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Royals survive Demon possession

Pierre Florendo

Last Thursday night, the men’s
volleyball team began their trip
through the BCCAA playoffs by
facing, and eventually defeating,
the Cariboo (UCC) Sun Demons.

The Royals started out the
night with a quick kill in
response to the Demons’ serve,
resulting in a side out.

With unrelenting attacks
and aces from Chris Ward,
Douglas quickly built a lead of
9-4. Unfortunately, DC slowed
down near the end of the first
game. With the men experienc-
ing some difficulty putting the
ball in the court, Cariboo was
able to come back to win the
first game 13-15.

Surprised at this loss,
Douglas began with serve in the
second game. This game was
much longer, as both teams were
determined to deny the other
any points. The game dragged
on with neither team able to
break the 7-7 tie.

The Royals finally ended
the stalemate, and although UCC
tried extremely hard to keep up,
DC won the game 15-10.

The third game had
Douglas score a quick 2 points
but then unexpectedly run out
of steam. The Demons quickly
surpassed DC, leaving the men
to play catch up. Even the big
net presence of Darryl McCrady
didn't stop Cariboo from winning
9-15,

Facing elimination, the
men seemed to be frustrated
going into the fourth game. A
lack of communication and a
significant number of unforced
errors kept the Royals back. The
players’ skills, however, kept
Cariboo from running away with
this game. Darren Gross was very
busy, serving up kills and
putting up walls to the Sun
Demons. UCC responded by
giving DC attackers three
blockers to contend with. The
game swung back and forth,

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with both teams fighting for
points. Douglas pulled away
with this one 15-11.

The final game was with
rally point rules, making each
side out count as a point. The
Royals got the first point of the
game. Douglas made a spectacu-
lar 10 point run while UCC was
plagued with problems at the
net. DC crushed the Demons 15-
10, thus winning the match at 3
games to 2.

This led the Royals to the
semi-finals against the Camosun
Chargers.

Player of the Match: Chris Ward

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Friday night proved to be
heartbreaking for Douglas, as
the men would come very close
to victory, only to lose in a very
bad way.

Game one of the match
had Camosun show DC why they
dominated for most of the
season, as the Chargers repeat-
edly sent kills into the Royals’
open backcourt. Camosun went
on an unanswered 10-0 run, and
would go on to win 6-15.

Game two had more
promise, as Douglas utilised
their jump serves more effec-
tively. DC’s teamwork began to

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manifest itself, as Michael
MacKay gave good jump serves,
Darren Gross dominated the net,
Darryl McCrady fired kills from
the back, and Ryan Henley gave
great support and beautiful sets.
Camosun, however, seemed to be
able to read the Royals’ inten-
tions, and managed to block the
men’s attacks. It was a hard-
fought game, but
Camosun won 8-
15.

The men
sounded very
subdued as they
prepared for game
three. For a while,
it seemed that
Camosun would win
this match straight,
as its defence was
superior to DC's.
Cam would mun to
5-2. After that,
Douglas finally
seem to realise how
close they were to
elimination, and
decided to turn up
the spirit. The
Royals made an
amazing comeback

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hard kills to smart tips. Darren
Gross blocked almost everything
going over the net, while Ryan
Henley got everything that
made it through. The Chargers
kept DC from scoring the 15%
point for a while, but the Royals
would win this game 15-12.

The win seemed to un-
nerve the Chargers, as the fourth
game had Douglas scoring
repeatedly. Camosun, on the
other hand, made a lot of
unforced errors in the begin-
ning, and seemed unable to put
the ball in.

Douglas fought up until
they had 14-8. But, somehow,
the Royals seemed to be losing
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stay at 14-8, as the Royals could
not seem to get that final point.
Then Camosun slowly started to
come back. DC continued to miss
their serves. The Chargers kept
getting points.

Finally, the Chargers won
16-14, and the match 3-1.

Coach Newman admits that
the difference in levels of
experience led to Camosun’s win,
and was very disappointed in
the number of mistakes being
made by the players. “Sixteen
missed serves in one match isn’t
too bad. But sixteen missed
serves in one game? At this
level, you will lose.”
Players of the Match: Ryan
Henley and Darren Gross

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