Sports
Race for the crown

Women’s Volleyball

Home & Away Division MP MW ML GW GL Pts. | National Volleyball Rankings Women
Malaspina Mariners 13513-03900) 26 Men ac Sherbrooke Volontaires (QC) (1)
Douglas College Royals 47°9' 2:29. 40 48 1 Mount Royal Cougars (AB (1) 2. Beauce-Appalaches Condors (QC) (2)
TWU Spartans 11 oo) 25 ai, 16 2 Camosun Chargers (BC) (3) 3h Grande Prairie Wolves (AB) (3)
Langara College Falcons AT Ag 4 oese. 1h 14 3 Limoilou Titans (QC) (4) 4. Grant MacEwan Griffins (AB) (4)
Okanagan (OUC) Lakers 2216" 65 123°" 26 82 4. Red Deer Kings (AB) (2) 5; Malaspina Mariners (BC) (5)
Capilano College Blues ATs Se Oc gl oer 5. Trinity Western Spartans (BC) (5) 6. | Humber Hawks (ON) (6)
CNC Kodiaks Berko)e0) (LS Ss S2anG 6 Montmorency Nomades (QC) (6) 7. Red Deer Queens (AB) (8)
Cariboo (UCC) Sun Demons 12 2 10 11 31 4 7 Humber Hawks (ON) (7) 8. F.-X.-Garneau Elans (QC) (7)
Camosun College Chargers 13 2 11 18 36 4 8 Grande Prairie Wolves (AB) (8) 9. Douglas Royals (BC) (9)

. 9. SAIT Trojans (AB) (9) 10. Seneca The Sting (ON) (10)
Men’s Volleyball 10. Niagara Knights (ON) (11) 11. Ste.-Anne Dragons (AC) (11)
Home & Away Division MP MW ML GW GL Pts. 11. Jonquiére Gaillards (QC) (10) 12. Trinity Western Spartans (BC) (12)
Camosun College Chargers 13 13 0 39 3 26 12. Douglas Royals (BC) (NR) 13. Mount Royal Cougars (AB) (13)
TWU Spartans 1110 1 32 5 20 13. Algonquin Thunder (ON) (13) 14. Durham Lady Lords (ON) (14)
Douglas College Royals 117 4 21 19 14 14. Seneca The Sting (ON) (14) 15. — St. Thomas Tommies (AC) (15)
Okanagan (OUC) Lakers 12-7 25 95 90 14 15. | UNBSJ Seawolves (AC) (15) AC—Atlantic Canada, QC—Quebec, ON—Ontario,
Malaspina Mariners 136 7 25 22 12 Dropping Out AB—Alberta, BC—British Columbia
Cariboo (UCC) Sun Demons 12 4 8 17 27 8 Okanagan Lakers (BC) ( ) Previous Ranking, NR—Not ranked previously
Langara College Falcons a 35 481k 27 6° National Rankings as of January 19
CNC Kodiaks 12: 232 692 1330" 6
Capilano College Blues A-One 2 33.50
Men’s Basketball GP WoL Pe National Basketball Rankings Women
Langara College Falcons Oieee to AG Men T Malaspina Mariners (BC) (1)
Fraser Valley (UCFV) Cascades 9 8 1 16 a Langara Falcons (BC) (1) 2. Humber Hawks (ON) (2)
TWU Spartans a at ee TG 2 Humber Hawks (ON (3) 3. Montmorency Nomades (QC) (3)
Malaspina Mariners Oyiig 1 2h, ae 3. Dawson Blues (QC) (4) 4. SAIT Trojans (AB) (4)
Cariboo (UCC) Sun Demons 9 5 4 10 4. Sheridan Bruins (ON) (2) 5. Douglas Royals (BC) (5)
Okanagan (OUC) Lakers Oh Re AE Onis oa Montmorency Nomades (QC) (7) 6. Mohawk Mountaineers (ON) (6)
Capilano College Blues Oe se Oe oO 6. Algonquin Thunder (ON) (5) 7. NSAC Rams (AC) (7)
Douglas College Royals G52 2 & 7 Grant MacEwan Griffins (AB) (8) _—8. Mount Royal Cougars (AB) (8)
CNC Kodiaks Orit Sie 8. Fraser Valley Cascades (BC) (10) 9. Edouard Mountpetit Lynx (QC) (9)
Camosun College Chargers 9 0 9 O 9; Malaspina Mariners (BC) (6) 10. Grant MacEwan Griffins (AB) (10)

10. Mount St. Vincent Mystics (AC) (9) 11. Langara Falcons (BC) (12)

Women’s Basketball GP W OL Pts. 11. — SAIT Trojans (AB) (11) 12. Sainte-Foy Dynamiques (QC) (13)
Douglas College Royals ite a ge 12. Medicine Hat Rattlers (AB) (12) 13. Fanshawe Falcons (ON) (14)
Malaspina Mariners 9-56 242 te Loyalist Lancers (ON) (13) 14. ‘Trinity Western Spartans (BC) (NR)
Fraser Valley (UCFV) Casca ean 5 3° 40 i rae = _— (BC) (14) 15. King’s Blue Devils (AC) (15)
Capilano College Blues 8 4 4 8 D Ste aints (ON) (15) Dropping Out
Langara College Falcons Bea 88 oes " Capilano Blues (BC) A
Cariboo (UCC) Sun Demons 8 4 4 8 one AC—Atlantic Canada, Qc—Quebec, ON—Ontario,
TWU Spartans gg Aging AB—Alberta, BC—British Columbia
Okanagan (OUC) Lakers a vpo ke () Previous Ranking, NR—Not ranked previously
Camosun College Chargers 8 1 7 2 National Rankings as of January 19

Every game count

He who walks
behind the benches with one win in eight games.

 

“Potential means you haven't

done anything yet.”
mous football coach

~Anony-

Last Friday, the women’s

basketball team put their
undefeated BCCAA record an

d

fifth place national raking on

the line against the current
national champions and

number one ranked Malaspina

Mariners—they won. By
virtue of that win, they put
themselves in a position to

claim the number one spot in

Canada and solidify them-

down 19 points to a team

Is this the mark of a cham-
pion? The signs of this loss
started to show in the Royals
game against Malaspina the
night before (read “Royals
torpedo Mariners”). The DC
subs seemed reluctant to
shoot the ball and the entire
team looked like it was just
going through the motions
on offense. If this is how our
team prepares for a national
champion, then how does it
prepare for a team that they
should beat by 20 ¢ or 30

most of it goes to the overall
mental attitude of the team.
If they‘re going to win even
the provincial crown, they're
going to have to treat every
game as if it were the na-
tional championship, and
play that way.

At least this loss
happened in January instead
of in March when the games
really count. Look at other
sports: the Bulls lose ten
games in the regular season
then run away with the
championship; the Vikings
run wild for 16 games then

: points? crash during the most impor-
selves as favourites for the To their credit though, _ tant part of the season. If the
national title if they could —_—_p¢ gid play very well inthe Royals were going to fall,
beat last place Camosun on —_gecond half. Climbing back _ thank God they fell now.

Saturday night—they lost.
Although it doesn't
look bad on paper—Douglas
only lost by two points—the
halftime score tells a much
different story about the
game—Camosun 46, DC 27.
Think about it for a second.
The first place and unde-
feated team in the province,
also a national title favourite,

from 19 points down is not an
easy thing to do, but why
couldn't they play that way
for 40 minutes instead of 20?
Partly it goes to the strength
of the league; as coach
Richard Williams says, “BC is
probably one of the most
competitive leagues top to
bottom. Probably the strong-
est in all of Canada.” But

Champions play like
every game is for the gold
medal and the Royals have
the potential to take the
national crown, but read the
quote again, potential means
you haven't done anything—
yet.

 

Look! Up in the sky! It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s...oh shit!
Dave Tam Photo

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