The UE Red Warriors, Lady Warriors, Junior Warriors and Lady Junior Warriors are the collegiate men's and women's, and high school men's and women's, respectively, varsity teams of the University of the East (UE) that play in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines.
The athletic director of the university is Dr. Leo Viajar.
Background The University of the East is one of eight schools participating in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines. The UE Warriors teams have won UAAP championships in basketball, volleyball, fencing, table tennis and other sports. UE athletes also participate in other intercollegiate tournaments as well as invitational tournaments abroad.
Sports
Basketball
As of 2006, The Red Warriors were tied with the University of Santo Tomas as the second most successful team in UAAP men's basketball, with 18 titles, most of them coming from the time of coach Baby Dalupan and Robert Jaworski.Sports Events, UE Dawn 2006 Diamond Jubilee Edition, University of the East, 2006.
The UE Red Warriors holds the longest senior basketball championship run, with seven straight UAAP titles. They also hold the longest finals streak appearances, with sixteen straight from 1957 to 1972. The team has also represented the country at the 1967 Summer Universiade.
UE also participates in the Father Martin Cup and Philippine Collegiate Champions League (PCCL) men's (and women's) basketball tournaments. The UE Red Warriors were crowned as champions of the 2006 Philippine Collegiate Champions League. They are also the 2013 FilOil/Flying V-Hanes Preseason Cup champions.
Pre UAAP season highlights Champion - 2013 FilOil Flying V Hanes Premier Cup: The Red Warriors won the 2013 FilOil Flying V Hanes Premier Cup. 10th Fr. Martin Division Cup: The team won the 10th Father Martin Division 2 Cup at the Trinity University of Asia in Quezon City.
UAAP seasons highlights UAAP Season 69: The team ended UAAP Season 69 (2006–07) in third place after failing to win their knockout match against University of Santo Tomas on September 21, 2006. They lost to the UST Growling Tigers by one point, 81–82. UAAP Season 70: The team ended it Finals-appearance drought in Season 70 (2007–08), finishing 14–0 sweep in elimination rounds and winning their games by at least 16 points. The team, however, lost the best-of-three Finals series to the De La Salle Green Archers 2–0. UAAP Season 72: On January 12, 2009, Lawrence Chongson replaced Dindo Pumaren as the team's head coach. the team participated in five tournaments, two of which were held abroad: the 2009 Ming Dao International Basketball Tournament held in March in Taipei, Taiwan; the Easter Showcase in Las Vegas, USA in April; the 2009 FilOil Flying V Pre-Season MVP Invitational Cup held at the FilOil Flying V Arena in San Juan; the PBL Flex Unity Cup (with the players comprising the "Cobra Energy Drink Warriors"). In the semi-finals of Season 72, The team defeated the Far Eastern University (FEU) Tamaraws to earn a slot in the finals, but lost to the Ateneo Blue Eagles in the Finals in three games.
Notable players Red Warriors Marcy Arellano Paul Artadi Mark Borboran Allan Caidic KG Canaleta Jerry Codiñera Adama Diakhite Rudy Distrito Jolly Escobar Elmer Espiritu Robert Jaworski Paul Lee Xian Lim Rino Magsalin Charles Mammie Dong Manalo Jimmy Mariano Jojo Mariquit James Martinez Derrick Pumaren Bong Ravena Roi Sumang Ronald Tubid Tito Varela James Yap
Notable coaches Virgilio "Baby" Dalupan - "The Maestro", coach of the Red Warriors who gave them seven straight UAAP senior basketball titles, the longest championship streak in the UAAP. Grandslam coach in the Philippine Basketball Association Jaime "Jimmy" Mariano
Volleyball
The volleyball team won championships in Seasons 78, 79 and 80, but in Season 81 finished in 7th place.
Notable players Lady Red Warriors Ma. Shaya Adorador – awarded as the 2019 PSL Invitational Cup 2nd Best Outside Hitter. Kath Arado – member of the Philippines women's national volleyball team from 2019 to 2021. She won Rookie of the Year, Best Digger, Best Receiver, and Best Libero awards in the UAAP league, and is a two-time Best Libero awardee in the semi-professional league Philippine Super Liga and a three-time Best Libero awardee in the professional league Premier Volleyball League. Laizah Ann Bendong – awarded as UAAP Season 81's Best Setter and the 2018 PSL Collegiate Grand Slam Conference Best Setter. Mary Anne Mendrez – awarded as the 2018 PSL Collegiate Grand Slam Conference 2nd Best Outside Hitter and was a member of the Philippines women's under-19 national volleyball team. Suzanne Roces – a product of UEWVT, she won a Rookie of the Year award in the UAAP league. She also won three MVP awards and one Best Blocker award in the Shakey's V-League.
Fencing UAAP Season 69 Champions: The men's and women's teams retained their titles at the 69th UAAP season's fencing competition, held at the Ateneo Blue Eagle Gym in Quezon City last February 10 and 11. UAAP Season 75 Champions: The men's and women's teams won the UAAP Season 75 fencing tournament at the Philsports Arena.
Notable athletes Kath Arado — volleyball player, multi-awarded libero Rolando Canlas — fencing master SEA Games gold medalist Mercedito Manipol — middle distance champion Nelson Mariano II — RP Fifth Chess Grand Master Mean Mendrez — volleyball player Roel Ramirez — gymnast champion SEA Games gold medalist Bong Ravena — former PBA player and coach James Yap — PBA player and politician
International competition The UE Red Warriors men's basketball team represented the Philippines at the 1967 Summer Universiade in Tokyo, Japan.Fisu nixes Archers' Serbia Universiade stint - INQUIRER.net, Philippine News for Filipinos
At the 2007 Southeast Asian Games, eleven UE athletes were medalists in their respective sports. They were part of the 620 athletes that comprised Team Philippines that competed at the 24th Southeast Asian Games in Nakhon, Ratchasima, Thailand from December 6 to 15, 2007.
Number of championships See UE Junior Warriors for UE Junior Championships
SportMen'sWomen'sTotal Basketball 18 1 (1977–78) 19 Volleyball 14 5 19 Football 3 1 (2001–02) 4Fencing 8 7 15 Chess 2 0 2
SportMen'sWomen'sTotal Judo 0 0 0 Taekwondo 0 0 0 Table Tennis 1 0 1 Tennis 0 0 0 Swimming 4 4 8
SportMen'sWomen'sTotal Track and Field 9 1 10 Badminton 1 1 2 Beach Volleyball 0 0 0Baseball 4 - 4 Softball 2 - 2
Second most basketball championships overall Second most victories in seniors basketball tournaments
UAAP rankings See UE Junior Warriors for UE Junior Division Rankings
Seniors Division These are the rankings of the university in the UAAP events it has participating in since 1986, the year the UAAP became an eight member-school league.
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See also UE Junior Warriors References
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