DE LA SALLE completed a double-championship sweep of the Season 78 University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) table tennis tournament after the Green Archers beat the University of Santo Tomas (UST) Growling Tigers in the finals on Friday at the Ninoy Aquino Stadium.
It was the third straight crown for the Green Archers, whose counterparts in the women’s division also swept their way to the crown on Thursday.
The Green Archers beat the Growling Tigers, 3-1, in Game One and escaped with a narrow 3-2 decision in Game Two to clinch their fifth crown overall.
Green Archers’ Walden Ledesma took his second Most Valuable Player award in three years while his teammate, Carlo Mateo, bagged the top rookie honors.
It was De La Salle’s second straight double championship in the sport.
The Junior Archers followed the footsteps of their elders and also swept the high-school division.
De La Salle-Zobel nipped National University, 3-2, to rule the boys’ section on Friday, with Elijah Yamson and Neo Angelo Laudato winning the MVP and Rookie of the Year honors, respectively.
The Junior Lady Archers earlier defeated University of the East in the championship series to become the first girls division champion of UAAP table tennis.