UAAP Season 87 volleyball tournaments

UAAP Season 87
Host school	University of Santo Tomas (High School)
Arena(s)	San Andres Sports Complex (Game 1); UST Quadricentennial Pavilion (Game 2);
Finals MVP	Kalel Legaspi (UST)
Semifinalists	UE Junior Warriors; Adamson Baby Falcons;
Arena(s)	San Andres Sports Complex (Game 1); UST Quadricentennial Pavilion (Game 2);
Finals MVP	Harlyn Serneche (NUNS)
Semifinalists	UST Junior Tigresses; FEU–D Lady Baby Tamaraws;

The UAAP Season 87 volleyball tournaments is the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) volleyball tournaments for the 2024–25 school year.

The high school boys' and girls' tournaments began on September 14, 2024.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Teams

All eight member universities of the UAAP fielded teams in the collegiate division while 8 universities fielded teams in the boys' and girls' division, respectively.

Collegiate division
University	Men		Women
University	Team	Coach	Team	Coach
Adamson University (AdU)	Soaring Falcons	George Pascua	Lady Falcons	JP Yude
Ateneo de Manila University^[a]	Blue Eagles	Timothy Sto. Tomas	Blue Eagles	Sergio Veloso
De La Salle University (DLSU)	Green Spikers	Jose Roque	Lady Spikers	Ramil De Jesus and Noel Orcullo
Far Eastern University (FEU)	Tamaraws	Eddieson Orcullo	Lady Tamaraws	Manolo Refugia
National University (NU)	Bulldogs	Dante Alinsunurin	Lady Bulldogs	Norman Miguel
University of the East (UE)	Red Warriors	Jerome Guhit	Lady Red Warriors	Jerry Yee
University of the Philippines Diliman (UP)	Fighting Maroons	Sergio Isada	Fighting Maroons	Oliver Almadro
University of Santo Tomas (UST)	Golden Spikers	Arthur Alan Mamon	Golden Tigresses	Emilio Reyes Jr.

High School division
High school	Boys' team	Girls' team
Adamson University (AdU)	Baby Falcons	Lady Baby Falcons
Ateneo de Manila University^[a]	Blue Eagles	Blue Eagles
De La Salle Santiago Zobel School (DLSZ)	Junior Archers	Junior Lady Archers
Far Eastern University Diliman (FEU-D)	Baby Tamaraws	Lady Baby Tamaraws
Nazareth School of National University (NSNU)	Bullpups	Lady Bullpups
University of the East (UE)	Junior Warriors	—
University of the Philippines Integrated School (UPIS)	Junior Fighting Maroons	Junior Fighting Maroons
University of Santo Tomas Senior High School (UST)	Junior Golden Spikers	Junior Tigresses

Boys' tournament

Team line-up

Adamson Baby Falcons
No.	Name	Position
1	DINGLE, Clark Louise S.	S
2	GUEVARRA, John Ian Juris B.	L
3	DUCUSIN, Jims Reaven A.	OP
4	FLORITA, Alfred John	MB
5	OBILLO, John Mark A.	L / OH
6	CASTRODES, Tommy P.	OH
7	CLEMENTE, Brandy E.	OH
8	CUISON, Carl Andrey B.	OH / L
9	DE GUZMAN, Gabriel Jayve J.	MB
10	DOMINGUITO, Cj C.	OH
11	NACARIO, Privaldo III M.	MB
12	RAMOS, Jan Laurence G.	MB
13	SAMSON, Yuan Jon A.	OP
14	TABON, Robert Dwight A.	S / (c)
	RAMOSO, Marvin R.	HC

Ateneo Blue Eagles
No.	Name	Position
1	SINJIAN, Alfonso Santino	OH
2	GABIA, Kevin	OP
3	GARCIA, Lucas	S
6	LUNAR, Dominic Matthew	L
7	MANALASTAS, Jose Tadeo	OH
8	BAHIA, Gian Sebastian (c)	S
9	BERDOS, Mon Paquito	L
10	ABAD, Juancho	MB
11	ISRAEL, Kyan Dale	MB
14	NICOLAS, Ken Harvey	OH
15	TURQUEZA, Miguel Mariano	MB
16	AVILA, Santiago Andres	MB
17	NISPEROS, Jedric	OH
18	CASTRO, Ron Eirik	OP
	Babes Castillo	HC

DLSZ Junior Archers
No.	Name	Position
1	Mario Roxas
2	Antonio Papa
3	Jayden Espares
4	Ashton Dumana
5	Floyd Marinduque
6	Christopher Pallega
7	Emmanuel Pegar
8	John Talens
9	Alessandro Baligod
10	Mewin Capeña
11	Kyle Aure
12	John Dimatulac
13	Joeniel Bergantin
14
	Ronilo Gacula	HC

FEU–D Baby Tamaraws
No.	Name	Position
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
		HC

NUNS Bullpups
No.	Name	Position
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
		HC

UE Junior Warriors
No.	Name	Position
1	MACAM, Jan Julian
2	MANALO, Chilwu
3	MONTEMAYOR, Xyrone
4	BABON, Lance
5	REYES, Karl
6	FLESTADO, Lance
7	ANCHETA, Aaron
8	GIANAN, Clarence
9	POLLENTES, Luis
10	CUADA, Anrhil
11	MOSUELA, Charles
12	SUMAGAYSAY, John
13	MOSUELA, Ralph
14	CARO, Kenzie
	MOSUELA, Raffy	HC

UP Fighting Maroons
No.	Name	Position
1	Lawrence Rabi
2	JM Navarro
3	Japhet Casabar
4	Marco Bamba
5	Joven Mendoza
6	Areef Gamon
7	Manfred Rosete
8	Terren Villanueva
9	Marcus Bamba
10	Noah Parungao
11	Zack Escalaw
12	Raiven Pascual
13
14
		HC

UST Junior Golden Spikers
No.	Name	Position
2	ESTRABON, Diego
4	JUNIO, Alwyne
5	ROQUE, Paul
6	LUSTON, Gherick
8	QUEMADA, Ace
9	LEGASPI, Kalel (c)
10	CRUZ, Sean
11	ESTEBAN, Chester
12	POJA, Ron
13	TEHONES, Junlie
17	PERJES, Erick
18	MEDINO, Paolo
21	AYCO, Joncriz
28	MALIT, Michael
	ESTEBAN, Clarence^[6]	HC

Legend
S	Setter
MB	Middle Blocker
OH	Outside Hitter
OP	Opposite Hitter
L	Libero
(c)	Team Captain
HC	Head Coach

Elimination round

Team standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	UST Junior Golden Spikers (H)	14	13	1	40	41	7	5.857	413	269	1.535	Twice-to-beat in the semifinals
2	NUNS Bullpups	14	12	2	35	38	8	4.750	487	343	1.420	Twice-to-beat in the semifinals
3	UE Junior Warriors	14	11	3	32	34	15	2.267	509	392	1.298	Twice-to-win in the semifinals
4	Adamson Baby Falcons	14	7^[b]	7	21	23	21	1.095	400	375	1.067	Twice-to-win in the semifinals
5	FEU–D Baby Tamaraws	14	7^[b]	7	22	28	21	1.333	387	337	1.148
6	DLSZ Junior Archers	14	4	10	12	12	30	0.400	277	331	0.837
7	Ateneo Blue Eagles	14	2	12	6	6	38	0.158	224	450	0.498
8	UPIS Junior Maroons	14	0	14	0	2	42	0.048	175	375	0.467

Updated to match(es) played on October 6, 2024. Source: UAAP Volleyball Livestats
Rules for classification: 1) number of wins; 2) if tied for No. 2 or 4, one-game playoff; 3) match points; 4) sets ratio; 5) points ratio; 6) head-to-head record
(H) Host
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Since 2017, Ateneo de Manila University is the only member school that does not use an acronym for official communications and graphics, according to their branding guide.^[5]
^ ^a ^b Fourth seed playoff: Adamson 3–1 FEU-D

Match-up results

	Round 1							Round 2
Team ╲ Game	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
Adamson
Ateneo
DLSZ
FEU–D
NUNS
UE
UPIS
UST

Updated to match(es) played on September 25, 2024. Source: UAAP Volleyball Livestats
= Win; = Loss

Game results

Results on top and to the right of the solid cells are for first-round games; those to the bottom and to the left of it are second-round games.

Teams	AdU	ATENEO	DLSZ	FEU–D	NUNS	UE	UPIS	UST
Adamson Baby Falcons		3–0	3–0	3–1	0–3	1–3	3–0	0–3
Ateneo Blue Eagles	0–3		0–3	0–3	0–3	0–3	3–1	0–3
DLSZ Junior Archers	0–3	3–0		0–3	0–3	0–3	3–0	0–3
FEU–D Baby Tamaraws	3–0	3–0	3–0		2–3	1–3	3–0	1–3
NUNS Bullpups	3–0	3–0	3–0	3–0		3–0	3–0	1–3
UE Junior Warriors	3–1	3–1	3–0	3–1	0–3		3–0	1–3
UPIS Junior Maroons	0–3	1–3	0–3	0–3	0–3	0–3		0–3
UST Junior Golden Spikers	3–0	3–0	3–0	3–1	3–1	2–3	3–0

Updated to match(es) played on September 25, 2024. Source: UAAP Volleyball Livestats
Legend: Blue = left column team win; Red = top row team win.

Fourth seed playoff

FEU-Diliman and Adamson finished the elimination round tied for fourth. This is a one-game playoff to determine the #4 seed.

November 27, 2024 (2024-11-27) 3:00 PM (UTC+8:00)	FEU–D Baby Tamaraws	1–3	Adamson Baby Falcons	Filoil EcoOil Centre, San Juan
	(19–25, 21–25, 25–21, 27–29)
	Adamson advances to the Final Four

Bracket


Semifinals (Nos. 1 & 2 have twice-to-beat advantage)			Final (Best-of-three series)



1	UST	3

4	Adamson	0
			1	UST	3	3

			2	NUNS	1	0
2	NUNS	3

3	UE	2

Semifinals

UST and NUNS have the twice-to-beat advantage. They only need to win once while their opponents twice in order to qualify in the Finals.

UST vs. Adamson

November 30, 2024 (2024-11-30) 11:00 AM	UST Tiger Cubs	3–0	UST Tiger Cubs	Filoil EcoOil Centre, San Juan
	(25–15, 25–19, 25–23)
	UST wins series in one game

NUNS vs. UE

November 30, 2024 (2024-11-30) 9:00 AM	NUNS Bullpups	3–2	UE Junior Warriors	Filoil EcoOil Centre, San Juan
	(19–25, 27–29, 25–23, 25–22, 20–18)
	NUNS wins series in one game

Finals

The finals is a best-of-three series.

December 4, 2024 (2024-12-04) 11:00 AM	UST Tiger Cubs	3–1	NUNS Bullpups	San Andres Sports Complex, Malate
	(18–25, 25–21, 28–26, 25–19)

December 7, 2024 11:00 AM	UST Tiger Cubs	3–0	NUNS Bullpups	UST Quadricentennial Pavilion, Sampaloc, Manila
	(25–17, 25–22, 25–20)
	UST wins series, 2–0