First-year Douglas College Royals left-side hitter Antonia Vanderbrink was named the PacWest women’s volleyball player of the week.
The 6-0 Vernon native had two strong outings for the Royals in back-to-back 3-1 wins over College of the Rockies last weekend to secure Douglas a spot in the upcoming provincial championships.
Vanderbrink recorded 24 per cent of her team’s points in the opening game, registering 14 kills and two service aces, while hitting a .353 percentage. She also added a solo block and two digs in the win.
In the return match, Vandebrink served up four aces on 21 attempts and recorded 10 kills in the four-set win.
“Toni is in her rookie year and led her team this weekend to a sweep weekend, where we sealed our playoff spot,” said Royals coach Kyra Iannone in a PacWest press release. “She is peaking at the right time and being a huge impact player for us.”
Badminton B.C.s
Kathleen Lougheed will lead the Douglas College badminton team into this weekend’s PacWest provincial tournament at Kwantlen Polytechnic.
At the the final tournament of the season at Thompson Rivers University earlier this month, Lougheed won the women’s singles for a third consecutive time this season, while also sharing top spot in the women’s doubles with teammate Lisa Doan.
Douglas is currently second in overall team standings behind Langara College heading into the provincials, but finished last at the most recent tournament in Kamloops.
