MANILA, Philippines – Adamson University (AdU) retained the UAAP women’s softball crown by completing a 10-game sweep with an 11-1 demolition of University of the Philippines (UP) at the Rizal Memorial Baseball Stadium.

Rizza Bernardino was awesome from the mound and struck out 5 batters as the Lady Falcons swept all of their games in the eliminations to clinch the title outright.

With a lineup boosted with national team standouts, Adamson clinched its 11th softball title, the second-best in the UAAP behind Far Eastern University’s (FEU) 20.

It was the second straight unbeaten season for the Lady Falcons, who are now undefeated in 20 games since last season.

A jubilant Adamson coach Ana Santiago was all praises for Bernardino, the 18-year-old Laguna pride, who was named Most Valuable Player, besides grabbing the Most RBIs (runs batted in), Best Hitter and Best Pitcher awards.

“Talagang nagpakita siya (Bernardino) ng kumpiyansa this season. Sinabi ko sa kanya na ikaw ang tatapos sa game na ito,” said Santiago.

Bernardino was responsible for 3 hits and 2 RBIs in the title-clinching victory.

Two other Lady Falcons bagged individual awards—Queeny Sabobo, was named the Rookie of the Year and Michelle Lentija, who has the most number of homeruns this season.

It was also the 7th title for Santiago as Adamson coach.

The Lady Maroons finished at 7-3 to clinch runner-up honors. University of the East (6-4) bagged the 3rd place trophy with a 4-2 win over Ateneo (2-8) also yesterday.

In the other game, University of Santo Tomas (5-5) waylaid De La Salle (0-10), 9-2, to end up 4th.