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Douglas men close out season with split

The Douglas College Royals will enter this weekend's PacWest provincial volleyball championships in Cranbrook. The Douglas men's finished the regular season with an overall 19-5 first-place record.

The Douglas College Royals will enter this weekend's PacWest provincial volleyball championships in Cranbrook.

The Douglas men's finished the regular season with an overall 19-5 first-place record.

The Royals split their final regular season series with Capilano University 3-1 and 2-3 with each team winning at home last weekend.

First team all-star Andrew McWilliam scored 14 kills and five blocks in the Royals' 3-1 win at home last Friday. Drew Ruby and Erich Meyer contributed nine and eight kills, respectively. Andrew Robson added six kills, six digs and six blocks in the win.

Second team libero Jordan Or had 11 digs against Cap.

Ruby added 15 kills in Saturday's loss to Cap in the five-setter. Meyer had nine kills and five digs.

Setter Rex Fenton was also named a first team all-star for Douglas.

The Douglas women lost its final two-game set with Capilano by a similar 3-0 scoreline.

The Royal women also qualified for the PacWest volleyball provincials as the No. 6 seed.

Victoria Hocking earned a second team all-star following the regular season.

At the PacWest provincials, the Royal men will take on the quarter-final winner of Capilano and host College of the Rockies tonight (Friday) in the last of four semifinal matchups.

The Douglas women's team played Thursday (after The Record deadlines) in the quarter-finals against third-place Columbia Bible College.

The medal round will be played on Saturday.

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