page 16 THE OTHER PRESS Novem ber 30th, 1984 Jane's Sport Takes Wrestling The month-old Douglas College Varsity Wrestling Club, wrestled in their first meet of the season against Royal Roads in Victoria on Nov. 22. Douglas was defeated by the Royal Roads. The final score was 47 to 12. Out of 9 fights, Douglas had two wins by fall. The winning wrestlers for Douglas were Marc Rosenthal (147 Ibs) and Pete Gizzi (172 Ibs). Basketball The Douglas College Royals Men’s Basketball Team, saved the exhibi- tion games this last weekend. On the 23rd they played against Trinity Western and won by 3 points. The final score was 63 to 60. Top scorers for the game were Steve Betts (14 pts.), Brian Englund (9pts.) and Marcus Francis’ (8 pts.). On the 24th the Royals played against the Douglas College Alumni team. The Royals defeated the Alumni’s with a score of 75 to 66. Top scorer for the game was Darrel. Digby with 19 points and 7 rebounds. Bill Matthews had 12 points and Brian Englund had 10 points. The latest in Women’s Basketball took place on Nov. 17. The Douglas College Royals Women’s Basketball Team was defeated by UBC’s Junior Varsity team at the War Memorial Gymnasium on the UBC campus. The final score was 54 to 45. Top scorers for the Royals were Karen Minato (14 pts), Mirjana Juric (13 pts), and Becky Watson (8 pts). Becky Watson also came up with eight rebounds while Caralyne Goose, Mirjana Juric and Jo-Ann Taylor had four steals apiece. Hockey The Douglas College Royals Hockey Team played their second league garne of. the season on Nov. 26 at the Aldergrove Arena. Douglas again defeated Trinity Western with a score of 4 to 1. Captain Alex Sullivan was thrown out of the game after approximately Glenn Hampton with 2 goals and 1 assist. Chris Klovan and Rob Everett each scored one goal. three minutes into the first period for -|game misconduct. Top scorer was In an exhibition game on Nov. 17 at! the Port Moody Arena, the Douglas} College Royals Hockey team played against the Western Washington Vikings. The game ended in a tie, with each team scoring six goals. _ The week before the Royals were defeated by the Vikings by a score of 11 to 2. Theretore, a tie game with this team was an improvement. The team’s first hat trick was scored by Chris Klovan. Other goals came from Alex Sullivan, with two, and Cary Thompson. Douglas steals the show Both the Douglas College Women’s and Men’s Volleyball teams stole the show on the courts, at the Totem League Volleyball tourney held_this by JANE MUSKENS past weekend at B.C.1.T. The Douglas College Royals Wo- men’s Volleyball Team defeated their toughest opponent, Capilano College in their first game of the tourney. They then went on to defeat Fraser Valley, but were upset by B.C.I.T. Their comeback came when they defeated Malaspina in their final game. Allan ‘‘Yo Frankie’ Singh, coach of the Douglas College Women’s Volley- ball team, stated ‘The team dug deep and rose up to the occasion and destroyed anyone who came near them,’’ and ‘‘this is the best start, in recent history for the college: The whole team came together and per- formed so well after only being together for two months.’’ Coach Singh’s three all-stars forthe game were Janet Blaaw, ‘‘whose efforts c were immeasurable,’’ Barbara Oshiro, and Donna Forsyth. Singh takes credit for the success of the team on the basis of his effort as their coach. He also stated ‘’their victory is testimony to the hard work and suffering they’ve put towards the team in the last months.’ As for the future of his team, Singh considers this latest victory as giving him ‘‘realistic sights’’ for the National Championship games held in Regina this spring. Singh also wanted to mention that “‘My women are not the average winning women’s volleyball team; their social life is one of self-indulg- ence and debauchery. Yet, they are able to rise up and be winners when the time is right.” : On the Men’s court, Douglas came - out winning all of their games, and ranked first in the tourney. Trinity Western ‘came in 2nd, Royal Roads 3rd, and Fraser Valley was fourth. Coach Ross Dunning considers the team ‘‘much improved,’’ and ‘‘last year was a learning year, this year we were able to get students who know volleyball.’’ Dave Dalcanale, captain of the team, stated ‘‘We hada shakey start and just about lost our first game, but we had a comeback.’’ “This year’s aim is the Nationals,’’ said Coach Dunning, ‘but realistic- ally, the Provincial finals. Our biggest competition is Okanagan College, they are nationally ranked, but can be beaten.’’ * Ross Dunning has coached the Men’s Volleyball team here at Douglas for eight years. He considers ‘volleyball to be a skill-oriented game, in which players ‘‘can’t afford mental let- downs’’ during a game. Dunning considers volleyball a ‘‘chess game in movement.”’ Allan ‘““Yo Frankie’ Singh felt that the men’s games were ‘‘flawless’’, and would like to compliment coach Dunning on their performance. Yo Frankie would also like to thank all the ‘‘Dudes’’ in the bleachers for their “spiritual support’, including the men’s basketball team.