UNIVERSITY of the East (UE) and University of Santo Tomas (UST) begin their best-of-three championship series for the UAAP Season 79 men’s lawn tennis crown today. The opening tie is scheduled at 8 a.m. at the Rizal Memorial Tennis Center, with the Red Warriors favored as the heavy favorites to claim their breakthrough title against the Growling Tigers. With rookie AJ Lim sensational all-season long, UE finished the double-round eliminations winning nine of 10 ties. UST closed out the second round with a 3-2 win over deposed champion National University (NU) in a make-up for an earlier abandoned second round tie last Wednesday for a 7-3 record. In the women’s division, twice-to-beat NU goes for the jugular against UST at 8 a.m. tomorrow at the same Malate venue.

Source: Manila Times March 17, 2017 11:03 UTC