The seniors' division of the UAAP Season 71 volleyball tournaments opened December 6, 2008. Tournament host will be Far Eastern University. Tournament games will be at the Far Eastern University Gym and The Arena in San Juan.

The juniors' division tournaments were held on the first semester of the 2008-09 school year; the UE Pages and the UST Lady Tiger Cubs won all of their elimination round games in their respective divisions to clinch the championship outright.

In the men's tournament, the UST Growling Tigers also won all of their elimination round games but went through the usual the Final Four format; they beat Ateneo in three straight sets in the semifinals to formalize their entry to the Finals; they then swept the UP Fighting Maroons 2–0 in the best-of-3 Finals series without losing a set to have an immaculate 17–0 Season 71 record to successfully defend their championship.

In the women's tournament, the FEU Lady Tamaraws and La Salle Lady Archers emerged on top of the standings and beat their semifinals opponents to meet in the Finals. FEU overcame UST Tigresses which gave them their opening day loss, while La Salle beat the Adamson Lady Falcons in a rematch of their third-place playoff in the Shakey's V-League. FEU and La Salle split their elimination round games, with La Salle winning over FEU in the second round's last game to wrest the #1 seed away from the Lady Tamaraws who had held it all tournament long. After winning Game 1 in five sets, FEU lost the next two games in four sets to award La Salle their fifth UAAP women's volleyball championship.

With UST's 14–0 sweep of the tournament, they were supposed to receive at least an automatic Finals berth^[1] but instead will go through the usual Final Four phase with the release of the playoffs schedule.

Team standings Team W L PCT GB Tie  UST Growling Tigers 14 0 1.000 --  De La Salle Green Archers 10 4 .714 4  UP Fighting Maroons 9 5 .643 5  Ateneo Blue Eagles 9 5 .643 5  Adamson Soaring Falcons 6 8 .429 8 2-0  FEU Tamaraws 6 8 .429 8 0-2  UE Red Warriors 2 12 .083 12  NU Bulldogs 0 14 .000 14 Tiebreakers: UP defeated Ateneo 3–2 in the third-seed game. Adamson defeated FEU in both of their elimination round games.

Schedule Win Loss School Round 1 Round 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14  AdU  ADMU  DLSU  FEU  NU  UE  UP  UST

	3rd-seed playoff					Semifinals Top seeds twice-to-beat						Finals Best-of-three series
						1	UST		3
						4	Ateneo		0
	Ateneo		2									1	UST	3	3
	UP		3									3	UP	0	0
						2	La Salle	0	1
						3	UP	3	3

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
Feb 18	Ateneo Blue Eagles	2–3	UP Fighting Maroons	25–19	26–28	22–25	25–19	10–15	108–106

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
Feb 21	UST Growling Tigers	3–0	Ateneo Blue Eagles	25–19	25–23	25–20	–	–	75–62
UST advances to the Finals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
Feb 22	De La Salle Green Archers	0–3	UP Fighting Maroons	18–25	20–25	22–25	–	–	60–75
Feb 25	De La Salle Green Archers	1–3	UP Fighting Maroons	25–16	17–25	15–25	23–25	–	80–91
UP advances to the Finals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
Mar 1	UST Growling Tigers	3–0	UP Fighting Maroons	25–20	25–18	25–21	–	–	75–59
Mar 4	UST Growling Tigers	3–0	UP Fighting Maroons	25–22	25–14	25–17	–	–	75–53
UST wins series 2–0

• Rookie of the Year: Duane Craig Teves (Ateneo de Manila University)
• Best attacker: Jayson Ramos (University of Santo Tomas)
• Best blocker: Lloyd Arden Belgado (University of the Philippines Diliman)
• Best setter: Gerald Magtoto (University of the Philippines Diliman)
• Best server: Ray Karl Dimaculangan (University of Santo Tomas)
• Best receiver: Henry James Pecaña (University of Santo Tomas)
• Best digger: Bernardino Lorenz Casanova (De La Salle University)
• Most valuable player: Ray Karl Dimaculangan (University of Santo Tomas)

Team standings Team W L PCT GB Tie  De La Salle Lady Archers 13 1 .929 --  FEU Lady Tamaraws 12 2 .857 1  UST Tigresses 9 5 .643 4  Adamson Lady Falcons 9 5 .643 4  Ateneo Lady Eagles 6 8 .429 7  UE Lady Warriors 3 11 .214 10  UP Lady Maroons 3 11 .214 10  NU Lady Bulldogs 1 13 .071 12 Tiebreakers: UST defeated Adamson 3–0 in the third-seed game.

Schedule Win Loss School Round 1 Round 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14  AdU  ADMU  DLSU  FEU  NU  UE  UP  UST

	3rd-seed playoff					Semifinals Top seeds twice-to-beat					Finals Best-of-three series
						1	La Salle	3
						4	Adamson	1
	Adamson		0								1	La Salle	2	3	3
	UST		3								2	FEU	3	1	1
						2	FEU	3
						3	UST	1

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
Feb 18	Adamson Lady Falcons	0–3	UST Tigresses	21–25	21–25	13–25	–	–	55–75

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
Feb 21	De La Salle Lady Archers	3–1	Adamson Lady Falcons	25–16	23–25	25–22	25–13	–	98–76
La Salle advances to the Finals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
Feb 22	FEU Lady Tamaraws	3–1	UST Tigresses	25–14	19–25	25–22	25–23	–	94–84
FEU advances to the Finals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
Mar 1	De La Salle Lady Archers	2–3	FEU Lady Tamaraws	25–16	25–27	21–25	26–24	10–15	107–107
Mar 4	De La Salle Lady Archers	3–1	FEU Lady Tamaraws	17–25	25–21	25–18	25–18	–	92–82
Mar 8	De La Salle Lady Archers	3–1	FEU Lady Tamaraws	25–19	20–25	25–21	25–21	–	95–86
La Salle wins series 2–1

• Rookie of the Year: Melissa Gohing (De La Salle University)
• Best scorer: Aiza Maizo (University of Santo Tomas)
• Best attacker: Aiza Maizo (University of Santo Tomas)
• Best blocker: Jacqueline Alarca (De La Salle University)
• Best setter: April Linor Jose (Far Eastern University)
• Best server: Macaila Irish May Morada (Far Eastern University)
• Best receiver: Manilla Santos (De La Salle University)
• Best digger: Lizlee Ann Gata-Pantone (Adamson University)
• Most valuable player: Manilla Santos (De La Salle University)

With UE sweeping the elimination round, they were declared automatic champions and the playoffs were scrapped.

Team standings Team W L PCT GB  UE Junior Warriors 10 0 1.000 --  Ateneo Blue Eaglets 7 3 .700  UST Tiger Cubs 7 3 .700  DLSZ Junior Archers  NUNS Bullpups  UPIS Junior Maroons Host team in boldface.

Last game of the eliminations September 29 –  Team 1 2 3 4 Sets  Ateneo 25 11 27 21 1  UE 23 25 29 25 3 UE wins the championship by sweeping the tournament.

• Most Valuable Player: Michael Reyes (UE)
• Rookie of the Year: Karl Roque (UE)

With UST sweeping the elimination round, they were declared automatic champions and the playoffs were scrapped.

Team	W	L	PCT	GB
UST Lady Tiger Cubs	6	0	1.000	--
UE Junior Amazons
La Salle Junior Lady Archers
UPIS Junior Lady Maroons

Host team in boldface.

• Most Valuable Player: Alyssa Valdez (UST)
• Rookie of the Year: Jelly Buan (UST)