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

Basketball

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

Men's tournament

Elimination round

Team standings

Pos	Team v t e	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

Playoffs

	Stepladder round 1 ( Single-elimination)					Stepladder round 2 (No. 2 has twice-to-beat advantage)						Finals ( Best-of-three series)
												1	UE	63	64
						2	La Salle	64	65			2	La Salle	64	73
	3	Ateneo	69			3	Ateneo	65	60
	4	UST	64

Awardees

• Most Valuable Player (Finals): JV Casio and Cholo Villanueva (La Salle; co-awardees)
• Most Valuable Player (Season): Jervy Cruz (UST)
• Rookie of the Year: JR Cawaling (FEU).

Women's tournament

Elimination round

Pos	Team v t e	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

Playoffs

	Semifinals (Nos. 1 & 2 have twice-to-beat advantage)					Finals ( Best-of-three series)
	1	Ateneo	57
	4	Adamson	46
						1	Ateneo	64	62
						2	UP	60	58
	2	UP	56
	3	UST	54

Awardees

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

Juniors division

Boys' tournament

Elimination round

Pos	Team v t e	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

Playoffs

	Semifinals (Nos. 1 & 2 have twice-to-beat advantage)						Finals ( Best-of-three series)
	1	Ateneo	70	94
	4	NU	73	75
							1	Ateneo	74	92
							2	DLSZ	76	98*
	2	DLSZ		67
	3	FEU–FERN		61

Awardees

• Most Valuable Player (Season): Samuel Marata (UPIS)
• Rookie of the Year: Dave Kurt De Guzman (UE)

Football

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

Men's tournament Elimination round Team W D L Pts.   FEU Tamaraws 6 1 2 19   Ateneo Blue Eagles 6 1 2 19   UST Growling Tigers 4 2 3 14   UP Fighting Maroons 3 4 2 13   UE Red Warriors 2 0 6 6   De La Salle Green Archers 1 1 7 4 Qualified for the Finals

Women's tournament Elimination round Team W D L Pts.   FEU Lady Tamaraws 5 1 2 16   De La Salle Lady Archers 4 3 1 15   UST Tigresses 4 2 2 14   Ateneo Lady Eagles 3 2 3 11   UP Lady Maroons 0 0 8 0 Qualified for the Finals

Juniors division

Boys' tournament

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

Volleyball

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

Elimination round

Pos	Team v t e	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

Playoffs

	1st–seed playoff					Semifinals Top seeds twice-to-beat					Finals Best-of-three series
						1	FEU	3
	FEU		3			4	UP	0
	UST		0								1	FEU	1	3	2
											2	UST	3	1	3
						2	UST	3
						3	Adamson	2

Women's tournament

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

Pos	Team v t e	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

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

	2nd–seed playoff					1st–seed playoff					Semifinals Higher seed twice-to-beat					Finals Best-of-three series
											1	Adamson	3
						Adamson		3			4	Ateneo	0
	FEU		3			FEU		2								1	Adamson	3	1	2
	UST		1													2	FEU	2	3	3
											2	FEU	3
											3	UST	2

Boys' tournament Elimination round Rank Team W L GB 1   UE Red Pages 8 0 — 2   DLSZ Junior Archers 6 2 2 3   Ateneo Blue Eaglets 4 4 4 4   UST Tiger Cubs 2 6 6 5   UPIS Junior Maroons 0 8 8 UE's 8–0 sweep: awards them the title outright.

Girls' tournament Elimination round Rank Team W L GB 1   UST Junior Tigresses 6 0 — 2   UE Junior Amazons 4 2 2 3   DLSZ Junior Lady Archers 2 4 4 4   UPIS Junior Lady Maroons 0 6 6 UST's 6–0 sweep: awards them the title outright.

Beach Volleyball

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

Men's tournament Team standings Rank Team W L GB 1   FEU Tamaraws* 7 0 -- 2   Adamson Soaring Falcons 6 1 1 3   UST Growling Tigers 5 2 2 4   UE Red Warriors 4 3 3 5   Ateneo Blue Eagles 3 4 4 6   NU Bulldogs 2 5 5 7   De La Salle Green Archers 1 6 6 8   UP Fighting Maroons 0 7 7 *Clinched twice-to-beat advantage. Awards Most Valuable Player: Rookie of the Year:

Women's tournament Team standings Rank Team W L GB 1   FEU Lady Tamaraws* 7 0 -- 2   Ateneo Lady Eagles 6 1 1 3   UE Lady Warriors 5 2 2 4   Adamson Lady Falcons 4 3 3 5   De La Salle Lady Archers 2 5 5 6   UST Tigresses 2 5 5 7   NU Lady Bulldogs 1 6 6 8   UP Lady Maroons 1 6 6 *Clinched twice-to-beat advantage. Awards Most Valuable Player: Wendy Ann Semana (FEU) Rookie of the Year: Shaira Gonzalez (FEU)

Softball

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

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

Three championship titles were disputed in the UAAP Chess tournament.

Seniors division

Men's tournament Team standings Rank Team 1st   FEU Tamaraws 2nd   De La Salle Green Archers 3rd   UP Fighting Maroons 4th   UE Red Warriors 5th   UST Growling Tigers 6th   NU Bulldogs 7th   Ateneo Blue Eagles

Women's tournament Team standings Rank Team 1st   UST Tigresses 2nd   De La Salle Lady Archers 3rd   UP Lady Maroons 4th   FEU Lady Tamaraws 5th   UE Lady Warriors 6th   NU Lady Bulldogs 7th   Ateneo Lady Eagles

Juniors division

Boys' tournament

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

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

Seniors division

Men's tournament Team standings Rank Team W L GB 1   FEU Tamaraws 5 0 -- 2   UST Growling Tigers 4 1 1 3   Ateneo Blue Eagles 3 2 2 4   De La Salle Green Archers 2 3 3 5   UP Fighting Maroons 1 4 4 6   UE Red Warriors 0 5 5

Women's tournament Team standings Rank Team W L GB 1   UST Tigresses 5 0 - 2   UP Lady Maroons 4 1 1 3   FEU Lady Tamaraws 3 2 2 4   Ateneo Lady Eagles 2 3 3 5   De La Salle Lady Archers 1 4 4 6   UE Lady Warriors 0 5 5

Juniors division

Boys' tournament

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

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

Men's tournament Team standings Rank Team GP W L PCT 1   FEU Tamaraws 6 5 1 .833 2   UST Growling Tigers 6 5 1 .833 3   UP Fighting Maroons 6 4 2 .667 4   UE Red Warriors 6 4 2 .667 5   De La Salle Green Archers 6 2 4 .333 6   NU Bulldogs 6 1 5 .167 7   Ateneo Blue Eagles 6 0 6 .000

Women's tournament Team standings Rank Team GP W L PCT 1   FEU Lady Tamaraws 5 5 0 1.000 2   UST Tigresses 5 4 1 .800 3   UP Lady Maroons 5 3 2 .600 4   Ateneo Lady Eagles 5 2 3 .400 5   De La Salle Lady Archers 5 2 3 .400 6   NU Bulldogs 5 0 5 .000

Juniors division

Boys' tournament

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

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

Men's tournament Rank Team Medals Points Total 1 UP 0 3 1 4 56 2   La Salle 3 1 1 5 51 3   Ateneo 0 1 2 3 37 4   UST 2 0 1 3 33

Women's tournament Rank Team Medals Points Total 1   UST 0 3 1 4 56 2   UP 2 1 2 5 55 3   Ateneo 2 1 1 4 48 4   La Salle 1 0 1 2 16 5   UE 0 0 0 0 4

Juniors division

Boys' tournament Rank Team Medals Points Total 1   Ateneo 29 11 11 41 386 2   UST 170 3   DLSZ 100 4   UPIS 0 12 3 15 - 5   UE -

Girls' tournament Rank Team Medals Points Total 1   UPIS 11 14 15 - - 2   UST - - - - - 3   UE - - - - - 4   DLSZ - - - - -

Judo

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

Men's tournament Rank Team Medals Points Total 1   UP 3 1 1 5 37 2   UST 0 2 3 5 16 3   La Salle 1 0 1 2 12 4   Ateneo 0 1 2 3 9

Women's tournament Rank Team Medals Points Total 1   UP 4 3 0 7 55 2   Ateneo 0 1 2 3 9 3   La Salle 0 0 2 2 4 4   UST 0 0 2 2 4 5   UE 0 0 1 1 2

Juniors division

Boys' tournament

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

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

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

Seniors' division Rank Team Gold Silver Bronze Total 1   Far Eastern University 10 3 3 16 2   University of Santo Tomas* 9 7 7 23 3   University of the Philippines Diliman 4 2 8 14 4   De La Salle University 2 4 2 8 5   Ateneo de Manila University 1 6 4 11 6   University of the East 1 3 3 7 7   Adamson University 1 3 1 5 8   National University 0 0 0 0 Totals (8 entries) 28 28 28 84   *   Host nation (Season host);   General champions Notes: Results are final.

Juniors' division Rank Team Gold Silver Bronze Total 1   University of Santo Tomas* 4 2 0 6 2   Ateneo de Manila University 1 4 2 7 3   University of the East 1 2 2 5 4   De La Salle Zobel 1 1 2 4 5   UP Integrated School 1 0 2 3 6   Adamson University 1 0 0 1 7   Far Eastern University–FERN College 0 0 1 1 8   National University 0 0 0 0 Totals (8 entries) 9 9 9 27   *   Host nation (Season host);   General champions Notes: Results are final.

General championship tally

Seniors' division

v t e																														Total
Rank	Team	M	W	M	W	M	W	M	W	M	W	M	W	M	W	M	W	M	W	M	W	M	W	M	W	M	W	M	W	M	W	Overall
1	UST (H)	8	10	15	10	10	2	12	15	6	15	15	15	15	12	8	15	12	15	12	10	12	10	10	10	12	12	15	8	162	159	321
2	UP	1	12	8	6	1	1	15	10	10	10	10	10	8	10	6	8	6	12	15	15	10	15	8	6	6	6	8	10	112	131	243
3	FEU	6	6	12	15	15	15	—	—	15	8	—	—	12	15	10	12	15	10	—	—	—	—	15	15	15	15	10	6	125	117	242
4	Ateneo	10	15	2	8	6	12	8	12	2	2	8	12	2	4	4	4	10	8	10	12	6	4	12	8	10	4	6	12	96	117	213
5	La Salle	15	4	4	2	2	4	10	8	12	12	12	8	4	6	15	10	8	6	8	8	4	6	4	12	4	8	4	4	106	98	204
6	UE	12	2	6	1	8	10	6	6	8	6	6	—	10	8	12	2	4	4	6	6	—	8	6	—	8	10	12	15	104	78	182
7	Adamson	2	8	10	12	12	8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	6	—	—	—	—	15	12	—	—	—	—	—	—	41	46	87
8	NU	4	1	1	4	4	6	—	—	4	4	—	—	6	2	—	1	—	—	—	—	8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	27	18	45

Juniors' division

v t e											Total
Rank	Team	B	B	G	B	G	C	B	B	B	B	G	C	K	Overall
1	UST (H)	1	8	15	12	12	6	15	15	15	66	27	6	0	99
2	Ateneo	12	10	—	15	—	12	10	12	12	71	0	12	0	83
	UE	6	15	12	6	10	10	12	6	6	51	22	10	0
4	UPIS	2	6	8	8	15	—	6	10	10	42	23	0	0	65
5	DLSZ	15	12	10	10	8	—	—	4	—	41	18	0	0	59
6	FEU–FERN	10	—	—	—	—	4	—	8	8	26	0	4	0	30
7	Adamson	4	—	—	—	—	15	4	—	4	12	0	15	0	27
8	NU	8	—	—	—	—	8	8	—	—	16	0	8	0	24

Individual awards

Athletes of the Year:

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

See also

• NCAA Season 83

References