SS eS ee Douglas Sports at a Glance Sports October 30, 2002 Douglas Sports at a Glance Scores and Standings from BCCAA and CSRW Jordan Cripps Sports Editor Scores and Schedules Basketball Men Between October 17-19th the Men’s basketball team was at an exhibition tournament held by Cariboo Sun Demons. Oct. 17-19 | Douglas 72 |Lethbridge 94 Douglas 93 |OUC oF Douglas 87 |Kwantlen 76 Douglas 100 }CBC 91 Oct. 26 Upcoming Events Nov. 1 Basketball: at New Westminster Gym. Women’s Team plays at 6:30 and the Men’s Team plays at 8:15. vs. UNBC Volleyball: at CNC Kodiaks. TheWomen’s team plays at 6:00. The Men's Team plays at 8:00. Women’s Rugby: Premier League vs. UBC Lady Thunderbirds. 11:30 at Queens Park. Basketball: at New Westminster Gym. Women’s Team plays at 6:30 and the Men's Team plays at 8:15. vs. UCC. Volleyball: at UCC. The Women's team plays at 6:00. The Men's Team plays at 8:00. Baseball: Douglas College World Series. at Mundy Park, Coquitlam. © page 22 Nov. 2 Nov. 5-17 2nd Division: October 20 | Douglas 2nd Division 22] Capilano 3 October 20 Douglas U-18 49 | Surrey Beavers 0 . Soccer Women | October 20 | Douglas 0 | Langara 1 | Men | October 20 | Douglas 0 | Langara 2 | * Clinched Playoffs Women's Soccer Team Games | Wins | Losses | Ties | Points Played * Capilano 12 7 1 4 24 * Langara 12 6 4 2 20 * Fraser Valley | 12 5 3 4 19 * Cariboo 12 4 2 6 18 Douglas 12 5 5 2 17 Makspina a2 4 z 1 13 Okanagan 12 1 10 1 4 Men's Soccer Team Games | Wins | Losses | Ties | Points Played *Langara 12 8 x 1 25 *Capino ey Pate de *Cariboo 12 6 3 3 21 *Douglas 12 5 3 4 19 Fraser Valley 12 3 5 4 13 Makspina 12 1 6 5 8 Okanagan 12 0 9 2 5 (fis of October 26, 2002) Basketball Douglas takes third at Cariboo exhibition tourney Royals improve pre-season record to a 3-1 The Douglas College men’s basketball team moved their pre-season record to an impressive 3—1 this weekend, taking home the Consolation Championship from the University College of the Cariboo Sun Demons Desert Classic exhibi- tion tournament in Kamloops. The Royals had a tough draw to start the tourney, facing CIAU stalwarts the University of Lethbridge Pronghorns. A well-fought game ended in a 94—72 Douglas loss, meaning the Royals could finish no better than third for the tourna- ment. They took that challenge and played two more solid games, these times against more manageable BCCAA oppo- nents. The Royals dissected Kelowna’s OUC Lakers 93-57 before defeating Surrey’s Kwantlen Eagles 87-76 to claim the Consolation title. Guard Taylor Cherris-Wilding was selected to the tour- nament All-Star Team. He scored 19 points, had three assists and three steals in the rout against the Lakers, and came up with clutch scoring in the final win over Kwantlen. The athletic Cherris-Wilding came to Douglas this season after a stellar year with the BCCAA rival Langara Falcons. He was the number two scorer in the league before Christmas last year, with nearly 22 points and averaging six assists per game. The next Douglas pre-season game is at Pinetree Community Centre in Coquitlam on Friday, October 25, when the Royals host the CBC Bearcats. Tipoff is at 8p.m.. The Royals open their BCCAA regular season against the UNBC Timberwolves on Friday, November 1 at the main Douglas College campus gym, located at 700 Royal Avenue in New Westminster. The women’s team tips off at 6:30p.m., followed by the men’s game at 8p.m. By Jason Kurylo GAME RECAPS: | University of Lethbridge Pronghorns (CIAU) 94 Douglas College Royals 72 The Royals put together an impressive stretch to start the game, pacing with their CIAU opponents for a 24-24 tie midway through the first half. But size and experience gave the University of Lethbridge squad an edge; a sudden Pronghorn run meant the Royals went into the half down by a score of 49-34. Lethbridge attacked with some clutch three-point shoot- ing to start the second half, and opened the lead further. Despite a late run, the Royals just couldnt make up that much ground, and dropped a game for the first time this pre-season. Centre Ian Hogan had 19 points and 8 rebounds in the losing effort. John Orimaco had a strong two-way game, netting 15 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists and 4 steals. Douglas College Royals 93 Okanagan University College Lakers 57 Day two of the tournament saw Douglas in a bad mood after their defeat the previous day. They wore down a visi- bly tired Okanagan Laker squad, jumping on turnovers and making them count. The Royals led 34—28 at the first horn, but cranked it up after the break; they outscored the Lakers 59-29 in the second half for a decisive 93-57 victory. Cherris-Wilding led all scorers with 19 points. Forward Jim Martin also made his mark on the scoresheet, pouring in 15 points, while guards Greg Jackson and Bryce MacDonald were also in double figures. Douglas College Royals 87 Kwantlen University College Eagles 76 In perhaps their best game of the tournament, the Royals went out on a winning note: an 87-76 win over the Kwantlen Eagles. After jumping out to an early 23-13 lead, the Royals looked to be on cruise control they took a 43-28 lead into the half. A Kwantlen run in the second half, however, turned the match into a five-point game with 10 minutes to play. The Royals, just as they did ina thrilling 89-80 home- court win against the UCFV Cascades last week, pulled taut their defense and staved off a hungry Eagle team. the other press Cherris-Wilding continued his spirited play, pulling up for a clutch trey as the game wound down to put the come- back to rest. Dan “Danny J” Jakovljevich hit his stride with the dou- ble-double, as he scored 21 points and hauled in 11 rebounds coming off the bench. Ian Hogan led the Royals with 22 points and 8 rebounds. Jackson had another strong game, with 13 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists. “Tt didn't look like an exhibition game at all,” said a very pleased Douglas head coach David Munro. “It was playoff intensity out there.” Women’s Rugby 2nd DIVISION: The 2nd Division Royals improved to 3-1-1 with a 22-3 victory over the Capilano Blues on Sunday. Scrumhalf Rikkilee Jones scored a try and added a conversion, earning her player of the match honours. Also scoring for Douglas were Emily Spring and Tanya Leigh. The Douglas win marked the first loss for their North Vancouver opponents this season, and moved the Royals past into sole possession of second place in the 2nd Div. standings. UNDER-18: The young U-18 squad continued their winning ways with a decisive 49-0 win over the Surrey Beavers Athletic Association. Playing at the prop position, Robyn McKinnon was named player of the match for solid two- way play in her first game of the season. Scoring two tries each for the Royals were Meghan Dobbs and Agnes Stefek . Single tries came from Liz Behm, Laura Heer, Lindsey Heer, Jamie Callard and, doubleshift- ing in her second match of the day, 2nd Division standout Tanya Leigh. Callard also added two conversions in the shutout win. PREMIER DIVISION: This weekend was a bye weekend for the Douglas College Royals Premier Division squad. Their next game is Saturday October 26 at 11:30 a.m., when they host the University of Victoria Vikings at Queen's Park in New Westminster. Badminton Douglas took third overall in first tourney of the year. Royals placed first in men’s singles and men’s doubles, third in women’s singles, women’s doubles and mixed doubles Third year veteran Bradley Davis continued his dominat- ing play in BCCAA badminton action this weekend, taking first place in both men’s singles and men’s doubles play at the first tournament of the 2002—03 season. Davis, who has lost only one match in almost three sea- sons of play with the Royals (he and Tiffany Cheong brought home national silver from Alberta last year), defeat- ed Spencer Hoehn in a well-fought men’s final, 15-9, 15-17, 15-7. He then quarterbacked a comeback win over a strong Langara pair in men’s doubles. Davis and rookie partner Oky Theodorus lost the first game, but rode solid play and some tricky racquet work to an 8-15, 15-12, 15-11 victo- ry over Adrian Liu and Gradey Harris from Langara College in Vancouver. As testament to the newcomer’s own deft play, Theodorus took third place in mixed doubles with partner Helena Cheung (15-3, 15-4 in the consolation final), and grabbed fourth place in men’s singles action. The veteran Cheung was also third in women’s singles, winning the consolation final easily, 11-4, 11-2. Douglas also grabbed third in women’s doubles, as Tabatha Swadron and Gina Skopelitis won the consolation final in that divi- sion. Douglas head coach Thinh Nguyen may be in his first year as head coach, but he’s no rookie. Nguyen has acted as assistant coach for three years, and prior to that he was him- self a national gold medalist and received the Douglas College Male Athlete of the Year for his play in 1999. The next Douglas College Royals badminton tourna- ment is on November 16-17, hosted by the Malaspina University Mariners in Nanaimo.