UAAP Season 70 was the 2007-08 season of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines, which was hosted by the University of Santo Tomas. The theme of season 70 was "Winners All, Recreating the Value of Honesty through Sports"[1] It opened on July 7, 2007 at the Araneta Coliseum. De La Salle University returned to active participation after being suspended in Season 69.

UAAP Season 70
Winners All, Recreating the Value of Honesty through Sports
Host schoolUniversity of Santo Tomas
Overall
SeniorsUST school colors University of Santo Tomas
JuniorsUST school colors University of Santo Tomas
Seniors' champions
Sport
Men
Women
Basketball La Salle school colors La Salle Ateneo school colors Ateneo
Volleyball UST school colors UST FEU school colors FEU
Chess FEU school colors FEU UST school colors UST
Table tennis UST school colors UST FEU school colors FEU
Taekwondo FEU school colors FEU UST school colors UST
Beach volleyball FEU school colors FEU FEU school colors FEU
Judo UP school colors UP UP school colors UP
Track and field FEU school colors FEU FEU school colors FEU
Fencing UST school colors UST UE school colors UE
Football FEU school colors FEU FEU school colors FEU
Tennis UST school colors UST UST school colors UST
Badminton La Salle school colors La Salle UST school colors UST
Baseball Adamson school colors Adamson NT
Softball NT UP school colors UP
Swimming UP school colors UP UST school colors UST
Cheerdance UP school colors UP (Ex - Coed)
Juniors' champions
Sport
Boys
Girls
Basketball La Salle school colors DLSZ NT
Volleyball UE school colors UE UST school colors UST
Chess Adamson school colors Adamson
Table tennis UST school colors UST
Taekwondo UST school colors UST
Beach volleyball Ateneo school colors Ateneo
Judo UST school colors UST
Track and field La Salle school colors DLSZ
Fencing Ateneo school colors Ateneo UP school colors UPIS
(NT) = No tournament; (DS) = Demonstration Sport;
(Ex) = Exhibition;
← Season 69 · UAAP seasons · Season 71 →

Basketball

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The UAAP Season 70 basketball tournament began on July 7, 2007 at the Araneta Coliseum in Cubao, Quezon City. The tournament host was University of Santo Tomas and tournament commissioner was Edgardo "Ed" Cordero.

Men's basketball games were held at the Ninoy Aquino Stadium, the Cuneta Astrodome and the Araneta Coliseum. The women's and juniors' games were held at the school gyms of Adamson University, Ateneo de Manila University and Far Eastern University.

Seniors division

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Men's tournament

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Elimination round
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Team standings
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Pos Team W L PCT GB Qualification
1   UE Red Warriors 14 0 1.000 Advance to the Finals[a]
2   De La Salle Green Archers 9 5 .643[b] 5 Twice-to-beat in stepladder round 2
3   Ateneo Blue Eagles 9 5 .643[b] 5 Proceed to stepladder round 1
4   UST Growling Tigers (H) 8 6 .571[c] 6
5   FEU Tamaraws 8 6 .571[c] 6
6   NU Bulldogs 6 8 .429 8
7   Adamson Soaring Falcons 2 12 .143 12
8   UP Fighting Maroons 0 14 .000 14
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) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ As UE won all of their elimination round games, the stepladder format will be used instead of the regular Final Four format.
  2. ^ a b Second-seed playoff: La Salle 70–69 Ateneo
  3. ^ a b Fourth-seed playoff: UST 80–69 FEU
Playoffs
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Stepladder round 1
(Single-elimination)
Stepladder round 2
(No. 2 has twice-to-beat advantage)
Finals
(Best-of-three series)
1  UE6364
2  La Salle64652  La Salle6473
3  Ateneo693  Ateneo6560
4  UST64
Awardees
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Women's tournament

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Elimination round
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Pos Team W L PCT GB Qualification
1   Ateneo Lady Eagles 12 2 .857 Twice-to-beat in the semifinals
2   UP Lady Maroons 11 3 .786 1
3   UST Tigresses (H) 10 4 .714 2 Twice-to-win in the semifinals
4   Adamson Lady Falcons 8 6 .571 4
5   FEU Lady Tamaraws 7 7 .500 5
6   De La Salle Lady Archers 5 9 .357 7
7   UE Lady Warriors 2 12 .143 10
8   NU Lady Bulldogs 1 13 .071 11
Source: [citation needed]
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) Hosts
Playoffs
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Semifinals
(Nos. 1 & 2 have twice-to-beat advantage)
Finals
(Best-of-three series)
1  Ateneo57
4  Adamson46
1  Ateneo6462
2  UP6058
2  UP56
3  UST54
Awardees
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  • Most Valuable Player (Finals):
  • Most Valuable Player (Season):
  • Rookie of the Year:

Juniors division

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Boys' tournament

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Elimination round
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Pos Team W L PCT GB Qualification
1   Ateneo Blue Eaglets 13 1 .929 Twice-to-beat in the semifinals
2   DLSZ Junior Archers 11 3 .786 2
3   FEU–D Baby Tamaraws 9 5 .643 4 Twice-to-win in the semifinals
4   NUNS Bullpups 6 8 .429[a] 7
5   UE Pages 6 8 .429[a] 7
6   Adamson Baby Falcons 5 9 .357 8
7   UPIS Junior Maroons 4 10 .286 9
8   UST Tiger Cubs (H) 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) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head record: NU 1–1 UE; fourth-seed playoff: NU 83–80
Playoffs
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Semifinals
(Nos. 1 & 2 have twice-to-beat advantage)
Finals
(Best-of-three series)
1  Ateneo7094
4  NU7375
1  Ateneo7492
2  DLSZ7698*
2  DLSZ67
3  FEU–FERN61
Awardees
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  • Most Valuable Player (Season): Samuel Marata (UPIS)
  • Rookie of the Year: Dave Kurt De Guzman (UE)

Football

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The UAAP Football tournament officially opened on January 12, 2008 at the Ateneo Erenchun Football Field of the Ateneo de Manila University in Katipunan Avenue, Loyola Heights Quezon City. Tournament host was Ateneo de Manila.

This year marked the introduction of high school football in the UAAP as a demonstration sport. The initial participating schools were Ateneo de Manila University, De La Salle-Santiago Zobel School, University of Santo Tomas High School and FEU - Diliman.

Three championship titles are disputed in UAAP football, one for each division, namely the men's, women's and juniors. The tournament is a double round robin elimination. A Team that sweeps both rounds automatically wins the championship. Otherwise, the number one and two ranked teams meet in the Finals round with the former having a twice-to-beat advantage over the number two team. Games in the Finals go into extra time if the score is a draw at the end of Regulation Time. The extra time consists of two 15-minute periods. If there is still no winner after the extra time, then the game will go to a penalty shootout (free kick) to decide the winner.

Seniors division

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Juniors division

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Boys' tournament

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Elimination round

Team W D L Pts.
  Ateneo Blue Eaglets 5 0 1 15
  DLSZ Junior Archers 5 0 1 15
  FEU–D Baby Tamaraws 2 0 4 6
  UST Tiger Cubs 0 0 6 0
Qualified for the Finals

Volleyball

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The UAAP volleyball tournament opened on December 1, 2007 at the Blue Eagle Gym hosted by University of the Philippines. The Ateneo de Manila University Men's Volleyball Team took on University of the East Men's Volleyball as the opening game for the Season.

Men's volleyball games were mostly held at the Blue Eagle Gym and some at the Rizal Memorial Coliseum. Women's volleyball action meanwhile had its opening games at the Blue Eagle Gym and transferred to Ninoy Aquino Stadium in the succeeding games. The boys' and Girls' volleyball games were mostly held at the University of the East Gymnasium with some games held at the University of the Philippines College of Human Kinetics Gym.

Men's tournament

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Elimination round

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Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR Qualification
1   FEU Tamaraws 14 13 1 39[a] 34 8 4.250 Twice-to-beat in the semifinals
2   UST Growling Tigers (H) 14 13 1 39[a] 36 9 4.000
3   Adamson Soaring Falcons 14 9 5 27 24 20 1.200 Twice-to-win in the semifinal
4   UP Fighting Maroons 14 8 6 24 22 27 0.815
5   UE Red Warriors 14 7 7 21 28 23 1.217
6   De La Salle Green Archers 14 3 11 9 14 35 0.400
7   Ateneo Blue Eagles 14 2 12 6 13 35 0.371
8   NU Bulldogs 14 1 13 3 13 35 0.371
Source: ABS-CBN Sports
Rules for classification: 1) number of wins; 2) if tied for top 4 seeds, or for #4 seed, one-game playoff; 3) match points; 4) sets ratio; 5) points ratio; 6) head-to-head record
(H) Host
Notes:
  1. ^ a b First–seed playoff: FEU 3–0 UST

Playoffs

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1st–seed playoffSemifinals
Top seeds twice-to-beat
Finals
Best-of-three series
1  FEU3
  FEU34  UP0
  UST01  FEU132
2  UST313
2  UST3
3  Adamson2

Women's tournament

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All the won games of De La Salle from January 15, 2008 up to the time it was discovered that one of its players, Jacqueline Alarca, continued playing despite her being on leave of absence were forfeited. The UAAP rule requires a player to be enrolled while playing.[2]

Elimination round

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Pos Team Pld W L PCT GB Qualification
1   Adamson Lady Falcons 14 12 2 .857[a] Twice-to-beat in the semifinals
2   FEU Lady Tamaraws 14 12 2 .857[a]
3   UST Tigresses (H) 14 12 2 .857[a] Twice-to-win in the semifinals
4   Ateneo Lady Eagles 14 8 6 .571 4
5   UP Lady Maroons 14 4 10 .286 8
6   NU Lady Bulldogs 14 3 11 .214 9
7   De La Salle Lady Archers[b] 14 3 11 .214 9
8   UE Lady Warriors 14 2 12 .143 10
Source: ABS-CBN Sports
Rules for classification: 1) number of wins; 2) if tied for top 4 seeds, or for #4 seed, one-game playoff; 3) match points; 4) sets ratio; 5) points ratio; 6) head-to-head record
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Head-to-head sets ratio: Adamson +2, FEU –1, UST –1; second–seed playoff: FEU 3–1 UST; first–seed playoff: Adamson 3–2 FEU
  2. ^ All games of De La Salle from January 15 onwards were forfeited when player Jacqueline Alarca continued playing despite her school's approval of her leave of absence. This led her to cease as a De La Salle student, breaking UAAP rules that a player must be enrolled to the school the person represents.[3]

The three-way tie for #1 was broken as follows:

  • Teams were seeded by the number of sets won ratio. Adamson held the advantage with a +2, while UST and FEU had each a –1.
  • In the playoffs for the first seed, Adamson with a better win record drew a bye and waited for the winner of the UST versus FEU match.
  • FEU defeated UST in 4 sets and gained the right to play Adamson for the number one seeding. UST was relegated to #3 seed.
  • Adamson defeated FEU in 5 sets in their playoff for the first seed.

Playoffs

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2nd–seed playoff1st–seed playoffSemifinals
Higher seed twice-to-beat
Finals
Best-of-three series
1  Adamson3
  Adamson34  Ateneo0
  FEU3  FEU21  Adamson312
  UST12  FEU233
2  FEU3
3  UST2

Beach Volleyball

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The UAAP Beach Volleyball tournament started on September 8, 2007 at the University of the East Caloocan sand courts in Caloocan, Metro Manila.

Softball

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The UAAP Softball tournament opened July 12, 2007. Games were played at the UST Open Field.

University of the Philippines Lady Maroons clinched the title automatically after sweeping the elimination round.

Elimination round

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Rank Team W L GB
1   UP Lady Maroons 10 0 --
2   Adamson Lady Falcons 8 2 2
3   UST Growling Tigers 6 4 4
4   La Salle Lady Archers 3 7 7
4   UE Amazons 3 7 7
6   Ateneo Lady Eagles 0 10 10

Chess

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Three championship titles were disputed in the UAAP Chess tournament.

Seniors division

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Juniors division

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Boys' tournament

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Team standings

Rank Team
1st   Adamson Baby Falcons
2nd   Ateneo Blue Eaglets
3rd   UE Red Pages
4th   NUNS Bullpups
5th   UST Tiger Cubs
6th   FEU–D Baby Tamaraws

Taekwondo

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The UAAP Taekwondo tournament started on September 15, 2007 at the University of Santo Tomas Gym in España Boulevard, Sampaloc, Manila.

Seniors division

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Juniors division

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Boys' tournament

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Team standings

Rank Team W L GB
1   UST Tiger Cubs - - -
2   Ateneo Blue Eaglets - - -
3   UPIS Junior Maroons - - -
4   FEU–D Baby Tamaraws - - -
5   UE Red Pages - - -
6   DLSZ Junior Archers - - -

Table Tennis

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The UAAP Table Tennis tournament started on September 18, 2007 at the Ateneo de Manila University Blue Eagle Gym in Katipunan Avenue, Loyola Heights, Quezon City.

Seniors division

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Juniors division

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Boys' tournament

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Team standings

Rank Team GP W L PCT
1   UST Tiger Cubs 6 6 0 1.000
2   UE Red Pages 6 5 1 .833
3   Ateneo Blue Eaglets 6 4 2 .667
4   NUNS Bullpups 6 3 3 .500
5   Adamson Baby Falcons 6 2 4 .333
6   UPIS Junior Maroons 6 1 5 .167
7   DLSZ Junior Archers 6 0 6 .000

Swimming

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The UAAP Season 70 Swimming Championships was held on September 20–23, 2007 at the Trace Aquatics Centre in Los Baños, Laguna.

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.

Seniors division

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Juniors division

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Judo

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The UAAP Judo tournament started on October 6, 2007 and ended on October 7, 2007 at the Blue Eagle Gym of the Ateneo de Manila University in Katipunan Avenue, Loyola Heights, Quezon City.

Seniors division

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Juniors division

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Boys' tournament

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Rank Team Medals Points
      Total
1   Ateneo 7 4 5 16 121
2   UST 1 1 2 4 37
3   UPIS 0 2 0 2 28
4   DLSZ 0 0 0 0 6
5   UE 0 0 0 0 4

Cheerdance

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The 2007 Cheerdance Competition was held on September 16, 2007 at the Araneta Coliseum, Araneta Center, Cubao, Quezon City. Cheer dance competition is an exhibition event. Points for the general championship are not awarded to the participants.

The UP Pep Squad clinched their fourth UAAP cheerdance title after 5 years. UST settled for second place, and the third place went to FEU.

Rank Pep squad Score
1st   UP Pep Squad 92.66
2nd   UST Salinggawi Dance Troupe 92.16
3rd   FEU Cheering Squad 91.66
4th   Ateneo Blue Babble Battalion 91.63
5th   Adamson Pep Squad 91.62
6th   UE Cheering Squad 91.55
7th   DLSU Pep Squad 89.54
8th   NU Pep Squad 84.23

General championship summary

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The general 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.

Medals table

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General championship tally

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Seniors' division

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               Total
RankTeamMWMWMWMWMWMWMWMWMWMWMWMWMWMWMWOverall
1  UST (H)810151010212156151515151281512151210121010101212158162159321
2  UP112861115101010101081068612151510158666810112131243
3  FEU661215151515812151012151015151515106125117242
4  Ateneo10152861281222812244410810126412810461296117213
5  La Salle15442241081212128461510868846412484410698204
6  UE1226181066866108122446686810121510478182
7  Adamson281012128261512414687
8  NU411446446218271845
(H) Season host;   = Champion;   = Runner-up;   = Third place; = No team.
Notes: Results are final.

Juniors' division

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       Total
RankTeamBBGBGCBBBBGCKOverall
1  UST (H)18151212615151566276099
2  Ateneo1210151210121271012083
  UE615126101012665122100
4  UPIS2688156101042230065
5  DLSZ151210108441180059
6  FEU–FERN104882604030
7  Adamson4154412015027
8  NU8881608024
(H) Season host;   = Champion;   = Runner-up;   = Third place; = No team.
Notes: Results are final.

Individual awards

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Athletes of the Year:

  • Seniors': Michelle Bruzola (UE Lady Warriors, fencing)
  • Juniors': Sabrina Ingrid Ilustre (UE Junior Lady Warriors, swimming)

See also

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References

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