boa Sports the other press e flash Gordon e dcsportseditor@yahoo.ca October 29, 2003 Judd Pleased With Season’s Accomplishments Women’s Soccer Flash Gordon Sports Editor The Douglas Women’s soccer team finished their season on a good note according to Head Coach John Judd. Even though they lost the final two league games, they had a decent season. A record of 5-7 is not bad considering 16 rookies made the team, leaving four veterans to lead the way. The Royals played their game against UCC like they had nothing left to lose. Injuries and inexperience made for an uphill battle all season. Douglas scored first to surprise the Sun Demons and played 25 minutes of good soccer. After which point, UCC must have realized they weren't getting an easy win. Goalie, Shaylene Anderson was shelled by three goals before Judd subbed in Nicole Johannson, who has been injured most of the sea- son. Undaunted, Douglas maintained their pressure hoping to create some opportunities. The Sun Demons fought back and dropped in five more goals before the game was over. If Langara College had played a better weekend, Douglas could have made a run for the playoffs. The Falcons had to beat UCFV to give the Royals a chance. It didn’t help that UCFV beat Douglas in the second game of the weekend. Both colleges showed up for a close game. The Cascades narrow- ly escaped with the victory in their first meeting. Sadly, that would be the case again. Douglas had the first scoring chance but missed a penalty kick. Another thorn in their side came from the referee disqualifying a player via red card. The Royals played with ten players to complete the game. UCEFYV scored the only goal on an undermanned, injury-ridden team. Coach Judd is already looking to next year’s team. He figures around 90 percent of this year’s roster will be back next season. Judd depended on veterans Hilda Simon and Bronwyn Reelie—both played injured when they had to. Because of all the injuries this season, the physiotherapy team from Enhance Health Centre was extremely important to making sure there were 11 capable players on the field. Fransisco, Jay, Will, and Tara were part of the group aiding Coach Judd on the sidelines. For next year, Judd is organizing a tour to Hawaii to play the University of Hawaii, Southern Pacific University, and a club called the Bulls. Two years ago the team made the trip to prepare for the season and Judd feels it was a valuable experience for the girls that he would like to repeat. Also to better pre- pare the team physically, Fransisco will work with the players to develop their core strength and flexi- bility. Hopefully that will reduce the number of injuries. It was a relatively positive outcome for a rebuilding year in the Royals camp. Hilda Simon will be graduating this year. Her efforts were much appreciated throughout the season. Flash Gordon Sports Editor Douglas has had better days on the basketball court. Coming back from their loss to Medicine Hat, the Royals littered the court with turnovers. Langara’s ruthless defenders made them pay for it throughout the game. The oppositiion struck first establishing an outside shooting threat from their shooting guard position. That girl lit it up all night when the oppor- tunity arose. To add to their deadly offense, the Falcons showed early full-court defensive pressure. The Douglas guards didn’t react well. A little rattled, Douglas battled back after Anna Rowinska blocked a shot. Mel Trepannier played really well under the hoop cleaning up rebounds. On the attack she was the first to really get scoring started for her team. She hit some smooth outside jumpers and went to the hoop. Even though she was the tallest girl on the floor, Trepannier displayed quickness by blowing by veter- an Falcon, Laura Clark. The Royals played in spurts. When they put every- Photos by Angela Blattmann thing together, Langara had a really hard time keep- ing the lead. The visitors didn’t make many mistakes. Lunn used the depth on his team well, although it seems Lunn hasn‘° trained the rookie jitters out of his group. Some terrible travelling calls seem out of char- acter for the skill his girls have. Bridget O’Brien led her team with 16 points as she has begun to take a leadership role on the court. She showed how confidently she can take it to the hoop. From posting up to controlling the play, she is very active as a threat on offense. On many number of trips down the floor O’Brien had scoring opportuni- ties or was setting them up. Mel Trepannier scored 14 points and rebounded well. A steal by Trepannier and the hoop, fired the team up bringing the deficit down to five. That would be as close as they got. Langara stifled further flurries and extended their lead. Douglas never caught up. League play starts on October 31, Halloween on a road trip to a far off land. Kamloops Sends Douglas For a Loop Women’s Rugby Dave Pearcy OP Contributor Torrential rains postponed the Premier match between Douglas and Burnaby Lake, but the second division side found a sunny afternoon awaited them in the interior and were able to play their league match against the Kamloops Raiders on Sunday. Unfortunately, the players left their game faces at home, as they were blitzed by a young and fit Kamloops team and found themselves down 21-0 by halftime. After scoring a well-deserved try to start the match, the home team took advantage of some glaring mis- takes by Douglas to score on runs of 40 and 60 metres by the 30-minute mark. Some stern advice from the coaching staff at the break seemed to inspire the team http://www.otherpress.ca for the final 40 minutes, as they held Kamloops to a single penalty kick while threatening the opposition line on more than one occasion. Some critical ball- handling errors snuffed out each scoring chance how- ever, and Douglas ended up with a 24-0 loss. Considering the New Westminster team had aver- aged 37 points per game in the first three league matches, this was a very disappointing result. Kamloops moves into first place with a record of 4-1. Douglas stands second at 3-1. On the positive side, fly-half Candace Barry returned from a concussion to have a fine afternoon kicking her team out of danger on several occasions. Tanya Leigh and Stephanie Staller shared Player of the Match honours. Page 21