Page seven ~ sports_ The Other Press March 12, 1981 Douglas in moral victory It’s nice to finish the year on a winning note, even if it is only a- moral victory. The Douglas. College women’s basketball team won two out of three games from Okanagan and Selkirk Colleges, on the weekend, to nullify a fifteen game losing streak. It was a busy weekend for Douglas as they played three games in three days. Sunday’s 55-51 win over Okanagan also marked the final game of the season as Douglas did not make the playoffs. Douglas ended their lo- sing streak by~ defeating Selkirk 51-44 Friday night at Queen Elizabeth. They lost 56-53 Saturday to the same team. Scoring sensation Wendy. Ellis lead the charge for Douglas as she collected 18, 22, and 28 points. Also ina double figures were Daryl Watts, 17 Friday, Colleen Butterworth, 10 Saturday, and Maggie Holyk, 16 Sun- day. Douglas was down by five at at halftime and was forced to stage a comeback in Sunday’s win. The outcome of the game was in doubt right up to the final buzzer as Douglas an a Douglas’ John DeAnna (white) finished in the top three in the league in both rebounding and shooting despite having to finish the game with only three play- ers because the others had fouled out - held on for the victory. Ellis also grabbed a game high 17 rebounds. Een Like hitting a brick wall “Rugby Tournament, Douglas’ coach Dendys felt the key to win was that the other teams didn’t cover Ellis as well as they should have. ‘“‘The teams (Selkirk, Ok- anagan) weren’t quite as Mike- good this weekend. They still couldn't check our best player.’’ said Dendys. ‘“‘What makes Wendy so good is the fact that she’s moving all the time. It’s not that she is exceptionally quick, but she just always seems to be in the right place at the right time.’’ In their loss to Selkirk, Douglas _ ironically lead throughout most of the ga- me. Ahead at halftime, 27-24, they fell back by 17 points and drew within four in the closing stages. In other basketball action on the weekend, the men’s team had a harder time of it as they ended their season with three losses. They finished with a 2-16 record on the year. Douglas lost twice to Sel- kirk, 74:70 Friday, and 85- 78 Saturday, and Okanagan 107-74 Sunday. Douglas’ John DeAnna and Warren Meneghello lead the scoring Friday with 21 and 20 respectively. On Saturday, DeAnna had 17, Pete Julian 16 and Steve Rasailainine 15. Against Okanagan De- Anna put in his strongest performance of the weekend netting 32 points, Rod McNish had 12. DeAnna, who finished the year with a 26 points per game average, has been battling all year for the scoring title with B.C.I.T.’s~ Brent Kokoska and Capilano College’s, Pete de Vooght. New Zealand College takes exibition match fromDouglas The Douglas College di- vision one rugby team was drubbed 16-6 by New Zea- land’s Lincoln College, be- fore 200 fans at Queens Park Saturday. Douglas played well des- pite Lincoln’s obvious height advantage. The play was closer than, the score indicated, as Douglas coach Gert van Niekerk felt that they were outwitted in the loose scrums. The exibition match was played as a warmup for the International Invitational this weekend at the University of Victoria. Lincoln College featured one New Zealand national team member and two ju- nior national players. The majority of the team was . Made up of county players. Lincoln had a strong se- cond half as they shut out Douglas by a 5-0 score, They lead 9-6 at the half- time. Van Niekerk said that Douglas’ biggest problem came during the mauls (loo- se scrums) when Lincoln would put the ball down whenever they were stop- ped. ‘‘It took a while to trigger on to the fact that everytime we stopped them, they would drop the ball (during the maul) and kick it out with their feet. We would be looking for the ball and it would be on the ground.”’ Lincoln’s first score came after one of the Douglas players mishandled the ball deep in his own end. Garth Fraser slipped while at- tempting to break out and dropped the ball into the waiting arms of a Lincoln player. Douglas will probably meet Lincoln this weekend in Victoria. Also participa- ting in the tournament are, Cambridge from England, U.B.C., UVIC and Long- beach California. Van Niekerk says that their next game against New Zealand will be diffe- rant. ‘‘Our backs played well so we’re going to try to get more balls to our back.”’ he said. In other rugby action on Saturday, the second and third teams took two games from Maple Ridge. The second team squee- zed out a 4-3 victory and the third team demolished their opponents 26-0. Tom Watson scored Dou- glas’ try in their narrow victory over a stacked Ma- ple Ridge team. Newcomer, Tony Yow, from Kamloops, put in a strong perform- ance. The thitd team’s scoring was handled by Jim Zociak and Jeff Elchuk, who had two tries each. George Morrison and Mark Labou- cane added the others. A lot of le call life ce “The Survival of the Fittest”. You know, a lot of people are right. ieee The Canadian movement for prrsonal fitness.