Have an idea for a story? Let us know! Contact: Eric Wilkins, Editor-in-Chief ™ editor@theotherpress.ca (Y Pyrrhic victory (Y OP Player of the Month: Marni McMillan And more! WOMEN'S BASKETBALL INSTRUCTION CONF PTS CBC 1-0 2 DOUGLAS 1-0 2 g QUEST 1-0 2 2 VIU 1-0 2 gc CAMOSUN 0-1 o Q 2 CAPILANO O-1 Oo G “ KPU 0-1 o Golden finish —— — , . 1 J » Women’s soccer takes first in the province MEN'S BASKETBALL Davie Wong : Sports Reporter INSTRUCTION CONF PTS t was a historic finish for the VIU ae 2 Royals this weekend as the QUEST 1e@ Dy women’s team took first place in the PACWEST Conference CAPILANO aw Z for the first time in the history CBC 1-0 Dy of Douglas College. The women tallied two 2-0 victories to KPU Can a cap off their wildly successful DOUGLAS 0-1 o season with a berth at the CCAA National Championship. LANGARA onl g The action started on Friday g CAMOSUN 0-1 o afternoon as the women took on} = the fourth place Kwantlen Eagles. : 5 The Royals started strong and : eo ’ found two goals early from Danae : 9 WOMEN S VOLLE YBALL Harding and Nicolle Fraser. For: a the majority of the first half, the — : INSTRUCTION CONF PTS Royals outworked the Eagles, : the game when a breakout from _; get out, the chances were poor, CAPILANO - both on the field and in the air. : Marni McMillan resulted ina : or the ball was quickly retaken by 57 10 The Eagles came back : beautiful goal from Harding. : the Royals. DOUGLAS 5-1 10 swinging in the second half, From there, the Royals took a When the final whistle blew, CAMOSUN 341 6 constantly pressuring the Royals: commanding stance over their : the entirety of the Royals team and limiting their opportunities. : opponent and dominated them — : poured out of the bleachers UFV 2-4 4 The defensive unit of the Royals: forthe rest of the first half. Very: and bench area to celebrate the VIU ae was put to the test over and : little made it past the defensive = victory. McMillan was named 4 over again by the constant ; core of the Royalsand what did —_: the Player of the Game, while CBC 1-5 2 attack. With excellent play from: was easily handled by goalkeeper : Nicolle Fraser was named the Top COTR Os o goalkeeper Emmanuelle Langr, — : Rebecca Mainardi, who made her : Midfielder of the tournament, “i the Royals were able to walk : triumphant return to the starting : and Danae Harding was named away with a 2-0 victory. Nicolle: position. : the Tournament MVP. ; Fraser was named the Player of — The second half was very : Coach Chris Laxton MEN S VOLLE YB ALL the Game and the Royals found _: different for the defending : commented, “We've come a long themselves in the rare position of : champions, who saw theirtime —: way since losing last year. [m INSTRUCTION CONF PTS playing their way into the history : of possession nearly sliced in half : proud of all the girls who worked books. : by the overwhelming skill of the : so hard to get back here and DOUGLAS 6-0 uz After a good rest, theaction : Royals. The entire team played : hit another goal... By the end of CAMOSUN 4-0 8 picked back up on Saturday : avery heavy contain style game, : the season, we were thought of evening as the Royals prepared _: rarely allowing VIU out of their —_:_a two player team. Both those UFV 4-2 8 to play against the defending : own half. This play resulted in : players stepped up and we didn’t CAPILANO 33 6 champions, Vancouver Island : Mikayla Hamilton scoring the : concede. We've conceded 10 goals University (VIU). Right away, the : insurance goal midway through : in17 games so it’s a team effort.” COTR 13 2 game looked to be an exciting one : the second half. From there : The women will now goon VIU 0-4 o as both teams traded possession : on, VIU could not findawayto —: to Peterborough, Ontario to play back and forth. Neither team : regain momentum as the Royals: in the National Championships CBC 0-6 oO gained much ground on the other until the 26th minute of : drove the ball into their half, over : and over again. When they did : from November 11-18.