March 17,1992 Other Sports : by Trevor MacNeil The Douglas Royals | Badminton Team did very well at the C.C.A.A. National Championships Gold Medalist Chantel Jobin by Trevor MacNeil The Womens’ Volleyball Team was unable to meet the challenge ofchampionship play,and were defeated in their semi-final playoff round in the Provincial Championship Tournament held at Vancouver Community College over the March 6-7 weekend. This loss put them in the running for the bronze medal, but they were again defeated, this time by VCC. The Royals firstbest-of-five match was against Trinity Western on Saturday morning, and the Douglas team came out strong, winning the first game 15-11. The TWU team took advantage of eight missed serves by the Royalsand were able to beat them 15-12 in the second game. Their momentum couldn't carry through to the next game, and the Royals were able to win 15-8, Game four went to TWU, forcinga fifthand finalgametodecide the match. Two contentious line calls against Douglas upset the Royals enough to throw off their play, and the Trinity team were able to snatch victory from our team. In the bronze medal matchup held that same afternoon, photo by by Trevor MacNeil | league champions. Eventhough the Royals had 1 game at Queen’s Park, first blood as drawn by TWU with a three point penalty kick. Paul Kuhn put the Royals on the scoreboard witha penalty kick as well, tying the game at 3-3. TWU | | by Trevor MacNeil In Mens’ Volleyball action on the weekend of March 6-7, the | Royals played in the Provincial Championshipsin Clearbrook at the Columbia Bible College. Their first ‘match wasagainst theirarch- rivals, the Vancouver Community College _ Falcons. The Friday night match Y TheDouglasCollegeRugby team fought a grueling playoff battle | against Trinity Western University, /and, emerging victorious, now advance to the finals todetermine the | home-field advantage in the March in Ottawa on March 14, taking home four medals out of a possible five. The team also placed second in the overall tournament rankings, behind first place Alberta, but ahead of Quebec, Ontario and Nova Scotia. An outstanding performance by Chantel Jobin, a third-year physical education student, led to her capture of the gold medal in the Ladies’ Singles event. She defeated Isabelle de Laurier, of College Ste. Jerome (Quebec), for the title. In the Mens’ Singles event, Chris Trenholmetooka homea silver medal after losing his final match to 8 Mark Lee of Alberta. 3 duo of Sharon Halpin and Adrian A silver also went to the Lee, who were unable to overcome the tough competition from Quebec ¢ in the Mixed Doubles’ competition. The Ladies’ Doubles pair of Evy Miki and Rachel Shiv bested the Douglas faced VCC, but the previous two-and-a-halfhourmarathonmatch against TWU proved to be too much for the Royals. Although they put up a good fight and went the full five gamesagain, the Royals wereunable sustain a strong offence, and lost three games to two. Thisis the first time in three the Other Press /Badminters Do Good § Ontario team to take home a bronze medal in their division. Unfortunately, the Mens’ Doubles team of Hau Le and Dak Ban faced overwhelming competition in their semi-final match, and lost to Ontario,ousting them from medal contention. The physically demanding semi-final left them drained, and they were unable to defeat the Alberta team. In all, coach Al Mawani is very proud of his team, “We had five players experiencing national competition for the first time,” he said. As well, this is the first time ever that one college has represented an entire conference in all categories at the National level championships. The Royals accomplished this by wiping out the entire competition at the Provincial Championships, held at Malaspina College in Nanaimo on March 7-8. Women Volley to Loss years the Royals have not won a medal. Staci Martin was named to the tournament's All Star team, and was named to the league’s First All Conference team for the regular season. Also named to the All Conference team was the Royals’ Donna Furlani. Royals Lose Squeaker by Trevor MacNeil The men’s basketball team managed to force the best of three B.C.C.A.A Series to the full three games, but finally lost to VCC at Langara, Sunday, March 8. The first game of the finals was played on the Falcon’s home court, and was a heart-stopper. Neither team ever had a substantial lead during the whole game, and regulation play ended withtheteams tied at 71 apiece. Even overtime was gridlocked at 77, until the last 5 seconds, when Ron Arnold of VCC let go with a hook shot to win the game 79-77 for the Falcons. The Royals fared better at homeinSaturday’s game, when they led in the entire second half, to steal victory from VCC, winning 80-79. then completed a Try, worth four points, kicked a good convert for two more points and pulled in the lead with a 9-3 score. ShawnMclsaacresponded with a try for Douglas, and Kuhn made good on the convert to tie the score at 9-9. Thegameremained locked until midway through the second half, at which point Kirk Arsenault intercepted a TWU pass and took the ball all the way to the endzone for the try. Another successful convert by Kuhn gave the Royals al15-9 lead. went for the full five es, with the Royals winning the first game 15-9, but VCC took the next two 15-3, and 15-6. Douglas fought back to defeat the Falcons 15-2 and force a final fifth game. Both teams were in fighting form and the game went as longasitpossibly could,as the Royals came back from a 12-6 deficit to win 16-14. Two free throws by Tony Pomonis with only seven seconds left, sealed the victory for Douglas. The Royals scoring was led by Tyler Runquist with 14 points, and Dave Gill with 12 points. The Royals were not so lucky on Sunday. Great shooting by guard Tony Pomonis kept Douglas inthe game. The VCC Falcons started witha nine point lead, but the Royals fought back to take a 44-40 lead at halftime. The VCC Falcons regained their nine point spread, but Douglas fought back, bringing the score to56- 55 with six minutes remaining. VCC put on the pressure, and the Royals finally lost 75-79. Pomonis put forth a good effort, scoring 17 points, and Dave Gill scored 15 of his own. Ruggers Going to Try For the Gold Both teams played good, hard hitting rugby, and the Royals were able to hold their lead to defeat TWU ina match that was exciting to the end. The Douglas team placed second overallinregularseason play, ahead of third placed TWU, ina four team league. The other teams are UBC, whoplaced first,and Kwantlen College. This semi-final win now 160 Douglas against UBC for the eague championship. The game is to be played Wednesday, March 18, at the UBC Thunderbird Stadium at 4:30pm. Mens' Volleyball Take Silver Medal Saturday had the Douglas team facing the Trinity Western team for the gold medal finals. TWU took the first game 15-6, and the Royals, with their only win of the match, defeated TWU 15- 10. TWU was able to take the next twogames 15-13and 15-9,andcapture the match and the gold medal. The Royals wereawarded thesilver medal for their valiant efforts. back I-r, coach Al Mawani, Hau Le, Evy Miki, Rachel Shiu, asst. coach Diana Hardie, Dak Ban. front I-r, Cheemun Loh, Adrian Lee, Chris Trenholme, Aleem Mawiji, asst. coach Mark Yee Fung. Women Dunked by Trevor MacNeil The weekend of March 6-7 was not a good one for the Douglas College Women’s Basketball Team. In a best of three series for the B.C.C.A.A. Championships, the Royals lost to the Frazer Valley College Cascades in two straight games. On Friday, March 6, the game was close as Douglas was trailing by four points midway through the second half. But early foul trouble by Tilly Woods and an injury to Allison Bower were too much for the Royals to cope with. F.V.C. took the game 72-54. In their final home game of the year, the Douglas team gave their all, but were finally overpowered by the taller F.V.C. team, losing 72-51. Teresa Van Santen was named tothe second all-star team for the province. Tilly Woods was not only on the first all-star team, but topped the voting and was named to the All Canadian team. She is Douglas’ first All Canadianin7 years, photo by Trevor MacNeil and thefirstrookietoholdthehonour. 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