UAAP football, chess kicks off on Saturday
MANILA, Philippines – It's a busy weekend for UAAP Season 74 with football and chess kicking off and volleyball, tennis, baseball and softball resuming in various venues.
Men’s football pits De La Salle against University of the East (UE) at 10 a.m. on Saturday, University of Santo Tomas (UST) against Far Eastern University (FEU) at 2 p.m. and University of the Philippines (UP) against Ateneo at 3 p.m..
In the women’s division, it will be De La Salle against Ateneo at 1 p.m. and UST against UP at 3:15 p.m.
All matches will be played at the Ateneo fields in Katipunan.
In Manila at the FEU Mini Theater, chess action gets going at noon to coincide with the busy schedule at the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex where tennis, softball and juniors baseball eliminations resume.
The pairings in men’s chess are Adamson against FEU, UP against UST, NU against Ateneo and De La Salle against UE.
In women’s chess, it will be FEU against De La Salle, UP against UST, UE against NU and Adamson against Ateneo.
In tennis, it will be National University (NU) against De La Salle and Ateneo against UE at 9 a.m. and UST against UP at noon in the men’s contest.
The women’s tennis division will have Ateneo versus UST also at noon.
In softball at the fabled Rizal Memorial diamond, UE takes on UP at 8 a.m., Adamson battles Ateneo at 10 a.m. and UST faces De La Salle at noon.
Second-round action in volleyball at the Arena in San Juan also is on Saturday’s schedule.
Men’s leader UST (6-1) takes on FEU (5-2) at 9 a.m. and NU (5-2) meets Adamson (4-3) at 10:30 a.m.
In women’s volleyball, NU (1-6) faces FEU (4-3) at 2 p.m. and unbeaten defending champion De La Salle (7-0) takes on Adamson (4-3).

