Ateneo Blue Eagles men's volleyball
{{Short description|Collegiate men's volleyball team}}
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| name = Ateneo Blue Eagles
| university = Ateneo de Manila University
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| nickname = Blue Eagles
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| location = Quezon City, Philippines
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| coach = Timothy Santo Tomas
| captain = Lance De Castro
| league = UAAP
| season = Season 85 (2023)
| position = 5th
| otherleague = Spikers' Turf
| otherleague-name = Ateneo–Fudgee Barr Blue Eagles
| otherseason = 2023 Invitational
| otherposition = 19th
| otherleague-partner = Republic Biscuit Corporation
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| titles = UAAP: 3
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The Ateneo Blue Eagles men's volleyball program is the men's collegiate varsity volleyball team of the Ateneo de Manila University. The team competes in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP).
History
The Ateneo Blue Eagles men's volleyball team was formed in 1967. They first played competitive varsity volleyball when they participated in the women's volleyball tournament of the NCAA (Philippines) in Season 43 (1967–68).
After 7 year, Season 51 (1975–76), the Blue Eagles won their first NCAA men's volleyball championship. In Season 52 (1976–1977), they won their second NCAA volleyball championship title and first back-to-back championship title.
They were unable to defend their title in the NCAA because Ateneo de Manila transferred to the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) in 1978. The team did not win a championship for the next 37 years. These titles are won by Blue Eagles UAAP Season 77 (2014–2015), UAAP Season 78 (2015–2016),UAAP Season 79 (2016–2017).
Current roster
=Ateneo Blue Eagles men's volleyball team=
{{Main|UAAP Season 85 volleyball tournaments}}
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! colspan="7" style= "background: blue; color: white; text-align: center" | UAAP Season 85 roster | |||||
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!style= "align=center; width:1em;" |Number !style= "align=center;width:17em;" |Player !style= "align=center; width:9em;" |Position !style= "align=center; width:9em;" |Height !style= "align=center; width:13em;"|Birth date !style= "align=center; width:13em;"| High School | |||||
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|{{sort|01|1}} | align=left|Lawrence Gil Magadia | Setter | {{convert|1.76|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}} | De La Salle Lipa | |
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|{{sort|02|2}} | align=left|Leinuel Crisostomo | Outside Hitter | {{convert|5|ft|8|in|abbr=on}} | align=right|{{Birth date and age|2002|6|17}} | De La Salle Zobel |
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|{{sort|04|4}} | align=left|Jettlee Gopio | Middle Blocker | |||
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|{{sort|05|5}} | align=left|Kennedy Batas | Opposite Hitter | align=right|{{Birth date and age|2001|9|5}} | ||
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|{{sort|06|6}} | align=left|Lutrelle Andrei Taneo | Outside Hitter | |||
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|{{sort|07|7}} | align=left|James Daniel Licauco | Setter | {{convert|1.77|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}} | align=right|{{Birth date and age|2001|6|7}} | |
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|{{sort|08|8}} | align=left|Amil Pacinio Jr. | Outside Hitter | {{convert|1.82|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}} | ||
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|{{sort|10|10}} | align=left|Paulo Lorenzo Trinidad | Libero | |||
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|{{sort|11|11}} | align=left|Canciano Llenos | Outside Hitter | |||
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|{{sort|13|13}} | align=left|Lance Andrei De Castro | Libero | {{convert|5|ft|7|in|abbr=on}} | align=right|{{Birth date and age|2000|8|10}} | |
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|{{sort|14|14}} | align=left|Emmanuel Go | Setter | |||
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|{{sort|17|17}} | align=left|Jeric Sendon | Middle Blocker | |||
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|{{sort|18|18}} | align=left|Jian Matthew Salarzon | Outside Hitter | {{convert|6|ft|3|in|abbr=on}} | align=right|{{Birth date and age|2003|10|4}} | |
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|{{sort|22|22}} | align=left|Charles David Absid | Middle Blocker | |||
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|{{sort|23|23}} | align=left|Joseph Brian Castro | Middle Blocker | {{convert|6|ft|4|in|abbr=on}} | align=right|{{Birth date and age|2001|10|24}} |
Previous roster
=UAAP Champions=
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!style="background: #000080; color: white; text-align: center" | UAAP Season 77 roster |
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| OH - • 2 Karl Irvin Baysa • 15 Marck Jesus Espejo • 17 Sebastian Enrique Cuerva • 18 Ismael John Rivera |
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!style="background: #000080; color: white; text-align: center" | UAAP Season 78 roster |
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| OH - • 2 Karl Irvin Baysa • 15 Marck Jesus Espejo • 17 Sebastian Enrique Cuerva • 18 Ismael John Rivera |
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!style="background: #000080; color: white; text-align: center" | UAAP Season 79 roster |
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| OH - • 2 Karl Irvin Baysa • 3 Ron Adrian Medalla • 15 Marck Jesus Espejo • 18 Ismael John Rivera |
=Spikers' Turf/PVL Champions=
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!style="background: #000080; color: white; text-align: center" | Spikers' Turf 1st Season Collegiate Conference roster |
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| OH - • 2 Karl Irvin Baysa • 3 Ron Adrian Medalla • 15 Marck Jesus Espejo • 18 Ismael John Rivera |
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!style="background: #000080; color: white; text-align: center" | Spikers' Turf 2nd Season Collegiate Conference roster |
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| OH - • 2 Karl Irvin Baysa (c) • 3 Ron Adrian Medalla • 10 Paulo Lorenzo Trinidad • 15 Marck Jesus Espejo |
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!style="background: #000080; color: white; text-align: center" | 2017 PVL Collegiate Conference roster |
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| OH - • 2 Karl Irvin Baysa (c) • 15 Marck Jesus Espejo • 17 Sebastian Enrique Cuerva • 18 Ismael John Rivera • 19 Canciano Llenos |
Team honors
=NCAA=
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! colspan="4" style= "background: blue; color: white; text-align: center" | Ateneo Blue Eagles |
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!style= "align=center; width:1em;" |Year !style= "align=center;width:15em;" |Season !style= "align=center; width:9em;" |Title !style= "align=center; width:3em;" |Ref |
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| 1975–1976 | NCAA Season 51 |style="background:gold;" | Champions |rowspan=2| {{cite news|url=https://businessmirror.com.ph/2015/03/22/bonfire-blues/|title=Bonfire blues|work=BusinessMirror|last=|first=|date=March 22, 2015|access-date=August 8, 2023}} |
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| 1976–1977 | NCAA Season 52 |style="background:gold;" | Champions |
=UAAP=
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! colspan="4" style= "background: blue; color: white; text-align: center" | Ateneo Blue Eagles |
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!style= "align=center; width:1em;" |Year !style= "align=center;width:15em;" |Season !style= "align=center; width:9em;" |Title !style= "align=center; width:3em;" |Ref |
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| 2014–2015 |style="background:gold;" | Champions |{{cite news |last=Ganglani |first=Naveen |title=Top 10 UAAP basketball and volleyball stories in 2015 |url=https://www.rappler.com/sports/uaap/top-volleyball-basketball-2015 |access-date=August 8, 2023 |work=Rappler |issue=December 30, 2015}} |
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| 2015–2016 |style="background:gold;" | Champions |
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| 2016–2017 |style="background:gold;" | Champions |
=Other Collegiate Leagues=
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! colspan="4" style= "background: blue; color: white; text-align: center" | Ateneo Blue Eagles |
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!style= "align=center; width:1em;" |Year !style= "align=center;width:15em;" |Season !style= "align=center; width:9em;" |Title !style= "align=center; width:3em;" |Ref |
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| 2015 | Spikers' Turf 1st Season Collegiate Conference |style="background:gold;" | Champions |{{cite news|last1=Payo|first1=Jasmine W.|title=Spikers’ Turf volleyball lifts covers off collegiate tourney|url=https://sports.inquirer.net/185987/spikers-turf-volleyball-lifts-covers-off-collegiate-tourney|accessdate=August 11, 2023|publisher=Philippine Daily Inquirer|date=July 4, 2015}} |
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| 2016 | Spikers' Turf 2nd Season Collegiate Conference |style="background:gold;" | Champions |
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| 2017 | 2017 PVL Collegiate Conference (men's) |style="background:gold;" | Champions | |
Individual honors
=UAAP=
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! colspan="5" style= "background: blue; color: white; text-align: center" | Ateneo Blue Eagles |
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!style= "align=center; width:1em;" |Year !style= "align=center;width:15em;" |Season !style= "align=center; width:9em;" |Award !style= "align=center; width:9em;" |Player !style= "align=center; width:3em;" |Ref |
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| rowspan=1|2008-2009 | rowspan=1|UAAP Season 71 | Rookie of the Year | Duane Craig Teves | |
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| rowspan=2|2009-2010 | rowspan=2|UAAP Season 72 | Most Valuable Player (Season) | rowspan=2|Andre Joseph Pareja |rowspan=2| |
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| Best Attacker |
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| rowspan=3|2013-2014 | rowspan=3|UAAP Season 76 | Most Valuable Player (Season) |rowspan=3| |
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| Rookie of the Year |
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| Best Setter |
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| rowspan=4|2014-2015 | rowspan=4|UAAP Season 77 | Most Valuable Player (Season) | rowspan=2|Marck Jesus Espejo |rowspan=4| |
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| Best Attacker |
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| Best Setter | rowspan=2|Esmilzo Joner Polvoroza |
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| Most Valuable Player (Finals) |
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| rowspan=5|2015-2016 | rowspan=5|UAAP Season 78 | Most Valuable Player (Season) | rowspan=3|Marck Jesus Espejo |
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| Best Attacker |
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| Best Server |
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| Most Valuable Player (Finals) |
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| Best Setter |
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| rowspan=6|2016-2017 | rowspan=6|UAAP Season 79 | Most Valuable Player (Season) | rowspan=3|Marck Jesus Espejo |
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| Best Scorer |
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| Best Attacker |
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| Most Valuable Player (Finals) | Antony Paul Koyfman |
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| Rookie of the Year | Chumason Celestine Njigha |
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| Best Setter |
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| rowspan=6|2017-2018 | rowspan=6|UAAP Season 80 | Most Valuable Player (Season) | rowspan=4|Marck Jesus Espejo |
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| Best Scorer |
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| Best Attacker |
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| Best Server |
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| Rookie of the Year | Ariel Morado Jr. |
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| Best Setter |
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| rowspan=3|2019-2020 | rowspan=3|UAAP Season 81 | 2nd Best Middle Blocker | Chumason Celestine Njigha |rowspan=3|{{cite news|title=UAAP Season 81: Bagunas hauls MVP, three other individual awards|url=https://sports.abs-cbn.com/uaap/news/2019/05/10/uaap-bagunas-hauls-mvp-three-individual-awards-56642|access-date=August 8, 2023|publisher=ABS-CBN Sports|date=May 10, 2019}} |
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| Best Setter | Lawrence Gil Magadia |
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| Best Libero |
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| rowspan=1|2022-2023 | rowspan=1|UAAP Season 85 | Best Libero | Lance Andrei De Castro |
=Other Collegiate Leagues=
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! colspan="5" style= "background: blue; color: white; text-align: center" | Ateneo Blue Eagles |
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!style= "align=center; width:1em;" |Year !style= "align=center;width:15em;" |Season !style= "align=center; width:9em;" |Award !style= "align=center; width:9em;" |Player !style= "align=center; width:3em;" |Ref |
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| rowspan=4|2015 | rowspan=4|Spikers' Turf 1st Season Collegiate Conference | Most Valuable Player (Season) | rowspan=3| Marck Jesus Espejo | rowspan=4| |
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| Most Valuable Player (finals) |
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| 2nd Best Outside Spiker |
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| Best Opposite Spiker |
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| rowspan=4|2016 | rowspan=4|Spikers' Turf 2nd Season Collegiate Conference | Most Valuable Player (Season) | rowspan=3| Marck Jesus Espejo |
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| Most Valuable Player (finals) |
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| 1st Best Outside Spiker |
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| Best Setter |
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| rowspan=5 |2017 | rowspan=5 |2017 PVL Collegiate Conference | Most Valuable Player (Season) | rowspan=3| Marck Jesus Espejo |
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| Most Valuable Player (finals) |
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| 1st Best Outside Spiker |
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| Best Setter |
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| Best Libero |
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| rowspan=2|2022 | rowspan=2|2022 V-League Collegiate Challenge | 1st Best Middle Blocker | Jetlee Gopio |
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| Best Opposite Spiker | Kennedy Batas |
Records by season
=UAAP=
{{collapse top|Records starting UAAP Season 56|bg=blue|fc=white}}
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| colspan="8" style= "background:white; color: blue; text-align: center" | Ateneo Blue Eagles |
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!style="width:100px; background: blue; color: white;"|UAAP Season !style="width:100px; background: blue; color: white;"|Place !style="width:125px; background: blue; color: white;"|Team Captain !style="width:125px; background: blue; color: white;"|Finals opponent or Lost to |
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| 1993–1994 |56 |8th place | | |
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| 1994–1995 |57 | 6th place | | |
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| 1995–1996 |58 | 8th place | | |
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| 1996–1997 |59 | Did not join | | |
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| 1997–1998 | 60 | 8th place | | |
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| 1998–1999 | 61 | 8th place | | |
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| 1999–2000 | 62 | 8th place | | |
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| 2000–2001 | 63 | 8th Place | | |
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| 2001–2002 | 64 | 8th place | | |
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| 2002–2003 | 65 | 8th place | | |
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| 2003–2004 | 66 | 8th place | | |
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| 2004–2005 |67 | 8th place | | |
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| 2005–2006 |68 | 8th place | | |
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| 2006–2007 | 69 | 5th place | | |
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| 2007–2008 | 70 | 7th place | | |
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| 2008–2009 | 71 | bgcolor=#D8F0C0|4th Place | | |
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| 2009–2010 | 72 | style="background:#c96;" | 3rd Place | | |
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| 2010–2011 | 73 | 6th place | | |
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| 2011–2012 | 74 | 7th place | | |
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| 2012–2013 | 75 | 6th place | | |
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| 2013–2014 | 76 | style="background:silver;" | Runners-up | | {{UAAPteam|NU|men's|vb}} |
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| 2014–2015 | 77 |style="background:gold;" | Champions | |{{UAAPteam|NU|men's|vb}} |
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| 2015–2016 | 78 |style="background:gold;" | Champions | |{{UAAPteam|NU|men's|vb}} |
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| 2016–2017 | 79 | style="background:silver;" | Runners-up | |{{UAAPteam|NU|men's|vb}} |
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| 2017–2018 | 80 | style="background:silver;" | Runners-up | |{{UAAPteam|NU|men's|vb}} |
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| 2018–2019 | 81 | style="background:#c96;" | 3rd Place | |{{UAAPteam|NU|men's}} |
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| 2019–2020 | 82 | cancelled | | |
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| 2020–2021 | 83 | cancelled | | |
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| 2021–2022 | 84 | cancelled | | |
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| 2022–2023 | 85 | 5th place | Lance Andrei De Castro | {{UAAPteam|DLSU|men's|vb|name=DLSU Green Spikers}} |
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=Other Collegiate Leagues=
====Spikers' Turf/PVL====
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! colspan="5" style= "background: blue; color: white; text-align: center" | Records by season |
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!style= "align=center; width:1em;" |Year !style= "align=center;width:15em;" |Tournament !style= "align=center; width:9em;" |Competed as !style= "align=center; width:9em;" |Placement |
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| Ateneo Blue Eagles |style="background:gold;" | Champions |
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| Ateneo Blue Eagles |style="background:gold;" | Champions |
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| 2017 PVL | Ateneo Blue Eagles |style="background:gold;" | Champions |
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| 2018 PVL |colspan=2|did not join |
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| Open | Ateneo Blue Eagles |8th place |
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| 2020 Spikers' Turf |colspan=4|no tournament due to the COVID-19 pandemic |
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| 2021 Spikers' Turf |colspan=4|no tournament due to the COVID-19 pandemic |
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| Open | Ateneo–Fudgee Barr |6th place |
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|rowspan=2|2023 Spikers' Turf | Open |colspan=2|did not join |
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| Ateneo–Fudgee Barr | 19th place |
==V-League PH==
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! colspan="5" style= "background: blue; color: white; text-align: center" | Records by season |
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!style= "align=center; width:1em;" |Year !style= "align=center;width:15em;" |Tournament !style= "align=center; width:9em;" |Competed as !style= "align=center; width:9em;" |Placement |
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| 2022 V-League | Ateneo Blue Eagles | 4th place |
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| 2023 V-League | Ateneo Blue Eagles | 4th place |
Head coaches
- UAAP Season 81–present: {{flagicon|PHI}} Timothy James Sto. Tomas {{cite news|last=Naredo|first=Camille|url=https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/06/14/18/new-ateneo-coach-ready-to-step-out-of-almadros-shadow|title=New Ateneo coach ready to step out of Almadro's shadow|publisher=ABS-CBN Sports|date=June 14, 2018|access-date=October 30, 2018}}
Former players
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- {{flagicon|PHI}} Esmilzo Joner Polvoroza (S)
- {{flagicon|PHI}} Manuel Sumanguid III (L)
- {{flagicon|PHI}} AJ Pareja (MB)
- {{flagicon|PHI}} Chumason Celestine Njigha (MB)
- {{flagicon|PHI}} Rex Emmanuel Intal (MB)
- {{flagicon|PHI}} Marck Jesus Espejo (OH)
- {{flagicon|PHI}} Ysrael Wilson Marasigan (OP)
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| Opposite Hitter |
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