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 5, 2022 (at PhilSports Arena) La Salle, 83–63
Next meeting	November 30, 2022
Statistics
All-time series (UAAP only)	La Salle, 56–33
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, 12 (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

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 Lady Spikers and the 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 5 championships while the Lady Spikers have 3 under their belt.^[18]

In the UAAP, the DLSU Lady Spikers and the UST 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, FEU 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 01 Aug 1987 Rizal Memorial Coliseum La Salle 89–76 2 09 Sep 1987 Rizal Memorial Coliseum UST 100–85 3 04 Aug 1988 Rizal Memorial Coliseum La Salle 71–66 4 27 Aug 1988 Rizal Memorial Coliseum UST 75–70 5 23 Jul 1989 Araneta Coliseum La Salle 88–69 6 10 Sep 1989 Araneta Coliseum La Salle 128–85 7 1990 Araneta Coliseum UST 1–0^[a] 8 30 Sep 1990 Araneta Coliseum La Salle 80–78 9 14 Aug 1991 Loyola Center La Salle 100–83 10 31 Aug 1991 Loyola Center La Salle 85–80 11 01 Aug 1992 Loyola Center UST 88–65 12 26 Sep 1992 Loyola Center La Salle 82–80 13 24 Jul 1993 Araneta Coliseum UST 80–70 14 11 Sep 1993 Loyola Center UST 95–84 15 13 Aug 1994 Cuneta Astrodome La Salle 83–73 16 27 Aug 1994 Cuneta Astrodome UST 68–66 17 24 Sep 1994* Cuneta Astrodome La Salle 77–74 18 01 Oct 1994* Cuneta Astrodome UST 89–75 19 08 Oct 1994* Cuneta Astrodome UST 77–76 20 12 Aug 1995 Araneta Coliseum UST 75–59 21 16 Sep 1995 Araneta Coliseum UST 87–84 22 30 Sep 1995* Araneta Coliseum La Salle 88–78 23 04 Oct 1995* Araneta Coliseum UST 66–62 24 07 Oct 1995* Araneta Coliseum UST 67–64 25 17 Aug 1996 Ninoy Aquino Stadium La Salle 63–60^OT 26 17 Sep 1996 Rizal Memorial Coliseum La Salle 72–61 27 05 Oct 1996* Araneta Coliseum UST 65–60 28 08 Oct 1996* Araneta Coliseum UST 57–54 29 16 Aug 1997 Ninoy Aquino Stadium La Salle 64–57 30 27 Sep 1997 Loyola Center UST 70–58 31 02 Oct 1997^ Araneta Coliseum La Salle 82–73 32 04 Oct 1997^ Araneta Coliseum La Salle 74–72^OT 33 26 Jul 1998 Ninoy Aquino Stadium La Salle 76–62^OT 34 22 Aug 1998 Ninoy Aquino Stadium UST 66–63 35 01 Oct 1998^ Araneta Coliseum UST 55–51 36 03 Oct 1998^ Araneta Coliseum La Salle 56–51 37 17 Jul 1999 Loyola Center UST 61–59 38 28 Aug 1999 Loyola Center La Salle 78–69 39 Sep 1999≠ Loyola Center #1 La Salle 84–79 40 30 Sep 1999* PhilSports Arena UST 62–60 41 02 Oct 1999* PhilSports Arena La Salle 81–74 42 09 Oct 1999* PhilSports Arena La Salle 78–75^OT 43 10 Aug 2000 Ninoy Aquino Stadium La Salle 59–55 44 24 Aug 2000 Blue Eagle Gym La Salle 67–59 45 24 Sep 2000^ Araneta Coliseum La Salle 65–62 46 26 Jul 2001 PhilSports Arena La Salle 87–73 No. Date Location Winner Score 47 06 Sep 2001 Blue Eagle Gym La Salle 64–62 48 27 Jul 2002 Rizal Memorial Coliseum La Salle 81–76 49 22 Aug 2002 Rizal Memorial Coliseum La Salle 91–89^OT 50 19 Sep 2002^ Araneta Coliseum La Salle 97–84 51 12 Jul 2003 Araneta Coliseum La Salle 90–86^[b] 52 23 Aug 2003 Blue Eagle Gym La Salle 71–66^[b] 53 29 Jul 2004 Araneta Coliseum La Salle 79–75^[b] 54 29 Aug 2004 PhilSports Arena La Salle 86–77^[b] 55 28 Jul 2005 Araneta Coliseum La Salle 98–78^[b] 56 18 Aug 2005 Blue Eagle Gym La Salle 98–72^[b] 57 26 Jul 2007 Araneta Coliseum La Salle 90–86^OT 58 11 Aug 2007 Araneta Coliseum UST 81–73^OT 59 17 Jul 2008 PhilSports Arena La Salle 85–84 60 28 Aug 2008 Araneta Coliseum La Salle 81–79 61 02 Aug 2009 Araneta Coliseum La Salle 101–92^2OT 62 03 Sep 2009 Araneta Coliseum La Salle 68–64 63 01 Aug 2010 PhilSports Arena La Salle 61–53 64 02 Sep 2010 Araneta Coliseum La Salle 78–69 65 11 Aug 2011 Smart Araneta Coliseum La Salle 74–71 66 25 Aug 2011 Smart Araneta Coliseum UST 60–52 67 04 Aug 2012 Mall of Asia Arena UST 84–82^2OT 68 29 Aug 2012 Mall of Asia Arena La Salle 53–51 69 29 Jun 2013 Mall of Asia Arena UST 63–58^OT 70 14 Sep 2013 Mall of Asia Arena La Salle 69–64 71 02 Oct 2013* Smart Araneta Coliseum UST 73–72 72 05 Oct 2013* Smart Araneta Coliseum La Salle 77–70 73 12 Oct 2013* Mall of Asia Arena La Salle 71–69^OT 74 10 Aug 2014 Mall of Asia Arena La Salle 83–70 75 06 Sep 2014 Mall of Asia Arena La Salle 67–60 76 30 Sep 2015 Mall of Asia Arena UST 77–61 77 11 Oct 2015 Smart Araneta Coliseum UST 81–79 78 14 Sep 2016 Mall of Asia Arena La Salle 100–62 79 23 Oct 2016 Smart Araneta Coliseum La Salle 99–56 80 30 Sep 2017 Smart Araneta Coliseum La Salle 115–86 81 29 Oct 2017 Mall of Asia Arena La Salle 94–59 82 03 Oct 2018 Mall of Asia Arena La Salle 99–72 83 03 Nov 2018 Ynares Center La Salle 110–69 84 28 Sep 2019 Mall of Asia Arena La Salle 92–77 85 23 Oct 2019 Smart Araneta Coliseum La Salle 80–79 86 02 Apr 2022 Mall of Asia Arena La Salle 75–66 87 19 Apr 2022 Mall of Asia Arena La Salle 112–83 88 05 Oct 2022 PhilSports Arena La Salle 83–63 89 30 Nov 2022 Smart Araneta Coliseum La Salle 77–72 Series: La Salle leads 56–33 (*) = finals games; (^) = semifinals; (≠) = seeding playoffs

Notes

1. Reports unavailable, but UST finished R1 with a 7–0 record^[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 25 Jul 1987 Rizal Multi-purpose Arena UST 3–0 2 13 Sep 1987 Rizal Multi-purpose Arena UST 3–0 3 23 Jul 1988 Rizal Multi-purpose Arena UST 3–0 4 04 Sep 1988 La Salle Taft Gym UST 3–0 5 20 Aug 1989 UP College of Human Kinetics Gym UST 3–0 6 21 Sep 1990 FEU Gym UST 3–1 7 30 Aug 1992 UP College of Human Kinetics Gym UST 3–0 8 12 Aug 1993 UST 3–0 9 01 Sep 1993 UST 3–0 10 04 Aug 1994 UST 3–0 11 18 Sep 1994 UP College of Human Kinetics Gym UST 3–0 12 10 Aug 1995 UP College of Human Kinetics Gym UST 3–1 13 22 Aug 1995 La Salle 3–2 14 21 Jul 1996 Ninoy Aquino Stadium UST 3–0 15 29 Aug 1996 La Salle Taft Gym UST 3–0 16 23 Jul 1997 Ninoy Aquino Stadium UST 3–0 17 1997 UST 3–0 18 13 Sep 1998 UP College of Human Kinetics Gym La Salle 3–1 19 18 Jul 1999 UP College of Human Kinetics Gym La Salle 3–0 20 04 Aug 2002 UP College of Human Kinetics Gym UST 3–0 21 01 Oct 2003^ UP College of Human Kinetics Gym La Salle 3–1 22 24 Jul 2004 UP College of Human Kinetics Gym La Salle 3–0 23 11 Sep 2004 UP College of Human Kinetics Gym La Salle 3–0 24 25 Sep 2004* La Salle 3–0 25 14 Aug 2005 UP College of Human Kinetics Gym La Salle 3–0 26 25 Aug 2005 UP College of Human Kinetics Gym UST 3–2 27 10 Sep 2005^ La Salle 3–0 28 13 Jan 2008 Blue Eagle Gym UST 3–1 29 06 Feb 2008 Blue Eagle Gym UST 3–1^[a] 30 10 Dec 2008 Blue Eagle Gym La Salle 3–0 31 18 Jan 2009 The Arena in San Juan La Salle 3–0 No. Date Location Winner Score 32 08 Dec 2009 Filoil Flying V Arena La Salle 3–2 33 14 Feb 2010 Filoil Flying V Arena UST 3–2 34 24 Feb 2010* Filoil Flying V Arena UST 3–1 35 27 Feb 2010* Filoil Flying V Arena UST 3–1 36 12 Jan 2011 Filoil Flying V Arena La Salle 3–0 37 13 Feb 2011 Filoil Flying V Arena La Salle 3–2 38 23 Feb 2011* Filoil Flying V Arena La Salle 3–2 39 26 Feb 2011* Filoil Flying V Arena La Salle 3–0 40 08 Jan 2012 Filoil Flying V Arena La Salle 3–2 41 29 Jan 2012 Filoil Flying V Arena La Salle 3–0 42 02 Dec 2012 Filoil Flying V Arena UST 3–2 43 26 Jan 2013 Filoil Flying V Arena La Salle 3–0 44 08 Dec 2013 Filoil Flying V Arena La Salle 3–0 45 08 Feb 2014 Filoil Flying V Arena La Salle 3–0 46 30 Nov 2014 Filoil Flying V Arena La Salle 3–0 47 04 Feb 2015 Filoil Flying V Arena La Salle 3–0 48 02 Mar 2016 Filoil Flying V Centre UST 3–0 49 12 Mar 2016 Filoil Flying V Centre La Salle 3–0 50 11 Feb 2017 Filoil Flying V Centre La Salle 3–1 51 29 Mar 2017 Filoil Flying V Centre La Salle 3–0 52 22 Apr 2017^ Smart Araneta Coliseum La Salle 3–1 53 03 Feb 2018 Mall of Asia Arena La Salle 3–2 54 08 Apr 2018 Filoil Flying V Centre La Salle 3–0 55 06 Mar 2019 Filoil Flying V Centre UST 3–0 56 31 Mar 2019 Mall of Asia Arena La Salle 3–1 57 01 May 2019≠ Filoil Flying V Centre #2 UST 3–1 58 05 May 2019^ Mall of Asia Arena UST 3–2 59 12 May 2022 Mall of Asia Arena UST 3–2 60 05 Jun 2022 Mall of Asia Arena La Salle 3–1 Series: La Salle leads 31–29 (*) = finals games; (^) = semifinals; (≠) = seeding playoffs

Notes

1. Result changed to forfeiture after Jacq Alarca ruled ineligible.

See also

• Ateneo–La Salle rivalry
• UP–UST rivalry
• De La Salle Green Archers
• DLSU Lady Spikers
• UST Growling Tigers men's basketball
• UST Golden Tigresses women's volleyball

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