NATIONAL University Nazareth School showed steely resolve in the first and third set to beat Adamson University, 26-24, 25-22, 29-27 and retain the UAAP Season 85 high school girls volleyball crown Monday at the packed Paco Arena.
The Lady Bullpups won the best-of-three series, 2-1, for their sixth title overall.
Setter Abegail Pono, in her final year for NUNS, was named the Finals MVP.
National University Nazareth School and Far Eastern University-Diliman, both seeking to achieve a three-peat and win their first-ever UAAP championship, respectively, arranged a Finals rematch after defeating their respective opponents in the UAAP Season 85 High School Boys' Volleyball Final Four on Thursday at Paco Arena.
ADAMSON University overcame University of Santo Tomas, 62-55, to secure its first Finals appearance in 20 years in the UAAP Season 85 high school boys basketball tournament Tuesday at the Filoil EcoOil Centre.
MARCO Salud provided the cool finish as Ateneo de Manila University secured a 1-1 draw against University of the East in the UAAP Season 85 Men’s Football Tournament, Sunday night at the UP Diliman Football Field.
In a letter to UP President Atty. Angelo Jimenez, Coach Bo Perasol, UP Diliman’s Program Director for Basketball Perasol endorsed the integration of the UP Diliman Basketball program from high school to college and the appointment of Goldwin Monteverde as concurrent coach of both the seniors and juniors’ program.
NAZARETH School of Nazareth University extended its perfect run to three games with a 79-63 romp of Ateneo in the UAAP Season 85 high school boys basketball tournament at the Filoil EcoOil Centre Sunday.
THREE-PEAT SEEKING Nazareth School of National University turned to its reserves to overwhelm University of Santo Tomas, 84-58, and stretch its winning run to 29 games Wednesday in the UAAP Season 85 high school boys basketball tournament at the Filoil EcoOil Centre.
Ateneo de Manila University reclaimed the crown it lost last May, outlasting University of the Philippines in Game Three of the UAAP Season 85 men's basketball Finals, 75-68, in front of 21,814 fans at the Smart Araneta Coliseum on Monday.
Senegalese big man Malick Diouf of University of the Philippines was hailed as Season 85 Most Valuable Player on Wednesday afternoon moments before Game Two of the Finals between the Fighting Maroons and Ateneo de Manila University.
