MANILA – Following the cancellation of the rest of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) Season 82’s high school events due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, Adamson University and University of Santo Tomas (UST) have been declared as co-champions in girls’ basketball.
The Baby Lady Falcons and the Junior Growling Tigresses were supposed to clash for the winner-takes-all championship game after splitting the first two battles.
The Junior Growling Tigresses drew first
blood, 73-68, before the Baby Lady Falcons forced a rubber match with a 79-74
second game victory.
Members of the Baby Lady Falcons are Crisnalyn Padilla, Joan Camagong, Charlene
Carcallas, Kat Agojo, Mia Miguel, Abegail Amdad, Trina Roy, Nina Pohen, Janice
Brutas, Erica Reyes, Kristel Villarba, and Beatrice Bautista. Their head coach
is Ewon Arayi.
The Ford Grajales-mentored UST, on the
other hand, is composed of twins Erika and Nicole Dagangan, sisters Brigette
and Claudine Santos, Rachel Lacayanga, Mickaela Sison, Chille Serrano, Jane
Araza, Gabrielle Rivera, Jazly Estudillo, Francesca Eroles, and Nicole Tubog.
De La Salle-Zobel (3rd, 2-4) and Ateneo High School (4th, 0-6) also competed in
the league’s first staging.
The National University Bullpups, meanwhile retained the championship in the boys’ basketball division after sweeping all of their matches, which includes a 2-0 beating of the Far Eastern University Baby Tamaraws.
