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John Bryan Ulanday - The Philippine Star
February 25, 2025 | 12:00am
Over 500 schools and 3,000 students vied in the Estudyante Sports National Championships, mirroring the national finals in basketball and volleyball from different leagues, as they duked it out in the tough regional qualifiers in the NCR, Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao.
Dark League Studios
MANILA, Philippines — La Salle, Our Lady of Fatima University, Faith Colleges and City College of Angeles roared to history, becoming the inaugural champions of four different disciplines in the Dark League Studios’ Estudyante Esports National Championships over the weekend at the Ayala Malls Circuit in Makati.
The DLSU Green Aces swept the Southwestern University-PHINMA Cobras in the Valorant finals, 2-0, as the Our Lady of Fatima Phoenix wiped out the University of San Agustin Eagles in the League of Legends (LOL) finale, 2-0.
Faith Colleges’ Novus Bravehearts then pulled off a 2-1 win over the University of Cebu Lapu-Lapu and Mandaue Thunder in the centerpiece Mobile Legends: Bang Bang (MLBB) event marked by a 26-8 domination in Game 3.
City College of Angeles, represented by Zaskieee with a main Zafina hero, ruled Tekken 8 over finalists Far Eastern, Central Philippine University and University of Science and Technology of Southern Philippines.
Xavier Juan (Xavi8K) spearheaded the way for La Salle in Valorant, bagging the MVP plum with solid coverage from teammates Lance Elmo Gacayan (Banunu), Aaro Francis Sablay (Fission), Fernando Miguel Dy (Guelson), Luis Corpus (Schnappi) and Lucas Gruenberg (Secre).
In LOL, Michael Jay (Austerity) reigned supreme for OLFU to win MVP honors. Backstopping him were Aiman Guro (SCP 001), Karl Emmanuel Aviles (Nezu), John Joseph Paracale (SWOOF), Van Michael Gestiada (UC VAN) and Joshua Mendoza (Mid Owa).
Then there’s Zywin Angelo Pedutem (Zywin God) clinching the MVP honors in MLBB for Faith Colleges with support from CJ Santos (Seajay), Rojan Macasaet (Shazz), Kirt Brainer Trinidad (Kirttt) and Ace King Toledo (ALASSSS).
DLSU, OLFU and Faith Colleges took home P500,000 each as City College of Angeles collected P100,000 in the event backed by the PBA, PLDT, Honda and Pocky, as part of the new program of Dark League Studios, which also organized the inaugural UAAP Esports last year.
