The NCAA has officially concluded its historic 100th season and is now setting its sights on ushering in a new century with Season 101.
San Beda University emerged as the big winner in the previous season with the Mendiola crew capturing the Season 100 overall championships in both the juniors and seniors divisions.
San Beda swept the men's and women's divisions of taekwondo and swimming while also ruling the men's football event to complete its 26th overall crown. The longtime NCAA member also dominated chess and table tennis to seize the general championship for the second straight year now.
After a historic centennial edition, the NCAA now hopes to begin a new era in Season 101, which will be hosted by Mapua University.
In a ceremony on Tuesday, Season 100 host Lyceum of the Philippines University formally handed the hosting duties to Mapua as the league eyes to kick off Season 101 in October.
"We just finished our meeting a while ago and we agreed that we are going to formally open the Season 101 in October but there will be a kick-off activities in August," Mapua president Dodjie Maestrocampo said.
"There are a lot of plans that are in store. There will be changes on how we do our competitions, hoping that the league will be more exciting and more engaging."
It will also mark the first time in 10 years that Mapua will serve as the league host since Season 91.
—JMB, GMA Integrated News
