UAAP Season 74 volleyball tournaments

UAAP Season 74 Volleyball

Host school	Ateneo de Manila University
Men's Finals 1 2 Wins  FEU Tamaraws 3 3 2  UST Tiger Spikers 0 2 0
Duration	February 25–29,2012
Arena/s	Filoil Flying V Arena, San Juan
Winning coach	George Pascua
Semifinalists	Adamson Falcons  De La Salle Green Archers
TV network/s	Studio 23, Balls
Women's Finals 1 2 3 Wins  La Salle Lady Spikers 1 3 3 2+1  Ateneo Lady Eagles 3 1 0 1
Duration	February 25–29,2012
Arena/s	Filoil Flying V Arena, San Juan
Finals MVP	Charleen Abigail Cruz
Winning coach	Ramil De Jesus
Semifinalists	UST Tigresses  FEU Lady Tamaraws
TV network/s	Studio 23, Balls
Juniors' Finals 1 2 Wins  UE Junior Warriors 3 – 1+1  UST Tiger Cubs 0 – 0
Duration	February 5, 2012
Arena/s	UE Caloocan Gym
Winning coach	Rodrigo Roque
Semifinalists	NU Bulldogs
< Season 73 2011–12 Season 75 >

UAAP Season 74 Girls' Volleyball
Automatic champions	Elimination round record
DLSZ Junior Lady Archers	8–0 (1.000)
< Season 73 2011–12 Season 75 >

The seniors' division of the UAAP Season 74 volleyball tournaments opened November 26, 2011. Tournaments are hosted by Ateneo de Manila University. Tournament games are held at the Filoil Flying V Arena in San Juan City.^[1][2]

Usually held in the first semester, the UAAP Board decided to move the juniors' division tournaments on the second semester of the 2011–12 school year. In boys' tournament, the NU Bullpups and UST Tiger Cubs, which are tied at second place, played for the #2 seed with the latter winning the playoff. UE Junior Spikers successfully defended their title after beating UST in the finals. UE was awarded their tenth and eighth consecutive UAAP boys' volleyball championship. On the other hand, the La Salle Junior Lady Archers won all of their elimination round games in girls' division to clinch the championship outright.

In men's tournament, the FEU Tamaraws and the defending champions UST Tiger Spikers emerged on top of the standings and faced La Salle Green Spikers and Adamson Falcons in semifinals respectively. UST beat Adamson in four sets in semifinals to formalize their entry to the Finals.^[3] La Salle forced a rubber match^[4] but FEU won in a thrilling four-set battle on the second game to face third consecutive Finals rematch with UST.^[5]

In women's tournament, the La Salle Lady Spikers had the distinction of sweeping the double round eliminations 14–0, capped by a win against Ateneo Lady Spikers (3–2) on their last elimination round game.^[6] The UST Tigresses snagged the solo third spot into the Final Four after beating Adamson Lady Falcons in straight sets on their last game of eliminations.^[7] With La Salle sweeping the elimination round, the playoff tournament went through the stepladder format.^[8] Being tied at fourth place, FEU Lady Tamaraws blanked Adamson on a play for the #4 seed, the last berth to the first round of the playoffs.^[9] UST defeated FEU in a playoff,^[3] but Ateneo, enjoying twice-to-beat advantage, marched to their first UAAP Finals appearance with a win over the Tigresses.^[10]

Men's tournament

Elimination round

Team standings

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	FEU Tamaraws	26	12	2	40	18	2.222	1338	1162	1.151
2	UST Growling Tigers	25	11	3	36	17	2.118	1224	1089	1.124
3	Adamson Falcons	23	9	5	35	20	1.750	1245	1127	1.105
4	De La Salle Green Archers	23	9	5	31	19	1.632	1149	1068	1.076
5	NU Bulldogs	21	7	7	30	24	1.250	1213	1172	1.035
6	UP Fighting Maroons	20	6	8	24	33	0.727	1220	1324	0.921
7	Ateneo Blue Eagles	16	2	12	9	38	0.237	892	1113	0.801
8	UE Red Warriors	14	0	14	6	42	0.143	950	1185	0.802

      Qualified to the semifinals with the twice to beat advantage
      Qualified to the semifinals

Schedule

Teams	Round 1							Round 2
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
AdU
ADMU
DLSU
FEU
NU
UE
UP
UST

Results

Results to the right and top of the black cells are first round games, those to the left and below are second round games.

Team	AdU	ADMU	DLSU	FEU	NU	UE	UP	UST
Adamson		3–0	1–3	3–2	2–3	3–0	3–0	2–3
Ateneo	0–3		1–3	0–3	0–3	3–0	1–3	0–3
La Salle	3–1	3–0		1–3	0–3	3–0	3–0	0–3
FEU	3–2	3–0	3–2		3–2	3–1	3–0	2–3
NU	1–3	3–0	1–3	1–3		3–0	3–1	2–3
UE	0–3	2–3	1–3	0–3	0–3		1–3	0–3
UP	2–3	3–2	0–3	2–3	3–2	3–1		3–2
UST	0–3	3–0	3–1	1–3	3–0	0–3	3–1

      Win
      Loss

Bracket

	Semifinals #1 & #2 have twice-to-beat advantage						Finals Best-of-three series
	1	FEU	1	3
	4	La Salle	3	1
							1	FEU		3	3
							2	UST		0	2
	2	UST	3
	3	Adamson	1

Semifinals

FEU vs. La Salle

Elimination round games:

• November 26: FEU (3–1) La Salle at the Filoil Flying V Arena (25–16, 17–25, 25–23, 25–16)
• February 1: FEU (3–2) La Salle at the Filoil Flying V Arena (20–25, 25–20, 20–25, 25–19, 15–11)

February 15 10:00 AM (UTC+08:00)	FEU Tamaraws	1–3	De La Salle Green Archers	Filoil Flying V Arena, San Juan Attendance: 241 Referee(s): Efren Gaa and Philip Sison Report(s): Report
	18 25 23 20 86	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Total	25 14 25 25 89

February 22 10:00 AM (UTC+08:00)	De La Salle Green Archers	1–3	FEU Tamaraws	Filoil Flying V Arena, San Juan Attendance: 872 Referee(s): Lumer Pajarillo and Efren Gaa Report(s): Report
	25 19 20 24 88	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Total	23 25 25 26 99
	FEU wins series in two games

UST vs. Adamson

Elimination round games:

• December 7: UST (3–2) Adamson at the Filoil Flying V Arena (25–21, 20–25, 22–25, 25–21, 15–9)
• January 21: UST (0–3) Adamson at the Filoil Flying V Arena (18–25, 23–25, 20–25)

February 18 10:00 AM (UTC+08:00)	UST Tiger Spikers	3–1	Adamson Falcons	Filoil Flying V Arena, San Juan Attendance: 422 Referee(s): Philip Sison and Adrian Tabañag Report(s): Report
	20 25 25 25 95	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Total	25 18 22 12 77
	UST wins series in one game

Finals

Elimination round games:

• January 8: FEU (2–3) UST at the Filoil Flying V Arena (25–14, 26–24, 21–25, 21–25, 11–15)
• January 14: FEU (3–1) UST at the Filoil Flying V Arena (25–19, 23–25, 25–22, 25–17)

February 25 10:00 AM (UTC+08:00)	FEU Tamaraws	3–0	UST Tiger Spikers	Filoil Flying V Arena, San Juan Attendance: 1,051 Referee(s): Philip Sison and Adrian Tabañag Report(s): Report
	25 25 25 75	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Total	20 21 22 63

February 29 10:00 AM (UTC+08:00)	UST Tiger Spikers	2–3	FEU Tamaraws	Filoil Flying V Arena, San Juan
	27 15 25 21 13 101	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total	25 25 19 25 15 109
	FEU wins series 2–0

Awards

UAAP Season 74 Men's Volleyball Champion
Far Eastern University Twentififth title

The UAAP awarded the outstanding players of the season prior to Game 1 of the Finals of men's volleyball at Filoil Flying V Arena in San Juan.^[11]

• Most Valuable Player (Season): Jayson Ramos, University of Santo Tomas
• Most Valuable Player (Finals): Rodolfo Labrador, Jr., Far Eastern University
• Best Scorer: Rodolfo Labrador, Jr., Far Eastern University
• Best Attacker: Peter Den Mar Torres, National University
• Best Blocker: Ruben Inaudito, National University
• Best Setter: Pitrus Paolo de Ocampo, Far Eastern University
• Best Server: John Hendrix Competente, Adamson University
• Best Receiver: Paul Jan Doloiras, University of Santo Tomas
• Best Digger: Gilbert Longavela, Adamson University

Women's tournament

Elimination round

With La Salle's 14–0 sweep of the tournament, they were supposed to proceed to the usual Final Four playoffs but instead will go through the stepladder format after UAAP Board upheld La Salle's appeal.

Team standings

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	De La Salle Lady Archers	28	14	0	42	8	5.250	1177	918	1.282
2	Ateneo Lady Eagles	25	11	3	37	16	2.313	1214	1025	1.184
3	UST Tigresses	23	9	5	32	19	1.684	1160	1022	1.135
4	FEU Lady Tamaraws	22	8	6	32	19	1.684	1144	1075	1.064
5	Adamson Lady Falcons	22	8	6	28	23	1.217	1135	1052	1.079
6	UE Lady Warriors	18	4	10	12	35	0.343	910	1081	0.842
7	NU Lady Bulldogs	16	2	12	13	37	0.351	911	1137	0.801
8	UP Lady Maroons	14	0	14	3	42	0.071	767	1108	0.692

      Qualified to the Finals with the thrice-to-beat advantage
      Qualified to the semifinals with the twice-to-beat advantage
      Qualified to the first round playoff
      Qualified to the fourth-seed playoff

Schedule

Teams	Round 1							Round 2
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
AdU
ADMU
DLSU
FEU
NU
UE
UP
UST

      Win
      Loss

Results

Results to the right and top of the black cells are first round games, those to the left and below are second round games.

Team	AdU	ADMU	DLSU	FEU	NU	UE	UP	UST
Adamson		2–3	1–3	0–3	3–2	3–0	3–0	3–2
Ateneo	3–1		1–3	3–1	3–0	3–0	3–0	3–0
La Salle	3–0	3–2		3–2	3–0	3–0	3–0	3–2
FEU	1–3	2–3	0–3		3–0	3–0	3–0	2–3
NU	0–3	1–3	0–3	0–3		2–3	3–0	0–3
UE	0–3	0–3	0–3	0–3	3–2		3–1	0–3
UP	0–3	0–3	0–3	0–3	1–3	0–3		1–3
UST	3–0	3–1	0–3	1–3	3–0	3–0	3–0

      Win
      Loss

Bracket

	4th–seed playoff One–game playoff				First round One–game playoff					Semifinals No. 2 seed has twice-to-beat advantage						Finals #1 seed has 1-0 lead in a best-of-5 series
																1	La Salle	1	3	3
										2	Ateneo		3			2	Ateneo	3	1	0
					3	UST	3			3	UST		1
	Adamson	0			4	FEU	1
	FEU	3

Fourth–seed playoff

Adamson and FEU, which are tied at fourth place, played for the #4 seed, the last berth to the first round of the playoffs.^[9]

Elimination round games:

• December 17: Adamson (0–3) FEU at the Filoil Flying V Arena (22–25, 23–25, 17–25)
• February 1: Adamson (3–1) FEU at the Filoil Flying V Arena (25–18, 25–18, 21–25, 25–19)

February 13 03:30 PM (UTC+08:00)	Adamson Lady Falcons	0–3	FEU Lady Tamaraws	Filoil Flying V Arena, San Juan Attendance: 352 Referee(s): Lumer Pajarillo and Efren Gaa Report(s): Report
	19 17 24 60	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Total	25 25 26 76
	FEU advances to the playoffs

First round

Elimination round games:

• December 7: UST (3–2) FEU at the Filoil Flying V Arena (25–19, 21–25, 22–25, 25–16, 15–13)
• January 22: UST (1–3) FEU at the Filoil Flying V Arena (25–23, 20–25, 23–25, 23–25)

February 15 02:00 PM (UTC+08:00)	UST Tigresses	3–1	FEU Lady Tamaraws	Filoil Flying V Arena, San Juan Attendance: 841 Referee(s): Lumer Pajarillo and Jess Villareal Report(s): Report
	25 23 25 25 98	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Total	22 25 17 21 85
	UST advances to the semifinals

Semifinal

Elimination round games:

• November 27: Ateneo (3–0) UST at the Filoil Flying V Arena (25–16, 25–23, 25–18)
• January 15: Ateneo (1–3) UST at the Filoil Flying V Arena (25–14, 21–25, 19–25, 23–25)

February 18 02:00 PM (UTC+08:00)	Ateneo Lady Eagles	3–1	UST Tigresses	Filoil Flying V Arena, San Juan Attendance: 1,916 Referee(s): Lumer Pajarillo and Philip Sison Report(s): Report
	25 25 22 25 97	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Total	19 16 25 19 79
	Ateneo advances to the Finals

Finals

Elimination round games:

• December 3: La Salle (3–1) Ateneo at the Filoil Flying V Arena (21–25, 25–22, 25–18, 25–21)
• February 12: La Salle (3–2) Ateneo at the Filoil Flying V Arena (18–25, 25–14, 21–25, 25–19, 15–7)

La Salle has the thrice-to-beat advantage after sweeping the elimination round.

February 22 02:00 PM (UTC+08:00)	De La Salle Lady Archers	1–3	Ateneo Lady Eagles	Filoil Flying V Arena, San Juan Attendance: 3,002 Referee(s): Philip Sison and Rodrigo Rojas Report(s): Report
	25 26 23 17 91	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Total	23 28 25 25 101

February 25 02:00 PM (UTC+08:00)	Ateneo Lady Eagles	1–3	De La Salle Lady Archers	Filoil Flying V Arena, San Juan Attendance: 7,039 Referee(s): Efren Gaa and Philip Sison Report(s): Report
	25 21 24 18 88	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Total	23 25 26 25 99

February 29 02:00 PM (UTC+08:00)	De La Salle Lady Archers	3–0	Ateneo Lady Eagles	Filoil Flying V Arena, San Juan
	25 25 25 75	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Total	16 22 13 51
	La Salle wins series 3-1

Awards

UAAP Season 74 Women's Volleyball Champion
De La Salle University Seventh title, second consecutive title

The UAAP awarded the outstanding players of the season prior to Game 2 of the Finals of women's volleyball at Filoil Flying V Arena in San Juan.^[11][12]

• Most Valuable Player (Season): Abigail Maraño, De La Salle University
• Most Valuable Player (Finals): Charleen Abigail Cruz, De La Salle University
• Rookie of the Year: Victonara Galang, De La Salle University
• Best Scorer: Rose Marie Vargas, Far Eastern University
• Best Attacker: Maika Angela Ortiz, University of Santo Tomas
• Best Blocker: Michele Gumabao, De La Salle University
• Best Setter: Gyzelle Sy, Far Eastern University
• Best Server: Victonara Galang, De La Salle University
• Best Receiver: Angelica Vasquez, Adamson University
• Best Digger: Christine Agno, Far Eastern University

Boys' tournament

Elimination round

Team standings

Team	W	L	PCT	GB
UE Junior Warriors	7	0	1.000	—
UST Tiger Cubs	5	2	.714	2
NSNU Bullpups	5	2	.714	2
Ateneo Blue Eaglets	3	4	.429	4
De La Salle Junior Archers	1	6	.143	6
UPIS Junior Maroons	0	7	.000	7

      Qualified to the finals with the twice to beat advantage
      Qualified to the finals
      Qualified to the second-seed playoff

Bracket

	Second-seed playoff					Finals ^ #1 has a 1–0 lead in a best-of-3 series
						1	UE	3
	NU		0			2	UST	0
	UST		3

Awards

UAAP Season 74 Boys' Volleyball Champion
University of the East Tenth title, eighth consecutive title

• Most Valuable Player: Edward Camposano, University of the East
• Rookie of the Year: Christian Gopio, University of the East
• Best Attacker: Edward Camposano, University of the East
• Best Receiver: Karl Roque, University of the East
• Best Blocker: Edward Camposano, University of the East
• Best Server: Wesley Fabroa, University of Santo Tomas
• Best Setter: Geuel Asia, University of the East
• Best Libero: Manuel Sumanguid III, National University

Girls' tournament

With De La Salle sweeping the elimination round, they were declared automatic champions and the playoffs were scrapped.

Elimination round

Team standings

Rank	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
	La Salle Junior Lady Archers	6	0	1.000	—
	UE Junior Amazons	5	1	.833	1
	UST Lady Tiger Cubs	3	3	.500	3
4	UPIS Junior Lady Maroons	1	5	.167	5
5	NU Lady Bullpups	0	6	.000	6

      Qualified to the Finals with the twice-to-beat advantage
      Qualified to the Finals

Awards

UAAP Season 74 Girls' Volleyball Champion
De La Salle–Santiago Zobel School Eighth title, second consecutive title

• Most Valuable Player: Julienne Calugcug, De La Salle University
• Rookie of the Year: Christine Mhae Tolentino, University of the East
• Best Attacker:
• Best Blocker: Kim Kianna Dy, De La Salle University
• Best Server: Ennajie Laure, University of Santo Tomas
• Best Receiver:
• Best Setter:
• Best Libero:

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