It’s been a looong while since that last time I watched UAAP volleyball live at the venue itself. Nothing beats experiencing live volleyball action while taking photos with your entry-level DSLR. Unfortunately, I’m still quite busy with a lot of stuff. So I get hooked to watching selected UAAP games live over Studio23 whenever I get the chance to. And I think ABS-CBN Sports is doing a superb job covering the games with all the instant replays, highlights, court-side reporters, etc. similar to how they do it in basketball.

I also get match results, updates, and statistics (which is usually emailed almost immediately after the matches). I’ll do my best to post these updates as soon as I get them from hereon.

All UAAP 72 Volleyball updates are provided by the folks of TMX Sports. These are the people you see behind those desks and PCs around the court. They track each and every spike, set, serve, and everything else during the games.

UAAP 72 Volleyball Update #8 (As of December 16, 2009)

Men’s division:

De La Salle University defeated National University in 5 sets: 21-25, 25-17, 25-22, 13-25, 15-12. Best Scorers were (#1) Chris Macasaet of DLSU with a total of 35 won points and (#16) Danilo Ramosa of NU with 24 points. Game duration: 1hour 50mins.

Far Eastern University defeated University of Santo Tomas in 4 sets: 25-23, 21-25, 27-25, 25-20. Best Scorers were (#7) Rodolfo Labrador of FEU with a total of 17 won points and (#10) TORRES John Paul Torres of UST with 18 points. Game duration: 1hour 35mins.

Women’s division:

De La Salle University defeated University of the East in 3 sets: 25-21, 25-20, 25-21. Best Scorers were (#4) Stephanie Mercado of DLSU with a total of 19 won points and (#6) Leuseht Dawis of UE with 12 points. Game duration: 1hour 15mins.

Adamson University defated Ateneo de Manila University in 4 sets: 25-18, 23-25, 25-20, 25-20. Best Scorers were (#8) Angela Benting of ADU with a total of 21 won points and (#6) Angeline Gervacio of ADMU with 12 points. Game duration: 1hour 40mins.

UAAP Volleyball Team Rankings (As of December 16, 2009)

Huuwhaaat!! So the long-time unbeaten UST Tigers (Men’s) have been defeated finally! And I thought they will most likely remain gods this season since most of their players are still intact. Either it was just a bad day for UST or maybe FEU became stronger this season.

In the Women’s division, the defending champs La Salle remains on top proving that they still have what it takes to be the champs. Last December 8, the Lady Archers have defeated top contender UST in 5 sets (20-25, 25-20, 22-25, 25-22, 15-11).

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