Lyceum Pirates


The LPU Pirates are the athletic teams that represent the Lyceum of the Philippines University and plays in the National Collegiate Athletic Association, the oldest athletic association in the Philippines. Lyceum has fifteen collegiate men's varsity teams that participate in fifteen sporting events of the National Collegiate Athletic Association, its mother league. They are popularly known as the "Pirata ng Intramuros". The women's varsity team is called the Lady Pirates, which plays in the Premier Volleyball League while the high school varsity basketball team is from the Cavite Campus' International High School which is called the Junior Pirates. The university takes part in various sports leagues and tournaments such as the Filoil Flying V Preseason Cup, Fr. Martin's Cup, Philippine Collegiate Champions League, Milcu Sports [|Basketball] Presents Got Skills Premier League, PBA Developmental League and Premier [|Volleyball] League. Lyceum of the Philippines University is the youngest member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association.
The university colors are Wine Red and Silver Grey. Red is for courage, representing Jose P. Laurel's aspirations of strong will, true honor, and love of country. "We should realize that national and individual progress can only be attained through work, more work, and more hard hard work." -Jose P. Laurel Red also symbolizes bravery, dominance, aggression, and power. Grey is strong and steady, making a feeling of cool and self-restraint. The Pirates is the first to use distinctive dark red and grey colors in the collegiate sports scene in the Philippines.

History

is a founding member of the Inter-Scholastic Athletic Association, where they are a two time defending champions. But they left the league to be a Guest team in NCAA Season 87. 2015, Become a regular member on NCAA Season 91.

National Collegiate Athletic Association

The Lyceum of the Philippines University became the tenth NCAA team after the league accepted Lyceum as a guest team for the 87 season. Management Committee chair Mike del Mundo announced that Lyceum completed all of the necessary requirements, including the existence of a high school department. The nonexistence of a high school department prevented Lyceum from being a guest team; its high school campus in Cavite was accepted and the Lyceum Pirates will field in teams in the mandatory sports. Lyceum paid the league 2.5 million pesos to play in the basketball event, and additional P 1M bond, as they will have to pay additional fees to play in other events. The Pirates, as a guest team, are eligible to win the championship.
In their first game in the NCAA, they played against the CSB Blazers and won 75-63. In their second game they won against the season host the UPHSD Altas 93-87. But after winning their first two games, they went on to lose their next two assignments against the defending champions, the San Beda Red Lions 69-89 and the EAC Generals 67-73. After that two consecutive loss they went back on the winning track by winning against their Intramuros neighbors Mapúa Cardinals and the Arellano Chiefs, 76-73 and 84-74, respectively. But after that they went on losing their next three games against the last season's runner-up San Sebastian Stags 57-82, their Intramuros counterpart Letran Knights 89-92 and against the JRU Heavy Bombers 68-74. But on the start of the second round they got their revenge against the Heavy Bombers and win by a score of 71-65. After winning their first assignment in the second round they on a losing track once again and loss their next two games against the Cardinals, 59-80. They also lost against the Altas on the second round with a score of 73-78.
In 2015, Lyceum along with Emilio Aguinaldo College is accredited as full members of the NCAA, based from their performance in Season 90.
In 2017, the Pirates swept the elimination round for the Senior's Basketball during the NCAA Season 93 and have automatically qualified into the finals. It is the first time for the LPU Pirates to qualify for the finals for Seniors' Basketball since joining the league as a guest member during the NCAA Season 87. LPU Basketball Team has been known to have a patented kind of Defense, Fast Break Offense and Transition Offense.

Inter-Scholastic Athletic Association

Lyceum together with FEATI University, Manila Doctors College, Southville International School and Colleges, Manila Adventist Medical Center and Colleges and La Consolacion College Manila formed the Inter-Scholastic Athletic Association back in 2009. They eventually became the basketball champions both men's and women's up until the 2010 season. After the 2010 season they left the league to pursue their dreams in the NCAA.

Women's National Collegiate Athletic Association

In the WNCAA they are back-to-back champions in 2010 and 2011 respectively. Right now they are on hiatus.

Alma Mater

The alma mater song is "Awit ng Lyceum". The composer of Lyceum Hymn is no other than late Professor Paulino Capitulo. Music by Bb. Pricilla Ladicas. This was adopted by the school's NCAA basketball team, band and cheerleaders. It eventually became a ritual, sung with arms raised and fists clenched symbolizing Lyceum's enduring school spirit. The singing of the alma mater hymn by Lyceans after a sports event, alumni homecoming, or other special gatherings became a tradition.

Sports

The Lyceum of the Philippines University is one of 10 schools that participate in all of the fifteen sporting events of the National Collegiate Athletic Association . The names of the school's collegiate varsity teams participating in these fifteen sports are shown in the table below.

Men's Basketball

Depth chart

Notable players

Women's volleyball roster

; NCAA Season 95
; NCAA Season 93
; NCAA Season 93
Women's
Men's
Juniors
The following table shows the number of championships of Lyceum of the Philippines University in the National Collegiate Athletic Association.
SportMen'sWomen'sTotal
Basketball000
Volleyball000
Football000
Fencing000
Chess000
Judo000
Taekwondo000
Table [|Tennis]000
Tennis000
Swimming000
Track and Field000
Badminton000
Beach Volleyball000
Baseball000
Softball000
Total000