The Douglas College Royals held on to their No. 1 national men’s volleyball ranking with a five-set win over Columbia Bible College last weekend.
The Royals blanked the No. 5-ranked Bearcats 3-0 on Feb. 13 but were stretched to a five-set tiebreaker on Valentine’s Day in PacWest regular season play.
Douglas dropped the opening set 29-27, but rallied in the second and third sets before the Abbotsford visitors forced the tiebreak with a 25-23 win. The Royals outlasted CBC 17-15 in the final set.
The wins improved the Royals’ first-place record to 19-3.
The Douglas women also won both matches against the winless Bearcats.
Douglas finishes up the PacWest season with a home-and-home against Capilano this weekend.
In PacWest basketball, the Douglas women got 20 points from Chloe Kennedy in a 75-56 win over Langara College on Feb. 13.
The Royals got the jump on Langara, outscoring the last-place Falcons 19-5 in the opening quarter.
Simran Bir and Garaline Tom came off the bench to score 13 and 12 points, respectively, for the Royals. Rachel Beauchamp also netted a dozen and had nine rebounds for Douglas.
The Royals outscored Langara 37-14 off the bench.
The win improved the Royals’ record to 11-6, keeping them in third place, four points up on Capilano University.
Douglas takes on unbeaten Quest University in Squamish this Friday. The Royals are back in town Saturday for a match on the North Shore against Cap.
The Douglas men’s basketball team lost its game to No. 2 Langara 60-58 to remain in fourth spot.
