The UAAP Season 85 volleyball tournaments were the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) volleyball tournaments for the 2022–23 school year. This was the first completed tournament since 2019.
The collegiate men's and women's tournaments began on February 25, 2023.
The high school boys' and girls' tournaments began earlier on February 13, 2023.
This is the first tournament for men's, boys' and girls' since the COVID-19 pandemic.
Tournament format The UAAP continued to use the Final Four with an updated format in stepladder prior to the start of Season 85, which was to scrapped the "undue advantage" bestowed to second seed team.
The league reverted to its pre-pandemic Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday schedule and protocols such as handshakes and court-side switches between the two teams.
It will also reintroduce the use of video challenge system beginning second round of the tournaments. This will give each team two challenges per set to review questionable calls by the officials.
Mike Verano appointed as the UAAP Volleyball commissioner for this season.
Teams All eight member universities of the UAAP fielded teams in collegiate division while 7 (boys') and 6 (girls') teams in high school, respectively.
+ Collegiate division University Men Women Team Coach Team Coach Adamson University (AdU) Soaring Falcons George Pascua Lady Falcons Jerry Yee and Jay Chua Ateneo de Manila University (AdMU) Blue Eagles Timothy Sto. Tomas Blue Eagles Oliver Almadro De La Salle University (DLSU) Green Spikers Arnold Laniog Lady Spikers Ramil De Jesus and Noel Orcullo Far Eastern University (FEU) Tamaraws Rey Diaz Lady Tamaraws Tina Salak National University (NU) Bulldogs Dante Alinsunurin Lady Bulldogs Ray Karl Dimaculangan University of the East (UE) Red Warriors Jerome Guhit Lady Red Warriors Ronwald Kris Dimaculangan University of the Philippines Diliman (UP) Fighting Maroons Rald Ricafort Fighting Maroons Shaq Delos Santos University of Santo Tomas (UST) Golden Spikers Arthur Alan Mamon Golden Tigresses Kungfu Reyes
+ High School division High school Boys' team Girls' team Adamson University (AdU) Baby Falcons Lady Baby Falcons Ateneo de Manila University (AdMU) Blue Eagles De La Salle Santiago Zobel School (DLSZ) Junior Archers Junior Lady Archers 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 University of the Philippines Integrated School (UPIS) Junior Fighting Maroons University of Santo Tomas Senior High School (UST) Tiger Cubs Junior Tigresses
Name changes Ateneo Lady Eagles and Ateneo Blue Eaglets: On May 5, 2022, Ateneo announced that all of its UAAP teams, regardless of gender, sport or division will now be called the "Blue Eagles".
Coaching changes Team Outgoing coach Manner of departure Date Replaced by Date Adamson Soaring Falcons Domingo Custodio July 27, 2022 George Pascua July 27, 2022 Adamson Lady Falcons Lerma Giron July 1, 2022 Jerry Yee and Jay Chua July 1, 2022 FEU Lady Tamaraws George Pascua July 13, 2022 Tina Salak July 13, 2022 UP Fighting Maroons (women) Godfrey Okumu August 15, 2022 Shaq Delos Santos August 15, 2022
Venues
The UAAP released its schedule on February 9. Opening weekend is at SM Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay, with games at PhilSports Arena in Pasig, Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City, and Filoil EcoOil Centre in San Juan.
For Wednesday quadrupleheaders, the men's tournament played at the PhilSports Arena in Pasig; on all other game days, the men's teams played on the same venue and day as their corresponding women's team. For high school teams, the tournaments played at Paco Arena in Manila.
Arena Location Tournament Capacity Araneta Coliseum Quezon City 14,429 Filoil EcoOil Centre San Juan 6,000 Paco Arena Manila 1,000 PhilSports Arena Pasig 10,000 SM Mall of Asia Arena Pasay 15,000
Squads Each team has a 20-player roster, of which four are reserves. Only one foreign student athlete (FSA) or import is allowed to be on the active roster.
Imports + Men's imports Team Import Nationality colspan="2" Kalle Blomstedt colspan="2" rowspan="2" Obed Mukaba colspan="2" rowspan="3"
Men's tournament Team line-up
No. Name Position 1 ALEGRE, Grant Carlo S 2 CANLAS, Lorences 3 GUTIERREZ, Dan Russel 4 YBOA, John Anthony 6 PACQUING, Ned Calvert OH 7 TAKEDA, Jhon Maru L 8 COGUIMBAL, Mark Leo MB 9 DE LARA, Mar Angelo MB 10 CASAS, Francis OH 12 PAULINO, Marc Kenneth OH 13 AGUILAR, Jude Christian (c) OP 14 GAY, John Eugenio OP 15 MAGALAMAN, Joshua MB 16 NOVILLO, Evander PASCUA, George HC No. Name Position 1 MAGADIA, Lawrence Gil S 2 CRISOSTOMO, Leinuel OH 4 GOPIO, Jettlee MB 5 BATAS, Kennedy OP 6 TANEO, Lutrelle Andre 7 LICAUCO, James Daniel S 8 PACINIO, Amil Jr. OH 10 TRINIDAD, Paulo Lorenzo L 11 LLENOS, Canciano OH 13 DE CASTRO, Lance Andrei (c) L 14 GO, Emmanuel S 17 SENDON, Jeric 18 SALARZON, Jian Matthew OH 22 ABSIN, Charles David MB STO. TOMAS, Timothy HC No. Name Position 1 RONQUILLO, John Mark OP 3 ANIMA, Billie Jean-Henri MB 4 SUMALINOG, John Raphael L 5 MARATA, Von OP 6 GUERRERO, Menard L 7 MAGLINAO, Vince Gerard (c) OH 8 POQUITA, Diogenes III S 9 KAMPTON, Noel Michael OH 10 ESPEJO, Andre OH 11 SERRANO, Angel Paul S 13 DEL PILAR, Nathaniel MB 18 DE JESUS, Jules Carlo OH 22 RODRIGUEZ, Joshua Jamiel MB 24 PHILLIPS, Benjamin MB LANIOG, Arnold HC No. Name Position 1 DOMINGO, Herald MB 2 CODILLA, Jomel OH 3 CACAO, Ariel S 4 DE GUZMAN, Bryce L 5 TALISAYAN, Jelord (c) OH 6 CALADO, Mark OH 7 JAVELONA, Jose Magdalino OH 8 SABANAL, Reymond MB 9 SAAVEDRA, Zhydryx OP 12 CABATAC, Carl Johnard 14 BUGAOAN, Martin MB 15 CELAJES, Jacob L 16 ABUNIAWAN, Jefferson MB 17 MARTINEZ, Benny S DIAZ, Reynaldo Jr. HC No. Name Position 1 ALMENDRAS, Angelo Nicolas OH 2 BELOSTRINO, Clarenz S 5 RAMONES, Kyle Adrien MB 6 BUDDIN, Michaelo OH 8 SUMAGUI, Jann Mariono L 9 LUMANLAN, Louis MB 10 MUKABA, Obed MB 11 MALINIS, Kennry OP 13 RETAMAR, Ave Joshua (c) S 16 JALECO, Bryan James L 18 ARINGO, Leo Jr. OH 20 BELLO, Joseph S 22 FORTUNA, Michael John OP 23 DIAO, Jenngerard Arnfranz MB ALINSUNURIN, Dante HC No. Name Position 1 TORRES, Giles Jeffer MB 2 IMPERIAL, Ralph Ryan (c) S 3 POZAS, Joshua 4 CAMAYMAYAN, Xjhann Viandre 5 REYES, Jose Mari 6 LAMIS, Steve Kent 7 MANGAHIS, John Paul OH 9 SOLIS, Aldwin L 10 DE LIMA, Eryn Maui L 11 JOSAFAT, Lloyd OP 13 DEFEO, Axel 15 ANDAYA, John Michael MB 16 CULABAT, Kenneth Roi OH 20 REYES, Angelo OP GUHIT, Jerome HC No. Name Position 1 IJIRAN, Ruskin MB 2 GAMBAN, Louis (c) OH 4 RUBIN, Jessie 5 NICOLAS, Daniel MB 7 VELASQUEZ, Redhen S 8 SANTIAGO, Clarence S 9 LAGANDO, Angelo OP 11 EUSEBIO, Erl OH 12 CAJOLO, Ranz OP 13 ADVINCULA, Emmanuel MB 14 JUNTILLA, Johnlee L 15 MALABANAN, Jaivee OH 18 TUQUERO, Neuford L 21 LIPATA, Angelo MB RICAFORT, Rald HC No. Name Position 1 DE VEGA, Rey Miguel OH 3 MAGPAYO, Charlee MB 4 TAMAN, Abdul Aziz OH 5 CRUZ, Lorence (c) S 6 DEDOROY, John Emmanuel OP 7 YAMBAO, Dux Euan S 8 SEÑORON, Jhun Lorenz OP 10 FLOR, Rainier MB 12 SISON, Rayven Cameron OH 13 YBAÑEZ, Josh OH 14 TAJANLANGIT, Jesse Emmanuel L 16 COLINARES, Edlyn Paul MB 18 PRUDENCIADO, Van Tracy L 24 DE LA NOCHE, Jay Rack OP MAMON, Arthur Odjie 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
Match-up results
Game results Results on top and to the right of the solid cells are for first-round games; those to the bottom and left are for second-round games.
Bracket
Stepladder semifinals
First round This is a single elimination game. The last time FEU and La Salle faced each other in the semifinals was in season 75. It is also La Salle's first semifinals appearance after 10 years.
Second round This is a single elimination game. UST is back in the semifinals after missing out in season 81. The last time UST and FEU faced each other in the semifinals was on 2017.
Finals NU would have best-of-three series against UST.
Finals Most Valuable Player:
Awards
The awards were handed out prior to Game 2 of the Finals at the SM Mall of Asia Arena.
Most Valuable Player: Rookie of the Year:
1st Best Outside Spiker: 2nd Best Outside Spiker: 1st Best Middle Blocker: 2nd Best Middle Blocker: Best Opposite Spiker: Best Setter: Best Libero:
Players of the Week The Collegiate Press Corps awards a "player of the week" for performances on the preceding week. Week Player Team Week 3 Josh Ybañez Week 8 Joshua Retamar
Women's tournament Team line-up
No. Name Position 2 LAZO, Cae Jelean L 3 MARCE, Aliah OH 4 ALCANTARA, Angelica S 6 NUIQUE, May Ann MB 7 ROMERO, Louie (c) S 8 ADOLFO, Antonette OH 9 SANTIAGO, Kate Nhorrylle OH 10 VERDEFLOR, Maria Joahna Karen L 11 CRUZ, Rizza Andrea MB 12 TUBU, Trisha Gayle OP 13 TAGSIP, Aprylle Ckyle MB 15 JUEGOS, Ayesha Tara OP 17 ALMONTE, Lucille May OH 18 TORING, Lorene Grace MB YEE, Jerry HC No. Name Position 4 LICAUCO, Jean Arianne May L 5 GANDLER, Vanessa OH 7 CRUZ, Kiara Cyrene L 8 SULIT, Yvana Avik MB 9 FUJIMOTO, Takako S 11 TSUNASHIMA, Geezel May OH 12 NARIT, Joan Decemary MB 14 MINER, Alexis Ciarra MB 16 DE GUZMAN, Lyann Marie Loise OH 17 NISPEROS, Faith Janine Shirley (c) OP 18 LOMOCSO, Beutiliza S 19 DOROMAL, Roma Mae L 21 BUENA, Sophia Beatriz OH 24 NISPEROS, Faye Sophia Ysabelle OH ALMADRO, Oliver Allan HC No. Name Position 2 SHARMA, Mereophe Aevangeline MB 3 GAGATE, Thea Allison MB 4 CRUZ, Leila Jane OP 5 JAZARENO, Ylizyeth Justine L 6 MALALUAN, Alleiah Jan OH 7 LAPUT, Shevana Maria Nicola OP 8 DELA CRUZ, Jolina OH 9 CORONEL, Julia Cyrille S 10 LARROZA, Princess Maicah OH 11 ALBA, Marionne Angelique (c) S 12 CANINO, Angel Anne OH 15 PROVIDO, Amie MB 16 SOREÑO, Baby Jyne OP 20 DE LEON, Lyka May L DE JESUS, Ramil HC No. Name Position 2 KISEO, Shiela Mae (c) OH 4 FERNANDEZ, Jovelyn OP 5 UBALDO, Christine S 6 JUANGCO, Alexandra Maxine L 7 ASIS, Ann Roselle MB 8 PANANGIN, Mitzi MB 9 TAGAOD, Chenie OH 11 GALLO, Gillianne Heinz S 13 DEVOSORA, Alyzza Gaile OH 15 PETALLO, Gerzel Mary OH 16 TRUZ, Karyme Isabella MB 17 ENCARNACION, Margarett Louise L 19 ASIS, Jean MB 20 MONARES, Julianne OH SALAK, Cristina HC No. Name Position 4 BELEN, Michaela OH 6 ALINSUG, Evangeline OH 7 ROBLES, Princess Anne (c) OH 8 TORING, Sheena Angela MB 9 NIERVA, Jennifer L 10 MATA, Alexa Nichole MB 12 SOLOMON, Alyssa Jae OP 13 LAMINA, Camilla Victoria S 14 PANGILINAN, Erin May MB 15 ELLARINA, Jazlyne Anne OP 16 JARDIO, Shaira May L 17 MAAYA, Minierva MB 18 CAGANDE, Joyme S 21 ESCANLAR, Myrtle OH DIMACULANGAN, Ray Karl HC No. Name Position 2 LANA, Janeca Janine (c) OH 3 TEQUIN, Shainely MB 5 NIEVA, Percae Darabella OH 6 BABOL, Jasckin May L 7 PELAGA, Lia Alexa MB 10 QUIZON, Jhudielle S 11 ZETA, Jenina Marie L 12 BANGAYAN, Vanessa Karzai OH 13 BALINGIT, Kayce OH 14 DIONISIO, Kamille MB 16 MANALO, Rhea OH 17 CEPADA, KC OP 19 NOGALES, Riza MB 20 REYES, Angelica L DIMACULANGAN, Ronwald Kris HC No. Name Position 1 SOTOMIL, Marianne S 3 YTANG, Niña MB 4 ALTOMEA, Remelyn L 6 ARCE, Ethan Lainne MB 7 CELIS, Maria Dannica MB 8 OJEDA, Kirstin Louise 9 BONAFE, Theo Bea S 10 BERTOLANO, Alyssa OP 11 ESLAPOR, Euricka OH 12 ENCARNACION, Jewel Hannah Ysabelle (c) OH 14 GOC, Abilaine Ann OH 16 BUSTRILLO, Stephanie OP 17 GAYO, Jum Marie L 21 CABASAC, Kyrzten Annikha DELOS SANTOS, Ceseal HC No. Name Position 1 PEÑAFIEL, Renee Lou OH 4 PEPITO, Maria Bernadett L 5 HERNANDEZ, Imee Kim Gabriella MB 6 ALESSANDRINI, Milena OH 8 LAURE, Ejiya (c) OH 10 GULA, Xyza Rufel OH/L 11 ABBU, Athena Sophia MB 12 GALDONES, Kecelyn MB 13 PERDIDO, Jonna Chris OP 14 ABELLANA, Pierre Angeli OH 16 MANGULABNAN, Maria Regina Agatha S 18 TORRES, Janna Elizabeth MB 20 JURADO, Regina Grace OP 24 CARBALLO, Maria Cassandra Rae S REYES, Emilio Jr. HC
Legend S Setter MB Middle Blocker OH Outside Hitter OP Opposite Hitter L Libero (c) Team Captain HC Head coach