UAAP Season 88 volleyball tournaments

UAAP Season 88
Host school	Far Eastern University (High School)
Duration	December 11–14, 2025
Arena(s)	Blue Eagle Gym, Adamson Gym, Paco Arena
Finals MVP	Paul Roque
Semifinalists	FEU–D Baby Tamaraws; UST Tiger Cubs;
Duration	December 11–14, 2025
Arena(s)	Blue Eagle Gym, Adamson Gym, Paco Arena
Finals MVP	Rain Navarro
Semifinalists	Adamson Lady Baby Falcons; UST Junior Tigresses;

The UAAP Season 88 volleyball tournaments is the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) volleyball tournaments for the 2025–26 school year.

The high school boys' and girls' tournaments will begin on September 21, 2025.^[1]^[2]

Teams

All eight member universities of the UAAP fielded teams in the collegiate division while 8 universities fielded teams in the boys' and girls' division, respectively.

Collegiate division
University	Men		Women
University	Team	Coach	Team	Coach
Adamson University (AdU)	Soaring Falcons		Lady Falcons	JP Yude
Ateneo de Manila University (ADMU)	Blue Eagles	Vince Mangulabnan	Blue Eagles	Sergio Veloso
De La Salle University (DLSU)	Green Spikers		Lady Spikers	Ramil De Jesus and Noel Orcullo
Far Eastern University (FEU)	Tamaraws	Eddieson Orcullo	Lady Tamaraws	Cristina Salak
National University (NU)	Bulldogs	Dante Alinsunurin	Lady Bulldogs	Regine Diego^[3]^[4]^[5]
University of the East (UE)	Red Warriors		Lady Red Warriors
University of the Philippines Diliman (UP)	Fighting Maroons		Fighting Maroons
University of Santo Tomas (UST)	Golden Spikers	Arthur Alan Mamon	Golden Tigresses	Shaq Delos Santos^[6]

High School division
High school	Boys' team	Girls' team
Adamson University (AdU)	Baby Falcons	Lady Baby Falcons
Ateneo de Manila University (AdMU)	Blue Eagles	Blue Eagles
De La Salle Santiago Zobel School (DLSZ)	Junior Green Spikers	Junior Lady Spikers
Far Eastern University Diliman (FEU–D)	Baby Tamaraws	Lady Baby Tamaraws
Nazareth School of National University (NSNU)	Bullpups	Lady Bullpups
University of the East (UE)	Junior Warriors	Junior Lady Warriors
University of the Philippines Integrated School (UPIS)	Junior Fighting Maroons	Junior Fighting Maroons
University of Santo Tomas Senior High School (UST)	Junior Golden Spikers	Junior Golden Tigresses

Boys' tournament

Team line-up

Adamson Baby Falcons
No.	Name	Position
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
		HC

Ateneo Blue Eagles
No.	Name	Position
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
		HC

DLSZ Junior Green Spikers
No.	Name	Position
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
		HC

FEU–D Baby Tamaraws
No.	Name	Position
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
		HC

NUNS Bullpups
No.	Name	Position
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
		HC

UE Junior Red Warriors
No.	Name	Position
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
		HC

UST Junior Golden Spikers
No.	Name	Position
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
		HC

UP Junior Fighting Maroons
No.	Name	Position
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
		HC

Legend
S	Setter
MB	Middle Blocker
OH	Outside Hitter
OP	Opposite Hitter
L	Libero
(c)	Team Captain
HC	Head Coach

Elimination round

Team standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	NUNS Bullpups	14	13	1	37	39	10	3.900	97	89	1.090	Twice-to-beat in the semifinals
2	UE Junior Red Warriors	14	11	3	32	38	16	2.375	112	110	1.018	Twice-to-beat in the semifinals
3	FEU–D Baby Tamaraws (H)	14	10	4	30	35	16	2.188	75	48	1.563	Twice-to-win in the semifinals
4	UST Junior Golden Spikers	14	9	5	29	31	17	1.824	110	112	0.982	Twice-to-win in the semifinals
5	Adamson Baby Falcons	14	7	7	22	26	23	1.130	89	97	0.918
6	DLSZ Junior Green Spikers	14	4	10	12	15	32	0.469	97	79	1.228
7	UP Junior Fighting Maroons	14	2	12	6	8	38	0.211	79	97	0.814
8	Ateneo Blue Eagles	14	0	14	0	2	42	0.048	48	75	0.640

Updated to match(es) played on September 21, 2025. Source: UAAP on Twitter
Rules for classification: 1) number of wins; 2) if tied for No. 2 or 4, one-game playoff; 3) match points; 4) sets ratio; 5) points ratio; 6) head-to-head record
(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
Adamson
Ateneo
DLSZ
FEU–D
NSNU
UE
UPIS
UST

Updated to match(es) played on September 21, 2025. Source: UAAP on Twitter
= Win; = Loss

Game results

Results on top and to the right of the solid cells are for first-round games; those to the bottom and to the left of it are second-round games.

Teams	AdU	ADMU	DLSZ	FEU–D	NSNU	UE	UPIS	UST
Adamson Baby Falcons		3–0	3–0	1–3	1–3	0–3	3–0	0–3
Ateneo Blue Eagles	0–3		0–3	0–3	0–3	0–3	1–3	0–3
DLSZ Junior Green Spikers	1–3	3–0		0–3	0–3	0–3	3–1	0–3
FEU–D Baby Tamaraws	1–3	3–0	3–0		2–3	3–1	3–0	3–0
NUNS Bullpups	3–0	3–0	3–1	3–1		3–2	3–0	3–0
UE Junior Red Warriors	3–2	3–0	3–1	2–3	3–0		3–0	3–2
UP Junior Fighting Maroons	0–3	3–1	1–3	0–3	0–3	0–3		0–3
UST Junior Golden Spikers	3–1	3–0	3–0	3–1	0–3	2–3	3–0

Updated to match(es) played on September 21, 2025. Source: UAAP on Twitter
Legend: Blue = left column team win; Red = top row team win.

Bracket


Semifinals (Nos. 1 & 2 have twice-to-beat advantage)				Final (Best-of-three series)



1	NU	0	3

4	UST	3	1
				1	NUNS	2	0

				2	UE	3	3
2	UE	2	3

3	FEU	3	2

Semifinals

NUNS and UE have the twice-to-beat advantage. They only need to win once while their opponents twice in order to qualify in the Finals.

NU vs. UST

December 6, 2025 (2025-12-06) 9:00 AM	NUNS Bullpups	0–3	UST Tiger Cubs	Blue Eagle Gym Attendance: 1,000+
	(18–25, 21–25, 17–25)

UST vs. NU

December 8, 2025 (2025-12-08) 9:00 AM	NUNS Bullpups	3–1	UST Tiger Cubs	Blue Eagle Gym Attendance: 1,000+
	(25–22, 25–19, 23–25, 26–24)
	NU wins series in two games

UE vs. FEU

December 6, 2025 (2025-12-06) 11:00 AM	UE Junior Red Warriors	2–3	FEU–D Baby Tamaraws	Blue Eagle Gym Attendance: 1,000+
	(25–20, 22–25, 23–25, 25–20, 9–15)

FEU vs. UE

December 8, 2025 (2025-12-08) 11:00 AM	FEU–D Baby Tamaraws	2–3	UE Junior Red Warriors	Blue Eagle Gym Attendance: 1,000+
	(25–21, 22–25, 25–23, 19–25, 9–15)
	UE wins series in two games

Finals

The finals is a best-of-three series.

December 11, 2025 (2025-12-11) 2:00 PM	NUNS Bullpups	2-3	UE Red Warriors	Blue Eagle Gym Attendance: 2,000+
	(22–25, 25–21, 18–25, 25–23, 13–15)

December 14, 2025 2:00 PM	NUNS Bullpups	0–3	UE Junior Red Warriors	Blue Eagle Gym Attendance: 2,000+
	(26–28, 23–25, 19–25)
	Ue Wins Series 2‐0

Finals Most Valuable

Paul Roque (UE Junior Red Warriors)

Awards

UAAP Season 87 boys' volleyball champions
UE Junior Red Warriors 15th title

The awarding ceremony was held after Game 2 of the Finals series at Ateneo De Manila University Blue Eagle Gym on December 14, 2025.

Most Valuable Player: Paul Roque (UE Junior Red Warriors)
Rookie of the Year: Justine Ray John Jusayan (UPIS Junior Fighting Maroons)

1st Best Outside Spiker: Rainier Lorayes (UST Tiger Cubs)
2nd Best Outside Spiker: Karl Melvin Escobar (UE Junior Red Warriors)
1st Best Middle Blocker: Ronnie Millan (NUNS Bullpups)
2nd Best Middle Blocker: Ron Andrei De Vera (FEU–D Baby Tamaraws)
Best Opposite Spiker: Xandrex Ragusta (UE Junior Red Warriors)
Best Setter: Brix Landicho (FEU–D Baby Tamaraws)
Best Libero: Jhon Guevarra (Adamson Baby Falcons)

Girls' tournament

Team line-up

Adamson Lady Baby Falcons
No.	Name	Position
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
		HC

Ateneo Blue Eagles
No.	Name	Position
1	Gian Damian
2	Avary Harris Lister
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
	CASTILLO, Babes	HC

DLSZ Junior Lady Spikers
No.	Name	Position
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
		HC

FEU–D Lady Baby Tamaraws
No.	Name	Position
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
		HC

NUNS Lady Bullpups
No.	Name	Position
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
		HC

UE Junior Lady Warriors
No.	Name	Position
1	Leighnielle Ann Suy
2	Hana Ashtine Lie
3	Bea Triszhe Ava
4	Francesca Kate Marin
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
		HC

UP Junior Fighting Maroons
No.	Name	Position
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
	GUHIT, Jerome	HC

UST Junior Golden Tigresses
No.	Name	Position
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
	REYES, Emilio Jr.	HC

Legend
S	Setter
MB	Middle Blocker
OH	Outside Hitter
OP	Opposite Hitter
L	Libero
(c)	Team Captain
HC	Head Coach

Elimination round

Team standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	NUNS Lady Bullpups	14	13	1	39	41	7	5.857	104	99	1.051	Twice-to-beat in the semifinals
2	Adamson Lady Baby Falcons	14	13	1	37	39	9	4.333	75	54	1.389	Twice-to-beat in the semifinals
3	FEU–D Lady Baby Tamaraws (H)	14	9	5	27	30	17	1.765	54	75	0.720	Twice-to-win in the semifinals
4	UST Junior Golden Tigresses	14	8	6	26	32	20	1.600	99	104	0.952	Twice-to-win in the semifinals
5	DLSZ Junior Lady Spikers	14	7	7	21	24	23	1.043	75	50	1.500
6	UP Junior Fighting Maroons	14	4	10	11	13	33	0.394	75	50	1.500
7	Ateneo Blue Eagles	14	1	13	4	7	39	0.179	50	75	0.667
8	UE Junior Lady Warriors	14	1	13	3	3	40	0.075	50	75	0.667

Updated to match(es) played on September 21, 2025. Source: UST Golden Squad on Twitter
Rules for classification: 1) number of wins; 2) if tied for No. 2 or 4, one-game playoff; 3) match points; 4) sets ratio; 5) points ratio; 6) head-to-head record
(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
Adamson
Ateneo
DLSZ
FEU–D
NSNU
UE
UPIS
UST

Updated to match(es) played on September 21, 2025. Source: UAAP on Twitter
= Win; = Loss

Game results

Results on top and to the right of the solid cells are for first-round games; those to the bottom and to the left of it are second-round games.

Teams	AdU	ADMU	DLSZ	FEU–D	NSNU	UE	UPIS	UST
Adamson Lady Baby Falcons		3–0	3–0	3–0	3–2	3–0	3–0	3–2
Ateneo Blue Eagles	0–3		0–3	0–3	0–3	3–0	2–3	0–3
DLSZ Junior Lady Spikers	0–3	3–0		3–1	0–3	3–0	3–1	1–3
FEU–D Lady Baby Tamaraws	1–3	3–0	3–0		1–3	3–0	3–0	3–1
NUNS Lady Bullpups	3–0	3–0	3–1	3–0		3–0	3–0	3–1
UE Junior Lady Warriors	0–3	3–1	0–3	0–3	0–3		0–3	0–3
UPIS Junior Fighting Maroons	0–3	3–1	0–3	0–3	0–3	3–0		0–3
UST Junior Golden Tigresses	1–3	3–0	3–1	1–3	2–3	3–0	3–0

Updated to match(es) played on September 21, 2025. Source: UAAP on Twitterì
Legend: Blue = left column team win; Red = top row team win.

Bracket


Semifinals (Nos. 1 & 2 have twice-to-beat advantage)				Final (Best-of-three series)



1	NUNS		3

4	UST		1
				1	NUNS	3	3

				3	FEU	2	0
2	Adamson	2	2

3	FEU	3	3

Semifinals

NUNS and Adamson have the twice-to-beat advantage. They only need to win once while their opponents twice in order to qualify in the Finals.

NUNS vs. UST

December 6, 2025 (2025-12-06) 1:00 PM	NUNS Lady Bullpups	3–1	UST Junior Tigresses	Blue Eagle Gym Attendance: 1,500+
	(33–31, 25–22, 20–25, 25–18,)
	NUNS wins series in one game

Adamson vs. FEU

December 6, 2025 (2025-12-06) 3:00 PM	Adamson Lady Baby Falcons	2–3	FEU–D Lady Baby Tamaraws	Blue Eagle Gym Attendance: 1,500+
	(22–25, 25–18, 25–23, 25–27, 7–15)

FEU vs. Adamson

December 8, 2025 (2025-12-08) 1:00 PM	FEU–D Lady Baby Tamaraws	3–2	Adamson Lady Baby Falcons	Blue Eagle Gym Attendance: 1,500+
	(14–25, 22–25, 25–18, 25–27, 6–15)
	FEU-D wins series in two games

Finals

The finals is a best-of-three series.

December 11, 2024 (2024-12-11) 4:30 PM	NUNS Lady Bullpups	3-2	FEU–D Lady Baby Tamaraws	Blue Eagle Gym Attendance: 2,000+
	(26–24, 21–25, 25–18, 23–25, 18–16

December 14, 2025 9:00 AM	NUNS Lady Bullpups	3–0	FEU–D Lady Baby Tamaraws	Blue Eagle Gym Attendance: 2,000+
	(25–19, 25–17, 25–15)
	NUNS Wins Series 2‐0

Finals Most Valuable

Rain Navaro (NUNS Lady Bullpups)

Awards

UAAP Season 87 girls' volleyball champions
NUNS Lady Bullpups Eighth title

The awarding ceremony was held after Game 2 of the Finals series at Ateneo De Manila University Blue Eagles Gym on December 14, 2025.

Most Valuable Player: Diza Marie Berayo (NUNS Lady Bullpups)
Rookie of the Year: Jhaynna Love Bulandres (NUNS Lady Bullpups)

1st Best Outside Spiker: Diza Marie Berayo (NUNS Lady Bullpups)
2nd Best Outside Spiker: Kimberly Rubin (UST Junior Tigresses)
1st Best Middle Blocker: Cathlyn Umal (FEU–D Lady Baby Tamaraws)
2nd Best Middle Blocker: Anya Callo (UPIS Junior Lady Maroons)
Best Opposite Spiker: Ifnanya Udeagbala (FEU–D Lady Baby Tamaraws)
Best Setter: Sabina Mikaela Valdez (Zobel Junior Lady Archers)
Best Libero: Mariana Pineda (Adamson Lady Baby Falcons)

Overall championship points

Seniors' division

Team	Men	Women	Total
Adamson Soaring Falcons
Ateneo Blue Eagles
De La Salle Green Archers
FEU Tamaraws
NU Bulldogs
UE Red Warriors
UP Fighting Maroons
UST Growling Tigers

Juniors' division

Team	Boys'	Girls'	Points
Adamson Baby Falcons	6	10	16
Ateneo Blue Eagles	1	2	3
Zobel Junior Archers	4	6	10
FEU–D Baby Tamaraws	10	12	22
NUNS Bullpups	12	15	27
UE Junior Red Warriors	15	1	16
UPIS Junior Fighting Maroons	2	4	6
UST Tiger Cubs	8	8	16

Pts.	Ranking
15	Champion
12	2nd
10	3rd
8	4th
6	5th
4	6th
2	7th
1	8th
—	Did not join

In case of a tie, the team with the higher position in any tournament is ranked higher. If both are still tied, they are listed by alphabetical order.

How rankings are determined:

Ranks 5th to 8th determined by elimination round rankings.
Semifinals losers ranked by elimination round rankings
Loser of the finals is ranked 2nd
Champion is ranked 1st

References

^ @officialUSTMVT (September 4, 2025). "DEFEND THE CROWN JR GOLDEN SPIKERS #GoUSTe" (Tweet). Retrieved September 5, 2025 – via Twitter.
^ Mendoza, Martin (August 28, 2025). "'Bigger, bolder' UAAP Season 88 set for UST grand opening in September". Rappler. Retrieved September 5, 2025.
^ Matel, Philip (September 3, 2025). "Regine Diego to coach NU Lady Bulldogs in SSL following Sherwin Meneses' reported exit". Rappler. Retrieved September 5, 2025.
^ Agcaoili, Lance (September 3, 2025). "Sherwin Meneses out as NU coach, Regine Diego takes over". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved September 5, 2025.
^ Caacbay, Kennedy (September 3, 2025). "UAAP: New NU coach Regine Diego acknowledges 'extra work' needs to be done in 3-peat campaign". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved September 5, 2025.
^ Fuertes Jr., Rommel (June 3, 2025). "UAAP: Shaq Delos Santos takes over as UST Tigresses coach". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved September 5, 2025.

[1] @officialUSTMVT (September 4, 2025). "DEFEND THE CROWN JR GOLDEN SPIKERS #GoUSTe" (Tweet). Retrieved September 5, 2025 – via Twitter.

[2] Mendoza, Martin (August 28, 2025). "'Bigger, bolder' UAAP Season 88 set for UST grand opening in September". Rappler. Retrieved September 5, 2025.

[3] Matel, Philip (September 3, 2025). "Regine Diego to coach NU Lady Bulldogs in SSL following Sherwin Meneses' reported exit". Rappler. Retrieved September 5, 2025.

[4] Agcaoili, Lance (September 3, 2025). "Sherwin Meneses out as NU coach, Regine Diego takes over". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved September 5, 2025.

[5] Caacbay, Kennedy (September 3, 2025). "UAAP: New NU coach Regine Diego acknowledges 'extra work' needs to be done in 3-peat campaign". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved September 5, 2025.

[6] Fuertes Jr., Rommel (June 3, 2025). "UAAP: Shaq Delos Santos takes over as UST Tigresses coach". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved September 5, 2025.

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Teams

Boys' tournament

Team line-up

Elimination round

Team standings

Match-up results

Game results

Bracket

Semifinals

NU vs. UST

UST vs. NU

UE vs. FEU

FEU vs. UE

Finals

Awards

Girls' tournament

Team line-up

Elimination round

Team standings

Match-up results

Game results

Bracket

Semifinals

NUNS vs. UST

Adamson vs. FEU

FEU vs. Adamson

Finals

Awards

Overall championship points

Seniors' division

Juniors' division

See also

References