While some UAAP teams retained their thrones, others finally reached the pinnacle of their sport. Check out the champions this Season 86!
Women’s basketball as a whole saw a massive jump this year. At the forefront of this growing interest in the sport, the University of Santo Tomas Growling Tigresses ended the NU Lady Bulldogs’ seven-year reign in the UAAP women’s basketball in a grittyUST’s Nikki Villasin delivered the championship-clinching basket with just under 7 seconds left, handing the España-based crew its first basketball title since 2006.
Led by MVP Gen Eslapor and Sofiah Pagara, the Female Tiger Sands defended their title for the sixthth consecutive season en route to ruling both divisions. Sweeping their competition, the UST Male Woodpushers bagged their third straight title and their 10th overall crown in the sport with 18 match points .
Both MVPs also came from FEU as Franklin Andres took home the nod in the boys’ division, while Ruelle Canino gained the award in the girls’ side.The UST Tiger Paddlers made history in Season 86, notching their fourth straight title and a record 30th overall crown in the sport after escaping the Ateneo Blue Eagles in the finals.
Season 86 MVP Nilo Ledama and Finals MVP Steven Sonsona put UST on their shoulders in extending the school’s record of 16 championships in the sport. The National University completed a three-peat after edging out UST in the women’s tennis finals. NU bagged 6 gold, 5 silver, and 6 bronze medals for a total of 312.5 points, 10.5 points more than UP’s, which boasted the tournament’s MVP Alhryan Labita. De La Salle University made history in Season 86’s athletics competition, earning its first ever women’s championship with 7 gold, 6 silver, and 6 bronze medals.
With the least deductions in the score card, FEU outpointed the then-defending champion NU by just 5.5 points for its fourth overall title in the sport.The UP Fighting Maroons won their first judo title after 16 years, finishing with 5 golds, 3 silvers, and 4 bronzes to end up with 48 points, 12 more than second-place finisher UST.
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