Royals exorcise Sun Demons

Hamish Knox late from Kamloops and were

 

A late start didn’t faze the
Douglas women’s volleyball

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team last Friday, as they
whipped the University
College of the Cariboo Sun
Demons in New Westminster.
The match didn't start
until 7pm because the Sun
Demons arrived three hours

 

given one hour to warm up,
and once the match started,
it was easy to see that the

extra time had had an effect
on DC.

The Royals started out
the first game by wowing the
crowd with brilliant attacks
and digs and amazing them
by standing around and

watching. Coach Sue Sharp
finally called time out with
the score 6-5 UCC, a move
that sparked the Royals into
a mini-run and brought their
heads back in the game.

Rookie hitter
Harninder Reel was a force
on offense for the Royals,
placing her powerful kills all
over the floor, and generally
infusing the Sun Demons
with a sense of dread at
having to face another one of
her attacks.

After DC won the first
match 15-9, Douglas and
Kamloops exchanged several
superb rallies at the begin-
ning of the second game, but
the Demons couldn't stay off
the net and were whistled for
at least five violations
during the game. Behind
middle blocker Coralie
Hiemstra, who dominated
the net for the Royals,
Douglas slowly demoralized
UCC and took the game 15-1.
After the match, Coach
Sharp commented on
Hiemstra’s performance. “I
think Coralie has really
stepped into her role as a
leader and tonight was a
perfect example...she was
one of the few players who
was [consistent].”

The third game started
with a 6 point DC run, after
both teams were knotted at
1. Coralie Hiemstra continued

the Royals scrambling.
However, because of their
mental toughness, Douglas
managed to tear off a run of
their own, to go up 14-8 on

to dominate, picking up afew the Demons. Despite being

more kills to run her game
total to 12, then “the ace”
happened. Brandi Selock of
UCC nailed a serve right
between the Douglas defense,
sparking a mini-run that had

 

only one point away from a
game victory and a match
sweep, DC couldn't put away
their foes from Kamloops,
finally forcing a very frus-
trated Coach Sharp to call

Gonna hear about that one in practice tomorrow

 

timeout and tell her charges
to finish their job. Again the
timeout strategy worked as
the Royals completed the 3-0
match sweep with a 15-8
victory.

“Whether they [Doug-
las] didn’t feel they had to
come out with their best
game, I don't know, but
definitely mentally we
weren't there at all,” said
Coach Sharp after the match.

 

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