March 3, 1993 “best 2 out of 3” playoff format. The Sun Demons are now bumped outof the Provincial Finals with thesudden death in their season. University Collegeof Fraser Valley alsobumped out the TWU Spartans in their semi- finals The provincial finals will follow the same format that the semi-finals took. The first game will be hosted by Douglas College against the Fraser _ Valley Cascades on March 5, 6pm and UCFV will host the second game atClearbrook Community Centrethe following day at 6pm. “Iknow the girls will be working really hard this weekend,” Norman added. Meanwhile, head coach Steve Beauchamp of the Men’s Basketball Team is having much success with his team as they also hold an almost flawless record of 12 wins and 2 losses. The hi in their season | included the games that they had lost to VCCLangara and Malaspina. Facing VC in the first | half of the season, December 12, though Douglas held the lead up until the last seven minutes in the game, the Falcons took no hesitation in ing the game to their own _ favour. The Royals had “countless ites”, asnoted by thecoach, totake the gamebackbutby thattime the momentum had already shifted to the ition. In the rematch, also the Royals’ __ last league game of the season, the Royals crushed the Falcons 112-75. From the ing tip to the last buzzer, the Royals kept control and dictated the entire game. Using full-court pressure sped the game up and allowed the Royals the oppurtunitiess to steal several : by Elaine Leong “You'd better duck when I hit!” | BradenGabertexclaimedashepicked } upavolleyballand hammereditinto the wall just prior to the team’s _ Wednesday night practice. Gabert _ was referring to the previous game | againstOkanaganand theupcoming os Okanagan in the semi- | for the BCCAA League Finals at The team members are training road plays from the Falcons for some easy lay-ups. The Royals led 60-37 at the first-half mark and continued full- court press to win the game. The season records qualified the Royals to compete in the semi-finals against University College of Fraser Valley, Feb. 26 in the Douglas sad ten 27 in the UCFV = ts In the first e, UCFV and DOuglas hustled right from the opening tip. Taking the fast pace brought in three fouls before Chris Vandermark could sink the initial basket in the game. Douglas put on the full-court press seeing the Cascade guard, Vince an Dyk, was suseptibleto making a bad pass under pressure. Body-contact in the post was at the maximum as the Royals and the Cascades often fell to the ground from being shoved or losing their footing. And All-star Vern Knopp and Vandermark, at separate times, challenged the opposition’s offence with solid screens in the key and drew in two offensive fouls. The scores were close throughout the game and the lead was unable exceed six points. In the second half, the Royals and the Cascades continued to turn the plays over ing leads w until the last five minutes where teams were tied at 64. As noted by the coaches, the Royals wentona 12-Orunand cruised to a well-deserved 81-71 victory. “Douglas’ superior endurance, continuous full-court pressure, and 80% free throw shooting vaulted them to victory,” Beauchamp wrote, in the written in the weekly The following day, the Royals traveled to UCFV campus and TWU on the same week-end, the Men’s Volleyball team capped off their season with a 13-5 record. The Royals have earned a well- deserved third place finish in the league season, and look forward to competing in the semi-finals against Okanagan on March 5. The season was quite a learning experiencefor the team,as thesecond and third year veterans had trouble with consistency, especially on the In the first half of the'season, _ March 7th Men i 2. TWU If necessary, because each team has one win, then the tie-breakers: Women vs UCFV vs Malaspina “Malaspina en’ or aol estern University March 5th, 6pm & 8pm (3rd) vs Okanagan Spartans (1st) vs C BC Concords(4th) March 6th, 6pm & 8pm Bronze Medal Match (Losers of Match 1 and 2) Gold Medal Match (Winners of Match 1 and 2) Trinity Western University March5 though the Royals were undefeated | and 6. until the last three games, the team After defeating O and realized they needed a break. _ the College of New Caledonia on Sothe Volleyball teams( | February 18, butlosing toarch-rivals coach Newman and Women’scoach SPORTS THANG BCCAA FINALS : Basketball March 5th Women vs UCFV *HOME 6pm Men vsMalaspina ‘Malaspina 6pm March 6th Women vs UCFV*Clearbrook Comm.Ctr 6pm Men _ vs Malaspina *HOME 8pm “HOME 6pm 6pm Lakers (2nd) the Other Press defeated the Cascades ina thrilling 2 point win! In the beginning of the game, UCFV had taken a 12 point lead but the Royals slowly closed the margin. Asthescore wasata 46-39 favour for the Cascades, Douglas took another run that gameas they had in the ious game. This time, they took 9 points to take the lead which had continued toanotherrun, 7 points tolead fortheremainder of thegame. rs Cascades had closed the wide-margin score to a 1 point lead for the Royals in the senetes four minutes. _ Douglas College was not read for Sees peered witha 64-62 victory. These two wins have knocked the UCFV Cascades out of the BCCAA League Championships! Meanwhile Malaspina Mariners defeated the VCC Falcons in their semi-finals. Beauchamp is training his team to compete and beat the Mariners by going over constant drills, through game plans and scouting out the opposition will be an asset to the game as our Royals will be able to take, hopefully, a faster pace to out- bustiathe Mariners Good eye-contact was stressed much in practice throughout the season. “Well if you don’t have good eye-contactand communication then your defense will be lacking,” Vern Knopp stated. “Knopp also mentioned that Malaspinahassomereally sized players, especially the s. "They bigger than our guards but I don't think it means ae better than our guys!" Knopp added. The menare looking Erward to tipping off against the Mariners. | Something to work on: "MoveYour Feet! Happy, Happy Feet!" | Newman Sings Musical Repetoir During Tuesday Night Practice Dave Dalcanale) organized a social trip to San Diego during the Christmas holidays where they could spend time just getting to know each other better. “It’s like, we could never really get together to socialize,” Peter Konopacki said. “Like after practice everyone would just go home and... well I don’t know, do their homework.” This trip brought the Royals closer together to become a close- knit team. Vihn Ngo noted that the Royals’ team is a much better experience than the high school teams. “We're more mature, attitudes are different. It’s better,” Ngo mentioned. Now, after the league play has finished for the Royals, the Other Press, Douglas College’s student newspaper, conducted an interview with the team to get their views. Elaine Leong: Howare you working as a team? Braden Gabert: Beautifully! It’s about not getting down on yourself [on the ie during the game] and everyone Adam Faris: Better than last year, I mean lastsemester! Butweneed more defense! BG: No, we need more motivation! Paul Chu: We need more intensity! EL: You've worked hard from tryouts and now, you’ rein the playoffs! How do you feel? AF: We expected it but when we lost those three games at the end of last semester, well, we started to question it. Jeff Foo: We still have a lot to work on. Get our act together. We started really well inthe beginning of second semester, but, lately our games have been really off. PL LL SS SR RE IGE CET IS Lat RE AE Dec. 5 Douglas 96 Dec. 12Douglas 78 Jan. 12Douglas 91 Jan. 15Douglas 81 Jan. 16Douglas 96 Jan. 22Douglas 92 Jan. 29Cariboo 83 Men’s 92-93 Season Basketball Team Update from Dec.5 to March 1 Jan. 23Douglas 123 @ Capilano 69 Jan.30 Okanagan 62 @ Douglas 94 Feb.5 UCFV 66 @ Douglas 75 Feb. 6 TWU 83 @ Douglas 98 Feb. 12Douglas 71 @ Malaspina 91 Feb. 13Capilano 77 @ Douglas 114 Feb. 19 VCC 75 @ Douglas 112 Teams GamesWins LossesPoints Malaspina 14 13 1 26 Douglas 14 12 2 24 UCFV 14 8 6 16 vcC 14 8 6 16 Okanagan 14 5 9 10 TWU 14 5 9 10 Capilano 14 3 11 6 Cariboo 14 2 12 4 Semi-Finals Feb. 26 UCFV 71 @Douglas 81 Feb. 27 Douglas 83 @UCFV 61 @ Cariboo 72 @ VCC 82 @ Okanagan 71 @ UCFV 66 @ TWU 75 @ Malaspina 72 @ Douglas 107 Fred Foo: We could be really ready and havea really chance or we could go sluffen in and get in deep shit. JeffFoo mentioned that Douglas wasinneed of moremiddleblockers. JF: It’s really hard because we only have two on the team and it’s tough on our shoulders. [J.Foo and Faris ate the two existing middle blockers. The other herbs may go up to block as well t the roles of the middle blockers are much different from the other positions on the team.] EL: Have you suffered any injuries during your season? BG: We've been unlucky with injuries this year,no-one hasbeen healthy. AF: We've been plagued with injuries. Sun Cho suffered leg injuries that had confined him tocrutches for the majority of the season. In one of the team practices, he was practicing his jump serve. Gabert happened to be busy chasing a rolling volle in Cho's dicica At Cho ae already in the airready tohit the ball, Gabertcollided with him.Cholanded on Gabert’s head and injured his foot while awkwardly landing. Gabert did not sustain any major injuries. EL: Newman claims that you, as a team, havecontrol ofev ing you do on the court, which means if you win, it’s because you played an excellent game and if you lose, it’s because you up somewhere. The Entire Team: It’s true! BG: I agree with that. Vihn Ngo:It’s whenwestartmaking stupid mistakes, then we lose. EL: I haven’t seen you guys when you've lost a game, mainly because thegames youlost wereaway-games, does home-court playa factor in your games? SC: If we're gonna be the best, we have to be able to beat anyone, anywhere. Men's Volleyball Team Advance to Provincials While the team says that home- court advantage was not a factor in their games, they did hint at the minimum fan support they’ ve been ing through the season. oT Walsvenoreslachoal spiritor support,” Konopacki quietly stated. Sun Cho a and had even requested that a “house ad” for the Athletics Department be designed to publish in the paper. Meanwhile Gabert and Faris both mentioned that DC needed new © floors for them to dive on. No one on the team claimed to haveany traumaticexperiences until the traveling involved, throughout the season, came to settle in their minds. Ngo claimed that the ride to Castlegar was the worst trip experienced by the team. “We almost died on those bus rides, now that was a traumatic experience!” Konopacki laughed. “We don’t take bus rides anymore! We take planerides!” Faris exclaimed, showing obvious fear in his facial expression to the thoughtof the busrides. EL: Are you ready for theplayoffs?SC: Physically we're okay! Mental on and off! Ninty per cent of practice is themental preparation. Physicalonly counts for 10% of prep. Faris, however, holds high hopes already. AF: We’reconfident that wecan win. We just need some fine tuning. We gotta get working as a well-oiled machine! BG: Yeah, this is one of our better years to go to the Nationals! Volleyball is the up and coming and now, DC students a opportunities to come out an watch some good volleyball. The Men’s Team will be playing at TWU which is a half an hour ride from DC campus! Let’s take some time to support our team!