Sports

 

DC basketball
teams bring home bronze

n Thursday, February 27,
the Douglas College
Royals men’s basketball

team headed to Malaspina Univer-
sity College in Nanaimo for the
BCCAA Provincial Champion-
ships. Douglas entered the tourna-
ment as sixth seed, after an 8-10
regular season. The Royals’ first
game was against the third-
ranked Trinity Western Univer-
sity Spartans. A closely-played
first half saw the Spartans ahead
34-30 at the break. The begin-
ning of the second half belonged
to the Royals’ Alex Zabori. The
second-year forward scored 12
of Douglas’ first 16 second half
points, to give Douglas a 50-40
lead. Trinity fought back in the
dying minutes to close the lead
to 62-61, but nine straight points
down the stretch clinched a 71-
61 victory for Douglas. Team
captain Zabori led the Royals
with 18 points and was named
player of the game, while Lee
Craven chipped in 12 points.

On Friday, February 28, the
Royals faced their toughest test
of the season, as they faced the
number one ranked Malaspina
University College Mariners. The
first half started poorly for the
Royals, as Malaspina scored 11
unanswered points to take an early
lead. It took Douglas nearly four
minutes to score their first basket,
as the Mariners’ relentless defense
continued. Malaspina took a 43-23
lead to the break. The Royals came
out in the second half ready to cut
in to the lead, but it was not to be,
as Malaspina continued to pressure
the Royals. Despite a valiant effort
by the Royals, they fell 80-56.
Leading the way for the Royals
was player of the game Craven,
with 14 points, while Ravi Duhra
and Dave Shannon had six points
each off the bench.

On Saturday, March 1, the
Royals faced the fifth-ranked

University College of the Cariboo
Sun Demons in the bronze medal
match. The game started with a
flurry from the Royals who took an
early 11-4 lead. The rest of the half
belonged to Royals forward Lee
Craven. Craven was unstoppable

 

as he scored 23 points in the first
half, helping to give Douglas a 38-
31 lead at the half. The second half
saw both teams trade scoring runs,
but in the end the Royals prevailed
83-65, giving them the bronze
medal. Leading the way for
Douglas was player of the game
Lee Craven (31 points, 11 re-
bounds), while veteran guard Carl
Lewis played his best defensive
game of the season and also added
12 points.

The Douglas College Women’s
Basketball team travelled to
Abbotsford to compete in the
BCCAA basketball championships
to see who would represent BC in
the CCAA championships to be
held at SFU later this month.

Douglas came out strong in the
quarter-final match on Thursday

 

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8 March 10,1997 The Other Press

night against Okanagan University
College, defeating the Lakers by a
83-73 score. Douglas was led by
Jasmine Foreman with 18 points, 9
rebounds. Stacy Reykdal had 10
points and 15 rebounds, while
Jocelyn Stendal and Andrea Dufva
added 16 and 15 points
respectively.

Friday night had the
Royals up against the
number one ranked team
in the country, tournament
host Fraser Valley Cas-
cades. Douglas gave the
Cascades a scare for most
of the game, but eventually
lost to the stronger UCFV
by a 77-62 count. Andrea
Dufva led the way witha
double-double as she
scored 24 and added 12
rebounds.

Saturday saw the Royals
playing for the bronze
medal against third-place
league finisher Capilano
College Blues. Douglas
defeated the Blues 65-54 on
the strength of double-
double by Andrea Dufva
(22 points, 11 rebounds) and Stacy
Reykdal (16 points, 15 rebounds),
while Jasmine Foreman chipped in
with 13 points.

Andrea Dufva was rewarded for
her strong tournament play by
being named to the All Tourna-
ment All-star team, while Stacy
Reykdal and Jasmine Foreman
received recognition for strong
seasons by being named to the
BCCAA second All-conference
team.

   

Royals versus the

nation

DC Men take it to Quebec

 

by Eric Milner and Jonathan D.
Chapman

The Douglas College men’s
volleyball team traveled back east
to the College De Maison Neuve,
in Montréal. The highly regarded
tournament ran from March 6-8.
The men came into the tournament
ranked sixth in the nation. Follow-
ing their arrival, the men had their
first test. On March 6 they had to
play against the fifteenth ranked
squad in the nation, Nova Scotia.
They didn’t have too many
problems with the Nova Scotians.
Darren Ettles and the Royals rolled
over them with a 3-0 (154, 15-3,
15-12) win. Ettles led the way with
his 11 powerful kills.

Later that day, the Royals faced
the very strong College de
Limoilou team from Quebec,
ranked second in the nation
coming into this event. Limoilou
played hard as the Royals went
into battle. A great efforts by Ken
Kliendienst and the rest of the
Royals, but the team ended up
short of the victory as they lost 3-1
(8-15, 16-14, 14-16, 11-15).
Kliendienst lead the way with an
astonishing 29 kills. A 1—1 record
after day one put the Royals in the
quarter-finals.

On March 7, the Royals came out

fighting against non-ranked
College de Maisonneuve from
Quebec in the quarter final match-
up. Douglas came into the match
pumped up and ready to go. The
Royals were lead by the all-star of
the game Cam Secret to complete
their clean 3-0 (15-4, 15-8, 15-9)
win over College de Maisonneuve.
This game would advance the
Royals to the semi-final game
against third ranked Mount Royal
College from Alberta. Douglas
battled through a close and intense
match against Mount Royal, but
our Royals fell in a 3-0 (11-15, 15-
16, 10-15) loss. This tough loss sent
the Royals and their national title
hopes into the bronze medal finals.

In the bronze medal match the
Royals were set to face fifth ranked
Loyalist College from Ontario on
March 8. The match was long and
hard. It was a true test of Douglas’
strength and endurance. The
intense, five set match really
proved in every way that Douglas
college is something to be proud of
as the Royals went on to win 3-2
(9-15, 15-2, 13-15, 15-8, 15-10)
over Loyalist College and bring the
CCAA National Volleyball Cham-
pionship bronze medal home.
Congratulations to all the players,
coaches and supporters for a truly
remarkable season. @

This isn’t the end of the story, folks. Eric won't be
back until after production, so no pictures are avail-
able at this time. Look for his photolog from Montréal
next issue, as well as a profile of ye olde vollyball
coach of the year. (Wonder who that might be?)

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