November 16 1992 the Other Press 11 and no harm was done. Perhapsit washisattirethatincurred westwhippingoverthe UBCfieldon Royalsstarted looking shaky, and their by Ryan Cousineau The game was played undera_ the referee’s wrath, dressed as he asunny but cool afternoon. seven point lead started looking very cloudy, unsettled sky at Central was in camo pants and a black Douglas used the wind to their small. Valley in Burnaby, and the players sweatshirt with the motto “God advantage,goingup*-Oafter the first But the inspired defensive plays The men’s rugby team is ona seemed to reflect the weather. After Knows Bo” on the front. Or maybe it feifcna penalty ick lay Mark Bernal kept the Thunderbirds from putting roll. In successive weekends they Shawn”MadDog” Madigansentthe wasbecauseheranontothefieldand and a try by Trevor Felts. the ball down in the end zone, despite destroyed BCIT 24-0, followed by a team off to a quick start, scoring an assumed a fighting stance. But UBC was not out. With the a few scary sends when the ball was hard fought victory against the UBC early try that ended up being the However, the Royals settled windattheirbacks,they wereableto held in a ruck behind the goal line. Thunderbirds, 13-6. winner. downand rolled intoaneasy victory. kick for 3 points, but then Troy UBC continued to press Douglas in The Royals started out playing The game then got violent, with Madigan went on to score another Gallagher made a spectacular run _ the dying seconds, but when the final without the full fifteen players, but asmallfightresultedinawarningfor try, but was injured early in the fromhisownhalfofthefieldtoscore whistle blew, the Thunderbirds were somelatearrivalsmadeuptheteam, DouglasCollegecoach,MikeCollins. second half and did not return. the Royals’ second try. a few meters short of a try. nerarenenieerceneee serene — elie Gametwo was a muchdifferent However, there was no Coach Collins may havesummed » cS affair. Inthreeyearsoftrying,Douglas conversion on the try, and after a up the Royals’ hang-tough showing has not beaten the Thunderbirds. _ second penalty kick by the T-Birds, bestwhenhesaid, UBC wouldn’tcome The weather playedasignificant UBC was within a converted try of back because “we've got balls.” The role, with a strong wind from the tying the game up. Royals are now tied for first place Inthelatestagesofthegame,the overall with a 5-2 record.* Fortunately , the Royals play rugby better than they high-five photo by Ryan Cousineau Royals Plays For Four Wins at BCIT by Elaine Leong and Darren Smillie College Women’s and Men’s Volleyball teams extended their winning streaks with a 3-0 and 3-1 point wins respectively against Adam Ferris "Jump for the Kill!" theCollege of New Caledonia (CNC) from Prince George both at 11am on Halloween. The Women Royals fell behind in the game early on, allowing the opposition to start dictating each set. A “varied attack” and strong defensive blocking fron CNC kept the Royals lee for each wally. However, in keeping their cool, Douglas made several comebacks closing margins as wide as 9-5 and 8- 2 to trounce CNC into the ground. Meanwhile the Men’s Team came out to beat the much weaker CNC team . Douglas kept control throughout the entire match but suffered frequent lapses when they allowed CNC back into the flow of the game. Strong hitting from Jason Baxter, Fred Foo and Adam Ferris led the team to a 3-1 point win. As if the first wins weren't enough, both teams came out again later in the day to defeatSelkirk 3 sets to 0. : The Women Royals jumped to an early lead. Selkirk started out badly but made their own comeback inclosing the gap between thescores. Combining strong defense with determination to win, theRoyals won the first set at 15-9. The second set seemed more evenly matched. The defense and offense were weaker for Douglas than the first set but'the Royals managed to turn the game around towards the end. They pulled a fast win of 15-10. Set three, Douglas lacked on the defense allowing Selkirk to breakaway toamarginallead.Slowly butsurely, Douglas closed the gap of the two scores. The action was fast but the ing score and rotation came slowly for both teams as the ball crossed back and forth over the net. Selkirk struggled to come back but their effort was not enough to win. After a time-out by the Royals, Douglas took the game into their own hands winning 15-8. “Scarlett, Vandergraaf and Sattler led the way with 6, 6, and 9 kills respectively. Douglas used a balanced ated with = less than seven players contributing at least three kills.” Coach Dave Dalcanale commented that this game lacked the intensity that the team needed but was glad for the 3-0 point win. The win leaves the Women’s record at3-0-0. TheRoyals areinatie with Okanagan College (record 3-1- 0) for second place. Meanwhile Selkirk served first in the Men’s game but lost service as side-out was given to Douglas due to lack of serving skill. Douglas starters were Mike McNamara, Adam Ferris, Paul Chu, Fred Foo, Jason Baxter and Braden Gabert. Though the beginning was a repetition of back and forth “volley, volley, boom, block, volley, volley, boom...”, Selkirk took the marginal lead of 5-2. The Royals had strong serves by Baxter but they were often “over-served” thus racking another two points for the Selkirk lead to7-2. Selkirk took service again and lost service to the Royals. Ferris brought on three attacks to raise the score 7-4. Ferris and Gabert then blocked an attack by Selkirk player, T. Cross to up the score to 7-5. Douglas’ technical skills helped in calling the “out-of-bounds” serve to tie the score at 7-7. From then on in the game, the Royals took control of the game jumping thescore to 14-7 withblocks, kills, and “EUH"s. For Douglas’ fifteenth point , Baxter tipped the ball over a “ready. and waiting” block of Selkirk. In the second set, Douglas jumped to a strong lead 104 over Selkirk. Itwasaneasy setasChu and making” keeping Selkirk uneased to handle what would return to them over the net. Jeff Foo entered the game and together with Baxterand McNamara, they broughtin thekey hits, trouncing Selkirk 15-4 within two rotations. The third set was no exception for the Royals in the beginning. The Royals began with a 7-0 lead which turned to 9-4 score due to poor ball- handling and receiving skills of Selkirk. Selkirk made a tremendous comeback tying the score at 9-9. Douglas Coach Brian Newman worked his team to attack in impossible places. Setter Paul Chu lacked on his control in handling the second hits but quickly regained composure. Peter Konopacki subbed onto the court to surprise the opposition with a hard and swift kill. Selkirk then beganusing the “highwall” approach. The 13-12 lead an slowly for the Royals. The heatand tension of the game shot through the roof as Selkirk realized that hope was not always lost from a bad hit. Whenever they saw thechance toreturntheball, they jumped toreturntheplay toDouglas. Selkirk’s comeback was not quite enough. Douglas won theset 16-14. Their current record is now at 3-0-0. ' Oops! In our last issue, we mistakenly attributed the quote “Killers B-Qued” to Men’s Volleyball coach Brian Newman. Mr. Newman actually said “Kill or be killed.” We apologize for any inconvenience.