Letran star JerrickBalanza will be facing the biggest battle of his career as he was diagnosed with a brain tumor which will sideline him for the rest of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Season 94 basketball tournament.
After their underwhelming finish last season, the Letran Aqua Knights looks to start anew with their new head coach and latest acquisitions.
The Letran Shuttlers displayed a great overall performance last season as they ended their campaign with a runner-up finish in the men’s division; losing to rival school San Beda University Red Smashers in the finals, while the women’s division placed fifth overall in the tournament.
Eleven months after he departed Intramuros for the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA), Rey Nambatac is back once again as he donned the Blue and Red and suited up for the Letran Knights in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Season 94 Shooting Stars Challenge; teaming up with Christian Fajarito and Letran Squire Stacey Tibayan.
With the painful memory of runner-up finishes in their last year’s National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) campaign still fresh in their minds, the Letran Table Tennis teams are set to break through the slumps as they approach Season 94.
After losing eight of his vital players in both the seniors and juniors division due to graduation, Letran Chess team head coach Roland Perez took the off-season very well and enlisted ten new faces to reinforce his team.
Spin.ph’s sports writer and The LANCE’s former sports editor ’12-’13 Christian Jacinto has been elected as the new National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Press Corps vice president last July.
The Letran Knights ended their NCAA first round campaign with a win against the Emilio Aguinaldo College Generals, 76-56, on Friday, August 24 at the FilOil Flying V Centre in San Juan.
After two heart-wrenching losses against San Beda and Lyceum, Knights’ main man Bong Quinto quickly licked his wounds and posted his first career triple-double to power Letran’s redemption game.
The Letran Knights snapped their two-game losing skid after handing the Mapua University Cardinals a 21-point beating, 84-63, in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Season 92 men’s basketball tournament on Tuesday, at the Filoil Flying V Centre in San Juan.