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| University | University of Santo Tomas |
|---|---|
| Nickname | Golden Tigresses |
| Founded | 1938 |
| Location | Manila |
| Head coach | Kungfu Reyes (9th season) |
| Main league | |
| League | UAAP |
| Season 86 (2024) | Runner-up |
| Championships | |
| UAAP: 16 | |
The UST Golden Tigresses are the women’s collegiate varsity volleyball team of the UST Growling Tigers, representing the University of Santo Tomas in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP). Their head coach as of April 17, 2015 is former Golden Spiker Kungfu Reyes.[1]
They are one of the UAAP’s winningest teams with 16 championships, the last coming in 2010 against the De La Salle Lady Spikers. The Tigresses swept their elimination games in 1988, 1993 and 1996 and were declared automatic champions in each of those years. They also have the third most Final Four appearances with 14, behind La Salle’s 19 and the FEU Lady Tamaraws’ 15. UST made seven straight Final Four appearances from 2005 until 2012.[2][3][4][5][6]
The Tigresses also have six Premier Volleyball League championships, with the distinction of being the inaugural winners in 2004 when the tournament was still known as the Shakey’s V-League. They hold the same number of six championships in the UNIGAMES, with back-to-back wins in 2009 and 2010, and then capped by a three-peat from 2016 until 2018.[7][8]
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- ^ Co, Adrian Stewart (3 November 2018). "UNIGAMES: UST Tigresses 3-peat champions in volleyball". PanayNews. Retrieved 3 Nov 2018.