UAAP Season 69

UAAP Season 69 was the 2006–07 season of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines. The University of the East was the season host with the theme “Achieving Excellence in Sports Through Unity, Harmony and Commitment.” The season started with basketball competition on July 8, 2006 at the Araneta Coliseum.

UAAP Season 69
Host school	University of the East
Tagline	Achieving Excellence in Sports Through Unity, Harmony and Commitment
Overall
Seniors	University of Santo Tomas
Juniors	University of Santo Tomas
Seniors' champions
Sport Men Women Basketball  UST  UST Volleyball  FEU  UST Chess  FEU  UST Table tennis  FEU  UST Taekwondo  UST  UST Judo  UST  UP Swimming  UP  UST Beach volleyball  FEU (DS)  Adamson (DS) Track and field  FEU  FEU Football  UST  FEU Fencing  UE  Ateneo Tennis  UST  UST Badminton  FEU  FEU Baseball  UST N/A Softball N/A  Adamson Cheerdance  UST (EX) (Ex - Coed)
Juniors' champions
Sport Boys Girls Basketball  Ateneo N/A Volleyball  UE  UE Chess  UE Table tennis  UST Taekwondo  UST Judo  Ateneo Swimming  Ateneo  UP Track and field  UST
(NT) = No tournament; (DS) = Demonstration Sport; (Ex) = Exhibition;
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Basketball

Main article: UAAP Season 69 basketball tournaments

Men's tournament

Main article: UAAP Season 69 men's basketball tournament

Elimination round

Team standings progression in the men's basketball tournament.

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Ateneo Blue Eagles	10	2	.833	—	Twice-to-beat in the semifinals
2	UE Red Warriors (H)	8	4	.667	2
3	UST Growling Tigers	6	6	.500[a]	4	Twice-to-win in the semifinals
4	Adamson Soaring Falcons	6	6	.500[a]	4
5	FEU Tamaraws	5	7	.417	5
6	UP Fighting Maroons	4	8	.333	6
7	NU Bulldogs	3	9	.250	7

Source: ABS-CBN Sports
Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) if tied for top 4 seeds, one-game playoff; 3) head-to-head record; 4) head-to-head point differential; 5) overall point differential
(H) Hosts
Notes:

1. Third-seed playoff: UST 85–71 Adamson

Tiebreaker: UST defeats Adamson on the playoff for the 3rd seed, 85-71. De La Salle University did not participate in the basketball tournament this season.

Playoffs

	Semifinals (Nos. 1 & 2 have twice-to-beat advantage)						Finals (Best-of-three series)
	1	Ateneo		76
	4	Adamson		73
							1	Ateneo	73	71	74
							3	UST	72	87	76*
	2	UE	75	81
	3	UST	79	82

Awardees

• Most Valuable Player: Ken Bono (Adamson Soaring Falcons)
• Rookie of the Year: Woody Co (UP Fighting Maroons)

Women's tournament

Elimination round

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	UST Tigresses	9	3	.750[a]	—	Twice-to-beat in the semifinals
2	FEU Lady Tamaraws	9	3	.750[a]	—
3	Ateneo Lady Eagles	9	3	.750[a]	—	Twice-to-win in the semifinals
4	UP Lady Maroons	7	5	.583	2
5	Adamson Lady Falcons	6	6	.500	3
6	UE Lady Warriors (H)	2	10	.167	7
7	NU Lady Bulldogs	0	12	.000	9

Source: ABS-CBN Sports
Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) if tied for top 4 seeds, one-game playoff; 3) head-to-head record; 4) head-to-head point differential; 5) overall point differential
(H) Hosts
Notes:

1. Head-to-head point differential: UST +35, FEU –13, Ateneo –22; second-seed playoff: FEU 49–48 Ateneo

Tiebreakers:

• UST clinched the #1 seed and the twice to beat advantage at the semifinals with a better points difference (+35) against FEU (–13) and Ateneo (–22)
• FEU defeated Ateneo on the playoff for the 2nd seed, 49–48.

Playoffs

With UST, FEU and Ateneo tied on the first spot, the points difference system was used - UST emerged with the highest quotient, so FEU and Ateneo figured in a classification game to determine which team gets the twice to beat advantage in the semifinals. FEU won the game, 49–48.

	Semifinals (Nos. 1 & 2 have twice-to-beat advantage)						Finals (Best-of-three series)
	1	UST	64	78
	4	UP	72	68
							1	UST	52	67	67
							2	FEU	49	75	59
	2	FEU	53	46
	3	Ateneo	63	44

Awardees

• Most Valuable Player: Cassy Tioseco (Ateneo Lady Eagles)
• Rookie of the Year: Katherine Sandel (Adamson Lady Falcons)

Juniors' tournament

Elimination round

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Ateneo Blue Eaglets	12	0	1.000	—	Advance to the Finals[a]
2	FEU–D Baby Tamaraws	10	2	.833	2	Twice-to-beat in stepladder round 2
3	UPIS Junior Maroons	7	5	.583	5	Proceed to stepladder round 1
4	Adamson Baby Falcons	6	6	.500	6
5	UST Tiger Cubs	4	8	.333	8
6	UE Junior Warriors (H)	2	10	.167	10
7	NUNS Bullpups	1	11	.083	11

Source: ABS-CBN Sports
Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) if tied for a top 4 seed, one-game playoff; 3) head-to-head record; 4) head-to-head point differential; 5) overall point differential
(H) Hosts
Notes:

1. As Ateneo won all of their elimination round games, the stepladder format will be used instead of the regular Final Four format.

Playoffs

With Ateneo's 12–0 sweep of the elimination round, the step ladder format will be used. After finishing 3rd and 4th in the elimination round, Adamson and UPIS will face for the right to face FEU-FERN in the next round in a twice-to-win disadvantage. Whoever wins in the semifinals between the winner of the knockout game and FEU-FERN will emerge into the Finals with Ateneo in a best of three series.

This would be the FEU-FERN Baby Tamaraws' first Finals appearance.

	Stepladder round 1 (Single-elimination)					Stepladder round 2 (No. 2 has twice-to-beat advantage)					Finals (Best-of-three series)
											1	Ateneo	55	73	69
						2	FEU	76			2	FEU	67	65	61
	3	UP	78			4	Adamson	66
	4	Adamson	84

Awardees

• Most Valuable Player: Bacon Austria (Ateneo Blue Eaglets)
• Rookie of the Year: Jeff Olalia (Adamson Baby Falcons)

Volleyball

Main article: UAAP Season 69 volleyball tournaments

Four championships are disputed; men's, women's, boys' and girls'.

Men's tournament

Elimination round

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	Qualification
1	FEU Tamaraws	12	11[a]	1	33	34	8	4.250	Twice-to-beat in the semifinals
2	UP Fighting Maroons (H)	12	11[a]	1	33	34	8	4.250
3	UST Growling Tigers	12	8	4	24	27	17	1.588	Twice-to-win in the semifinals
4	NU Bulldogs	12	5	7	15	20	26	0.769
5	Ateneo Blue Eagles	12	3	9	9	19	27	0.704
6	Adamson Soaring Falcons	12	2	10	6	14	32	0.438
7	UE Red Warriors	12	2	10	6	9	35	0.257
8	De La Salle Green Archers	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	Suspended

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. First–seed playoff: FEU 3–2 UP

Playoffs

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

Awards

• Most valuable player: Edjet Mabbayad (FEU Tamaraws)
• Rookie of the Year: Marlon Macabulos (UST Growling Tigers)

Women's tournament

Elimination round

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	Qualification
1	FEU Lady Tamaraws	12	11[a]	1	33	34	6	5.667	Twice-to-beat in the semifinals
2	UST Tigresses	12	11[a]	1	33	32	4	8.000
3	Adamson Lady Falcons	12	8	4	24	29	15	1.933	Twice-to-win in the semifinals
4	UE Amazons	12	5	7	15	17	20	0.850
5	Ateneo Lady Eagles	12	4	8	12	20	23	0.870
6	UP Lady Maroons (H)	12	3	9	9	12	28	0.429
7	NU Lady Bulldogs	12	0	12	0	0	36	0.000
8	De La Salle Lady Archers	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	Suspended

Source: ABS-CBN Sports
(H) Host
Notes:

1. First–seed playoff: UST 2–3 FEU

Playoffs

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

Awards

• Most valuable player: Venus Bernal (UST Tigresses)^[1]
• Rookie of the Year: Mecaila Morada (FEU Lady Tamaraws)

Football

Men's division

Elimination round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	UST Growling Tigers	8	5	2	1	14	5	+9	17	Finals
2	FEU Tamaraws	8	4	1	3	12	8	+4	13
3	UP Fighting Maroons	8	3	2	3	13	11	+2	11
4	Ateneo Blue Eagles	8	2	3	3	4	6	−2	9
5	UE Red Warriors (H)	8	1	2	5	6	10	−4	5
6	De La Salle Green Archers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Suspended

Source: ABS-CBN Sports
(H) Hosts

Final

18 February 2007

UST Growling Tigers	2–2 (a.e.t.)	FEU Tamaraws
Guillermo 55' Pelayo 77'	Report	Sobremisana 50' (pen.) Cordova 90'
Penalties
Becite Madrona Pelayo Esteban	4–2	Sobremisana Gustillo Macaspac Simpron

Erenchun Field, Ateneo de Manila University, Quezon City

Softball

The UAAP Season 69 softball tournament fields five teams with the Adamson Lady Falcons as the defending champions. Games are held in University of Santo Tomas (UST) Open Field.

Team standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PCT	Qualification
1	Adamson Lady Falcons	8	7	1	.875	Twice-to-beat in the semifinals
2	UP Lady Maroons	8	6	2	.750
3	UST Tigresses	8	5	3	.625	Twice-to-win in the semifinals
4	UE Amazons (H)	8	2	6	.250
5	Ateneo Lady Eagles	8	0	8	.000
6	De La Salle Lady Archers	0	0	0	—	Suspended

Source: ABS-CBN Sports
(H) Hosts

Match-up results

January 6, 2007 09:00

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Ateneo Lady Eagles	3	0	0	0	0	X	X	3	2	1
UP Lady Maroons	4	7	9	2	X	X	X	22	7	8
WP: Dione Macasu (1–0)   LP: Kristine Drilon (0–1) Home runs: Ateneo: [unknown] UP: Jocelyn Gonzales (1st) Notes: Game ended by run ahead rule

January 6, 2007 12:00

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
UST Tigresses	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	4	—	—
UE Lady Warriors	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	—	—

January 10, 2007 09:00

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
UST Tigresses	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	4
UP Lady Maroons	0	1	0	0	1	0	X	2	3	1
WP: Dione Macasu (2–0)   LP: [unknown] Home runs: UST: None UP: Zenny Badajos (2nd)

Playoffs

	Semifinals #1 and #2 have twice-to-beat advantage					Finals Best-of-three series
	February 14
	1  Adamson		8
	4  UE		0
						1  Adamson		2
	February 14 & 16
						2  UP		1
	2  UP	1	3
	3  UST	2	1

Fencing

Two championships are disputed; men's and women's. The following results are final. Host team in boldface.

Men's tournament

Team	Medals
	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
UE Red Warriors	2	2	2	6
UST Growling Tigers	2	1	2	5
Ateneo Blue Eagles	2	1	1	4
UP Fighting Maroons	0	2	3	5
FEU Tamaraws	0	0	1	1
De La Salle Green Archers	Suspended

Awardees

• Most Valuable Player: Bonifacio Jacinto (UE)
• Rookie of the Year: Harris Orendain (UST)

Women's tournament

Team	Medals
	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Ateneo Lady Eagles	2	1	3	6
UP Lady Maroons	2	1	2	5
UE Amazons	2	1	1	4
UST Tigresses	0	3	3	6
FEU Tamaraws	0	0	0	0
De La Salle Lady Archers	Suspended

Awardees

• Most Valuable Player: Victoria Garcia (ADMU)
• Rookie of the Year: Lafayette Garcia (ADMU)

Chess

Three titles were disputed for the UAAP Chess Championship. Host team in boldface. The results below are final.

Men's tournament

Team	Points
FEU Tamaraws	33.5
UP Fighting Maroons	31.5
Adamson Soaring Falcons	31.5
UE Red Warriors	24.5
UST Growling Tigers	21.5
NU Bulldogs	12.0
Ateneo Blue Eagles	7.0
De La Salle Green Archers	Suspended

Women's tournament

Team	Points
UST Tigresses	31.0
FEU Lady Tamaraws	21.5
UP Lady Maroons	21.0
Ateneo Lady Eagles	13.5
UE Amazons	8.0
NU Lady Bulldogs	9.5
De La Salle Lady Archers	Suspended

Juniors' tournament

Team	Points
UE Pages	33.5
Adamson Baby Falcons	31.0
Ateneo Blue Eaglets	22.5
UST Tiger Cubs	21.0
NU Bullpups	10.0
FEU-FERN Baby Tamaraws	2.0
De La Salle Junior Archers	Suspended

Taekwondo

Three titles were disputed for the UAAP Taekwondo Championship.

Rank	Men's	Women's	Juniors
Champion	UST Growling Tigers	UST Tigresses	UST Tiger Cubs
2nd	UE Red Warriors	UP Lady Maroons	Ateneo Blue Eaglets
3rd	FEU Tamaraws	FEU Lady Tamaraws	UPIS Junior Maroons
4th	Ateneo Blue Eagles	Ateneo Lady Eagles	UE Pages
5th	UP Fighting Maroons	UE Amazons	FEU-FERN Baby Tamaraws
6th	De La Salle Green Archers

Judo

Men's tournament

Team	Points
UST Growling Tigers	40
UP Fighting Maroons	39
Ateneo Blue Eagles	35
UE Red Warriors
Adamson Falcons
De La Salle Green Archers	Suspended

Awardees

• Most Valuable Player: Stephen Gerena (UST)
• Rookie of the Year: Salvador S. Reyes, Jr. (Ateneo)

Women's tournament

Team	Points
UP Lady Maroons	76
UST Tigresses	21
Ateneo Lady Eagles	10
UE Amazons
Adamson Lady Falcons
De La Salle Lady Archers	Suspended

Awardees

• Most Valuable Player: Mellisa Buyco (UP)
• Rookie of the Year: Leslyn Gonzales (UP)

Juniors' tournament

Juniors' judo was played as a demonstration sport.

Team	Points
Ateneo Blue Eaglets	52
UE Pages	2
Adamson Baby Falcons
UST Tiger Cubs

Swimming

Main article: UAAP Season 69 swimming championships

The UAAP Season 69 Swimming Championships were held from September 21 to September 24, 2006 at the Rizal Memorial Swimming Center at Vito Cruz St., Malate, Manila. Four titles were disputed in the four-division tournament.

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.

Men's tournament Team Medals Points Gold Silver Bronze Total UP Fighting Maroons 16 8 7 31 311.5 UST Tiger Sharks 269 Ateneo Blue Eagles 140.5 UE Red Warriors 0 0 0 0 5 De La Salle Green Archers Suspended Host team in boldface - Data incomplete Awardees Most Valuable Player: Louie Francis Marquez (UST) Rookie of the Year: Ryan Paolo Arabejo (UP) UP repeated a four-peat they last did during the 1996-2000 seasons.

Women's tournament Team Medals Points Gold Silver Bronze Total UST Tigresses 260 UP Lady Maroons 11 2 3 15 223 Ateneo Lady Eagles 195 UE Amazons 0 0 0 0 33 De La Salle Lady Archers Suspended Host team in boldface - Data incomplete Awardees Most Valuable Player: Luica Gaudes Dacanay (UP) Rookie of the Year: Heidi Gem Ong (ADMU) UPIS took home their first ever crown.

Boys' tournament Team Medals Points Gold Silver Bronze Total Ateneo Blue Eaglets 4 UST Tiger Cubs 0 UPIS Junior Maroons 0 UE Pages 0 De La Salle Junior Archers Suspended Host team in boldface - Data incomplete Awardees Most Valuable Player: Rookie of the Year:

Girls' tournament Team Medals Points Gold Silver Bronze Total UPIS Lady Junior Maroons UST Tigress Cubs 0 UE Pages 0 De La Salle Junior Lady Archers Suspended Host team in boldface - Data incomplete Awardees Most Valuable Player: Rookie of the Year:

Track and field (Athletics)

Three titles were disputed for the UAAP Track and Field.

Rank	Men's	Women's	Juniors
Champion	FEU Tamaraws	FEU Lady Tamaraws	UST Tiger Cubs
2nd	UST Growling Tigers	UST Tigresses	Ateneo Blue Eaglets
3rd	Ateneo Blue Eagles	UE Amazons	UPIS Junior Maroons
4th	Adamson Soaring Falcons	UP Lady Maroons	UE Pages
5th	UE Red Warriors	Adamson Lady Falcons	FEU-FERN Baby Tamaraws
6th	UP Fighting Maroons	Ateneo Lady Eagles	De La Salle Green Archers
7th	De La Salle Green Archers Suspended		-

Cheerdance competition

Main article: UAAP Cheerdance Competition

The Cheerdance Competition was held on September 10, 2006 at the Araneta Coliseum. Cheer dance competition is an exhibition event. Points for the general championship are not awarded to the participants

The UST Salinggawi Dance Troupe clinched their eight UAAP cheerdance title via 5 consecutive wins, with FEU improving to second place, and UP falling to third place.^[2]

Rank	Pep squad	Score
1st	UST Salinggawi Dance Troupe	94.96
2nd	FEU Cheering Squad	93.2
3rd	UP Pep Squad	91.7
4th	Adamson Pep Squad
5th	Ateneo Blue Babble Battalion
6th	UE Pep Squad
7th	NU Pep Squad
DNP	De La Salle Pep Squad	Suspended

The Cheerdance Competition is not counted on the tabulation of the Overall Championship.

Broadcast notes

ABS-CBN Corporation subsidiaries Studio 23 and The Filipino Channel broadcast the basketball playoffs series and selected elimination round games. The broadcast crew included Boom Gonzales, Ronnie Magsanoc, Sev Sarmienta and Ryan Gregorio, among others, and the courtside reporters from the participating schools.

Studio 23 also broadcast selected elimination games of women's volleyball starting January 14 (start of second round), and playoffs series in both men's and women's volleyball.

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  University of Santo Tomas 13 8 2 23 2  Far Eastern University 8 5 2 15 3  University of the Philippines Diliman 2 9 7 18 4  University of the East* 1 2 3 6 5  Ateneo de Manila University 1 1 10 12 6  Adamson University 1 1 2 4 7  National University 0 0 0 0 Totals (7 entries) 26 26 26 78   *   Host nation (Season host);   General champions Notes: Results are final.

Juniors' division Rank Team Gold Silver Bronze Total 1  University of the East* 3 3 1 7 2  University of Santo Tomas 3 2 3 8 3  Ateneo de Manila University 2 2 1 5 4  UP Integrated School 1 0 3 4 5  Adamson University 0 1 1 2 6  Far Eastern University–FERN College 0 1 0 1 7  National University 0 0 0 0 Totals (7 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	Overall
1	UST	15	15	10	15	12	15	6	15	15	15	12	15	6	12	15	15	15	12	15	10	15	12	12	12	12	8	160	171	331
2	UP	4	8	12	4	15	12	12	10	12	12	10	10	8	10	6	12	12	15	10	12	10	10	4	8	8	12	123	135	258
3	Ateneo	12	10	6	6	10	10	2	8	10	10	6	8	10	8	8	8	10	10	6	6	8	8	10	4	10	15	108	111	219
4	FEU	6	12	15	12	—	—	15	12	—	—	15	12	15	15	10	10	—	—	—	—	12	15	15	15	6	6	109	109	218
5	UE (H)	10	4	2	8	8	8	8	6	8	—	8	—	12	4	12	6	8	—	—	8	6	—	6	10	15	10	103	64	167
6	Adamson	8	6	4	10	—	—	10	—	—	—	—	—	4	6	—	—	6	—	12	15	—	—	8	6	—	—	52	43	95
7	NU	2	2	8	2	—	—	4	4	—	—	4	6	2	—	—	—	—	—	8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	28	14	42

(H) Season host;   = Champion;   = Runner-up;   = Third place; — = No team.
Notes: Results are final.

Juniors' division

v t e											Total
Rank	Team	B	B	G	B	G	C	B	B	B	B	G	C	K	Overall
1	UST	6	12	12	10	10	10	15	15	15	73	22	10	0	105
2	UE (H)	4	15	15	12	12	15	12	10	8	61	27	15	0	103
3	Ateneo	15	10	—	15	—	8	8	12	12	72	0	8	0	80
4	UPIS	8	8	10	8	15	—	10	8	10	52	25	0	0	77
5	Adamson	10	—	—	—	—	12	6	—	4	20	0	12	0	32
6	FEU–FERN	12	—	—	—	—	4	—	6	6	24	0	4	0	28
7	NU	2	—	—	—	—	6	4	—	—	6	0	6	0	12

Source: ^[3]
(H) Season host;   = Champion;   = Runner-up;   = Third place; — = No team.
Notes: Results are final.

Individual awards

Athletes of the Year:

• Seniors': Luica Dacanay (UP Lady Maroons, swimming)
• Juniors': Nicole Mapilisan (UST Junior Tigresses, taekwondo)

See also

• 2006 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team
• NCAA Season 82