Flying V Arena in San Juan; the PBL Flex Unity Cup (with the players comprising the "Cobra Energy Drink Warriors").[4] In the semi-finals of Season 72, The team defeated the Far Eastern University (FEU) Tamaraws to earn a slot in the finals, but lost to the Ateneo Blue Eagles in the Finals in three games.

UAAP Season 85 (S.Y. 2022–23) Team Rosters

University of the East Basketball Team

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UE Red Warriors roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Height Year High School
F 6   Abdul Sawat 6'6" (1.98m) 1st –
8   Josh Alcantara – – –
9   Harvey Pagsanjan – – –
C 55   Gani Stevens 6'8" (2.03m) 1st –
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Team manager
  • Jean Michael Alabanza
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  •   Injured

Red Warriors basketball team recruits class of 2020

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[5]

  • Josiah Alcantara
  • Orin Catacutan
  • Clint Escamis
  • Brian Enriquez
  • Kyle Paranada
  • Migs Pascual
  • CJ Payawal
  • Gani Stevens

Notable players

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Red Warriors

Coaching history

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Notable coaches

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Volleyball

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Main article: UE Lady Warriors volleyball

The volleyball team won championships in Seasons 78, 79 and 80, but in Season 81 finished in 7th place.[citation needed]

Notable players

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Lady Red Warriors

Fencing

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  • UAAP Season 69 Champions: The men's and women's teams retained their titles at the 69th UAAP season's fencing competition, held at the Ateneo Blue Eagle Gym in Quezon City last February 10 and 11.
  • UAAP Season 75 Champions: The men's and women's teams won the UAAP Season 75 fencing tournament at the Philsports Arena.

Notable athletes

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  • Kath Arado — Volleyball player, multi-awarded libero
  • Rolando Canlas — Fencing master SEA Games gold medalist
  • Mercedito Manipol — Middle distance champion
  • Nelson Mariano II — RP Fifth Chess Grand Master
  • Mean Mendrez — Volleyball player
  • Roel Ramirez — Gymnast champion SEA Games gold medalist
  • Bong Ravena — Former PBA player and coach
  • James Yap — PBA player and politician

International competition

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The UE Red Warriors men's basketball team represented the Philippines at the 1967 Summer Universiade in Tokyo, Japan.[6]

At the 2007 Southeast Asian Games, eleven UE athletes were medalists in their respective sports. They were part of the 620 athletes that comprised Team Philippines that competed at the 24th Southeast Asian Games in Nakhon, Ratchasima, Thailand from December 6 to 15, 2007.[7]

Number of championships

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See UE Junior Warriors for UE Junior Championships

  • Second most basketball championships overall
  • Second most victories in seniors basketball tournaments

UAAP rankings

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See UE Junior Warriors for UE Junior Division Rankings

Seniors Division
These are the rankings of the University in the UAAP events it is participating since 1986, the year the UAAP became an eight member-school league.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c Sports Events, UE Dawn 2006 Diamond Jubilee Edition, University of the East, 2006.
  2. ^ Payo, Jasmine (22 March 2009). "Fisu nixes Archers' Serbia Universiade stint". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Archived from the original on 26 February 2012. Retrieved 23 September 2015. The University of the East was the last basketball team to represent the Philippines in the 1967 Universiade with a lineup bannered by Robert Jaworski and Danny Florencio.
  3. ^ "UE Warriors climb from cellar to top". Inquirer.net. Retrieved 2013-06-21.
  4. ^ "UE Today: UE Red Warriors "Fighting, Striving, Winning". University of the East. Retrieved 2009-09-17.
  5. ^ cite web|url=https://www.spin.ph/basketball/uaap-men/uaap-yearender-teams-that-missed-semis-make-it-up-with-prized-recruits-a2437-20201223?ref=article_next_featured
  6. ^ Fisu nixes Archers' Serbia Universiade stint - INQUIRER.net, Philippine News for Filipinos
  7. ^ "UE fetes SEAG Medallists UE athletes". University of the East. Retrieved 2008-01-23.

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