October 15, 1992

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Other Sports ES APP SRS IL. CAREERS 2 Ge BS BEART DC Royal Teams Crush Camosun

by Elaine Leong

Opening their 92/93 season, Douglas College’s Women’s Basketball team hosted and defeated CamosunCollegelastFriday October 9th. The game started with a slow pe but Douglas Royals did not

itate in taking a strong lead.

__ The Royals stayed consistent with tough defense. Veteran Teresa Van Santen of the Royals came with over three interceptions and breakaway lay-ups early on.

Outsideshooter, Brooke Nygard also added to the lead.

Camosun gave a better match when the time counted down to 4:25 minutes left. The game for both teamssped upandamoreaggressive, competitive game appeared. Both . teams went into bonus.

However, with cohesive teamwork by the Royals Women, they doubled the score to 39-18 with 259 minutes left counting on the clock. Defense for Camosun leaked

First year student Robin Knight, a graduate of Centennial, then came onto the court, and with Van Santen, Douglas weaved through thelacking Camusondefense toadd tothe Royal score. Sinead Murray , from North Delta , sunk a basket just as the half-

- time buzzer sounded with the score

51-18 for Douglas.

In the second half, first years, Jenee Lutz and*Marlee Siemens proved to be strong centres in the offensive key. Lutzdrewin 19 points;

meanwhile Siemens came with 15 points.

Camosun came back to life on the offensive but could not match the score due to lack of shooting skill.

Veteran Tilly Woods brought in a strong offense as well in the post and to the side.

Again, the holes in Camosun’s defense brought more oppurtunities for Douglas to score.

The top scorers for Douglas College were Robin Knight with 22 ints, Tilly Woods with 20 points, lowe Lutz with 19 points, Marlee Siemens with 15 points, and Teresa Van Santen with 14 points. Final score was 115-47 for Douglas.

Steve Todd joins Royals Richard Norman in recruiting and coaching some top players to join “five returning vets, all starters from last year’s BCCAA Silver Medalists.”

Afterwards, Douglas, Royals Men Basketball Team opened their own season by crushing Camosun College of Victoria in an exhibition game at 7 pm.

The Royals pulled to their offensive threat with#40 Vern Knopp initiating the Douglas score. The running time stood at 19:39 minutes and counting down in the first half.

With some fast breaks and interceptions by guards Oncar Hayre and 1st year Matt Holford, the score pulled away to 9-2 for Douglas.

The five starters Knopp, Hayre, Justin Padvaiskas, Holfordand Chad Caldwell played as a team with excellent passing and ball-handling to bring the score to 26-8.

However Camosun defense pressed harder in the backcourt as well as the post positions to give Douglas a better match. The result was better defense by Camosun . Both teams got fouled into the bonus situation. »

Douglas’ Chris Pershick, and Tony Greenidge came on to sub at eight minutes to count down.

Pershick pressed the Camosun offense in the back court, forcing the ball to be turned over to Douglas by Camosun’s ten-second violation. The defense by Douglas was extremely intense.

The half-time score was left at 56-38 for Douglas.

Both teams doubled their scores in the second half. The pressure on defense brought in a tough physical game. There was excellent passing by the entire team and “every player contributed at least four points.”

Douglas loosened their defense for a cleaner game with less fouls in the first half, still both teams went into bonus again.

Camosun pulled up behind Douglas 99-70 in the last minute to close the gap a little with the few extra points.

However Douglas pulled away to win the game 103-72.

Topscorer VernKnopps brought

in 29 points and 9 rebounds, and Chad Caldwell scored next in line 23 points. The post play by Douglas was excellent.

"Hey! Quit shoving, you: I'm trying to shoot for two!”

Coaching the team for the 92/93 season is head coach Steve Beauchampandassistantcoaches Bill Matthews and Sean Beasley.

DC Royals Women Place First, Men Second at Ogopogoo Tournament in Kelowna

The Douglas College Women’s and Men’s Volleyball teams traveled to Kelowna to compete in the Ogopogoo Volleyball Tournament on October 9th & 10th. Douglas completed the tournament with a 6 and 0 won/loss mark winning the tournament defeating arch-rival TWU in the final.

Douglas led by the strong play of Tournament MVP Donna Furlani who contributed 53 Kills and 28 Blocks. Other players of note were first year player Daria Vandergraaf with 24 Kills and 42 Blocks, Marcie Sattler with 17 Kills and 16 Blocks, while Meggin Scarlett added 23 Kills and 10 Blocks.

Overall the whole team contributed to their success this weekend. Also of note Daria Vandergraaf was named to the All- Star team.

Next action for the club will be on Saturday Oct. 17th when they openup their 1992-93BCCAA regular season as the square up against Columbia Bible College at Douglas. Game time 6:00 pm.

TheDo Menmetrival TWU in their match of the 92-93 season. Setting up a rematch of last year’s BCCAA Final. Douglas, with a smaller team than the Spartans, had 3 returning starters compared to TWU’s5. After losing the first game, Douglas rallied back to win Games 2 &3to take the lead, but the S battled back to take the 2 rally point games to win the match 3 games to2.

The Douglas Meneasily handled the much weaker Cariboo College squad. Led by strong middle hitting by Adam Faris and Jeff Foo, and powerful hitting from Jason Baxter, the team cruised to an easy 3 game victory in the match.

Strong blocking by Mike McNamara, Jason Baxter and Adam Faris powered the Douglas Men to an easy 3-game victory over the Calgary-based school. The SAIT Trojans came out hitting hard, and managed to make it close for the first 2 games, but the Royals blasted them in the third, allowing only 2 points scored against them.

In the fourth match Douglas faced a much improved Okanagan Laker team who refused to give up. TheRoyals were paced by hardhitting Jason Baxter with blocking support from Jeff Foo and Mike McNamara. Key setting from Paul Chu proved to be the difference in this marathon match. The two teams traded games throughout the match with only 2 points when Baxter hit a set from Chu off the Laker block and out of bounds.

The NAIT Ooks proved tobe no match for the more experienced Douglas team in game #5. Although the Royals gave up one game, there wasnodoubtasto the sttonger team. Serving was the key, paced by Adam Faris and Braden Gavert. The NAIT team had trouble passing and therefore had trouble running any offense. The Royals took — of this with strong hitting from Mike

For the 2nd straight year Douglas CollegeGolf Team has wg the BCCAA Golf Champions! aps

Going into the 4th and& tournamentofthe yearatLedg Golf Course on October 10th 11th, Douglas had a 23 stroke lea’ over Malaspina College.

That lead was expanded strokes after Saturday's the strength of a 73 by B Sheradon, 76 by Brynn Parry, Steve Haldan and a 78 b Dodson.

On Sunday the lea expanded to 55 strokes (a winning margin) as Parry sce 74, Sheraton 77, Kris Yardley. Robert Ruff witha79. €&

DC Golf Team Winners at Ledgeview

(Gold) (Silver)

(Bronze)

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yal Roads Military College Jn the individual standings Parry of DouglasCollegewon individual a te for the

son. His closest rival was BJ. tertof Fraser Valley whofinished strokes behind Parry.

For the Ledgeview portion of e BCCAA series, Douglas College

a playoff on Sunday. By doing so Douglas has now won7 of the last8 AA tournaments in which it

McNamara, Jeff Foo and William MacLean. Douglas won the match3 games to 1.

Both TWU and Douglas College worked hard to make it to the finals, butitbecameapparentthat playing 4 matchesina day wastakingitstollon both squads. It came down to which team could dig deep to produce a

win. The teams wereequalinplaying ability, as the scores reflect, but the Spartans wanted the game more. Thesetwo teams willmorethanlikely square off inthe provincial finalagain. The Douglas team hasimproved and will keep improving every game. “We can’t let one match set the tone for the season, but are pleased

with what we accomplished this weekend. Westill havea lot of work to do,” says coach Brian Newman.

The Royals’ Jason Baxter receivedan All-Star forhis play atthe tournament. The Royals would also like to thank Rucanor Canada for the Warm-up track suits worn by the team.

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