Tag: Bulldogs
NU Lady Bulldogs eager for redemption in UAAP Season 86
NU Lady Bulldogs’ Vange Alinsug during the UAAP Season 86 women’s volleyball presser.–MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.net MANILA, Philippines — Vange Alinsug eyes nothing but the championship for National University in the UAAP Season 86 women’s volleyball tournament, which fires off on Saturday at Mall of Asia Arena. The sophomore spiker, who was the representative of the Lady…
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Lesson learned for NU Lady Bulldogs as dominant UAAP reign ends
NU Lady Bulldogs after failing to extend their dominant reign for another season in UAAP women’s basketball. –MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.net MANILA, Philippines — As National University’s seven-season reign in UAAP women’s basketball ends, the Lady Bulldogs get an opportunity to learn and be better to reclaim the crown next year. NU’s dream for an eighth straight…
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Bulldogs take Tigresses to the limit
Stefanie Berberabe (No. 10) and the rest of the Bulldogs outhustle the Tigresses. —AUGUST DELA CRUZ Facing the biggest threat to the UAAP women’s basketball throne it has sat on for years, National University (NU) dug as deep as it could and barely kept its title retention bid alive in Season 86, thanks in large…
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Joshua Retamar returns for one last run with NU Bulldogs in UAAP
NU’s Josh Retamar. UAAP PHOTO MANILA, Philippines — Star setter Joshua Retamar has committed to play one last time for the National University Bulldogs ahead of their ‘four-peat’ quest in the UAAP Season 86 men’s volleyball tournament next year. Retamar on Thursday announced through Virtual Playground, his management agency, that he will be playing one…
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UAAP: NU Lady Bulldogs clinch ninth consecutive finals, oust Ateneo
NU Lady Bulldogs’ Karl Pingol.–UAAP PHOTO MANILA, Philippines — Karl Pingol caught fire in the third quarter, leading National University’s second-half surge to eliminate No. 4 Ateneo, 58-43, and book its ninth straight trip to the Finals in the UAAP Season 86 women’s basketball tournament on Wednesday at Mall of Asia Arena. After a scoreless…
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Maroons turn expected slugfest with Bulldogs into ho-hum affair to claim top ranking with conviction
Malick Diouf.–MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.net University of the Philippines (UP) barged its way to the top of the Final Four after a merciless conquest of National University (NU), with a 79-57 clobbering of the hapless Bulldogs at Mall of Asia Arena on Sunday finalizing the top three after Adamson got the chance to topple the reigning king…
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UAAP: NU Lady Bulldogs head into Final Four with 11-game win streak
NU Lady Bulldogs in the UAAP Season 86 women’s basketball tournament. –UAAP PHOTO MANILA, Philippines—National University will enter the UAAP Season 86 women’s basketball tournament Final Four on a blazing note. The Lady Bulldogs outlasted University of the Philippines, 81-59, in their final elimination game at Smart Araneta Coliseum on Saturday. Not only did NU…
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Former mentors big part of NU Lady Bulldogs’ success, says coach
NU coach Norman Miguel.–SSL PHOTO MANILA, Philippines — National University coach Norman Miguel attributed the rise of their women’s volleyball program to all the coaches who worked for the team and developed the players from high school to college. Miguel, who returned to NU this preseason after three years, may have won his first title…
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NU Lady Bulldogs perfect again for second Super League crown
NU Lady Bulldogs.–SSL PHOTO MANILA, Philippines — National University completed another perfect title run as it staved off University of Santo Tomas’ valiant effort, 25-17, 15-25, 25-20, 25-20, to sweep the Shakey’s Super League (SSL) Pre-Season Championship on Saturday night at Rizal Memorial Coliseum. With the Lady Bulldogs pushed to their limits by the gritty…
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Lady Bulldogs near another SSL title after edging Tigresses in Game 1
NU Lady Bulldogs in the Shakey’s Super League (SSL) Pre-Season Championship. –SSL PHOTO MANILA, Philippines — National University needed to recover from its first set loss before taming the gritty University of Santo Tomas, 21-25, 25-16, 25-19, 25-17, to move closer to another perfect Shakey’s Super League (SSL) Pre-Season Championship Season 2 on Friday night…
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