Tener eee ee February 19, 2003 DC Updates Volleyball Douglas College Royals Volleyball February 7-8, 2003 Shipwrecked! (CSRW)—The Douglas College Royals Volleyball teams entered the weekend on a serious roll. The Royal men were just one match shy of .500 on the season, and had won five of six during a long and successful home stand. The women’s team threatened to do some serious damage in the last four weeks of the regular sea- son. Theyd also enjoyed playing eight of the last nine matches with home court advantage; as of Thursday, they'd won four straight and taken six of their last eight to hold sole possession of fourth place in the BCCAA. But road losses to the league's top two teams saw the men limp away from Vancouver Island with a tenuous hold on the sixth and final playoff spot. The women also dropped both matches, and watched three teams leapfrog them in the standings; they now sit in sev- enth, with only three weeks left to climb back into the playoff picture. Victorias Camosun Chargers and Nanaimo’s Malaspina Mariners each ousted Douglas with straight-sets victories in week eight of BCCAA play. The men’s volleyball has a chance to redeem themselves next Friday. On February 14 at 8:15p.m., they visit the lowly Langara Falcons in Vancouver. On Saturday, February 15 at 8 p-m., they visit the fourth-place Capilano College Blues in North Vancouver. The women started at 6:30p.m. on Friday the 14th against the Falcons. The two teams were tied in points, but Langara held a match in hand. 6:00p.m. Saturday presents a tougher assignment for the Royals, as they serve it up to the 10-4, sec- ond-place Blues. The next Royals volleyball home date is February 21, when they host the CBC Bearcats. The BCCAA provincial tournament runs February 27th—March Ist at Malaspina in Nanaimo. The CCAA nationals are two weeks later, with the women’s tourna- ment in Quebec City, Quebec, and the men’s tourney in Oshawa, Ontario. Jason Kurylo © page 20 Basketball Douglas College Royals Men’s Basketball Feburary 7-8, 2003 Royals alone on top (CSRW)—The Douglas College Royals men’s basketball team climbed out of a logjam to stand atop the BCCAA standings after scoring their first two home wins of the season. With only five games remaining in the season, the Royals hold the number one seat and hope they'll keep it— Douglas hosts the BCCAA Provincial Championships from March 6-8 in New Westminster. The Royals, whose impressive 7-1 road record is by far tops in the province—and is a big part of their current number ten national ranking—took advan- tage of a homecoming date against the basement-dwelling Camosun Chargers to post their first home win of the campaign. Friday's 88-76 win goes in the books as a 12-point victory, but it shouldn't have been as close as it was. The Royals jumped out to a quick 15-7 lead, and pretty much held the visitors at arm’s length for much of the game. DC led by 17 at one point, 60-43. The Chargers wouldn't go away, however, and put together a 19-6 run to pull with- in four points. The Royals found their outside shot just in time, and pulled away for the 12-point win. New Westminster's Cherris-Wilding, coming off a BCCAA Player of the Week award two weeks ago, posted a team-high 26 points and five assists. Bryce MacDonald (14 Taylor points), Greg Jackson (13 points), John Orimaco (12 points), and Ian Hogan (11 points) all reached double digits in the win. “I don't think we were as sharp as we could have been,” said Royals Coach David Munro, wishing the point spread was just a bit bigger. “We got the win, but we failed to deliver the knockout punch when we had the chance.” On Saturday night, DC con- tinued their consistent offense while tightening up the defense in a 89-68 win over the Malaspina Mariners. The Royals trailed by six points midway through the first half before going on a 23-10 run to take a 45-38 lead into the dressing room. An 11-2 run near the Sports http://otherpress.douglas.bc.ca beginning of the second half broke open what had been a defensive battle, and the home team had their second straight win in New Westminster. “This was another nice win for us,” said Munro, noting the Mariners’ lack of a playoff spot has more to do with league pari- ty than team weakness. “Malaspina has some very talent- ed players and they are capable of beating any team on any given night.” Orimaco was money from three-point land, and led both teams with 28 points. He threw in six rebounds and three assists for good measure. Jim Martin came off the bench for 15 points and 8 rebounds, while Cherris- Wilding chipped in 14 points and 8 assists. Jackson had 14 points, while and Hogan had 10 points in the win. The Royals look to increase their lead on the five teams tied for second on Valentine’s Day, when they host Vancouver's Langara Falcons. Saturday night sees the Capilano Blues hit the New West gym. Game time both nights is 8:00p.m. In women’s action, the Royals dropped two more this weekend, and fall to 0-13 on the season. Despite improved play and a drastic increase in offensive out- put, the Royals were unable to snag their first win, losing 77-65 to the Camosun Chargers and 89-67 to the Malaspina Mariners. The women continue their search for win number one next Friday against the third-place Langara Falcons (tipoff 6:30 pm), and Saturday versus the number two seeded Capilano Blues (tipoff at 6:00p.m.) Jason Kurylo Women’s Rugby Premier Division: (CSRW)—The Douglas Premier womens team travelled to Nanaimo on Saturday, Feb. 8th, and had to come from behind to salvage a 12-12 tie. The single point puts them into first place in the standings, although Burnaby RFC has a game in hand. The Nanaimo Hurricanes, coached by former Douglas play- er and coach Pam Hadikin, were very strong on defense, and shut down the Douglas offense (aver- aging 30 points per game) for most of the day. Neither team was able to amount a sustained attack for most of the first half. Nanaimo took the lead when an errant pass went directly into the hands of a pursuing Hurricane defender, who turned around and sprinted 40 metres unmolested for the 12-5. first try of the game. The convert was missed. Douglas took control in the waning moments of the half, and winger Amber Cummings touched down in the corner (5-5). The second half continued to be a back and forth struggle, as both teams turned over posses- sion several times. The Hurricanes penetrated __ the Douglas 22 metre line for the first time in the period and caught the Douglas backs out of position. The ball was sent wide and the Nanaimo winger sped around the outside for her sec- ond try. The convert made it Douglas was desperate in the last 15 minutes, and finally seemed to have found their game. After being held up in- goal on two occasions, quick ball movement found Cummings open again and she burst through the defense for her sec- ond score. With time almost gone, Kirstie Smith stepped up and made the conversion to give Douglas a single point in the standings. the other press Corinne Jacobsen was the out- standing player for Douglas. Douglas takes on the Emerald City Mudhens from Seattle in an exhibition contest next Saturday at 1:00p.m. at Queens Park in New Westminster. Second Division: The Douglas 2nd Division team took on UBC in an exhibition game this Sunday Feb. 9th., and came out with a 15-0 victory. Douglas came out flying and scored the only three tries of the match in the first 20 minutes. Lindsey Heer, a member of the Provincial champion U-18 team and playing in her first senior woman's game, scored the first try after a 30 metre run. Within minutes, Tanya Leigh added a second score. Five minutes later, Douglas stole a UBC line-out ball deep in their own end and sent the ball along the back-line to winger Rebecca Joberg (Elgin Park HS, Surrey). Joberg sped along the wide side for 70 metres and scored the final points of the game. Joberg was also playing in her first game of senior women’s rugby after playing in the scrum for the Douglas U-18’s. Douglas resumes league play next Sunday Feb. 16th, when they host Kamloops at 2:00p.m. at Queens Park.—Dave Pearcey —Director of Women’s Rugby The Students' Union Pride Collective meets Wednesdays at 4:00pm in the Pride Resource Room (Room 110 in the Students’ Union Building). All lesbian, gay, bi, transgendered, questioning and allied students are welcome. Douglas Students’ Union Local 18-Canadian Federation of Students