UAAP Season 71 volleyball tournaments

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UAAP Season 71 Seniors' Volleyball
Host school
University of the Philippines, Diliman
Men's Finals G1 G2Wins
UST school colors UST Growling Tigers 3 32
UP school colors UP Fighting Maroons 0 00
DurationMarch 1–4, 2009
Arena(s)
The Arena in San Juan
Finals MVPRay Karl Dimaculangan
Winning coachEmil Lontoc
SemifinalistsLa Salle school colors De La Salle Green Archers
Ateneo school colors Ateneo Blue Eagles
TV network(s)Studio 23
Women's Finals G1 G2G3Wins
La Salle school colors De La Salle Lady Archers 2 332
FEU school colors FEU Lady Tamaraws 3 111
DurationMarch 1–8, 2009
Arena(s)
The Arena in San Juan
Finals MVPManilla Santos
Winning coachRamil de Jesus
SemifinalistsUST school colors UST Tigresses
Adamson school colors Adamson Lady Falcons
TV network(s)Studio 23
< Season 70 2008 Season 72 >
UAAP Season 71 Juniors' Volleyball
Automatic champions Elimination round record
UE school colors UE Junior Warriors 10–0 (1.000)
UST school colors UST Lady Tiger Cubs 6–0 (1.000)
< Season 70 2008-09 Season 72 >

The seniors' division of the

The Arena in San Juan
.

The juniors' division tournaments were held on the first semester of the 2008-09 school year; the

UST Lady Tiger Cubs
won all of their elimination round games in their respective divisions to clinch the championship outright.

In the men's tournament, the

UST Growling Tigers also won all of their elimination round games but went through the usual the Final Four format; they beat Ateneo in three straight sets in the semifinals to formalize their entry to the Finals; they then swept the UP Fighting Maroons
2–0 in the best-of-3 Finals series without losing a set to have an immaculate 17–0 Season 71 record to successfully defend their championship.

In the women's tournament, the

. FEU and La Salle split their elimination round games, with La Salle winning over FEU in the second round's last game to wrest the #1 seed away from the Lady Tamaraws who had held it all tournament long. After winning Game 1 in five sets, FEU lost the next two games in four sets to award La Salle their fifth UAAP women's volleyball championship.

Qualified for semifinals with twice to beat advantage
Qualified for semifinals

Men's tournament

Elimination round

With UST's 14–0 sweep of the tournament, they were supposed to receive at least an automatic Finals berth[1] but instead will go through the usual Final Four phase with the release of the playoffs schedule.

Bracket

3rd-seed playoffSemifinals
Top seeds twice-to-beat
Finals
Best-of-three series
1UST school colors UST3
4Ateneo school colors Ateneo0
Ateneo school colors Ateneo21UST school colors UST33
UP school colors UP33UP school colors UP00
2La Salle school colors La Salle01
3UP school colors UP33

Third-seed playoff

Date Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total
Feb 18 Ateneo Blue Eagles Ateneo school colors 2–3 UP school colors UP Fighting Maroons 25–19 26–28 22–25 25–19 10–15 108–106

Semifinals

UST vs. Ateneo

Date Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total
Feb 21 UST Growling Tigers UST school colors 3–0 Ateneo school colors Ateneo Blue Eagles 25–19 25–23 25–20 75–62
UST advances to the Finals

La Salle vs. UP

Date Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total
Feb 22 De La Salle Green Archers La Salle school colors 0–3 UP school colors UP Fighting Maroons 18–25 20–25 22–25 60–75
Feb 25 De La Salle Green Archers La Salle school colors 1–3 UP school colors UP Fighting Maroons 25–16 17–25 15–25 23–25 80–91
UP advances to the Finals

Finals

Date Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total
Mar 1 UST Growling Tigers UST school colors 3–0 UP school colors UP Fighting Maroons 25–20 25–18 25–21 75–59
Mar 4 UST Growling Tigers UST school colors 3–0 UP school colors UP Fighting Maroons 25–22 25–14 25–17 75–53
UST wins series 2–0

Awards

Women's tournament

Elimination round

Bracket

3rd-seed playoffSemifinals
Top seeds twice-to-beat
Finals
Best-of-three series
1La Salle school colors La Salle3
4Adamson school colors Adamson1
Adamson school colors Adamson01La Salle school colors La Salle233
UST school colors UST32FEU school colors FEU311
2FEU school colors FEU3
3UST school colors UST1

Third-seed playoff

Date Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total
Feb 18 Adamson Lady Falcons Adamson school colors 0–3 UST school colors UST Tigresses 21–25 21–25 13–25 55–75

Semifinals

La Salle vs. Adamson

Date Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total
Feb 21 De La Salle Lady Archers La Salle school colors 3–1 Adamson school colors Adamson Lady Falcons 25–16 23–25 25–22 25–13 98–76
La Salle advances to the Finals

FEU vs. UST

Date Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total
Feb 22 FEU Lady Tamaraws FEU school colors 3–1 UST school colors UST Tigresses 25–14 19–25 25–22 25–23 94–84
FEU advances to the Finals

Finals

Date Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total
Mar 1 De La Salle Lady Archers La Salle school colors 2–3 FEU school colors FEU Lady Tamaraws 25–16 25–27 21–25 26–24 10–15 107–107
Mar 4 De La Salle Lady Archers La Salle school colors 3–1 FEU school colors FEU Lady Tamaraws 17–25 25–21 25–18 25–18 92–82
Mar 8 De La Salle Lady Archers La Salle school colors 3–1 FEU school colors FEU Lady Tamaraws 25–19 20–25 25–21 25–21 95–86
La Salle wins series 2–1

Awards

Boys' tournament

With UE sweeping the elimination round, they were declared automatic champions and the playoffs were scrapped.

Elimination round

Awardees

  • Most Valuable Player: Michael Reyes (UE)
  • Rookie of the Year: Karl Roque (UE)

Girls' tournament

With UST sweeping the elimination round, they were declared automatic champions and the playoffs were scrapped.

Elimination round

Team W L PCT GB
UST school colors UST Lady Tiger Cubs 6 0 1.000 --
UE school colors UE Junior Amazons
La Salle school colors La Salle Junior Lady Archers
UP school colors UPIS Junior Lady Maroons

Host team in boldface.

Awardees

  • Most Valuable Player: Alyssa Valdez (UST)
  • Rookie of the Year: Jelly Buan (UST)

References

Preceded by
UAAP volleyball tournaments
Season 71 (2008–09)
Succeeded by