John Collins of the Douglas College Men’s Soccer team in a game vs. Capilano on

September 23.

Women’s Volleyball

With last year’s squad notching a
silver-medal season in CCAA
competition, the 1995-96 Douglas
College Women’s Volleyball team has
their work cut out for them. Coach Dave
Dalcanale believes that this year’s squad
is still strong, but will need to learn to
play as a team to meet the standard set by
last year’s players. After a disappointing
opener against Trinity Western
University, the team pulled together for a
solid win over the University College of
the Cariboo.

Women’s Golf

The Women’s Golf team continues to
grow with six players now joining Coach
Tara Smetany for regular practice at the
Westwood Plateau Golf and Country
Club. With their first tournament
successfully behind them, Smetany
reports that a good time is being had by
all and that there is plenty of room for
more players. While the team’s focus
remains on fun rather than competition,
Smetany sees particular promise in the
play of Alalon Peterson and Lynn
Chornobrywy.

Women’s Basketball
Coach Alison Gill’s goal of making
the Douglas College Women’s Basketball
team the best rebounding and defensive

squad in the league paid off in their
season-opening win against Everett

Community College on October 28. The
Royals dominated the boards with 35
rebounds and earned half their points with
defensive pressure leading to fast breaks.
With impressive recruits and a solid core
of veterans, the team looks prepared for a
serious run at the BCCAA Championship.

Men’s Basketball

A new squad with only one returning
player and a new coach in his first year at
Douglas College makes the Men’s
Basketball team the new season’s biggest
unknown. Judging by its strong exhibition
showings, the team’s youth and
inexperience is less important than its
work ethic and tough play. Coach David
Smith will be counting on returning
veteran Ben Mayan and talented
newcomers like Jon Fast and Cam
Johnson to anchor the squad. Assistant
Coach Dave Munroe predicts a steep
learning curve resulting in an intimidating
team come spring time.

Wrestling

Wrestling coach Dave McKay feels the
1995-96 team has the most talent of any
he has coached, with the strong potential
of a number of young competitors adding
to the proven skills two-time Olympian
Nasir Lal and aspiring Olympian Daniel
Igali. They’ Il need all the talent they can
get: following the season opener in
Calgary on November | 1 they’ ll be
attending competitions on five straight
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wins fifth

After winning five
BCCAA gold medals in five
years, golfing coach Gert
Van Neikerk has proven
that he knows what it takes
to build winning teams. The
key, he says, is recruitment.
“We never stop
recruiting, we do it 12
months a year. We start
approaching high school
kids in January so we can
have them playing with the
team by spring.”
Getting the young
players out on the course
and learning from their
peers has been a consistent
path to success for the
Douglas College team.
While a gold-medal
season is full of high points,
Van Niekerk relished his
team’s nine-stroke victory _
over the powerful UBC
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