Ateneo de Zamboanga Blue Eagles Region 9 Champion

Ateneo de Zamboanga Blue Eagles Region 9 Champion Ateneo de Zamboanga Blue Eagles, the Zamboanga City collegiate champion, captured the Region 9 championship of the SMART-PLDT 2008 Philippine Collegiate Championship games by beating the Dipolog Medical Center College Lifesavers, 72 to 48, in the finals held during the weekend at the Zamboanga City coliseum.

The Blue Eagles arranged the final meeting with the DMC Lifesavers by beating in succession the Saint Vincent College of Dipolog (86-75), the Kabasalan Institute of Technology from Sibugay (98-84) and the Universidad de Zamboanga-Zamboanga City (84-70).

DMC Lifesavers on the other hand defeated the Universidad de Zamboanga-Sibugay, 83-63, the Universidad de Zamboanga-Zamboanga City, 86-82 and the Saint Vincent College of Dipolog, 68-61 before losing on a onesided championship game to the Ateneo de Zamboanga Blue Eagles.

The Blue Eagles of Zamboanga City received the regional champion cup and the certificate of award for athletic items courtesy of Sonak Sports, distributor of Molten, official ball of PCCL.

The Blue Eagles also earned a seat into the Zonal competitions and will join the UAAP third placer, Far Eastern University Tamaraws, Xavier University (Region 7 champion), the CESAFI third placer, the Region 8 champion and a wild card entry. The top two in the zonal championships will join the elite group in the FilOil Flying V “Sweet 16” Final Challenge in Manila.

Rey Gamboa, Philippine Collegiate Champions League chairman, announced that the other regional championship games to be played this week are the Region 1 (Ilocos/Baguio), October 5 & 6 at University of Northern Phils. Gym, Vigan City, the Region 2 (Pangasinan/Pampanga), October 9 & 10 at Divine World Academy gym, Dagupan City and Region 8 (Davao/GenSan), October 9 & 10 at the Gaisano gym, Davao City.

www.CollegiateChampionsLeague.net For more details about the biggest collegiate basketball event for the year sponsored by SMART and PLDT, visit the official website, www.CollegiateChampionsLeague.net. www.collegiatec For more details about the biggest collegiate basketball event for the year sponsored by SMART and PLDT, visit the official website, www.CollegiateChampionsLeague.net


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