UAAP Season 78 volleyball tournaments

UAAP Season 78 Volleyball

Host school	University of the Philippines Diliman
Men's Finals 1 2 Wins  Ateneo Blue Eagles 3 3 2  NU Bulldogs 1 0 0
Duration	23 April – 27 April 2016
Arena/s	Smart Araneta Coliseum, Mall of Asia Arena
Finals MVP	Ysrael Wilson Marasigan
Winning coach	Oliver Almadro
Semifinalists	Adamson Falcons  UP Fighting Maroons
TV network/s	ABS-CBN Sports+Action, ABS-CBN Sports+Action HD, The Filipino Channel
Women's Finals 1 2 3 Wins  Ateneo Lady Eagles 0 3 1 1  De La Salle Lady Archers 3 2 3 2
Duration	23 April – 30 April 2016
Arena/s	Smart Araneta Coliseum, Mall of Asia Arena
Finals MVP	Kim Kianna Dy
Winning coach	Ramil De Jesus
Semifinalists	FEU Lady Tamaraws  UP Lady Maroons
TV network/s	ABS-CBN, ABS-CBN HD, ABS-CBN Sports+Action, ABS-CBN Sports+Action HD, The Filipino Channel
< Season 77 2015–16 Season 79 >

The UAAP Season 78 high school volleyball tournament will start on August 22, 2015. The tournament venue will be at the Adamson University Gym in San Marcelino St., Ermita, Manila. Adamson is the tournament host. The number of participating schools in the boys' and girls' tournaments both increased to seven. Far Eastern University fielded boys' and girls' volleyball teams beginning season 77. Since there are now seven participating schools, the tournaments will have a Final Four format. The UAAP Board decided to move the high school volleyball tournaments from 2nd semester to 1st semester due to the basketball juniors tournament being moved from the 1st semester to 2nd semester.

The UAAP Season 78 seniors' division volleyball tournament is scheduled to start on January 31, 2016. Originally, before the schedule was moved, the UAAP Season 78 seniors' division volleyball tournament opening was scheduled on February 13 and January 30.^[1] The tournament main venue is the Filoil Flying V Arena in San Juan City while selected games will be played at the PhilSports Arena in Pasig City, Smart Araneta Coliseum in Cubao, Quezon City, and the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City. UP is the tournament host.

Men's tournament

Season's Team Line-Up

Legend   S   Setter   MB   Middle Blocker   OS   Outside Spiker   OP   Opposite Spiker   L   Libero    Team Captain  HC  Head Coach

Elimination round

Team standings   Pts Matches Sets Points Rank Team W L W L Ratio W L Ratio 1  Ateneo Blue Eagles 38 13 1 41 9 4.556 1203 975 1.234 2  NU Bulldogs 29 10 4 32 17 1.882 1154 1085 1.064 3  Adamson Falcons 24 9 5 29 26 1.115 1241 1220 1.017 4  UP Fighting Maroons 24 8 6 28 25 1.120 1187 1179 1.007 5  FEU Tamaraws 23 7 7 28 25 1.120 1126 1206 0.934 6  De La Salle Green Archers 16 5 9 24 32 0.750 1228 1259 0.975 7  UST Growling Tigers 13 4 10 19 30 0.633 1090 1124 0.970 8  UE Red Warriors 1 0 14 5 42 0.119 910 1159 0.785 Event host in boldface       Qualified to the semifinals with the twice-to-beat advantage       Qualified to the semifinals

Point system: 3 points = win match in 3 or 4 sets 2 points = win match in 5 sets 1 point = lose match in 5 sets 0 point = lose match in 3 or 4 sets

Match-up results

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

Game 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		3–2	3–1	3–1	0–3	3–0	3–2	3–1
Ateneo	3–0		3–2ɪ	3–0	3–0	3–0	3–0	3–0
La Salle	2–3	0–3		1–3	0–3	3–0	1–3	0–3ɪ
FEU	1–3	2–3	1–3		3–1	3–0	3–0	3–1
NU	3–1	1–3	3–2	3–0		3–0	0–3	3–0
UE	1–3	0–3	0–3	1–3	1–3		2–3	0–3
UP	3–1	0–3	2–3	3–2	0–3	3–0		3–1
UST	3–0	1–3	2–3ɪ	0–3	1–3	3–0	0–3

Win

Loss

Playoffs

Bracket

	Semifinals #1 & #2 have twice-to-beat advantage						Finals Best-of-three series
	1	Ateneo	3
	4	UP	0
							1	Ateneo		3	3
							2	NU		1	0
	2	NU	1	3
	3	Adamson	3	1

Semifinals

ADMU vs UP ADMU with twice-to-beat advantage.
Elimination round results:

• (Feb 21) ADMU def. UP 3–0 • 25–16, 25–18, 25–14
• (Mar 09) ADMU def. UP 3–0 • 25–9, 27–25, 25–15

April 16 02:00 PM (UTC +8:00)	Ateneo Blue Eagles	3–0	UP Fighting Maroons	MOA Arena, Pasay City Report(s): Report
	25 25 25 75	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Total	12 13 16 41
	Ateneo advances to the Finals

NU vs ADU NU with twice-to-beat advantage.
Elimination round results:

• (Feb 03) NU def. ADU 3–0 • 25–22, 25–22, 25–7
• (Mar 06) NU def. ADU 3–1 • 25–23, 25–23, 25–27, 25–22

April 17 02:00 PM (UTC +8:00)	NU Bulldogs	1–3	Adamson Falcons	MOA Arena, Pasay City Report(s): Report
	25 17 21 22 85	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Total	23 25 25 25 98

April 20 02:00 PM (UTC +8:00)	Adamson Falcons	1–3	NU Bulldogs	MOA Arena, Pasay City Report(s): Report
	25 20 20 23 88	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Total	19 25 25 25 94
	NU advances to the Finals

Finals

ADMU vs NU Best–of–three series
Elimination round results:

• (Feb 27) ADMU def. NU 3–0 • 25–19, 25–15, 25–15
• (Mar 13) ADMU def. NU 3–1 • 26–28, 25–23, 25–21, 25–17

April 23 12:00 (UTC +8:00)	Ateneo Blue Eagles	3–1	NU Bulldogs	Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Report(s): Report
	23 25 25 25 98	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Total	25 20 17 18 80

April 27 12:00	NU Bulldogs	0–3	Ateneo Blue Eagles	MOA Arena, Pasay City
	16 20 19 55	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Total	25 25 25 75
	Ateneo wins the series 2–0

Broadcast notes

Game	Play-by-play	Analyst	Courtside Reporters	Upfront at the UAAP Hosts
Finals Game 1	Eric Tipan	Ivy Remulla	Laura Lehmann and Ira Pablo	Bea Daez, Natasha Alquiros and Justin Quirino
Finals Game 2	Eric Tipan	Ronnie Magsanoc	Laura Lehmann and Ira Pablo	--No Upfront due to Awarding Ceremony--

Awarding Ceremony host: Janeena Chan

Awards

UAAP Season 78 Men's Volleyball Champions
Ateneo Blue Eagles 2nd title, 2nd consecutive title

• Most Valuable Player (Season): Marck Jesus Espejo ( Ateneo de Manila University)
• Most Valuable Player (Finals): Ysrael Wilson Marasigan ( Ateneo de Manila University)
• Rookie of the Year: James Martin Natividad ( National University)
• Best Scorer: Raymark Woo ( De La Salle University)
• Best Attacker: Marck Jesus Espejo ( Ateneo de Manila University)
• Best Blocker: Edward Camposano ( University of the East)
• Best Server: Marck Jesus Espejo ( Ateneo de Manila University)
• Best Digger: Ricky Marcos ( National University)
• Best Setter: Esmilzo Joner "Ish" Polvorosa ( Ateneo de Manila University)
• Best Receiver: Rikko Marius Marmeto ( Far Eastern University)

Women's tournament

Season's Team Line-Up

Legend   S   Setter   L   Libero   MB   Middle Blocker   OS   Outside Hitter   OP   Opposite Hitter    Team Captain  HC  Head Coach

Elimination round

Team standings   Pts Matches Sets Points Rank Team W L W L Ratio W L Ratio 1  Ateneo Lady Eagles 35 12 2 37 9 4.111 1094 858 1.275 2  De La Salle Lady Archers 33 11 3 36 14 2.571 1163 910 1.278 3  FEU Lady Tamaraws 27 9 5 31 24 1.292 1200 1181 1.016 4  UP Lady Maroons 25 8 6 29 22 1.318 1151 1133 1.016 5  NU Lady Bulldogs 22 7 7 26 25 1.040 1099 1065 1.032 6  UST Tigresses 15 5 9 24 31 0.774 1150 1209 0.951 7  Adamson Lady Falcons 8 3 11 14 37 0.378 1042 1199 0.869 8  UE Lady Warriors 3 1 13 4 39 0.103 718 1062 0.676 Event host in boldface       Qualified to the semifinals with the twice-to-beat advantage       Qualified to the semifinals

Point system: 3 point = win match in 3 or 4 sets 2 points = win match in 5 sets 1 point = lose match in 5 sets 0 point = lose match in 3 or 4 sets

Match-up results

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

Game 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		0–3	0–3	3–2	1–3	3–0	1–3	3–2
Ateneo	3–0		0–3ɪ	3–0	3–0	3–0	3–0	3–1
La Salle	3–0	2–3ɪ		3–0	1–3	3–0	3–1	0–3ɪ
FEU	3–1	0–3	2–3		3–0	3–1	3–2	3–1
NU	3–0	0–3	1–3	2–3		3–0	0–3	2–3
UE	3–0	0–3	0–3	0–3	0–3		0–3	0–3
UP	3–0	3–1	1–3	1–3	0–3	3–0		3–1
UST	3–2	0–3	0–3ɪ	1–3	2–3	3–0	1–3

      Win
      Loss

Playoffs

Bracket

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

Semifinals

ADMU vs UP ADMU with twice-to-beat advantage.
Elimination round results:

• (Feb 14) ADMU def. UP 3–0 • 25–19, 25–21, 25–21
• (Mar 06) UP def. ADMU 3–1 • 19–25, 25–22, 25–17, 25–22

April 16 04:00 PM (UTC +8:00)	Ateneo Lady Eagles	3–0	UP Lady Maroons	MOA Arena, Pasay City Report(s): Report
	25 25 25 75	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Total	19 16 21 56
	Ateneo advances to the Finals

DLSU vs FEU DLSU with twice-to-beat advantage.
Elimination round results:

• (Feb 03) DLSU def. FEU 3–0 • 29–27, 25–23, 25–20
• (Mar 05) DLSU def. FEU 3–2 • 25–14, 25–9, 22–25, 19–25, 15–7

April 17 04:00 PM (UTC +8:00)	De La Salle Lady Archers	2–3	FEU Lady Tamaraws	MOA Arena, Pasay City Report(s): Report
	25 25 23 21 14 108	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total	15 23 25 25 16 104

April 20 04:00 PM (UTC +8:00)	FEU Lady Tamaraws	0–3	De La Salle Lady Archers	MOA Arena, Pasay City Report(s): Report
	15 25 21 61	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Total	25 27 25 77
	La Salle advances to the Finals

Finals

ADMU vs DLSU Best–of–three series
Elimination round results:

• (Feb 27) DLSU def. ADMU 3–0 • 25–22, 25–14, 25–18
• (Apr 10) ADMU def. DLSU 3–2 • 21–25, 25–22, 25–16, 21–25, 15–5

April 23 16:00 (UTC +8:00)	Ateneo Lady Eagles	0–3	De La Salle Lady Archers	Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Attendance: 19,921 Report(s): Report
	22 22 21 65	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Total	25 25 25 75

April 27 16:00 (UTC +8:00)	De La Salle Lady Archers	2–3	Ateneo Lady Eagles	MOA Arena, Pasay City Attendance: 20,125 Report(s): Report
	25 28 17 16 11 97	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total	18 26 25 25 15 109

April 30 15:00 (UTC +8:00)	Ateneo Lady Eagles	1–3	De La Salle Lady Archers	Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Attendance: 22,848 Report(s): Report
	25 21 16 16 78	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Total	19 25 25 25 94
	La Salle wins the series 2–1

Broadcast notes

Game	Play-by-play	Analyst	Courtside Reporters	Upfront at the UAAP Hosts
Finals Game 1	Boom Gonzalez	Ian Laurel	Laura Lehmann and Jeanine Tsoi	Bea Daez, Natasha Alquiros and Justin Quirino
Finals Game 2	Boom Gonzalez	Mozzy Ravena	Laura Lehmann and Jeanine Tsoi	--No Upfront due to Awarding Ceremony--
Finals Game 3	Boom Gonzalez	Ian Laurel	Laura Lehmann and Jeanine Tsoi	Janeena Chan, Nathasha Alquiros, Addie Manzano, Richard Juan and Justin Quirino

Awarding ceremony hosts: TJ Manotoc and Janeena Chan

Awards

UAAP Season 78 Women's Volleyball Champions
De La Salle Lady Archers 9th title

• Most Valuable Player (Season): Alyssa Valdez ( Ateneo de Manila University)
• Most Valuable Player (Finals): Kim Kianna Dy ( De La Salle University)
• Rookie of the Year: Ma. Isabel Molde ( University of the Philippines)
• Best Scorer: Alyssa Valdez ( Ateneo de Manila University)
• Best Attacker: Alyja Daphne Santiago ( National University)
• Best Blocker: Mary Joy Baron ( De La Salle University)
• Best Server: Alyssa Valdez ( Ateneo de Manila University)
• Best Digger: Dawn Macandili ( De La Salle University)
• Best Setter: Kim Fajardo ( De La Salle University)
• Best Receiver: Dawn Macandili ( De La Salle University)

Special Awards

• Smart Strong Team of the Season: Ateneo Lady Eagles
• Fudgee Barr O-Barr Sa Galing Player of the Season: Alyssa Valdez ( Ateneo de Manila University)
• Manulife Up and Coming Player of the Season: Ma. Isabel Molde ( University of the Philippines)

Players of the Week

Week	Player	Ref.
January 31–February 7	Alyssa Valdez (AdMU)	[2]
February 10–4	Alyja Daphne Santiago (NU)	[3]
February 17–21	Cherry Ann Rondina (UST)	[4]
February 24–28	Kim Fajardo (DLSU)	[5]
March 2–6	Ma. Isabel Molde (UP)	[6]
March 9–13	Alyssa Valdez (AdMU)	[7]
March 16–20	Jhoana Maraguinot (AdMU)	[8]
March 30–April 3	Bernadeth Pons (FEU)	[9]
April 6–April 10	Alyssa Valdez (AdMU)	[10]

Coaching changes

• Adamson Falcons: Sherwin Meneses has resigned as Head Coach of the team due to a conflict between the coaching staff and team sponsor Akari Lights, during the 2nd elimination round.^[11] Adamson Falcons Men's Volleyball team head coach Domingo Custodio was assigned as the interim head coach of the women's team until the season ends.^[12]

Injuries

• Ateneo Lady Eagles: Sophomore middle blocker Maddie Madayag suffers her season-ending right knee Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury during a team practice session on March 15, 2016. She will undertake a surgery after Holy Week.^[13]
• DLSU Lady Spikers: Graduating open hitter Cydthealee Demecillo suffers a knee sprain after their game against UP Fighting Maroons on March 16, 2016. Demecillo rested for two weeks to further heal her knee.^[14]

Boys' tournament

Elimination Round

Team standings Rank Team GP W L PCT GB 1  NSNU Bullpups 12 12 0 1.000 — 2  UE Junior Warriors 12 10 2 .833 2 3  FEU-Diliman Baby Tamaraws 12 8 4 .667 4 4  Ateneo Blue Eaglets 12 5 7 .417 7 5  UST Tiger Cubs 12 5 7 .417 7 6  De La Salle Junior Archers 12 2 10 .167 10 7  UPIS Junior Maroons 12 0 12 .000 12       Qualified to the Finals with a thrice-to-beat advantage       Qualified to the semifinals with a twice-to-beat advantage       Qualified to the semifinals first-round playoff       Qualified to fourth-seed playoff

Match-up results Teams Round 1 Round 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12  AdMU  DLSU  FEU  NU  UE  UP  UST Win Loss

Awards

UAAP Season 78 Boys' Volleyball Champions
NU Bullpups 1st title

• Most Valuable Player (Season): Shaun Christopher Ledesma (University of the East)
• Most Valuable Player (Finals): Raymart Reyes (National University)
• Rookie of the Year: Noel Kampton (National University)
• Best Scorer: Shaun Christopher Ledesma (University of the East)
• Best Attacker: Noel Kampton (National University)
• Best Blocker: Billie Jean Anima (National University)
• Best Receiver: Marc Caballero (University of the East)
• Best Digger: Eduardo Manuel (University of Santo Tomas)
• Best Setter: Ralph Imperial (University of the East)

Girls' tournament

Elimination round

Team standings Rank Team GP W L PCT GB 1  NSNU Lady Bullpups 12 11 1 .917 — 2  UST Tigress Cubs 12 10 2 .833 1 3  DLSZ Junior Lady Archers 12 7 5 .583 4 4  UE Junior Amazons 11 5 6 .455 5.5 5  FEU Lady Baby Tamaraws 11 4 7 .364 6.5 6  Adamson Lady Baby Falcons 12 4 8 .333 7 7  UPIS Junior Lady Maroons 12 0 12 .000 11       Qualified to the semifinals with a twice-to-beat advantage       Qualified to the semifinals

Match-up results Teams Round 1 Round 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12  AdU  DLSU  FEU  NU  UE  UP  UST Win Loss

Awards

UAAP Season 78 Girls' Volleyball Champions
NU Lady Bullpups 2nd title, 2nd consecutive title

• Most Valuable Player (Season): Ejiya Laure (University of Santo Tomas)
• Most Valuable Player (Finals): Faith Nisperos (National University)
• Rookie of the Year: Thea Gagate (National University)
• Best Scorer: Jules Samonte (De La Salle University)
• Best Attacker: Faith Nisperos (National University)
• Best Blocker: Sheena Toring (National University)
• Best Receiver: Bernadett Pepito (University of Santo Tomas)
• Best Digger: Bela Peralta (De La Salle University)
• Best Setter: Joyme Cagande (National University)

Overall Championship points

Seniors' division Team Men Women Total  Ateneo Blue Eagles 15 12 27  De La Salle Green Archers 4 15 19  NU Bulldogs 12 6 18  FEU Tamaraws 6 10 16  UP Fighting Maroons 8 8 16  Adamson Falcons 10 2 12  UST Growling Tigers 2 4 6  UE Red Warriors 1 1 2

Juniors' division Team Boys' Girls' Points  NSNU Bullpups 15 15 30  UE Junior Warriors 12 8 20  UST Tiger Cubs 6 12 18  FEU-Diliman Baby Tamaraws 10 6 16  De La Salle Junior Archers 4 10 14  Ateneo Blue Eaglets 8 - 8  Adamson Baby Falcons - 4 4  UPIS Junior Maroons 2 2 4

Pts. Ranking 15 Champion 12 2nd 10 3rd 8 4th 6 5th 4 6th 2 7th 1 8th — Did not join WD Withdrew

In case of a tie, the team with the higher position in any tournament is ranked higher. If both are still tied, they are listed by alphabetical order.

How rankings are determined:

• Ranks 5th to 8th determined by elimination round standings.
• Loser of the #1 vs #4 semifinal match-up is ranked 4th
• Loser of the #2 vs #3 semifinal match-up is ranked 3rd
• Loser of the finals is ranked 2nd
• Champion is ranked 1st

See also

• UAAP Season 78
• NCAA Season 91 volleyball tournaments

References

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