Fuerza Regia will be a showcase for the talent of Tigres basketball players – University Life

The UANL basketball players continue to make history thanks to their good results on the court.

Almost five years have passed since the arrival of the coaching staff headed by Federico Sánchez as head coach and Guillermo Sánchez working specifically in the women’s branch, where the players have positioned Tigres at the national level.

A national championship in the 2019 Student Basketball League, a bronze medal in the 2018 and 2019 editions of the National Universiade, in addition to placing players in the Mexican team for the 2019 World Universiade in Italy and coach Guillermo Sánchez as coach of the Mexican National Team Sub 17, are some of the achievements of the basketball of the Tigers.

Now, with the birth of the women’s branch of the National Professional Basketball League, the players have one more opportunity to continue showing their quality under the boards with the birth of the Fuerza Regia team, where four UANL representatives (three former players and a student) are already part of this team.

“The university game helped me get to Fuerza Regia”

Gem Paulina Roa Calvillo (jersey 6), a student at the Faculty of Public Health and Nutrition, originally from Guerrero and champion with Tigres in the ABE League, comments that the good level of play practiced in Tigres helped her reach the professional level with Fuerza Regia.

Difficult road to professionalism

For Priscilla Adame Reyes (jersey 13) The road to professionalism has been difficult, but thanks to the experience of playing for Tigres and the YBOA, the doors were opened for him to face the commitment of being part of Fuerza Regia.

“The experience at UANL was magnificent. Playing the CONDDE and Liga ABE tournaments helped us and opened the way for us. With Tigres we had great academic and sporting triumphs and it is a difficult road, but we are on the right track”, said the graduate of the Faculty of Psychology and the Master’s Degree in the Faculty of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering of the UANL.

The opportunity you’ve been waiting for

Carolina Rivera Monteverde (jersey 8), who is originally from Agua Prieta, Sonora, but regal and Tigre at heart, represented UANL at the National Universiades from 2010 to 2014 and the inaugural season of the Student Basketball League. She mentions that Fuerza Regia Femenil is the opportunity that many athletes were waiting for.

“It is a great opportunity for athletes, coaches, physical trainers, for everyone involved in sports. Student tournaments become springboards to professionalism. The ABE League is a very important window”, mentioned Carolina.

The basketball player indicates that with the emergence of Fuerza Regia Femenil, the level of regional basketball will grow, since the organization of the league, the forms, deals and places to play are very worthy and require greater competitiveness at all levels, the graduate said. from the Faculty of Sports Organization and the Master’s in Business Administration from the Faculty of Public Accounting and Administration of the UANL.

Young man with great experience

Emerged from the youthful Tigres team, and from Preparatoria 15, Lark Quintero Rangel (jersey 17) is the youngest player in Fuerza Regia Femenil.

The pandemic prevented the Business Administration student at the UANL School of Public Accounting and Administration from debuting in the tournaments organized by CONDDE and the ABE League, but her enthusiasm never faltered and she was selected in the team’s try outs. She today she is eager to be able to debut with Fuerza Regia Femenil.