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UAAP Season 70 was the 2007-2008 season of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines, which was hosted by the University of Santo Tomas

University of Santo Tomas

The Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas, The Catholic University of the Philippines , is a private Roman Catholic university run by the Order of Preachers in Manila. Founded on April 28, 1611 by archbishop of Manila Miguel de Benavides, it has the oldest extant university charter in the...

. The De La Salle University-Manila

De La Salle University-Manila

De La Salle University is a private Lasallian university in Malate, Manila, Philippines. It was founded in 1911 by De La Salle Brothers as the De La Salle College in Paco, Manila with Blimond Pierre serving as its first director...

's Green and Lady Archers and De La Salle-Santiago Zobel School

De La Salle-Santiago Zobel School

The De La Salle–Santiago Zobel School is a Catholic institution for boys and girls located in Muntinlupa City, Metro Manila, the Philippines...

's Junior Green Archers returned after being suspended from Season 69. It opened on July 7, 2007 at the Araneta Coliseum

Araneta Coliseum

The Smart Araneta Coliseum, known as The Big Dome is an indoor multi-purpose sports arena located in the Cubao area of Quezon City, Philippines...

Basketball

	Qualified for the Finals
	Qualified for semifinals with twice to beat advantage
	Qualified for semifinals
	Qualified for the first round
	Qualified for knockout game

Former UST Growling Tigers

UST Growling Tigers

The UST Growling Tigers are the varsity team of the University of Santo Tomas in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines. The women's varsity team is called the UST Growling Tigresses. Originally called the Glowing Goldies, the name has been changed starting with the 1992–93 season....

basketball player Ed Cordero is the season's commissioner. The theme is "Winners All, Recreating the Value of Honesty through Sports"

Men's games were held at the Ninoy Aquino Stadium

Ninoy Aquino Stadium

The Ninoy Aquino Stadium is one of two indoor sporting arenas located in the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex in Manila, Philippines, the other being the Rizal Memorial Coliseum....

, the Cuneta Astrodome

Cuneta Astrodome

Cuneta Astrodome is an indoor sporting arena located in Pasay, Philippines. It is better known as the home of the Philippine Basketball Association from 1993, when it left the PhilSports Arena, then known as the ULTRA, until 1998...

and the Araneta Coliseum

Araneta Coliseum

The Smart Araneta Coliseum, known as The Big Dome is an indoor multi-purpose sports arena located in the Cubao area of Quezon City, Philippines...

; women's and juniors' games were held at the school gyms of Adamson University

Adamson University

Adamson University is a private university Catholic university in Manila, Philippines, founded on June 30, 1932 by Greek immigrant George Lucas Adamson as the Adamson School of Industrial Chemistry...

, Ateneo de Manila University

Ateneo de Manila University

The Ateneo de Manila University is a private teaching and research university run by the Society of Jesus in the Philippines. It began in 1859 when the City of Manila handed control of the Escuela Municipal de Manila in Intramuros, Manila, to the Jesuits...

and Far Eastern University

Far Eastern University

Far Eastern University in the University Belt area, West Sampaloc, City of Manila, is a nonsectarian, private university in the Philippines. Created by the merger of Far Eastern College and the Institute of Accounts, Business and Finance, FEU became a university in 1934 under the guidance of...

Elimination round

#	\|W	\|L	\|PCT Winning percentage In sports, a winning percentage is the fraction of games or matches a team or individual has won. It is defined as wins divided by wins plus losses . Ties count as a ½ loss and a ½ win...	\|GB Games behind In sports, the phrase games behind or games back , is a common way to reflect the gap between a leading team and another team in a sports league, conference, or division...
1	14	0	1.000	--
2	9	5	.643	5
3	9	5	.643	5
4	8	6	.571	6
5	8	6	.571	6
6	6	8	.429	8
7	2	12	.143	12
8	0	14	.000	14

Host team in boldface.

La Salle def. Ateneo 70-69 in the second-seed playoff.
UST def. FEU 80-69 in the fourth-seed playoff.

Bracket

Awards

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).

Elimination round

#	\|W	\|L	\|PCT Winning percentage In sports, a winning percentage is the fraction of games or matches a team or individual has won. It is defined as wins divided by wins plus losses . Ties count as a ½ loss and a ½ win...	\|GB Games behind In sports, the phrase games behind or games back , is a common way to reflect the gap between a leading team and another team in a sports league, conference, or division...
1	12	2	.857	--
2	11	3	.786	1
3	10	4	.714	2
4	8	6	.571	4
5	7	7	.500	5
6	5	9	.385	7
7	2	12	.143	10
8	1	13	.077	11

Host team in boldface.

Bracket

Elimination round

#	\|W	\|L	\|PCT Winning percentage In sports, a winning percentage is the fraction of games or matches a team or individual has won. It is defined as wins divided by wins plus losses . Ties count as a ½ loss and a ½ win...	\|GB Games behind In sports, the phrase games behind or games back , is a common way to reflect the gap between a leading team and another team in a sports league, conference, or division...
1	13	1	.928	--
2	11	3	.786	2
3	9	5	.643	4
4	6	8	.428	7
5	6	8	.428	7
6	5	9	.357	8
7	4	10	.286	9
8	2	12	.143	11

Host team in boldface.

Tiebreaker: NU defeated UE on the playoff for the 4th seed, 83-80.

Bracket

Awards

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

Football

The UAAP Football officially opened last January 12, 2007 at the Ateneo Erenchun Field at the Ateneo de Manila University

Ateneo de Manila University

. Tournament host and former 3-Peat Men's Champion Ateneo led the opening ceremonies.

Three titles are being disputed in the UAAP Football category.
Manner of play: Double round robin. Team that sweeps both rounds automatically wins championship. Otherwise, #1 team has twice-to-beat advantage over #2 team in Finals. Games in Finals go into 2 10 min. OT periods then a penalty shootout to decide winner.

Qualified for the Finals

Elimination round

\|W	\|D	\|L	\|Pts.
6	1	2	19
6	1	2	19
4	2	3	14
3	4	2	13
2	0	6	6
1	1	7	4

Elimination round

\|W	\|D	\|L	\|Pts.
5	1	2	16
4	3	1	15
4	2	2	14
3	2	3	11
0	0	8	0

Elimination round

\|W	\|L	\|Pts.
5	1	15
5	1	15
2	4	6
0	6	0

Volleyball

	Qualified for semifinals with twice to beat advantage
	Qualified for semifinals
	Qualified for knockout game

The UAAP Volleyball will officially open on December 1, 7 AM at the Blue Eagle Gym hosted by University of the Philippines

University of the Philippines

The ' is the national university of the Philippines. Founded in 1908 through Act No...

. As venue host, Ateneo de Manila University

Ateneo de Manila University

Men's Volleyball Team will first take on University of the East

University of the East

The University of the East is a private nonsectarian university located in University Belt Area, district of Sampaloc, Manila, Philippines. The university was founded in 1946 as a coeducational institution...

Men's Volleyball as the opening game for the Season.

Men's Volleyball games will mostly be at the Blue Eagle Gym and some at the Rizal Memorial Coliseum. Women's Volleyball action meanwhile will have its opening game at the Blue Eagle Gym and will transfer to Ninoy Aquino Stadium in their next games. Junior's and Girls' Volleyball will be held at the University of the East

University of the East

Gymnasium but some of their games will be at the University of the Philippines

University of the Philippines

The ' is the national university of the Philippines. Founded in 1908 through Act No...

College of Human Kinetics Gym.

Elimination round

W	L	GB Games behind In sports, the phrase games behind or games back , is a common way to reflect the gap between a leading team and another team in a sports league, conference, or division...
13	1

13	1

9	5	4
8	6	5
7	7	6
3	11	10
2	12	11
1	13	12

Host team in boldface.

FEU def. UST 3 sets to 2 in the first-seed playoff.

Bracket

Elimination round

All games of De La Salle from January 15 on 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.

W	L	GB Games behind In sports, the phrase games behind or games back , is a common way to reflect the gap between a leading team and another team in a sports league, conference, or division...	\|Tie
12	2	--	+2
12	2

12	2
--
8	6	4
4	10	8
3	11	9
3	11	9
2	12	10

Host team in boldface.

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

Team seeded by number of sets won ratio. Adamson held the advantage with +2, while UST and FEU had -1. Adamson was given a bye up to the first-seed playoff. UST and FEU played for a berth vs. Adamson in the first-seed playoff.
FEU def. UST 3 sets to 1 to win a berth vs. Adamson for the first-seed playoff. UST relegated to #3 seed.
Adamson def. FEU 3 sets to 2 in the first-seed playoff.

Bracket

Elimination round

UE's 8-0 sweep awards them the title outright.
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Games behind

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|-align="center" bgcolor=gold
|align="left"| ||8||0|| --
|-align="center" bgcolor=silver
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Elimination round

UST's 6-0 sweep awards them the title outright.

W	L	GB Games behind In sports, the phrase games behind or games back , is a common way to reflect the gap between a leading team and another team in a sports league, conference, or division...
6	0
4	2	2
2	4	4
0	6	6

Men's tournament

Host team in boldface.

Team	Rank
	1st
	2nd
	3rd
	4th
	5th
	6th
	7th

Women's tournament

Host team in boldface

Team	Rank
	1st
	2nd
	3rd
	4th
	5th
	6th
	7th

Juniors' tournament

Host team in boldface

Team	Pts.
	1st
	2nd
	3rd
	4th
	5th
	6th

Beach Volleyball

The UAAP Beach Volleyball started on September 8 at the University of the East Caloocan

University of the East Caloocan

The University of the East Caloocan Campus is a private university in Caloocan City, Philippines. The university is one of the two extension campuses of the University of the East. An autonomous unit headed by a Chancellor with the College of Business Administration , Arts and Sciences,...

Grounds. Two titles are being disputed for the UAAP Beach Volleyball; One for Men's Division and one for the women's division.

Final Standings:

Men's tournament

Host team in boldface. Final.

\|W	\|L	\|GB Games behind In sports, the phrase games behind or games back , is a common way to reflect the gap between a leading team and another team in a sports league, conference, or division...
7	0	--
6	1	1
5	2	2
4	3	3
3	4	4
2	5	5
1	6	6
0	7	7

Women's tournament

Host team in boldface. Final.

\|W	\|L	\|GB Games behind In sports, the phrase games behind or games back , is a common way to reflect the gap between a leading team and another team in a sports league, conference, or division...
7	0	--
6	1	1
5	2	2
4	3	3
2	5	5
2	5	5
1	6	6
1	6	6

|}* Clinched twice to beat advantage.
Host team in boldface.

Awards (Women's):

Most Valuable Player (MVP): Wendy Ann Semana (FEU)

Rookie of the Year (ROY): Shaira Gonzalez (FEU)

Taekwondo

The UAAP Taekwondo started on September 15 at the University of Santo Tomas

University of Santo Tomas

Gym. Three titles are being disputed for the UAAP Taekwondo; One for Men's Division, one for the women's division and one for the junior's division.

Men's tournament

Host team in boldface.

\|W	\|L	\|GB Games behind In sports, the phrase games behind or games back , is a common way to reflect the gap between a leading team and another team in a sports league, conference, or division...
5	0	--
4	1	1
3	2	2
2	3	3
1	4	4
0	5	5

Women's tournament

Host team in boldface.

\|W	\|L	\|GB Games behind In sports, the phrase games behind or games back , is a common way to reflect the gap between a leading team and another team in a sports league, conference, or division...
5	0	-
4	1	1
3	2	2
2	3	3
1	4	4
0	5	5

Junior's tournament

Host team in boldface.

\|W	\|L	\|GB Games behind In sports, the phrase games behind or games back , is a common way to reflect the gap between a leading team and another team in a sports league, conference, or division...
-	-	-
-	-	-
-	-	-
-	-	-
-	-	-
-	-	-

Table Tennis

The UAAP Table Tennis started on September 18 at the Ateneo de Manila University

Ateneo de Manila University

Blue Eagle Gym

Ateneo Blue Eagle Gym

The Blue Eagle Gym is a gymnasium located in the main campus of the Ateneo de Manila University in Quezon City, Philippines. Unlike most gymnasiums, the basketball court is oriented perpendicular to the orientation of the building...

. Three titles are being disputed for the UAAP Taekwondo; One for men's Division, one for the women's division and one for the juniors' division.

Men's tournament

Host team in boldface.

\|W	\|L	\|GB Games behind In sports, the phrase games behind or games back , is a common way to reflect the gap between a leading team and another team in a sports league, conference, or division...
5	1	--
5	1	1
4	2	2
4	2	1
2	4	3
1	5	4
0	6	5

Women's tournament

Host team in boldface.

\|W	\|L	\|GB Games behind In sports, the phrase games behind or games back , is a common way to reflect the gap between a leading team and another team in a sports league, conference, or division...
5	0	-
4	1	1
3	2	2
2	3	3
2	3	3
0	5	5

Juniors' tournament

Host team in boldface.

\|W	\|L	\|GB Games behind In sports, the phrase games behind or games back , is a common way to reflect the gap between a leading team and another team in a sports league, conference, or division...
6	0	-
5	1	1
4	2	2
3	3	3
2	4	4
1	5	5
0	6	6

Swimming

The UAAP Swimming started on September 20 at the Trace Aquatics Centre in Los Baños, Laguna

Los Baños, Laguna

The Nature and Science City of Los Baños is a 1st class urban city in the province of Laguna, Philippines. According to the latest census, it has a population of 98,631 inhabitants in 17,030 households...

. Four titles are being disputed for the UAAP Swimming; One for men's Division, one for the women's division, one for the boys' division and one for the girls' division

Men's tournament

Team	Medals				Points
Team				Total	Points
UP UP Fighting Maroons The Fighting Maroons is the name of the collegiate men's varsity teams of the University of the Philippines Diliman. The collegiate women's varsity teams are called the Lady Maroons. They compete in all of the sports of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines . The University of the...	0	3	1	4	56
	3	1	1	5	51
	0	1	2	3	37
	2	0	1	3	33

Women's tournament

Team	Medals				Points
Team				Total	Points
	0	3	1	4	56
	2	1	2	5	55
	2	1	1	4	48
	1	0	1	2	16
	0	0	0	0	4

Boys' tournament

Team	Medals				Points
Team				Total	Points
	29	11	11	41	386
					170
					100
	0	12	3	15	-
					-*

Girls' tournament

Team	Medals				Points
Team				Total	Points
	11	14	15	-	-
	-	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-	-

Judo

The UAAP Judo Championships started October 6 and will run up to October 7, at the Ateneo Blue Eagle Gym. Three titles are being disputed for UAAP Judo: men's division, women's division, and boys' (junior's) division.

Men's tournament

Team	Medals				Points
Team				Total	Points
	3	1	1	5	37
	0	2	3	5	16
	1	0	1	2	12
	0	1	2	3	9

Women's tournament

Team	Medals				Points
Team				Total	Points
	4	3	0	7	55
	0	1	2	3	9
	0	0	2	2	4
	0	0	2	2	4
	0	0	1	1	2

Softball

The UAAP Softball officially opened July 12, 2008. Games were played at the UST

University of Santo Tomas

Open Field.

University of the Philippines

University of the Philippines

The ' is the national university of the Philippines. Founded in 1908 through Act No...

Lady Maroons

UP Fighting Maroons

The Fighting Maroons is the name of the collegiate men's varsity teams of the University of the Philippines Diliman. The collegiate women's varsity teams are called the Lady Maroons. They compete in all of the sports of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines . The University of the...

swept all the games in the elimination round, thus clinching the title automatically.

Elimination round

W	L	GB Games behind In sports, the phrase games behind or games back , is a common way to reflect the gap between a leading team and another team in a sports league, conference, or division...
10	0	--
8	2	2
6	4	4
3	7	7
3	7	7
0	10	10

Final game of the elimination round:

7 def. 5

Cheerdance

The 2007 Cheerdance Competition was on September 16, 2007, 3 PM at the Araneta Coliseum

Araneta Coliseum

The Smart Araneta Coliseum, known as The Big Dome is an indoor multi-purpose sports arena located in the Cubao area of Quezon City, Philippines...

, Araneta Center

Araneta Center

The Araneta Center is a 35-hectare commercial area in Quezon City, Philippines. Araneta Center Inc. , controlled by the Araneta family, is the owner, developer and manager of Araneta Center, which brings in an estimated 1 million visitors daily...

, Cubao, Quezon City

Quezon City

Quezon City is the former capital and the most populous city in the Philippines. Located on the island of Luzon, Quezon City is one of the cities and municipalities that make up Metro Manila, the National Capital Region. The city was named after Manuel L...

.

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

The UP Pep Squad clinched their fourth UAAP cheerdance title after 5 years, with UST settling for second place, and FEU humbling back to third place.

The host team is in bold.

Rank	Pep squad	Score
1st	UP Pep Squad UP Pep Squad The University of the Philippines Varsity Pep Squad, more popularly known as the UP Pep Squad or simply UP Pep, was formed in 1998. From its humble beginnings as a group of 5 UP basketball fans known as the "Hecklers", the squad has blossomed into a the official cheerleading and cheerdance team of...	92.66
2nd	UST Salinggawi Dance Troupe Salinggawi Dance Troupe The UST Salinggawi Dance Troupe , is the University-wide organization for dance and the official dance troupe of the University of Santo Tomas . The group is known for its versatility covering wide array of genre from performing arts to cheerleading, from contemporary to breakdancing...	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

Seniors Division championships

Rank	MEN'S
Rank
1st	DLSU	UST	FEU	UP	FEU	UST	UST	DLSU	FEU	UST	FEU	UP	AdU	FEU
2nd	UE	FEU	ADU	UST	DLSU	FEU	DLSU	UE	UST	UE	UST	UST	UST	ADMU
3rd	ADMU	ADU	UST	DLSU	UP	UE	UP	FEU	ADMU	FEU	ADMU	ADMU	UP	UST
4th	UST	UP	UE	ADMU	UE	UP	ADMU	UST	UE	UP	DLSU	DLSU	NU	UP
5th	FEU	UE	ADMU	UE	UST	NU	UE	UP	UP	ADMU	UP	UE	ADMU	UE
6th	NU	DLSU	NU		NU	DLSU		ADMU	DLSU	DLSU	UE		DLSU	DLSU
7th	ADU	ADMU	DLSU		ADMU	ADMU		ADU
8th	UP	NU	UP

Rank	WOMEN'S
Rank
1st	ADMU	FEU	FEU	UST	UST	FEU	UST	UST	FEU	UE	UST	UP	UP	FEU
2nd	UP	ADU	ADMU	ADMU	DLSU	UST	ADMU	FEU	UST	ADMU	UP	ADMU	ADU	DLSU
3rd	UST	UST	UE	UP	UP	UP	UP	DLSU	UE	UP	FEU	UST	UST	UST
4th	ADU	ADMU	ADU	DLSU	FEU	UE	DLSU	UP	DLSU	UST	ADMU	DLSU	UE	ADMU
5th	FEU	UP	NU	UE	UE	DLSU		ADU	UP	FEU	DLSU	UE	DLSU	UP
6th	DLSU	NU	DLSU		NU	ADMU		ADMU	ADMU	DLSU	UE		ADMU
7th	UE	DLSU	UST		ADMU	NU		UE
8th	NU	UE	UP					NU

Juniors Division championships

Rank	BOYS'									GIRLS'
Rank
1st	DLSZ	UE	ADMU	ADU	UST	DLSZ	UST	UST	ADMU	UST	UPIS
2nd	ADMU	DLSZ	UST	ADMU	UE	ADMU	ADMU	ADMU	UST	UE	UST
3rd	FEU	ADMU	DLSZ	UE	ADMU	FEU	UPIS	UPIS	UE	DLSZ	UE
4th	NU	UST	UPIS	NU	NU	UST	FEU	FEU	DLSZ	UPIS	DLSZ
5th	UE	UPIS	UE	UST	UPIS		UE	UE
6th	ADU			FEU	ADU		DLSZ	ADU
7th	UPIS
8th	UST

Juniors' Division

Final Standings:

Excludes demonstration sports Football and Judo.

Rank	School	Points
1st	UST	99
2nd	Ateneo	83
3rd	UE	81
4th	DLSZ	69
5th	UPIS	67
6th	Adamson	33
7th	FEU-FERN	24
8th	NU	20

Seniors' Division

Final Standings:

Rank	School	Points
1st	UST	321
2nd	FEU	240
3rd	UP	239
4th	La Salle	222
5th	Ateneo	209
6th	UE	178
7th	Adamson	87
8th	NU	41

Individual Awards

Athlete of the Year:

Seniors: Michelle Bruzola (Women's Fencing)

Juniors: Sabrina Ingrid Ilustre (Girl's Swimming)

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