UAAP Season 78

Poomsae	UST (Coed)
Cheerdance	NU (Ex - Coed)
Street dance	UP (Ex - Coed)

UAAP Season 78
UAAP Season 78
Host school	University of the Philippines
Overall
Seniors	De La Salle University
Juniors	University of Santo Tomas
Seniors' champions
Poomsae	UST (Coed)
Cheerdance	NU (Ex - Coed)
Street dance	UP (Ex - Coed)
Juniors' champions
	(NT) = No tournament; (DS) = Demonstration Sport;; (Ex) = Exhibition;
	← Season 77; UAAP seasons; Season 79 →;

UAAP Season 78 was the 2015–2016 athletic year of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP). It opened on September 5, 2015, almost two months after the usual July opening of the league during previous seasons, due to the shift in the academic calendars of four member universities, i.e. Ateneo, La Salle, UP and UST. It was hosted by the University of the Philippines.^[1]

The eight-member universities of the UAAP competed in fifteen sports to vie for the general championship title.

Opening ceremony[]

The opening ceremonies of the UAAP Season 78 was held last September 5, 2015 at the Smart Araneta Coliseum. "Philippine Archipelago" was the theme for the opening. A festive dance number featuring the rich history of the country and the eight vintas, consisting of eight universities of the UAAP, was performed by UP Dance & Performance groups including UP Streetdance Club, UP Dance Company, UP Dancesport Society, UP Filipiniana Dance Group, ROTC Symphonic Band, Tugma and the UP Pep Squad.

It was well attended with high officials from the UAAP Board and ABS-CBN Sports present. The host's (UP) President Alfredo Pascual and UP Diliman Chancellor Michael Tan formally opened the season. This was followed with the parade of athletes and the awarding presentation of the UAAP Season 77 general championship trophies.

A basketball double header to start off the 1st elimination round, UP vs. UE at 2p.m. and Adamson vs. UST at 4p.m. followed after the opening ceremonies.

The following day at the Mall of Asia Arena, La Salle faced reigning champion NU and FEU battled Ateneo, while Women's Basketball festivities started on the same day at the Blue Eagle Gym.^[2]

A Press conference was also held at Gateway Cubao, few days before the opening.

Sports calendar[]

First semester[]

Sport/Division	Event Host	Date	Venue
Volleyball (Juniors)^[3]	Adamson	August 29 - October 22, 2015	Adamson University Gym
Basketball (Men)	UP	September 5 - December 2, 2015	SM Mall of Asia Arena, Smart Araneta Coliseum
Basketball (Women)	UP	September 6 - December 6, 2015	Ateneo Blue Eagle Gym
Badminton (Seniors)	FEU	September 19, 2015 – October 17, 2015	Rizal Memorial Badminton Hall
Cheerdance	Special Events Committee	October 3, 2015	SM Mall of Asia Arena
Beach Volleyball (Seniors)	UST	October 9–21, 2015	Sands at SM By The Bay, SM Mall of Asia
Taekwondo (M/W/B)	Ateneo	October 13–14 and 23, 2015	Ateneo Blue Eagle Gym, Filoil Flying V Arena
Poomsae (M/W/B)	Ateneo	October 21, 2015	Ateneo Blue Eagle Gym, Filoil Flying V Arena
Table Tennis (M/W/B)	UE	October 17–18 and 24-25, 2015	Ninoy Aquino Stadium
Swimming (Seniors/Juniors)	NU	October 23–25, 2015	Rizal Memorial Swimming Pool
Basketball (Boys)	FEU	November 14, 2015 - February 2016	Ateneo Blue Eagle Gym, Filoil Flying V Arena
Judo (Seniors/Juniors)	La Salle	November 18–19, 2015	La Salle Greenhills Gym
Football (Boys)	Ateneo	December 5, 2015 - February 7, 2016	Ateneo de Manila University Moro Lorenzo Field

Second semester[]

Sport/Division	Event Host	Date	Venue
Baseball (M/B), Softball (W)	La Salle	Boys - January 9, 2016 Men's - February 4, 2016 - April 2016 Women's - January 30, 2016	Rizal Memorial Baseball Stadium
Volleyball (Seniors)	UP	January 30, 2016	Filoil Flying V Arena, Smart Araneta Coliseum, Mall of Asia Arena, Philsports Arena
Football (Seniors)	Ateneo	February 7 - May 2016	Moro Lorenzo Field, McKinley Hill Stadium, Rizal Memorial Football Stadium (postseason only)
Chess (Seniors/B)	Adamson	February 7 - March 2016	Henry Sy Sr.Hall in DLSU, Taft Ave, Manila.
Fencing (Seniors/Juniors)	FEU	February 10–13, 2016	Ateneo Blue Eagle Gym
Lawn Tennis (Seniors)	UST	January 30, 2016 - March 2016	Rizal Memorial Tennis Center
Track and Field (Seniors/Boys)	NU	2nd week of February - March 2016	ULTRA Track Oval
Streetdance	Special Events Committee	April 9, 2016	SM Mall of Asia Arena

Basketball[]

The UAAP Season 78 seniors' division basketball tournament began on September 5, 2015. The tournament host eas the University of the Philippines and the tournament commissioner was Atty. Rene "Rebo" Saguisag, Jr together with his deputies Romy Guevarra, Joe Lipa and Bai Cristobal.^[4] Referees from BRASCU will be hired for officiating. UAAP adopts FIBA rules on technicals, timeouts, among others.

The UAAP Season 78 juniors division basketball tournament started on November 14, 2015. The tournament venue was at the Ateneo Blue Eagle Gym. FEU was the tournament host. The Ateneo Blue Eaglets were the defending champions.

At the end of the tournament, the FEU Tamaraws won the Men's Basketball title in a best-of-three game finals series against the UST Growling Tigers which ended on December 2, 2015.^[5]

Seniors' division[]

Men's tournament[]

Elimination round[]

Team standings[]

Pos	Team v t	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	UST Growling Tigers	11	3	.786^[a]	—	Twice-to-beat in the semifinals
2	FEU Tamaraws	11	3	.786^[a]	—	Twice-to-beat in the semifinals
3	Ateneo Blue Eagles	9	5	.643	2	Twice-to-win in the semifinals
4	NU Bulldogs	7	7	.500	4	Twice-to-win in the semifinals
5	De La Salle Green Archers	6	8	.429^[b]	5
6	UE Red Warriors	6	8	.429^[b]	5
7	UP Fighting Maroons (H)	3	11	.214^[c]	8
8	Adamson Falcons	3	11	.214^[c]	8

Source: ABS-CBN Sports
Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) if tied for #2 or #4, one-game playoff; 3) head-to-head record; 4) head-to-head point differential; 5) overall point differential
(H) Host
Notes:

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Head-to-head record: UST 2–0 FEU
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Head-to-head record: La Salle 2–0 UE
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Head-to-head record: UP 1–1 Adamson; point differential: UP 0,–91; Adamson 0,–128

Playoffs[]

Semifinals (#1 & #2 have twice-to-beat advantage)			Finals (Best-of-three playoff)

1	UST	64
4	NU	55
			1	UST	64	62	62
			2	FEU	75	56	67
2	FEU	76
3	Ateneo	74

Awards[]

Season Most Valuable Player: Kiefer Ravena (Ateneo Blue Eagles)
Finals Most Valuable Player: Mac Belo (FEU Tamaraws)
Rookie of the Year: Joshua Andrei Caracut (De La Salle Green Archers)

Women's tournament[]

Elimination round[]

Team standings[]

Pos	Team v t	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	NU Lady Bulldogs	14	0	1.000	—	Thrice-to-beat in the Finals^[a]
2	De La Salle Lady Archers	12	2	.857	2	Twice-to-beat in stepladder round 2
3	UE Lady Warriors	7	7	.500	7	Proceed to stepladder round 1
4	Ateneo Lady Eagles	6	8	.429^[b]	8	Proceed to stepladder round 1
5	UST Tigresses	6	8	.429^[b]	8
6	Adamson Lady Falcons	4	10	.286^[c]	10
7	UP Lady Maroons (H)	4	10	.286^[c]	10
8	FEU Lady Tamaraws	3	11	.214	11

Source: ABS-CBN Sports
Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) if tied for #2 or #4, one-game playoff; 3) head-to-head record; 4) head-to-head point differential; 5) overall point differential
(H) Host
Notes:

^ As NU won all of their elimination round games, the stepladder format will be used instead of the regular Final Four format.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Fourth-seed playoff: Ateneo 64–53 UST (OT)
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Adamson 1–1 UP; Adamson +2

Playoffs[]

	Stepladder round 1 (One-game playoff)			Stepladder round 2 (#2 has twice-to-beat advantage)				Finals (#1 has thrice-to-beat advantage)

								1	NU	91	75
				2	La Salle	53	50	4	Ateneo	59	55
	3	UE	62	4	Ateneo	55	62
	4	Ateneo	65
* Game went into overtime.

Awards[]

Most Valuable Player: Afril Bernardino (NU Lady Bulldogs)
Rookie of the Year: Jack Danielle Animam (NU Lady Bulldogs)

Juniors' division[]

Boys' tournament[]

Elimination round[]

Team standings[]

Pos	Team v t	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	NSNU Bullpups	14	0	1.000	—	Thrice-to-beat in the Finals^[a]
2	DLSZ Junior Archers	11	3	.786	3	Twice-to-beat in stepladder round 2
3	Ateneo Blue Eaglets	10	4	.714	4	Proceed to stepladder round 1
4	FEU–D Baby Tamaraws	8	6	.571	6	Proceed to stepladder round 1
5	Adamson Baby Falcons	7	7	.500	7
6	UPIS Junior Maroons (H)	3	11	.214^[b]	11
7	UST Tiger Cubs	3	11	.214^[b]	11
8	UE Junior Warriors	0	14	.000	14

Source: ABS-CBN Sports
Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) if tied for #2 or #4, one-game playoff; 3) head-to-head record; 4) head-to-head point differential; 5) overall point differential
(H) Host
Notes:

^ As NU won all of their elimination round games, the stepladder format will be used instead of the regular Final Four format.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Head-to-head record: UP 1–1 UST; UP +13

Playoffs[]

Stepladder round 1 (One-game playoff)			Stepladder round 2 (#2 has twice-to-beat advantage)			Finals (#1 has thrice-to-beat advantage)

						1	NSNU	78	60	96
			2	DLSZ	75	2	DLSZ	58	71	75
3	Ateneo	84	3	Ateneo	68
4	FEU–Diliman	68

Awards[]

Most Valuable Player: Aljun Jay Melecio (DLSZ Junior Archers)
Rookie of the Year: Carl Tamayo (Adamson Baby Falcons)

Volleyball[]

Seniors' division[]

The UAAP Season 78 seniors' division volleyball tournament started on January 31, 2016. The tournament main venue is the Filoil Flying V Arena in San Juan City while selected games will be played at the Smart Araneta Coliseum in Cubao, Quezon City, the Philsports Arena in Pasig, and the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay. The tournament host is the University of the Philippines. Noreen Go is the tournament commissioner while the Deputy Commissioner and Asst. Deputy Commissioner are Sherwin Malonzo and Ivan Isada, respectively. Referees from the Philippine Volleyball Federation (PVF) headed by Nestor Bello will be used for the tournament's officiating purposes.

Men's tournament[]

Elimination round[]

Team standings[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Ateneo Blue Eagles	14	13	1	38	41	9	4.556	1203	975	1.234	Twice-to-beat in the semifinals
2	NU Bulldogs	14	10	4	29	32	17	1.882	1154	1085	1.064	Twice-to-beat in the semifinals
3	Adamson Falcons	14	9	5	24	29	26	1.115	1241	1220	1.017	Twice-to-win in the semifinals
4	UP Fighting Maroons (H)	14	8	6	24	28	25	1.120	1187	1179	1.007	Twice-to-win in the semifinals
5	FEU Tamaraws	14	7	7	23	28	25	1.120	1126	1206	0.934
6	De La Salle Green Archers	14	5	9	16	24	32	0.750	1228	1259	0.975
7	UST Growling Tigers	14	4	10	13	19	30	0.633	1090	1124	0.970
8	UE Red Warriors	14	0	14	1	5	42	0.119	910	1159	0.785

Source: ABS-CBN Sports
Rules for classification: 1) number of wins; 2) if tied for #2 or #4, one-game playoff; 3) match points; 4) sets ratio; 5) points ratio; 6) head-to-head record
(H) Host

Playoffs[]

Semifinals (#1 & #2 have twice-to-beat advantage)				Finals (Best-of-three playoff)

1	Ateneo	3
4	UP	0
				1	Ateneo	3	3
				2	NU	1	0
2	NU	1	3
3	Adamson	3	1

Awards[]

Season Most Valuable Player: Marck Jesus Espejo (Ateneo Blue Eagles)
Finals Most Valuable Player: Ysrael Wilson Marasigan (Ateneo Blue Eagles)
Rookie of the Year: James Martin Natividad (NU Bulldogs)

Women's tournament[]

Elimination round[]

Team standings[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Ateneo Lady Eagles	14	12	2	35	37	9	4.111	1094	858	1.275	Twice-to-beat in the semifinals
2	De La Salle Lady Archers	14	11	3	33	36	14	2.571	1163	910	1.278	Twice-to-beat in the semifinals
3	FEU Lady Tamaraws	14	9	5	27	31	24	1.292	1200	1181	1.016	Twice-to-win in the semifinals
4	UP Lady Maroons (H)	14	8	6	25	29	22	1.318	1151	1133	1.016	Twice-to-win in the semifinals
5	NU Lady Bulldogs	14	7	7	22	26	25	1.040	1099	1065	1.032
6	UST Tigresses	14	5	9	15	24	31	0.774	1150	1209	0.951
7	Adamson Lady Falcons	14	3	11	8	14	37	0.378	1042	1199	0.869
8	UE Lady Warriors	14	1	13	3	4	39	0.103	718	1062	0.676

Source: ABS-CBN Sports
Rules for classification: 1) number of wins; 2) if tied for #2 or #4, one-game playoff; 3) match points; 4) sets ratio; 5) points ratio; 6) head-to-head record
(H) Host

Playoffs[]

Semifinals (#1 & #2 have twice-to-beat advantage)				Finals (Best-of-three playoff)

1	Ateneo	3
4	UP	0
				1	Ateneo	0	3	1
				2	La Salle	3	2	3
2	La Salle	2	3
3	FEU	3	0

Awards[]

Season Most Valuable Player: Alyssa Valdez (Ateneo Lady Eagles)
Finals Most Valuable Player: Kim Kianna Dy (De La Salle Lady Archers)
Rookie of the Year: Isa Molde (UP Lady Maroons)

Juniors' division[]

The UAAP Season 78 Juniors volleyball tournament will start on August 22, 2015. The tournament venue will be at the Adamson University Gym in San Marcelino St., Ermita, Manila. Adamson is the tournament host. The number of participating schools in the boys' and girls' tournaments both increased to seven. Far Eastern University fielded boys' and girls' volleyball teams beginning season 77. Since there are now seven participating schools, the tournaments will have a Final Four format. The UAAP Board decided to move the high school volleyball tournaments from 2nd semester to 1st semester due to the basketball juniors tournament being moved from the 1st semester to 2nd semester.

Boys' tournament[]

Elimination round[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	NSNU Bullpups	12	12	0	1.000	—	Advance to the Finals
2	UE Junior Warriors	12	10	2	.833	2	Twice-to-beat in stepladder round 2
3	FEU–D Baby Tamaraws	12	8	4	.667	4	Stepladder round 1
4	Ateneo Blue Eaglets	12	5	7	.417^[a]	7	Stepladder round 1
5	UST Tiger Cubs	12	5	7	.417^[a]	7	Fourth-seed playoff
6	DLSZ Junior Archers	12	2	10	.167	10
7	UPIS Junior Maroons (H)	12	0	12	.000	12

Source: ABS-CBN Sports
Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) if tied for #2 or #4, one-game playoff; 3) head-to-head record; 4) head-to-head point differential; 5) overall point differential
(H) Host
Notes:

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Fourth-seed playoff: Ateneo wins over UST

Awards[]

Most Valuable Player: Shaun Ledesma (UE Junior Warriors)
Rookie of the Year: Noel Kampton (NSNU Bullpups)

Girls' tournament[]

Elimination round[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	NSNU Lady Bullpups	12	11	1	.917	—	Twice-to-beat in the semifinals
2	UST Junior Tigresses	12	10	2	.833	1	Twice-to-beat in the semifinals
3	DLSZ Junior Lady Archers	12	7	5	.583	4	Twice-to-win in the semifinals
4	UE Junior Lady Warriors	11	5	6	.455	5.5	Twice-to-win in the semifinals
5	FEU–D Lady Baby Tamaraws	11	4	7	.364	6.5
6	Adamson Lady Baby Falcons	12	4	8	.333	7
7	UPIS Junior Lady Maroons (H)	12	0	12	.000	11

Source: ABS-CBN Sports
Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) if tied for #2 or #4, one-game playoff; 3) head-to-head record; 4) head-to-head point differential; 5) overall point differential
(H) Host

Awards[]

Most Valuable Player:
Rookie of the Year:

Beach volleyball[]

The UAAP Season 78 beach volleyball tournament began on October 9, 2015. The tournament venue was at the Sands at SM by the Bay SM Mall of Asia in Pasay, Metro Manila. University of Santo Tomas was the tournament host. Beach volleyball is a single round-robin elimination tournament.

Men's tournament[]

Elimination round[]

Team standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Ateneo Blue Eagles	7	7	0	1.000	—	Advance to the Finals
2	NU Bulldogs	7	6	1	.857	1	Twice-to-beat in stepladder round 2
3	UST Growling Tigers (H)	7	5	2	.714	2	Qualified to stepladder round 1
4	FEU Tamaraws	7	4	3	.571	3	Qualified to stepladder round 1
5	Adamson Falcons	7	3	4	.429	4
6	UP Fighting Maroons	7	2	5	.286	5
7	De La Salle Green Archers	7	1	6	.143	6
8	UE Red Warriors	7	0	7	.000	7

Source: ABS-CBN Sports
Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) if tied for #2 or #4, one-game playoff; 3) head-to-head record; 4) head-to-head point differential; 5) overall point differential
(H) Host

Match-up results

Team ╲ Game	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
AdMU
AdU
DLSU
FEU
NU
UE
UP
UST

Source:^{[citation needed]}
= Win; = Loss

Playoffs[]

Stepladder round 1 (One-game playoff)			Stepladder round 2 (#2 has twice-to-beat advantage)				Finals #1 seed has thrice-to-beat advantage

							1	Ateneo	0	2	0	2
			2	NU	1	1	3	UST	2	1	2	0
3	UST	2	3	UST	2	2
4	FEU	1

Awards[]

Most Valuable Player: Ysrael Wilson Marasigan (Ateneo Blue Eagles)
Rookie of the Year: Jude Garcia (FEU Tamaraws)

Women's tournament[]

Elimination round[]

Team standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	FEU Lady Tamaraws	7	6	1	.857	—	Twice-to-beat in the semifinals
2	De La Salle Lady Archers	7	5	2	.714^[a]	1	Twice-to-beat in the semifinals
3	Ateneo Lady Eagles	7	5	2	.714^[a]	1	Twice-to-win in the semifinals
4	Adamson Lady Falcons	7	5	2	.714	1	Twice-to-win in the semifinals
5	UST Tigresses (H)	7	4	3	.571	2
6	UP Lady Maroons	7	2	5	.286	4
7	NU Lady Bulldogs	7	1	6	.143	5
8	UE Lady Warriors	7	0	7	.000	6

Source: ABS-CBN Sports
Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) if tied for #2 or #4, one-game playoff; 3) head-to-head record; 4) head-to-head point differential; 5) overall point differential
(H) Host
Notes:

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Second-seed playoff: La Salle 2–0 Ateneo

Match-up results

Team ╲ Game	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
AdU
AdMU
DLSU
FEU
NU
UE
UP
UST

Source:^{[citation needed]}
= Win; = Loss

Playoffs[]

2nd-seed playoff		Semifinals #1 & #2 have twice-to-beat advantage				Finals Best-of-three series

		1	FEU	2
		4	Adamson	0


						1	FEU	1	0
						2	La Salle	2	2


La Salle	2	2	La Salle	0	2
Ateneo	0	3	Ateneo	2	1

Awards[]

Most Valuable Player: Kim Fajardo (De La Salle Lady Archers)
Rookie of the Year: Jasmine Nabor (NU Lady Bulldogs)

Football[]

The UAAP Season 78 seniors' division football tournament started on February 7, 2016 at the Emperador McKinley Hill Stadium at Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City. The other tournament venues will be at the Moro Lorenzo Football Field of Ateneo de Manila University in Katipunan Ave., Loyola Heights, Quezon City and at the FEU Diliman Football Field. The tournament host is Ateneo with Jojo Rodriguez as the tournament commissioner.

Seniors' division[]

Men's tournament[]

Elimination round[]

Team standings[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	UP Fighting Maroons	14	9	3	2	16	5	+11	30	Semifinals
2	De La Salle Green Archers	14	9	2	3	26	10	+16	29
3	Ateneo Blue Eagles (H)	14	8	1	5	32	21	+11	25
4	UST Growling Tigers	14	7	4	3	21	21	0	25
5	FEU Tamaraws	14	7	3	4	28	10	+18	24
6	NU Bulldogs	14	4	5	5	26	18	+8	17
7	Adamson Falcons	14	1	2	11	3	42	−39	5
8	UE Red Warriors	14	0	2	12	4	29	−25	2

Source: ABS-CBN Sports
(H) Host

Match-up results[]

	Round 1							Round 2
Team ╲ Game	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
AdU
AdMU
DLSU
FEU
NU
UE
UP
UST

Source:^{[citation needed]}
= Win; = Draw; = Loss

Playoffs[]

Semifinals			Finals

1	UP	3

4	UST	0
			1	UP	4

			3	Ateneo	1
2	La Salle	1(4)

3	Ateneo	1(5)

Bold = winner
* = after extra time, ( ) = penalty shootout score

Awards[]

Most Valuable Player: Daniel Bernan Gadia (UP Fighting Maroons)
Rookie of the Year: Darius Diamante (De La Salle Green Archers)

Women's tournament[]

Elimination round[]

Team standings[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	De La Salle Lady Archers	8	6	2	0	23	8	+15	20	Finals
2	UP Lady Maroons	8	4	2	2	16	12	+4	14	Finals
3	Ateneo Lady Eagles (H)	8	3	0	5	13	15	−2	9
4	FEU Lady Tamaraws	8	2	3	3	8	11	−3	9
5	UST Tigresses	8	1	1	6	10	24	−14	4

Source: ABS-CBN Sports
(H) Host

Match-up results[]

	Round 1				Round 2
Team ╲ Game	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
AdMU
DLSU
FEU
UP
UST

Source:^{[citation needed]}
= Win; = Draw; = Loss

Finals[]

FT: UP 2 v 1 DLSU

Awards[]

Most Valuable Player: Molly Manalansan (UP Lady Maroons)
Rookie of the Year: Sara Castaneda (De La Salle Lady Archers)

Juniors' division[]

The UAAP Season 78 juniors division football tournament started on December 5, 2015 and ended on February 7, 2016 at the Moro Lorenzo Football Field in the Ateneo de Manila campus in Loyola Heights, Quezon City. FEU-Diliman was crowned as the champion of the tournament.^[6]

Boys' Tournament[]

Elimination round[]

Team standings[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	FEU–D Baby Tamaraws	6	6	0	0	24	2	+22	18	Finals
2	Ateneo Blue Eaglets (H)	6	3	0	3	11	14	−3	9	Finals
3	DLSZ Junior Archers	6	2	1	3	5	15	−10	7	Second-seed playoff
4	UST Tiger Cubs	6	0	1	5	0	9	−9	1

Source: ABS-CBN Sports
(H) Host

Match-up results[]

	Round 1			Round 2
Team ╲ Game	1	2	3	4	5	6
AdMU
DLSZ
FEU
UST

Source:^{[citation needed]}
= Win; = Draw; = Loss

Scores[]

Team	AdMU	FEU	DLSU	UST
AdMU		0–6	0–3	2–0
FEU	4–2		6–0	1–0
DLSZ	1–6	0–3		0–0
UST	0–1	0–4	0–1

Source:^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = left column team win; Yellow = draw; Red = top row team win.

Results to the right and top of the gray cells are first round games, those to the left and below are second round games.

Playoffs[]

February 3, 2016

DLSZ Junior Archers	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Ateneo Blue Eaglets

Penalties
	2–3

Finals[]

February 7, 2016

FEU–D Baby Tamaraws	6–1	Ateneo Blue Eaglets
Christian Bacara 5' Darryl Aban 12' Chester Gio Pabualan 38' Kieth Absalon 75' John Villaseñor 85' Josh Abundo 89'		Miguel Roque 30'

Moro Lorenzo Football Field

Awards[]

Most Valuable Player: Kieth Absalon (FEU–D Baby Tamaraws)
Rookie of the Year: Roberto Ripoll (FEU–D Baby Tamaraws)
Best Striker: Chester Gio Pabualan (FEU–D Baby Tamaraws)
Best Midfielder: Chester Gio Pabualan (FEU–D Baby Tamaraws)
Best Defender: Roberto Ripoll (FEU–D Baby Tamaraws)
Best Goalkeeper: Gavin Rosario (Ateneo Blue Eaglets)
Fair Play Award: DLSZ Junior Archers

Baseball[]

Men's tournament[]

The UAAP Season 78 seniors' division baseball tournament began on February 4, 2016 at the Rizal Memorial Baseball Stadium in Malate Manila.^[7] The tournament host is La Salle.

Elimination round[]

Team standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Ateneo Blue Eagles	10	9	1	.900	—	Qualified to the Finals
2	De La Salle Green Archers (H)	9	7	2	.778	1.5	Qualified to the Finals
3	NU Bulldogs	8	3	5	.375	5
4	Adamson Falcons	10	4	6	.400	5
5	UST Growling Tigers	9	3	6	.333	5.5
6	UP Fighting Maroons	9	1	8	.111	7.5

Source: ABS-CBN Sports
Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) if tied for #2 or #4, one-game playoff; 3) head-to-head record; 4) head-to-head point differential; 5) overall point differential
(H) Host

Match-up results

	Round 1					Round 2
Team ╲ Game	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
AdU
AdMU
DLSU
NU
UP
UST

Source:^{[citation needed]}
= Win; = Loss

Scores[]

Results to the right and top of the gray cells are first round games, those to the left and below are second round games. Superscript is the number of innings played before the mercy rule applied.

Team	AdU	ADMU	DLSU	NU	UP	UST
Adamson		3–7	0–10			11–2
Ateneo	10–5		7–14	8–4	26–9	5–4
La Salle		16–19		7–8	7–4	14–9
NU		3–5			5–3	6–8
UP	10–3	10–11	5–14	6–8		4–5
UST	6–11	3–6	2–3	8–6	8–7

Source:^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = left column team win; Red = top row team win.

Finals[]

Awards[]

Most Valuable Player: Julius Diaz (UST Growling Tigers)
Rookie of the Year: Julius Diaz (UST Growling Tigers)
Best Hitter: Paulo Gonzalo Salud (De La Salle Green Archers)
Best Slugger: Jose Miguel San Juan (UP Fighting Maroons)
Best Pitcher: Juan Paulo Macasaet (Ateneo Blue Eagles)
Most Stolen Bases (8): Marquis Rey Alindogan (Ateneo Blue Eagles)
Most Runs Batted-In (12): Jerome Yenson (Adamson), Jonathan Park (La Salle) and Julius Diaz (UST)
Most Home-runs (1): Marco Luis Mallari (Ateneo), Jose Maria Tantuico (Ateneo), Mark Steven Manaig (Adamson), Ariel Aligno (UST) and Kirk Daquis (UST)

Boys' tournament[]

The UAAP Season 78 juniors' division (demonstration sport) baseball tournament will begin on January 9, 2016 at the Rizal Memorial Baseball Stadium in Malate Manila. The tournament host is La Salle.

Elimination round[]

Team standings[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Ateneo Blue Eaglets	4	4	0	1.000	—	Qualified to the Finals with a twice-to-beat advantage
2	DLSZ Junior Archers (H)	3	1	2	.333	2.5	Qualified to the Finals
3	UST Tiger Cubs	3	0	3	.000	3.5

Source: ABS-CBN Sports
Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) if tied for #2 or #4, one-game playoff; 3) head-to-head record; 4) head-to-head point differential; 5) overall point differential
(H) Host

Match-up results[]

	Round 1		Round 2
Team ╲ Game	1	2	3	4
AdMU
DLSZ
UST

Source:^{[citation needed]}
= Win; = Loss

Scores[]

Team	AdMU	DLSZ	UST
Ateneo		10–3	11–8
La Salle	8–13		11–1
UST	8–13	–

Source:^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = left column team win; Red = top row team win.

Results to the right and top of the gray cells are first round games, those to the left and below are second round games. Superscript is the number of innings played before the mercy rule applied.

Finals[]

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Ateneo Blue Eaglets	3–2	DLSZ Junior Archers

Awards[]

Most Valuable Player:
Rookie of the Year:

Softball[]

The UAAP Season 78 softball tournament began on January 30, 2016 at the Rizal Memorial Baseball Stadium in Malate Manila. The tournament host is La Salle.

Women's tournament[]

Elimination round[]

Team standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Adamson Lady Falcons	12	11	1	.917	—	Twice-to-beat in the semifinals
2	UST Tigresses	12	8	4	.667	3	Twice-to-beat in the semifinals
3	NU Lady Bulldogs	12	8	4	.667	3	Twice-to-win in the semifinals
4	UP Lady Maroons	12	5	7	.417	6	Twice-to-win in the semifinals
5	De La Salle Lady Archers (H)	12	4	8	.333	7
6	UE Lady Warriors	12	4	8	.333	7
7	Ateneo Lady Eagles	12	2	10	.167	9

Source: ABS-CBN Sports
Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) if tied for #2 or #4, one-game playoff; 3) head-to-head record; 4) head-to-head point differential; 5) overall point differential
(H) Host

Match-up results

	Round 1						Round 2
Team ╲ Game	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
AdU
AdMU
DLSU
NU
UE
UP
UST

Source:^{[citation needed]}
= Win; = Loss

Scores[]

Team	AdU	ADMU	DLSU	NU	UE	UP	UST
Adamson			4–0	5–2	6–2	7–4	10–0⁴
Ateneo			1–6	1–2	1–10⁶	0–11⁴	0–8⁶
La Salle	2–4			2–10⁵	3–4	1–3
NU	3–7				6–0	3–2	6–5
UE			3–1	2–12⁵			0–4
UP		8–1	2–4				2–1
UST	6–2	5–6		6–0		6–1

Source:^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = left column team win; Red = top row team win.

Results to the right and top of the gray cells are first round games, those to the left and below are second round games. Superscript is the number of innings played before the mercy rule applied.

Playoffs[]

Awards[]

Most Valuable Player: Queeny Sabobo (Adamson Lady Falcons)
Rookie of the Year:

Badminton[]

The UAAP Season 78 badminton tournament began on September 19, 2015. The tournament venue was the Rizal Memorial Badminton Hall in Vito Cruz St., Malate, Manila. Badminton is a single round-robin elimination tournament. Far Eastern University was the tournament host.

Seniors' division[]

Men's tournament[]

Elimination round[]

Team standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	NU Bulldogs	7	7	0	1.000	—	Advance to the Finals
2	De La Salle Green Archers	7	6	1	.857	1	Twice-to-beat in stepladder round 2
3	Ateneo Blue Eagles	7	5	2	.714	2	Qualified to stepladder round 1
4	UP Fighting Maroons	7	4	3	.571	3	Qualified to stepladder round 1
5	UST Growling Tigers	7	3	4	.429	4
6	FEU Tamaraws (H)	7	1	6	.143	6
7	Adamson Falcons	7	1	6	.143	6
8	UE Red Warriors	7	1	6	.143	6

Source: ABS-CBN Sports
Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) if tied for #2 or #4, one-game playoff; 3) head-to-head record; 4) head-to-head point differential; 5) overall point differential
(H) Host

Match-up results

Team ╲ Game	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
ADMU
AdU
DLSU
FEU
NU
UE
UP
UST

Source:^{[citation needed]}
= Win; = Loss

Playoffs[]

Stepladder round 1 (One-game playoff)			Stepladder round 2 (#2 has twice-to-beat advantage)			Finals #1 seed has 1-0 lead in a best-of-5 series

						1	NU	3	3
			2	La Salle	3	2	La Salle	0	1
3	Ateneo	3	3	Ateneo	0
4	UP	2

Awards[]

Most Valuable Player: Peter Gabriel Magnaye (NU Bulldogs)
Rookie of the Year: Keeyan Gabuelo (NU Bulldogs)

Women's tournament[]

Elimination round[]

Team standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	UP Lady Maroons	7	7	0	1.000	—	Advance to the Finals
2	De La Salle Lady Archers	7	6	1	.857	1	Twice-to-beat in stepladder round 2
3	Ateneo Lady Eagles	7	5	2	.714	2	Qualified to stepladder round 1
4	FEU Lady Tamaraws (H)	7	4	3	.571	3	Qualified to stepladder round 1
5	UST Tigresses	7	3	4	.429	4
6	NU Lady Bulldogs	7	2	5	.286	5
7	Adamson Lady Falcons	7	1	6	.143	6
8	UE Lady Warriors	7	0	7	.000	7

Source: ABS-CBN Sports
Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) if tied for #2 or #4, one-game playoff; 3) head-to-head record; 4) head-to-head point differential; 5) overall point differential
(H) Host

Match-up results

Team ╲ Game	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
AdMU
AdU
DLSU
FEU
NU
UE
UP
UST

Source:^{[citation needed]}
= Win; = Loss

Playoffs[]

Stepladder round 1 (One-game playoff)			Stepladder round 2 (#2 has twice-to-beat advantage)				Finals #1 seed has 1-0 lead in a best-of-5 series

							1	UP	3	3
			2	La Salle	1	1	3	Ateneo	1	1
3	Ateneo	3	3	Ateneo	3	3
4	FEU	1

Awards[]

Most Valuable Player: Paola Beatriz Bernardo (UP Lady Maroons)
Rookie of the Year: Eleanor Christine Inlayo (UP Lady Maroons)

Table tennis[]

The UAAP Season 78 table tennis tournament began on October 17, 2015. The tournament venue was Ninoy Aquino Stadium. University of the East was the tournament host.

Seniors' division[]

Men's tournament[]

Elimination round[]

Team standings[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	De La Salle Green Archers	14	13	1	.929	—	Twice-to-beat in the semifinals
2	UST Growling Tigers	14	12	2	.857	1	Twice-to-beat in the semifinals
3	FEU Tamaraws	14	9	5	.643	4	Twice-to-win in the semifinals
4	NU Bulldogs	14	7	7	.500	6	Twice-to-win in the semifinals
5	UP Fighting Maroons	14	6	8	.429	7
6	UE Red Warriors (H)	14	5	9	.357	8
7	Adamson Falcons	14	4	10	.286	9
8	Ateneo Blue Eagles	14	0	14	.000	13

Source: ABS-CBN Sports
Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) if tied for #2 or #4, one-game playoff; 3) head-to-head record; 4) head-to-head point differential; 5) overall point differential
(H) Host

Match-up results[]

	Round 1							Round 2
Team ╲ Game	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
AdU
AdMU
DLSU
FEU
NU
UE
UP
UST

Source:^{[citation needed]}
= Win; = Loss

Playoffs[]

Semifinals (#1 & #2 have twice-to-beat advantage)			Finals (Best-of-three playoff)

1	La Salle	3
4	NU	2
			1	La Salle	3	3
			2	UST	1	2
2	UST	3
3	FEU	1

Awards[]

Most Valuable Player: Walden Ledesma (De La Salle Green Archers)
Rookie of the Year: Carlo Mateo (De La Salle Green Archers)

Women's tournament[]

Elimination round[]

Team standings[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	De La Salle Lady Archers	14	14	0	1.000	—	Advance to the Finals
2	FEU Lady Tamaraws	14	11	3	.786	3	Twice-to-beat in stepladder round 2
3	UP Lady Maroons	14	9	5	.643	5	Qualified to stepladder round 1
4	UST Tigresses	14	8	6	.571	6	Qualified to stepladder round 1
5	NU Lady Bulldogs	14	6	8	.429	8
6	UE Lady Warriors (H)	14	5	9	.357	9
7	Adamson Lady Falcons	14	2	12	.143	12
8	Ateneo Lady Eagles	14	1	13	.071	13

Source: ABS-CBN Sports
Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) if tied for #2 or #4, one-game playoff; 3) head-to-head record; 4) head-to-head point differential; 5) overall point differential
(H) Host

Match-up results[]

	Round 1							Round 2
Team ╲ Game	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
AdU
ADMU
DLSU
FEU
NU
UE
UP
UST

Source:^{[citation needed]}
= Win; = Loss

Playoffs[]

Stepladder round 1 (One-game playoff)			Stepladder round 2 (#2 has twice-to-beat advantage)				Finals #1 seed has 1-0 lead in a best-of-5 series

							1	La Salle	3	3
			2	FEU	2	3	2	FEU	0	1
3	UP	2	3	UST	3	1
4	UST	3

Awards[]

Most Valuable Player: Ian Lariba (De La Salle Lady Archers)
Rookie of the Year: Emy Rose Dael (De La Salle Lady Archers)

Taekwondo[]

The UAAP Season 78 taekwondo tournament began on October 23, 2015. The tournament venue was the Ateneo Blue Eagle Gym in Loyola Heights, Quezon City, Metro Manila. Taekwondo is a single round-robin elimination tournament. Ateneo de Manila University was the tournament host.

Seniors' division[]

Men's tournament[]

Elimination round[]

Team standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PCT	GB
1	UST Growling Tigers	6	5	1	.833	—
2	UE Red Warriors	6	5	1	.833	—
3	De La Salle Green Archers	6	4	2	.667	1
4	UP Fighting Maroons	6	2	4	.333	3
5	Ateneo Blue Eagles (H)	6	2	4	.333	3
6	FEU Tamaraws	6	2	4	.333	3
7	NU Bulldogs	6	1	5	.167	4

Source: ABS-CBN Sports
Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) if tied for #2 or #4, one-game playoff; 3) head-to-head record; 4) head-to-head point differential; 5) overall point differential
(H) Host

Match-up results

Team ╲ Game	1	2	3	4	5	6
AdMU
DLSU
FEU
NU
UE
UP
UST

Source:^{[citation needed]}
= Win; = Loss

Awards[]

Most Valuable Player: Joaquin Mendoza (UST Growling Tigers)
Rookie of the Year: Kyle Arsenal (De La Salle Green Archers)

Women's tournament[]

Elimination round[]

Team standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PCT	GB
1	UE Lady Warriors	6	6	0	1.000	—
2	UST Tigresses	6	5	1	.833	1
3	De La Salle Lady Archers	6	4	2	.667	2
4	FEU Lady Tamaraws	6	2	4	.333	4
5	UP Lady Maroons	6	2	4	.333	4
6	Ateneo Lady Eagles (H)	6	2	4	.333	4
7	NU Lady Bulldogs	6	0	6	.000	6

Source: ABS-CBN Sports
Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) if tied for #2 or #4, one-game playoff; 3) head-to-head record; 4) head-to-head point differential; 5) overall point differential
(H) Host

Match-up results

Team ╲ Game	1	2	3	4	5	6
AdMU
DLSU
FEU
NU
UE
UP
UST

Source:^{[citation needed]}
= Win; = Loss

Awards[]

Most Valuable Player: Karen Celis (UE Lady Warriors)
Rookie of the Year: Baby Jessica Canabal (UE Lady Warriors)

Juniors' division[]

Boys' tournament[]

Elimination round[]

Team standings[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PCT	GB
1	UE Junior Warriors	5	5	0	1.000	—
2	FEU–D Baby Tamaraws	5	4	1	.800	1
3	UST Tiger Cubs	5	3	2	.600	2
4	Ateneo Blue Eaglets (H)	0	0	0	—	2.5
5	DLSZ Junior Archers	0	0	0	—	2.5
6	NSNU Bullpups	0	0	0	—	2.5

Source: ABS-CBN Sports
Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) if tied for #2 or #4, one-game playoff; 3) head-to-head record; 4) head-to-head point differential; 5) overall point differential
(H) Host

Match-up results[]

Team ╲ Game	1	2	3	4	5
AdMU
DLSU
FEU
NU
UE
UST

Source:^{[citation needed]}
= Win; = Loss

Awards[]

Most Valuable Player:
Rookie of the Year:

Judo[]

The UAAP Season 78 Judo Championships was held from November 18–19, 2015 at the La Salle Greenhills Gym . The tournament host was De La Salle University.

Seniors' division[]

Men's tournament[]

Elimination round[]

Team standings[]

Rank	Team	Medals				Points
Rank	Team				Total	Points
	Ateneo	5	1	3	9	61
	UST	1	5	5	11	45
	La Salle	1	1	2	4	19
4	UP	1	0	4	5	18
5	UE	0	1	2	3	9
6	Adamson	0	0	0	0	0

Event host in boldface

Awards[]

Most Valuable Player: Monch Santiago (Ateneo Blue Eagles)
Rookie of the Year: Christian Dominic Clemente (Ateneo Blue Eagles)

Medal	Pts.
1st	10
2nd	5
3rd	2

Women's tournament[]

Elimination round[]

Team standings[]

Rank	Team	Medals				Points
Rank	Team				Total	Points
	UST	5	4	3	12	76
	UE	2	2	2	6	29
	UP	0	2	5	7	20
4	Ateneo	1	0	1	2	12
5	La Salle	0	0	4	4	8
6	Adamson	0	0	1	1	2

Event host in boldface

Awards[]

Most Valuable Player:
Rookie of the Year:

Juniors' division[]

Boys' tournament[]

Elimination round[]

Team standings[]

Rank	Team	Medals				Points
Rank	Team				Total	Points
	UST					53
	Ateneo	2	1	3	6	31
	La Salle					25
4	FEU					24
5	UE					17
6	UP	0	0	0	0	0

Event host in boldface

Awards[]

Most Valuable Player:
Rookie of the Year:

Girls' tournament[]

This is a demonstration event.

Elimination round[]

Team standings[]

Rank	Team	Medals				Points
Rank	Team				Total	Points
	UST	0	0	0	0	0
	FEU	0	0	0	0	0
	La Salle	0	0	0	0	0
4	UE	0	0	0	0	0

Event host in boldface

Awards[]

Most Valuable Player:
Rookie of the Year:

Swimming[]

The UAAP Season 78 swimming championships was held on October 22–25, 2015 at the Rizal Memorial Swimming Pool in Vito Cruz St., Malate, Manila. The tournament host was National University and tournament commissioner was Richard G. Luna.

Team ranking is determined by a point system, similar to that of the overall championship. The points given are based on the swimmer's/team's finish in the finals of an event, which include only the top eight finishers from the preliminaries. The gold medalist(s) receive 15 points, silver gets 12, bronze has 10. The following points: 8, 6, 4, 2 and 1 are given to the rest of the participating swimmers/teams according to their order of finish.

Seniors' division[]

Men's tournament[]

Team standings (final)

Rank	Team	Medals				Rec	Points
Rank	Team				Total	Rec	Points
	Ateneo	19	9	9	37	15	563
	La Salle	2	8	5	15	3	286
	UP	0	3	6	9	1	199
4	UST	0	1	3	4	0	120
5	NU	0	0	1	1	0	73
6	UE	0	0	0	0	0	16
7	Adamson	0	0	0	0	0	12

Rec - Number of new swimming records established
Event host in boldface

Awards[]

Most Valuable Player: Jessie Khing Lacuna (Ateneo Blue Eagles)
Rookie of the Year: Arian Neil Puyo (De La Salle Green Archers)

Women's tournament[]

Team standings (final)

Rank	Team	Medals				Rec	Points
Rank	Team				Total	Rec	Points
	Ateneo	15	7	4	26	3	428
	UP	5	9	6	20	0	419
	La Salle	1	5	3	9	0	177
4	UST	0	0	8	8	0	113
5	UE	0	0	0	0	0	28
6	Adamson	0	0	0	0	0	0

Rec - Number of new swimming records established

Awards[]

Most Valuable Player: Hannah Dato (Ateneo Lady Eagles)
Rookie of the Year: Romina Rafaelle Gavino (Ateneo Lady Eagles)

Pos.	Pts.
1st	15
2nd	12
3rd	10
4th	8
5th	6
6th	4
7th	2
8th	1

Juniors' division[]

Boys' tournament[]

Team standings (final)

Rank	Team	Medals				Rec	Points
Rank	Team				Total	Rec	Points
	Ateneo	10	11	9	30	8	503
	La Salle	8	2	4	14	5	293
	UST	0	6	5	11	0	241
4	UE	1	2	3	6	0	90
5	UP	2	0	0	2	0	77
6	NU	0	0	1	1	0	44

Rec - Number of new swimming records established
Event host in boldface

Awards[]

Most Valuable Player: Maurice Sacho Ilustre (DLSZ Junior Archers)
Rookie of the Year: Rafael Barreto (Ateneo Blue Eaglets)

Girls' tournament[]

Team standings (final)

Rank	Team	Medals				Rec	Points
Rank	Team				Total	Rec	Points
	UST	10	6	7	23	5	422
	DLSZ	9	5	2	16	6	298
	UPIS	1	5	9	15	1	289
4	UE	0	4	2	6	0	135
5	NU	0	0	0	0	0	8

Rec - Number of new swimming records established

Event host in boldface

Awards[]

Most Valuable Player: Nicole Meah Pamintuan (DLSZ Junior Lady Archers)
Rookie of the Year: Camille Lauren Buico (UST Junior Tigresses)

Performance sports[]

Cheerdance[]

The UAAP Season 78 cheerdance competition was held on October 3, 2015 at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay. It was hosted by Boom Gonzalez and Sofia Andres and was well attended by 25, 388 spectators inside the arena, Cheerdance competition is an exhibition event. Points for the overall championship are not awarded to the participating schools.

Team standings[]

Rank	Team	Order	Tumbling	Stunts	Tosses	Pyramids	Dance	Penalties	Points	Percentage
1	NU Pep Squad	4	91.50	70.50	84.00	88.00	340.00	–6	668.00	83.50 %
2	UST Salinggawi Dance Troupe	8	85.50	63.00	69.00	83.00	354.00	–3	651.50	81.44 %
3	UP Pep Squad	1	77.00	68.50	56.00	85.00	324.00	0	610.50	76.31 %
4	FEU Cheering Squad	7	83.50	60.00	58.00	82.00	306.00	–6	583.50	72.94 %
5	UE Pep Squad	5	80.00	55.00	67.00	84.00	306.00	–9	583.00	72.88 %
6	DLSU Animo Squad	2	66.50	66.00	49.00	65.00	300.00	–8	538.00	67.25 %
7	Adamson Pep Squad	6	70.50	58.00	55.00	77.00	281.00	–28	513.50	64.19 %
8	Ateneo Blue Babble Battalion	3	55.00	45.00	39.00	68.00	232.00	–27	412.00	51.50 %

Order refers to order of performance.

Stunner Awardee: No Stunner Awardee for this year

Special awards from sponsors:
- Purefoods Eats So Easy Move: Adamson
- Oishi Oh Wow Surprising Move: FEU
- Smart Fearless Jump: UST
- Yamaha Best Toss: UP
- PLDT Famtastic Pyramid: UP

Group stunts competition[]

Champion	2nd place	3rd place
UST	NU	FEU

Street dance[]

The 4th UAAP Street Dance Competition was held on April 9, 2016 at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay hosted by Upfront at the UAAP host Justin Quirino and Myx VJ Ai dela Cruz. Street dance competition is an exhibition event. Points for the general championship are not awarded to the participating schools. NU Underdawgz has decided to forgo their participation in this season's streetdance competition.

Rank	Team
	UP Street Dance Club
	La Salle Dance Company–Street
	UST Hype Crew
4	Company of Ateneo Dancers
	Adamson CAST
	FEU Dance Company
	UE Armada

Host team in boldface.

General championship summary[]

The general champion is determined by a point system. The system gives 15 points to the champion team of a UAAP event, 12 to the runner-up, and 10 to the third placer. The following points: 8, 6, 4, 2 and 1 are given to the rest of the participating teams according to their order of finish.

Medals table[]

Seniors' division[]


Rank	Team	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	De La Salle University	6	3	10	19
2	Ateneo de Manila University	5	5	5	15
3	National University	5	1	3	9
4	University of Santo Tomas	4	11	1	16
5	University of the Philippines*	3	3	5	11
6	University of the East	3	2	2	7
7	Far Eastern University	2	4	2	8
8	Adamson University	1	0	1	2
Totals (8 teams)		29	29	29	87

* Season host; Leads the general championship tally
Notes: Results are final.

Juniors' division[]


Rank	Team	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	University of the East	4	2	1	7
2	Nazareth School of National University	3	1	1	5
3	University of Santo Tomas	2	4	2	8
4	De La Salle Zobel	2	3	3	8
5	Far Eastern University–Diliman	2	1	1	4
6	Ateneo de Manila University	1	3	1	5
7	UP Integrated School*	0	0	2	2
8	Adamson University	0	0	1	1
Totals (8 teams)		14	14	12	40

* Season host; Leads the general championship tally
Notes: Results are final.

General championship tally[]

Seniors' division[]

v																															Total
Rank	Team	M	W	M	W	M	W	M	W	M	W	M	W	M	W	M	W	M	W	C	M	W	M	W	M	W	M	W	M	W	M	W	C	Overall
1	La Salle	6	10	4	15	2	15	12	10	10	15	4	8	15	15	12	10	10	10	10	10	6	15	4	10	12	8	8	6	10	124	148	10	282
2	UST	12	6	2	4	12	6	8	8	12	6	6	12	12	10	6	6	15	12	15	12	15	6	12	8	6	12	15	12	12	135	130	15	280
3	Ateneo	10	12	15	12	15	10	15	15	2	1	8	10	1	1	10	12	6	4	6	15	8	12	2	12	10	4	2	4	4	129	103	6	238
4	UP (H)	2	2	8	8	4	4	10	12	1	10	12	6	6	8	8	15	8	6	12	8	10	4	8	15	15	10	6	10	8	106	118	12	236
5	FEU	15	1	6	10	8	12	—	—	8	12	—	—	10	12	4	8	4	8	8	—	—	—	—	6	8	15	12	8	6	84	89	8	181
6	NU	8	15	12	6	10	2	6	—	15	8	15	15	8	6	15	4	2	2	4	—	—	10	10	4	—	—	—	—	—	105	68	4	177
7	UE	4	8	1	1	1	1	4	6	6	4	10	—	4	4	1	1	12	15	—	6	12	—	6	1	—	6	10	15	15	71	83	0	154
8	Adamson	1	4	10	2	6	8	2	—	4	2	—	—	2	2	2	2	—	—	—	4	4	8	15	2	—	2	4	—	—	43	43	0	86

(H) Season host; = Champion; = Runner-up; = Third place; — = No team.
Notes: Results are final.

Juniors' division[]

v																Total
Rank	Team	B	B	G	B	G	C	B	G	B	B	B	B	B	G	B	G	C	Overall
1	UST	2	8	12	10	15	12	8	8	10	15	8	6	12	12	79	47	12	138
2	UE	1	12	8	8	8	8	10	12	15	6	—	15	15	15	82	43	8	133
3	DLSZ	12	4	10	12	12	2	15	15	—	10	10	4	—	—	67	37	2	106
4	NSNU	15	15	15	4	6	10	12	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	46	21	10	77
5	FEU–D	8	10	6	—	—	15	—	—	12	8	15	—	—	—	53	6	15	74
6	Ateneo	10	6	—	15	—	4	—	—	—	12	12	12	—	—	67	0	4	71
7	UPIS (H)	4	2	2	6	10	—	—	6	—	4	—	10	—	—	26	18	0	44
8	Adamson	6	—	4	—	—	6	—	10	—	—	—	8	—	—	14	14	6	34

(H) Season host; = Champion; = Runner-up; = Third place; — = No team.
Notes: Results are final.

Closing ceremony[]

The UAAP Season 78 closing ceremony was held at the Bahay ng Alumni of the UP-Diliman Campus. The highlight of the 5 p.m. event is the announcement of the league's Athlete of the Year. All MVPs from 15 sporting disciplines of the UAAP are eligible to win the Athlete of the Year award. The UAAP were given out special citations to student-athletes who excel in their academics and some who represent the country in local and international competitions.^[8]

The closing ceremony has also featured the turn-over of the flag of the UAAP to Season 79 host University of Santo Tomas.^[8]

Co-Athletes of the Year (Seniors)^[9]^[10]
- Team Sports Category:
  - Alyssa Valdez (Ateneo / Women's Volleyball)
  - Queeny Sabobo (Adamson / Softball)
- Individual Sports Category:
  - Jessie Khing Lacuna (Ateneo / Men's Swimming)
  - Ian Lariba (La Salle / Table Tennis)
Athlete of the Year (Juniors)
- John Lloyd Osorio (UE / Track and Field)
Athlete Scholars Citations:^[11]
- Alex Toni Steven Ngui (Ateneo / Men's Swimming)
- David Camacho (Adamson / Men's Basketball)
- David Angelo Diamante (La Salle / Men's Football)
- Noelito Jose, Jr. (UST / Men's Fencing)
- Mary Remy Palma (FEU / Women's Volleyball)
- Cyrene Torres (NU / Women's Table Tennis)
- Karen Cells (UE / Women's Taekwando)
- Janna Dominique Oliva (UP / Poomsae)

Broadcast coverage[]

Starting from Season 78 until Season 82, ABS-CBN Sports will still the broadcast coverer of the UAAP. ABS-CBN Sports+Action, Balls HD 195 for the basketball tournament only and ABS-CBN Sports+Action International will cover the games on a live basis, with Finals games on ABS-CBN Channel 2 and ABS-CBN HD 167 and replays on ABS-CBN Sports+Action, they also introduced the newest batch of courtside reporters for the broadcast coverage. Laura Lehmann and Jeanine Tsoi, had returned as the courtside reporters for Ateneo and La Salle, with 6 new faces.^[12]

The High Definition channel will be aired on Balls HD 195 for the basketball tournament only after the said channel was ceased off. The HD channel has been transfer to ABS-CBN Sports+Action HD 166 for the volleyball tournament.

Aside from the refreshed line-up of the panel, including returnee Mico Halili (current anchor of CNN Philippines SportsDesk) who last worked with ABS-CBN Sports in the MBA Games and the league until Season 65 (2002),^[13] Anton Roxas and Allan Gregorio will not return to the UAAP basketball panel since they been returned to the NCAA basketball panel but Roxas will return for the UAAP volleyball panel. Noreen Go will also not return to the volleyball panel since she was chosen as a commissioner of the UAAP Volleyball tournament season 78. The coverage will have a pre-game show called "Upfront at the UAAP" every gamedays at 1:30pm, the show will delivered the latest updates and features in all of the sports disciplines of the league.

Anchors

Marielle Benitez (Football only)
Boom Gonzales (Basketball & Volleyball)
Bob Guerrero (Football only)
Mico Halili (Basketball only)
Jing Jamlang (Football only)
Ian Laurel (Volleyball only)
TJ Manotoc (Basketball Finals & Football)
Nikko Ramos (Basketball only)
Anton Roxas (Volleyball only)
Eric Tipan (Basketball & Volleyball)

Analysts (Basketball)

Marco Benitez
Enzo Flojo
Christian Luanzon
TJ Manotoc
Renren Ritualo
Randy Sacdalan

Analysts (Volleyball)

Michele Gumabao
Ian Laurel
Denden Lazaro
Kirk Long
Ronnie Magsanoc
Mozzy Ravena
Anne Remulla-Canda
Ivy Remulla

Analysts (Football)

Natasha Alquiros
Marielle Benitez
Mikee Carrion
Darren Hartmann
Armand del Rosario

Courtside reporters

Stef Monce - Adamson
Laura Lehmann - Ateneo
Ganiel Krishnan - FEU
Jennine Tsoi - La Salle
Ira Pablo - NU
Paui Verzosa - UE
Nina Alvia - UP
Angelique Manto - UST

Upfront at the UAAP hosts

Bea Daez (Basketball & Volleyball)
Janeena Chan (Basketball & Volleyball)
Addie Manzano (Basketball & Volleyball)
Natasha Alquiros (Basketball & Volleyball)
Richard Juan (Volleyball only)
Justin Quirino (Volleyball only)
Marco Gumabao (Volleyball only)

Additional Cast:

Opening Ceremony Host: Boom Gonzales
Tumitinding Sumusulong: The UAAP Season 78 Primer Host:
UAAP Season 78 Cheerdance Competition Host: Boom Gonzales and Sofia Andres
UAAP Season 78 Beach Volleyball Finals Crew: Ian Laurel and Mozzy Ravena
UAAP Season 78 Baseball and Softball Finals Crew: Anton Roxas and Kiko Diaz
UAAP Season 78 Men's and Women's Tennis Finals Crew: Dyan Castillejo and Eric Tipan
UAAP Season 78 Streetdance Competition Hosts: Justin Quirino and Ai dela Cruz

References[]

^ http://www.rappler.com/sports/university/uaap/82923-uaap-78-opening-sept-5
^ http://www.spin.ph/basketball/uaap/news/kiefer-isaac-ravena-jeron-alvin-teng-la-salle-dlsu-admu-rivalry-game-uaap-season-78-basketball-approved#IQwycEjWCChbXUSu.99
^ http://tiebreakertimes.com/tbt/uaap-season-78-tentative-schedule-events/31271
^ http://www.spin.ph/basketball/uaap/news/rebo-saguisag-rene-uaap-commissioner-college-basketball-chito-narvasa
^ Terrado, Reuben (2 December 2015). "FEU Tamaraws outduel UST in Game Three thriller, win first UAAP title in a decade". Spin.ph. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
^ "FEU-Diliman keeps UAAP football crown". The Daily Tribune. February 8, 2016. Retrieved February 8, 2016.
^ http://sports.abs-cbn.com/baseball/news/2016/01/20/uaap-baseball-kicks-february-4-8053
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "UAAP fetes Season 78 achievers". Philippine Daily Inquirer. May 20, 2016. Retrieved May 21, 2016.
^ Terrado, Reuben (May 21, 2016). "Alyssa Valdez, Ian Lariba, Queeny Sabobo, Jessie Lacuna named UAAP co-Athletes of the Year". Sports Interactive Network Philippines. Retrieved May 21, 2016.
^ Valderrama, Aeron (May 22, 2016). "Olympian Lariba heads UAAP 78 Athletes of the Year". Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved May 22, 2016.
^ Valderrama, Aeron (May 22, 2016). "UAAP Season 78 formally closes". Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved May 22, 2016.
^ http://sports.abs-cbn.com/generalsports/news/2014/12/17/uaap-signs-5-year-deal-abs-cbn-331
^ Terrado, Reuben (September 4, 2015). "Popular broadcaster Mico Halili 'comes home' and finds new challenge doing UAAP coverage again". Spin.ph. Retrieved September 2, 2015.

[table_hth_UST0.015169844504059-6] Jump up to: ^a ^b Head-to-head record: UST 2–0 FEU

[table_hth_DLSU0.015169844504059-7] Jump up to: ^a ^b Head-to-head record: La Salle 2–0 UE

[table_hth_UP0.015169844504059-8] Jump up to: ^a ^b Head-to-head record: UP 1–1 Adamson; point differential: UP 0,–91; Adamson 0,–128

[table_note_res_F0.84345609501165-9] As NU won all of their elimination round games, the stepladder format will be used instead of the regular Final Four format.

[table_hth_ADMU0.84345609501165-10] Jump up to: ^a ^b Fourth-seed playoff: Ateneo 64–53 UST (OT)

[table_hth_AdU0.84345609501165-11] Jump up to: ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Adamson 1–1 UP; Adamson +2

[table_note_res_F0.22981977147507-12] As NU won all of their elimination round games, the stepladder format will be used instead of the regular Final Four format.

[table_hth_UP0.22981977147507-13] Jump up to: ^a ^b Head-to-head record: UP 1–1 UST; UP +13

[table_hth_ADM0.79288044981327-14] Jump up to: ^a ^b Fourth-seed playoff: Ateneo wins over UST

[table_hth_DLSU0.42668667548647-15] Jump up to: ^a ^b Second-seed playoff: La Salle 2–0 Ateneo

[1] ttp://www.rappler.com/sports/university/uaap/82923-uaap-78-opening-sept-5

[2] ttp://www.spin.ph/basketball/uaap/news/kiefer-isaac-ravena-jeron-alvin-teng-la-salle-dlsu-admu-rivalry-game-uaap-season-78-basketball-approved#IQwycEjWCChbXUSu.99

[3] ttp://tiebreakertimes.com/tbt/uaap-season-78-tentative-schedule-events/31271

[4] ttp://www.spin.ph/basketball/uaap/news/rebo-saguisag-rene-uaap-commissioner-college-basketball-chito-narvasa

[5] Terrado, Reuben (2 December 2015). "FEU Tamaraws outduel UST in Game Three thriller, win first UAAP title in a decade". Spin.ph. Retrieved 2 December 2015.

[16] "FEU-Diliman keeps UAAP football crown". The Daily Tribune. February 8, 2016. Retrieved February 8, 2016.

[17] ttp://sports.abs-cbn.com/baseball/news/2016/01/20/uaap-baseball-kicks-february-4-8053

[UAAPclosing-18] Jump up to: ^a ^b "UAAP fetes Season 78 achievers". Philippine Daily Inquirer. May 20, 2016. Retrieved May 21, 2016.

[19] Terrado, Reuben (May 21, 2016). "Alyssa Valdez, Ian Lariba, Queeny Sabobo, Jessie Lacuna named UAAP co-Athletes of the Year". Sports Interactive Network Philippines. Retrieved May 21, 2016.

[20] Valderrama, Aeron (May 22, 2016). "Olympian Lariba heads UAAP 78 Athletes of the Year". Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved May 22, 2016.

[21] Valderrama, Aeron (May 22, 2016). "UAAP Season 78 formally closes". Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved May 22, 2016.

[22] ttp://sports.abs-cbn.com/generalsports/news/2014/12/17/uaap-signs-5-year-deal-abs-cbn-331

[23] Terrado, Reuben (September 4, 2015). "Popular broadcaster Mico Halili 'comes home' and finds new challenge doing UAAP coverage again". Spin.ph. Retrieved September 2, 2015.

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