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Royals up front in PacWest sports

Douglas College athletes were front and centre in PacWest athlete of the week polling.

Douglas College athletes were front and centre in PacWest athlete of the week polling.

Andrew McWilliam, a third-year outside hitter with last season's national collegiate finalists, was named the men's volleyball athlete of the week following a monstrous outing at the net in the Royals' season-opening wins over Capilano University.

McWilliam garnered 29 total kills for Douglas in a pair of 3-1 wins over the North Shore school.

Douglas defeated the Blues 26-24, 23-25, 2522, 25-16 at Capilano on Friday. The following day, the Royals defeated the North Vancouver side 2522, 25-22, 21-25, 25-15 at home.

Second-year forward Sahil Sandhu was singled out as the PacWest athlete of the week in men's soccer.

Sandhu scored four goals in two weekend games for the Royals, including a 7-0 win over Capilano last Saturday and Sunday's 3-2 victory over second-place Vancouver Island University.

It was the third athlete of the week mention for Sandhu this season.

Sandju was also named in both the first and second weeks of the collegiate season.

Sandhu currently leads all scorers with nine goals.

Douglas currently tops the PacWest table with a record of 9-0-3.

In golf, Douglas College's Kate Weir was one of three PacWest players to be named Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association All-Canadians.

Weir joined Camosun College's Jarred Callbeck and Aaron Pauls from the University of the Fraser Valley on the elite list.

Weir was the PacWest cumulative league ladies champion with a 634 shot total following four collegiate tournaments from September to October.

The third-year Douglas student beat runner-up golfer Jen Woods of the University of B.C. Okanagan by a total of 12 strokes.

Callbeck and Pauls came first and second, respectively, in the men's tournament standings.