La Salle–UST rivalry

The rivalry between the De La Salle University (DLSU) Green Archers and the University of Santo Tomas (UST) Growling Tigers is contested at the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP). Although the men's basketball rivalry had died down after the 1990s, it returned in 2013 as both schools again met in the UAAP basketball championship series. The rivalry had also been apparent in women's volleyball where the two teams are frequent finalists in the UAAP Volleyball Championship and the Shakey's V-League.^[1]

De La Salle Green Archers UST Growling Tigers
Sport	Men's basketball
First meeting	August 8, 1987
Latest meeting	October 16, 2024 (at Mall of Asia Arena) La Salle, 94–87
Next meeting	TBA
Statistics
All-time series (UAAP only)	La Salle, 60–33
Trophy series	UST, 8–6
Largest victory	La Salle, 128–85 (1989) La Salle, 99–56 (2016)
Smallest victory	UST, 77–76 (1994) La Salle, 85–84 (2008) UST, 73–72 (2013) La Salle, 80–79 (2019)
Largest goal scoring	43 points
Current win streak	La Salle, 16 (2016–present)
Playoffs history
UAAP Season 57 Finals: UST, 2–1 UAAP Season 58 Finals: UST, 2–1 UAAP Season 59 Finals: UST, 2–0 UAAP Season 60 Semifinals: La Salle, 2–0 UAAP Season 61 Semifinals: 1–1 (La Salle advances to Finals) UAAP Season 62 #1 seed playoff: La Salle, 84–79 UAAP Season 62 Finals: La Salle, 2–1 UAAP Season 63 Semifinals: La Salle, 65–62 UAAP Season 65 Semifinals: La Salle, 97–84 UAAP Season 76 Finals: La Salle, 2–1

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Locations of UST and La Salle

History

Prior to La Salle joining the UAAP the two schools met in the championship of the 1948–49 season of the National Seniors Open, a yearly tournament of top collegiate and commercial teams in the country. La Salle defeated UST in overtime to win the title.^[2]

The rivalry returned on consecutive UAAP Finals series in men's basketball. La Salle was defeated three consecutive years in the Finals from 1994 through 1996 capping UST's four-year title run.^[3] UST was finally dethroned by La Salle during the 1997 semifinals. In 1998 La Salle again eliminated UST in the semifinals to begin their own four-year championship streak.^[4] La Salle bounced back defeating UST in overtime for the 1999 UAAP basketball title.^[5][6] The Game 1 finals victory was their last against La Salle until 2007 when UST won in overtime during regular season;^[7] La Salle went on to win the 2007 UAAP title.^[8][9][10] At this point UST's basketball program regressed, but they won a championship against the Ateneo Blue Eagles in three games in 2006.^[11][12] La Salle was suspended in 2006 after admitting they had unknowingly fielded two ineligible players in the previous seasons.^[13][14] La Salle would then win all games until 2011. La Salle again defeated UST in overtime during the UAAP Season 76 basketball championship in 2013.^[15][16][17]

The rivalry carried over to women's volleyball in the UAAP and Shakey's V-League. The DLSU Lady Spikers and the UST Golden Tigresses met three times in the championship of the Shakey's V-League tournament with UST winning the first and La Salle winning the latter two. The Tigresses have won five championships while the Lady Spikers have three under their belt.^[18]

In the UAAP, the DLSU Lady Spikers and the UST Golden Tigresses met in the Finals for two consecutive seasons – Season 72 (won by UST) and Season 73 (won by La Salle), although UST has seen fluctuation in season-long performances in women's volleyball amidst the rise of contemporary contenders such as Ateneo de Manila University, Far Eastern University, and National University. Both schools, however, met in the semifinals in Season 79 (won by La Salle) and Season 81 (won by UST), the latter of which ended La Salle's decade-long streak of finals appearances by 2019 (running from 2009 to 2018), the most in the Final Four era of the UAAP.^[19]

Men's basketball

Both teams are guaranteed to face each other at the elimination round (regular season) twice, while they can meet for a maximum of three times in the playoffs. The games were played consistently from 1986 until 2006 when La Salle was suspended for fielding two ineligible players. UST and La Salle previously met each other when they were members of the NCAA from 1924 to 1936.

La Salle victories

UST victories

Forfeits

No. Date Location Winner Score 1 August 1, 1987 Rizal Memorial Coliseum La Salle 89–76 2 September 9, 1987 Rizal Memorial Coliseum UST 100–85 3 August 4, 1988 Rizal Memorial Coliseum La Salle 71–66 4 August 27, 1988 Rizal Memorial Coliseum UST 75–70 5 July 23, 1989 Araneta Coliseum La Salle 88–69 6 September 10, 1989 Araneta Coliseum La Salle 128–85 7 August 8, 1990 Araneta Coliseum UST 20–0[a] 8 September 30, 1990 Araneta Coliseum La Salle 80–78 9 August 14, 1991 Loyola Center La Salle 100–83 10 August 31, 1991 Loyola Center La Salle 85–80 11 August 1, 1992 Loyola Center UST 88–65 12 September 26, 1992 Loyola Center La Salle 82–80 13 July 24, 1993 Araneta Coliseum UST 80–70 14 September 11, 1993 Loyola Center UST 95–84 15 August 13, 1994 Cuneta Astrodome La Salle 83–73 16 August 27, 1994 Cuneta Astrodome UST 68–66 17 September 24, 1994* Cuneta Astrodome La Salle 77–74 18 October 1, 1994* Cuneta Astrodome UST 89–75 19 October 8, 1994* Cuneta Astrodome UST 77–76 20 August 12, 1995 Araneta Coliseum UST 75–59 21 September 16, 1995 Araneta Coliseum UST 87–84 22 September 30, 1995* Araneta Coliseum La Salle 88–78 23 October 4, 1995* Araneta Coliseum UST 66–62 24 October 7, 1995* Araneta Coliseum UST 67–64 25 August 17, 1996 Ninoy Aquino Stadium La Salle 63–60OT 26 September 17, 1996 Rizal Memorial Coliseum La Salle 72–61 27 October 5, 1996* Araneta Coliseum UST 65–60 28 October 8, 1996* Araneta Coliseum UST 57–54 29 August 16, 1997 Ninoy Aquino Stadium La Salle 64–57 30 September 27, 1997 Loyola Center UST 70–58 31 October 2, 1997^ Araneta Coliseum La Salle 82–73 32 October 4, 1997^ Araneta Coliseum La Salle 74–72OT 33 July 26, 1998 Ninoy Aquino Stadium La Salle 76–62OT 34 August 22, 1998 Ninoy Aquino Stadium UST 66–63 35 October 1, 1998^ Araneta Coliseum UST 55–51 36 October 3, 1998^ Araneta Coliseum La Salle 56–51 37 July 17, 1999 Loyola Center UST 61–59 38 August 28, 1999 Loyola Center La Salle 78–69 39 Sep 1999≠ Loyola Center #1 La Salle 84–79 40 September 30, 1999* PhilSports Arena UST 62–60 41 October 2, 1999* PhilSports Arena La Salle 81–74 42 October 9, 1999* PhilSports Arena La Salle 78–75OT 43 August 10, 2000 Ninoy Aquino Stadium La Salle 59–55 44 August 24, 2000 Blue Eagle Gym La Salle 67–59 45 September 24, 2000^ Araneta Coliseum La Salle 65–62 46 July 26, 2001 PhilSports Arena La Salle 87–73 47 September 6, 2001 Blue Eagle Gym La Salle 64–62 48 July 27, 2002 Rizal Memorial Coliseum La Salle 81–76 No. Date Location Winner Score 49 August 22, 2002 Rizal Memorial Coliseum La Salle 91–89OT 50 September 19, 2002^ Araneta Coliseum La Salle 97–84 51 July 12, 2003 Araneta Coliseum La Salle 90–86[b] 52 August 23, 2003 Blue Eagle Gym La Salle 71–66[b] 53 July 29, 2004 Araneta Coliseum La Salle 79–75[b] 54 August 29, 2004 PhilSports Arena La Salle 86–77[b] 55 July 28, 2005 Araneta Coliseum La Salle 98–78[b] 56 August 18, 2005 Blue Eagle Gym La Salle 98–72[b] 57 July 26, 2007 Araneta Coliseum La Salle 90–86OT 58 August 11, 2007 Araneta Coliseum UST 81–73OT 59 July 17, 2008 PhilSports Arena La Salle 85–84 60 August 28, 2008 Araneta Coliseum La Salle 81–79 61 August 2, 2009 Araneta Coliseum La Salle 101–922OT 62 September 3, 2009 Araneta Coliseum La Salle 68–64 63 August 1, 2010 PhilSports Arena La Salle 61–53 64 September 2, 2010 Araneta Coliseum La Salle 78–69 65 August 11, 2011 Smart Araneta Coliseum La Salle 74–71 66 August 25, 2011 Smart Araneta Coliseum UST 60–52 67 August 4, 2012 Mall of Asia Arena UST 84–822OT 68 August 29, 2012 Mall of Asia Arena La Salle 53–51 69 June 29, 2013 Mall of Asia Arena UST 63–58OT 70 September 14, 2013 Mall of Asia Arena La Salle 69–64 71 October 2, 2013* Smart Araneta Coliseum UST 73–72 72 October 5, 2013* Smart Araneta Coliseum La Salle 77–70 73 October 12, 2013* Mall of Asia Arena La Salle 71–69OT 74 August 10, 2014 Mall of Asia Arena La Salle 83–70 75 September 6, 2014 Mall of Asia Arena La Salle 67–60 76 September 30, 2015 Mall of Asia Arena UST 77–61 77 October 11, 2015 Smart Araneta Coliseum UST 81–79 78 September 14, 2016 Mall of Asia Arena La Salle 100–62 79 October 23, 2016 Smart Araneta Coliseum La Salle 99–56 80 September 30, 2017 Smart Araneta Coliseum La Salle 115–86 81 October 29, 2017 Mall of Asia Arena La Salle 94–59 82 October 3, 2018 Mall of Asia Arena La Salle 99–72 83 November 3, 2018 Ynares Center La Salle 110–69 84 September 28, 2019 Mall of Asia Arena La Salle 92–77 85 October 23, 2019 Smart Araneta Coliseum La Salle 80–79 86 April 2, 2022 Mall of Asia Arena La Salle 75–66 87 April 19, 2022 Mall of Asia Arena La Salle 112–83 88 October 5, 2022 PhilSports Arena La Salle 83–63 89 November 30, 2022 Smart Araneta Coliseum La Salle 77–72 90 October 7, 2023 Smart Araneta Coliseum La Salle 91–71 91 October 25, 2023 Mall of Asia Arena La Salle 100–69 92 September 29, 2024 Smart Araneta Coliseum La Salle 88–67 93 October 16, 2024 Mall of Asia Arena La Salle 94–87OT Series: La Salle leads 60–33 (*) = finals games; (^) = semifinals; (≠) = seeding playoffs

Notes

1. La Salle's 90–80 win over UST on August 8, 1990, was reversed to a loss after the board ruled Noli Locsin to be ineligible.^[20]
2. La Salle's wins from 2003 to 2005 were later forfeited in favor of UST after La Salle admitted it unknowingly fielded two ineligible players during that time period.

Women's volleyball

See also: DLSU Lady Spikers and UST Golden Tigresses women's volleyball

Both teams are expected to meet at least two times per year in UAAP volleyball tournaments.

La Salle victories

UST victories

No. Date Location Winner Score 1 July 25, 1987 Rizal Multi-purpose Arena UST 3–0 2 September 13, 1987 Rizal Multi-purpose Arena UST 3–0 3 July 24, 1988 Rizal Multi-purpose Arena UST 3–0 4 September 4, 1988 La Salle Taft Gym UST 3–0 5 August 20, 1989 UP College of Human Kinetics UST 3–0 6 September 21, 1990 FEU Gym UST 3–1 7 August 30, 1992 UP College of Human Kinetics UST 3–0 8 August 12, 1993 UST 3–0 9 September 1, 1993 UST 3–0 10 August 4, 1994 UST 3–0 11 September 18, 1994 UP College of Human Kinetics UST 3–0 12 August 10, 1995 UP College of Human Kinetics UST 3–0 13 August 22, 1995 La Salle 3–2 14 July 21, 1996 Ninoy Aquino Stadium UST 3–0 15 August 29, 1996 La Salle Taft Gym UST 3–0 16 July 23, 1997 Ninoy Aquino Stadium UST 3–0 17 Sep 1997 Ninoy Aquino Stadium UST 3–0 18 September 13, 1998 UP College of Human Kinetics La Salle 3–1 19 July 18, 1999 UP College of Human Kinetics La Salle 3–0 20 Jul 2001 UP College of Human Kinetics La Salle 3–0 21 Aug 2001 UP College of Human Kinetics UST 3–0 22 August 4, 2002 UP College of Human Kinetics UST 3–0 23 September 3, 2002 UP College of Human Kinetics La Salle 3–1 24 July 30, 2003 UP College of Human Kinetics La Salle 3–1 25 September 7, 2003 UP College of Human Kinetics La Salle 3–0 26 September 28, 2003^ UP College of Human Kinetics La Salle 3–1 27 October 1, 2003^ UP College of Human Kinetics La Salle 3–1 28 July 25, 2004 UP College of Human Kinetics La Salle 3–2 29 September 25, 2004 UP College of Human Kinetics La Salle 3–0 30 August 14, 2005 UP College of Human Kinetics La Salle 3–0 31 August 25, 2005 UP College of Human Kinetics UST 3–2 32 September 24, 2005^ UP College of Human Kinetics La Salle 3–0 33 January 13, 2008 Blue Eagle Gym UST 3–1 34 February 6, 2008 Blue Eagle Gym UST 3–1 35 December 10, 2008 Blue Eagle Gym La Salle 3–0 36 January 18, 2009 The Arena in San Juan La Salle 3–0 37 December 8, 2009 Filoil Flying V Arena La Salle 3–2 No. Date Location Winner Score 38 February 14, 2010 Filoil Flying V Arena UST 3–2 39 February 24, 2010* Filoil Flying V Arena UST 3–1 40 February 27, 2010* Filoil Flying V Arena UST 3–1 41 January 12, 2011 Filoil Flying V Arena La Salle 3–0 42 February 13, 2011 Filoil Flying V Arena La Salle 3–2 43 February 23, 2011* Filoil Flying V Arena La Salle 3–2 44 February 26, 2011* Filoil Flying V Arena La Salle 3–0 45 January 8, 2012 Filoil Flying V Arena La Salle 3–2 46 January 29, 2012 Filoil Flying V Arena La Salle 3–0 47 December 2, 2012 Filoil Flying V Arena UST 3–2 48 January 26, 2013 Filoil Flying V Arena La Salle 3–0 49 December 8, 2013 Filoil Flying V Arena La Salle 3–0 50 February 8, 2014 Filoil Flying V Arena La Salle 3–0 51 November 30, 2014 Filoil Flying V Arena La Salle 3–0 52 February 4, 2015 Filoil Flying V Arena La Salle 3–0 53 March 2, 2016 Filoil Flying V Centre UST 3–0 54 March 12, 2016 Filoil Flying V Centre La Salle 3–0 55 February 11, 2017 Filoil Flying V Centre La Salle 3–1 56 March 29, 2017 Filoil Flying V Centre La Salle 3–0 57 April 22, 2017^ Smart Araneta Coliseum La Salle 3–1 58 February 3, 2018 Mall of Asia Arena La Salle 3–2 59 April 8, 2018 Filoil Flying V Centre La Salle 3–0 60 March 6, 2019 Filoil Flying V Centre UST 3–0 61 March 31, 2019 Mall of Asia Arena La Salle 3–1 62 May 1, 2019≠ Filoil Flying V Centre #2 UST 3–1 63 May 5, 2019^ Mall of Asia Arena UST 3–2 64 May 12, 2022 Mall of Asia Arena UST 3–2 65 June 5, 2022 Mall of Asia Arena La Salle 3–1 66 February 26, 2023 Mall of Asia Arena La Salle 3–2 67 April 2, 2023 Smart Araneta Coliseum UST 3–1 68 May 3, 2023^ Smart Araneta Coliseum La Salle 3–1 69 February 25, 2024 Mall of Asia Arena UST 3–2 70 April 27, 2024 Smart Araneta Coliseum UST 3–1 71 May 5, 2024^ Mall of Asia Arena UST 3–2 Series: La Salle leads 37–34 (*) = finals games; (^) = semifinals; (≠) = seeding playoffs

See also

• Ateneo–La Salle rivalry
• Battle of Katipunan
• Battle of the East
• UP–UST rivalry

References

• UAAP historical results
• 59th UAAP Season—Tournament Recap

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