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Royals smash Spartans

Hamish Knox

In a match that should have
been over before it started, the
women’s volleyball team ad-
vanced to the BCCAA finals with
a convincing win over the
Trinity Western Spartans.

Ashley Todd started the
game on a high note for Doug-
las, angling the match’s first
serve off a Spartans player for a
deuce. DC was very fired up in
the first few minutes of the
game, flying all-over the floor
for digs and blocks.

Christine Bonish knocked
Trinity Western back on its heels
with a stunning jump serve,
forcing TWU to call time with
the Royals leading 8-3. Trinity
called for time again behind 12-
5, but couldn't overcome the
already overwhelming deficit,
and fell 15-6.

The Royals dominated the
second game as well, using a
very active offense and tight
defense to jump out to an 8-4
lead. Trinity did begin a come-
back late in the game when they
began to figure out the DC
offense. Two blockers met every
Douglas attack, forcing Coach
Sue Sharp to call time out
leading 13-6, but with no kills
going through the TWU wall.
Whatever was said in the huddle
worked, as DC came out and
finished the match quickly,
winning 15-7.

While the first two games
had the pace of a 100-metre
dash, the third game of the

 

match felt like the 10,000
metres. Harninder Reel kept the
Spartans off balance with a
great short serve attack, but
Trinity stalemated her efforts by
running effective “X's,” which
kept the game from advancing
past sideout after sideout. The
taller Spartans team appeared to
be getting the better of the
Royals in the third game, going
on a 4-0 mun after a DC time out
to go up 10-6. The Douglas
squad wouldn't give up, how-
ever, showing their awesome ~

mental strength,
they went on a 6-0
run of their own to
go up 12-10. TWU
kept the match
interesting for a few
more minutes, but
they couldn't beat
the Royals, who
eventually took the
game 15-13 and the
match 3-0.

Player of the Match:
Harninder Reel

 

Basketball

Both the women’s and men’s
games against Capilano were
cancelled on Friday, leaving the
teams with only one game on
the second to last weekend of
play.

Saturday, the women’s
team fell out of top spot in the
BCCAA for the first week all
year after a 84-76 loss to
Langara. Tammy Neufeld and
Carrie Rogers had 18 and 1
points respectively for the
Royals, who will reclaim top
spot in the league with a win
over Capilano on Tuesday
night.

The men’s team lost to
the league leading Langara
Falcons on Saturday, 85-69.
Scott Hill and Blair Chan-Kent
led the way for the Royals with
20 and 18 points each.

Badminton

Douglas took its second
straight provincial crown and
had gold medals in four events
at the provincial championships
in Nanaimo last weekend. In
the individual events, Brad
Coutinho took gold in men’s
singles, Rachel Shui and Tom
Nguyen captured gold in mixed
doubles, Allison Rice and
Jennifer Wong stood atop the
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Thinh Nguyen and Vincent Teo
won gold in men’s doubles.
Sherryl Catindig brought home
the other medal for Douglas, a
bronze in women’s singles.

Volleyball

Thursday, February 18, the
men’s volleyball team defeated
the Cariboo Sun Demons 3-0 in
BCCAA quarterfinal action.
Chris Ward and Darryl McCrady
had 37 and 30 kills each to lead
the Royals attack. Friday, the
men’s team ran into league
runner-up Camosun in the
semi-finals, losing that match
3-1. Chris Ward had 21 kills
and Mike Mackay added 19 ina
losing effort. Saturday, the
men’s team claimed the bronze
medal by virtue of a 15-7, 15-
7, 15-13 win over the OUC
Lakers. Provincial first-team
all-star Chris Ward had 18 kills
and Darren Gross had 17 kills in
the final game of the Royals
season.

Because they finished
second in league play this year,
the women’s team started the
provincials on Friday with a
15-6, 15-7, 15-13 win over
the Trinity Western Spartans.
Saturday, the Royals took the
first game, but eventually fell
to BC champions, Malaspina, 3-
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