UAAP Season '78 volleyball tournament makes a smashing comeback worldwide beginning Jan 31

QUEZON CITY, Philippines - Jan. 28, 2016 - PRLog -- After the FEU Tamaraw’s definitive and historical victory last December at the basketball championship beating UST Growling Tigers, the University Athletic Association of the Philippines’ (UAAP) officially opens the much-awaited Season ‘78 volleyball tournament to be broadcast LIVE on ABS-CBN Sports+Action (ASA) worldwide beginning Sunday, January 31.

Unlike in previous years when only women’s volleyball matches were aired, this time the Men’s tournament likewise gets ample coverage for Season ‘78.

Kicking off the new volleyball season is the men’s game 1 match-up between defending champion Ateneo de Manila University (ADMU) Blue Eagles versus the UST Growling Tigers.

On the women’s side, this year’s UAAP host school the UP Lady Maroons will tangle withthe UE Lady Warriors in Game 1, to be followed by the explosive Game 2 clash pitting the two-time defending champions Ateneo Lady Eagles against the NU Lady Bulldogs.

Last Season ‘77, the Ateneo men’s volleyball team repulsed the NU Bulldogs to grab its very first championship, while the Ateneo Lady Eagles captured its second consecutive crown by edging archrival De La Salle Lady Spikers in the finals. Will Ateneo continue its dominance of the volleyball tournament this year?

Support your favorite universities and catch the exciting volleyball games LIVE worldwide on ASA. Fans of the collegiate tournament can also watch the games via livestream on TFC’s official online service, TFC.tv.

The UAAP Season ‘78 men and women’s volleyball tournament will air beginning this Sunday, January 31 and will take on the Wednesday-Saturday-Sunday schedule (Tuesday-Friday-Saturday, Pacific time) during its regular run until February 28.  Livestream matches and schedules can also be seen via sports.abs-cbn.com/livestream/uaap