UST Golden Tigresses women's volleyball

The UST Golden Tigresses women's volleyball is the intercollegiate women's volleyball program of the University of Santo Tomas. Formed in the same year of the sports' inception by the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) in 1938,[2] the Tigresses are the league's second winningest team with 16 titles behind Far Eastern University's 29 championships.[3]

Further information: UST Growling Tigers
UST Golden Tigresses women's volleyball
Founded1938
UniversityUniversity of Santo Tomas
Head coachKungfu Reyes (5th season)
LocationManila
NicknameGolden Tigresses
ColorsGold, Black, and White[1]
              
UAAP Champions
UAAP Final Four
Offseason Tournament Champions
Philippine University Games
  • 2009
  • 2010
  • 2013
  • 2016
  • 2017
  • 2018

History

The Tigresses won their first championship in Season 37 (1974) and went on to achieve a three-peat in the succeeding seasons. They then won for seven straight years from Season 47 (1984) until Season 53 (1990).[4]

They also have the third most final four appearances with 14, behind FEU's 22 and the De La Salle Lady Spikers' 20.[5] Teams that swept the elimination rounds in Seasons 56, 57, 59 and 65 were declared automatic champions.

They last won the UAAP Championship in Season 72 after defeating La Salle in the finals. They in turn lost to the Lady Spikers in two finals games the following year with Game One ending in a thrilling five-set match.[6] The Golden Tigresses barged back to the finals in Season 81 (2018), after defeating La Salle twice—for the #2 twice-to-beat play-off seeding and then in the semifinal game that resulted in a showdown with the #1-seeded Ateneo Lady Eagles. The Tigresses ended up as runners-up, losing to Ateneo in the best-of-three finals, 1-2.[7]

The Golden Tigresses, who used to be called the Lady Spikers also have the most titles won among collegiate teams in the Premier Volleyball League with six, beginning at the inaugural tournament in 2004 when the league was still known as the Shakey's V-League.[8]

They also have six UNIGAMES Women's volleyball championships, beginning in 2009 and capped by a three-peat from 2016 until 2018.[9] The Tigresses finished third in 2019 after defeating the NU Lady Bulldogs in three straight sets. They lost to the College of St. Benilde Lady Blazers in their semifinals match which ended their championship streak in the annual tournament.

The Tigresses also joined the Philippine Super Liga's 2018 Collegiate Grand Slam Conference and ended up as runners-up to the eventual champions, the UP Lady Maroons after topping the elimination round with an undefeated record of 5-0.[10]

Rivalries
Further information: La Salle–UST rivalry

The UST Golden Tigresses and the FEU Lady Tamaraws met in the finals for a total of 13 seasons, with UST winning 11 times.[11]

The rivalry between the De La Salle Lady Spikers and the Tigresses has also been apparent in women's volleyball with the two teams being frequent finalists in the UAAP Volleyball Championships, the UNIGAMES and the Shakey's V-League. The two teams met four times in the UAAP finals, with La Salle winning three. They also faced each other thrice in the finals of the Shakey's V-League, with UST winning the first and the Lady Spikers winning the latter two. The Tigresses have also defeated La Salle thrice in the UNIGAMES finals.

UAAP season-by-season results
SeasonYearCoachElims W–LElims rankPlayoffs W–LFinal rankFinals opponent
371974Nurbahasa GadjaChampion[12]FEU Lady Tamaraws
381975Nurbahasa GadjaChampion[12]FEU Lady Tamaraws
391976Nurbahasa GadjaChampion[12]FEU Lady Tamaraws
431980August Sta. Maria[13]2nd placeFEU Lady Tamaraws[12]
471984August Sta. MariaChampion[4]FEU Lady Tamaraws
481985August Sta. MariaChampion[4]FEU Lady Tamaraws
491986August Sta. MariaChampion[4]FEU Lady Tamaraws[lower-alpha 1]
501987August Sta. Maria13–1[15]T-1st2–0Champion[4]FEU Lady Tamaraws
511988August Sta. Maria14–01st–Champion[4][16]None[lower-alpha 2]
521989August Sta. MariaChampion[4]FEU Lady Tamaraws[lower-alpha 1]
531990August Sta. MariaChampion[4][17]Adamson Lady Falcons
541991August Sta. Maria3rd place[18]–
551992August Sta. Maria12–2T-1st2–0Champion[19]FEU Lady Tamaraws
561993August Sta. Maria14–01st–Champion[20]None[lower-alpha 2]
571994August Sta. Maria9–3T-2nd–2nd place[21]None[lower-alpha 3]
581995August Sta. Maria13–11st1–32nd placeFEU Lady Tamaraws
591996August Sta. Maria14–01st–Champion[22]None[lower-alpha 2]
601997August Sta. Maria11–1[23]1st1–1Champion[24]FEU Lady Tamaraws
611998August Sta. Maria6th place–
621999August Sta. Maria2nd placeDe La Salle Lady Archers
632000August Sta. Maria6th place–
642001August Sta. Maria3rd place[25]–
652002August Sta. Maria3rd place[26]–
662003August Sta. Maria3rd place–
672004August Sta. Maria12–22nd1–22nd place[27]De La Salle Lady Archers
682005August Sta. Maria8–64th0–14th place–
692007[lower-alpha 4]August Sta. Maria11–1T-1st3–1ChampionFEU Lady Tamaraws
702008Shaq delos Santos12–2T-2nd0–23rd place–
712009Shaq delos Santos9–5T-3rd1–13rd place–
722010Shaq delos Santos12–22nd2–0ChampionDe La Salle Lady Archers
732011Shaq delos Santos10–42nd1–22nd placeDe La Salle Lady Archers
742012Odjie Mamon9–53rd1–13rd place–
752013Odjie Mamon8–6T-4th0–15th place–
762014Odjie Mamon5–96th–6th place–
772015Odjie Mamon6–8T-4th0–15th place–
782016Kungfu Reyes5–96th–6th place–
792017Kungfu Reyes9–53rd0–13rd place–
802018Kungfu Reyes2–127th–7th place–
812019Kungfu Reyes10–4T-2nd3–22nd placeAteneo Lady Eagles
822020Kungfu Reyes1–1T-3rd––[lower-alpha 5]–
  1. The website ue.edu lists the FEU Lady Tamaraws as champions of Seasons 49 & 52[14]
  2. UST swept the eliminations and were declared automatic champions
  3. FEU swept the eliminations and were declared automatic champions
  4. Tournament shifted to 2nd semester of the academic year in Season 69
  5. Tournament cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic; Volleyball excluded from overall championship tally

Current roster
UAAP Season 82 roster
No. Pos. Player Ht. (ft) Wt. (lb) Year High school
1LCatherine Carmel G. Pollentes5' 0"123 lbs.2ndSt. John's Institute
3OPYsabel Jamie M. Jimenez5' 9"132 lbs.2ndUniversity of the East
4OPCaitlyn N. Viray5' 7"130 lbs.4thNazareth School of National University
5MBImee Kim Gabriella S. Hernandez5' 11"139 lbs.RookieUniversity of Santo Tomas
7OHBaby Love C. Barbon5' 3"115 lbs1stUniversity of Santo Tomas
8OHEjiya C. Laure5' 10"156 lbs.2ndUniversity of Santo Tomas
9OHEnnajie C. Laure5' 9"141 lbs.4thUniversity of Santo Tomas
10OHCamille Miranda Victoria6' 0"150 lbs.2ndMother of Perpetual Help School
11SAlina Joyce R. Bicar (C)5' 6"130 lbs.5thLeyte National High School
12MBKecelyn Galdones5' 8"154 lbs.2ndUniversity of the East
14MBChristine Dianne B. Francisco5' 8"154 lbs.4thUniversity of Santo Tomas
16SMa. Regina Agatha M. Mangulabnan5' 4"115 lbs.1stUniversity of Santo Tomas
17LJanel O. Delerio5' 2"110 lbs.2ndFar Eastern University–Diliman
18MBJanna Elizabeth C. Torres5' 10"141 lbsRookieUniversity of Santo Tomas

Preseason rosters

Premier Volleyball League

2019 PVL Collegiate Conference roster
No. Pos. Player Ht. (ft) Wt. (lb) Year High school
1LRizalinda E. Martin5' 4"121 lbs.1stHoly Rosary College
2MBDonna May R. Tuazon5' 8"121 lbs.2ndJose Rizal Institute–Orani, Bataan
3OHMary Grace Y. Vernaiz5' 8"126 lbs.RookieFar Eastern University–Diliman
4OHMary Joyce T. Abueg5' 8"139 lbs.RookieUniversity of Santo Tomas
5MBImee Kim Gabriella S. Hernandez5' 11"139 lbs.RookieUniversity of Santo Tomas
6OPYsabel Jamie M. Jimenez 5' 9"132 lbs.2ndUniversity of the East
8OPEjiya C. Laure5' 10"156 lbs.2ndUniversity of Santo Tomas
9OHEnnajie C. Laure5' 9"141 lbs.4thUniversity of Santo Tomas
10OHCamille Miranda Victoria6' 0"150 lbs.2ndMother of Perpetual Help School
11SMaria Fe C. Galanza5' 5"119 lbs.2ndSan Pedro Relocation Center National High School
12MB/OHKecelyn Galdones (C)5' 8"154 lbs.2ndUniversity of the East
15OHRachelle M. Roldan5' 8"130 lbs.2ndJuan R. Liwag Memorial High School
16SMa. Regina Agatha M. Mangulabnan5' 4"115 lbs.1stUniversity of Santo Tomas
17OPMartha Andre U. Raagas5' 8"129 lbs.RookieUniversity of Santo Tomas
18MBJanna Elizabeth C. Torres5' 10"141 lbs.RookieUniversity of Santo Tomas
19MBJanine Kyla O. Balcorta5' 9"132 lbs.2ndSt. Paul College of Parañaque
20LRea Maritela U. Raagas5' 4"128 lbs.RookieUniversity of Santo Tomas

Philippine University Games

24th UNIGAMES roster
No. Pos. Player Ht. (ft) Wt. (lb) Year High school
1LCatherine Carmel G. Pollentes5' 0"123 lbs.2ndSt. John's Institute
3OHBaby Love C. Barbon5' 3"115 lbs.1stUniversity of Santo Tomas
4OPMary Joyce T. Abueg5' 8"139 lbs.RookieUniversity of Santo Tomas
5MBImee Kim Gabriella S. Hernandez5' 11"139 lbs.RookieUniversity of Santo Tomas
6LJanel O. Delerio5' 2"110 lbs.2ndFar Eastern University–Diliman
7OPCaitlyn N. Viray (C)5' 7"130 lbs.4thNazareth School of National University
10OHCamille Miranda Victoria6' 0"150 lbs.2ndMother of Perpetual Help School
11SMaria Fe C. Galanza5' 5"119 lbs.2ndSan Pedro Relocation Center National High School
15OHRachelle M. Roldan5' 8"130 lbs.2ndJuan R. Liwag Memorial High School
16SMa. Regina Agatha M. Mangulabnan5' 4"115 lbs.1stUniversity of Santo Tomas
17OPMartha Andre U. Raagas5' 8"129 lbs.RookieUniversity of Santo Tomas
18MBJanna Elizabeth C. Torres5' 10"141 lbs.2ndUniversity of Santo Tomas
19MBJanine Kyla O. Balcorta5' 9"132 lbs.2ndSt. Paul College of Parañaque
20OHRea Maritela U. Raagas5' 4"128 lbs.RookieUniversity of Santo Tomas

Training pool

2019 Training pool
No. Pos. Player Ht. (ft) Wt. (lb) Year High school
1LRizalinda E. Martin5' 4"121 lbs.1stHoly Rosary College
2MBDonna May R. Tuazon5' 8"121 lbs.2ndJose Rizal Institute–Orani, Bataan
3OHMary Grace Y. Vernaiz5' 8"126 lbs.RookieFar Eastern University–Diliman
4OPMary Joyce T. Abueg5' 8"139 lbs.RookieUniversity of Santo Tomas
6OHMilena L. Alessandrini 6' 1"140 lbs.3rd
11SMaria Fe C. Galanza5' 5"119 lbs.2ndSan Pedro Relocation Center National High School
15OHRachelle M. Roldan5' 8"130 lbs.2ndJuan R. Liwag Memorial High School
17OPMartha Andre U. Raagas5' 8"129 lbs.RookieUniversity of Santo Tomas
19MBJanine Kyla O. Balcorta5' 9"132 lbs.2ndSt. Paul College of Parañaque
20OHRea Maritela U. Raagas5' 4"128 lbs.RookieUniversity of Santo Tomas

Preseason championships

Notable players

Past rosters

UAAP Champion teams
Shakey's V-League Champion teams

See also

References

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