The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) will hold its Opening Ceremony at the Araneta Coliseum on September 10, 2022. Season 98 is features seven game categories, namely basketball, volleyball, chess, swimming, taekwondo, track and field and cheerleading. All the games will be held face-to-face, except for taekwondo and chess which will be held on-line. Basketball will be its initial offering with Letran Knights and The Generals of the Emilio Aguinaldo College engaging Season 98 in the first match of the season.
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The AU Lady Chiefs faced the JRU Lady Bombers last Sunday, 17 July 2022, 2 PM. The two teams battled it out in a do-or-die game for a ticket to the NCAA Season 97 Championship round.
June 11, 2022 was the start of the Women’s Volleyball tournament of the NCAA Season 97.
It was a do-or-die game last Sunday (24 April 2022) at 3pm for the Chiefs against the EAC Generals. They needed this win for a chance to compete in the Play-In round of the NCAA Season 97, where the top 6 teams battle it out for the playoffs. 

The Arellano Chiefs went up against the Mapua Cardinals last 10 April 2022, Sunday.
We are saying good-bye to some of our star players, but we are happy that they have found their place in the sports world. Nard John V. Pinto and Prince Renmer B. Caperal are in Global Port, and Keith Agovida is with Sta. Lucia. Good luck to them in their new teams ! Two of our players have joined D-League teams: Giovanni Jalalon, is with Sinag Pilipinas while Levi Hernandez is playing with Foton Tornadoes.
The launch of the NCAA Season 96 took place last June 13, 2021, with non-contact sports set to play--Online chess and Taekwondo. The league also held a skills challenge for basketball and volleyball players focused mainly on the alumni of the varsity teams. The NCAA ruled out the holding of full-contact sports due to the COVID Pandemic in strict compliance with the rules and regulations of the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) and Commission on Higher Education (CHED).
The NCAA Season 96 began last June 13, 2021, following a new format and calendar due to the cancellation of contact sports--deeming online sports platforms to be the safest option-- thus, online Chess became one of the main events of the season.
The Junior division was highlighted by the very strong performance of Jasper Faeldonia who masterfully made his way to the quarterfinals, against Emilio Aguinaldo College’s Reginald Canlas. However, Faeldonia’s trip to the semifinals was halted by Letran’s Christian Mark Daluz.
From https://tiebreakertimes.com.ph/tbt/arocha-vents-ire-letran-arellano-lady-chiefs-secure-ncaa-95-playoff-seat/177727
By Ohmer Bautista
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Coming off a heartbreaker to Perpetual that halted Arellano University’s unbeaten run through the NCAA Season 95 Women’s Volleyball Tournament, Regine Arocha refused to let her team fall into a slump on Tuesday afternoon.
The approval of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) for the resumption of the conduct of competitive contact sports, specifically men’s basketball and women’s volleyball, was met with great appreciation by school authorities, students, alumni, and other sports enthusiasts.
However, the approval is hinged on very strictly following the safety protocols based on the guidelines issued by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED), Department of Health (DOH), the IATF, and the Local Government Units (LGU) under a system called the “Sports Bubble”.