Archers pace UAAP overall race over UST

LA SALLE paced the race for the UAAP Season 75 overall championship after impressively barging into the Final Four of every event disputed in the first semester.

The Archers led with 152 points, seven ahead of the favored University of Santo Tomas Tigers, who are bidding for a phenomenal 15th straight seniors general championship.

Meanwhile, Bo Perasol, who was headed to the vacant head coach slot at Ateneo, will no longer mentor the Eagles after both parties agreed to end their partnership before it could start.

Perasol to UP?

Perasol was a recruit of tycoon/sportsman Manny V. Pangilinan, who recently ended his support of Ateneo due to a difference of opinion on mining and population issues.

Reports have it that Perasol may be headed to University of the Philippines in an attempt to revitalize the school’s basketball program. Perasol once played for the Maroons and even served as the team’s skipper.

La Salle prevailed in the women’s division of taekwondo and table tennis and clinched runner-up honors in men’s swimming, taekwondo and table tennis and women’s basketball.

UST, which owns a record 39 overall titles, swept the judo tournament and ruled men’s taekwondo and table tennis and women’s beach volleyball. The España-based crew placed second in men’s basketball and women’s taekwondo.

Teams are awarded points based on their final ranking in each event with 15 given to the champion team, 12 for the runner-up and 10 for the third placer.

La Salle wound up third in men and women’s badminton, men’s judo, women’s swimming and beach volleyball.