University of Victoria - Tower Yearbook (Victoria, British Columbia Canada)

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I ,4 ixs 1 5 ' X N--xx .. ' ,A . lVlen's Volleyball Under Coach Don Smyth, the men's volleyball team played at the very high AU level of competition - the only volleyball team to do so in the City. ln Marr li, the club came hfth in the Canadian fll2llllIJlfJIlSlllpS at Toronto, and plaeed second in the lX'c'stc'r1i llanzulian championships. ln the CIaiiadian-.Xmerivan tournament, they plaeed sm ond, losing only to UBC. lim- :iii-inlivi-s of the rlulm were chosen in February to play in the 6 Iaiiadiaii Winter Games in Quebec, and lit lin rl lil I. lo will. T VVomen's Volleyball The University Women's Volleyball team played in three major tournaments. The first was an invitational tournament at Central Washington State College in Ellensburg, the other two were the UBC Thunderette Invitational and the UVic Invitational. At Ellensburg the girls broke even, winning half their games. ln the other tournament they won in the B division. The girls were not playing at the top level of competition but they did quite well Considering the team was eomposed mainly of Hrst year students.

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WOMEN'S BASKETBALL The Vikettes, the junior women7s basketball team, although playing in no leagues, did exceptionally well in tournament and exhibition play, losing only the UBC Thunderette Invitational and a disputed championship game at the Canadian Junior Women's Championships in Edmonton. The team won the Western Intercollegiate Invitational Championship, beating the University of Saskatchewan University of Alberta, and UBC. They also topped the B.C. Junior Women's Championships in February, by beating Salmon Arm and the Hasting Eagles. f f

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Y - - U V ' I they whizzed off to SFU one a a a weekend to support the Norsemen SOCCCI' tC21I'l'l. cheering Where the Sports action Under cheerleader Barbara Reid was, UVic,s squadron of squealers the team met twice Weekl to ' yelled and jumped in ritualistic ,wise their wh-Hhs Y contortion to appease the terrible gthers are Darlene Jogephson gods of athletlcs' Solange Schiller, Marlene Mainly, the sonorous six cheered Gustasson, Louise Eldon and Vikings basketball games, although Lynne Meunier. Field Hockey The 1966-67 season was quite successful for the womenis field hockey team. In the major tournament of the year, the Pacific Northwest Intercollegiate Women's Field Hockey Conference in which 22 teams from Idaho, Washington, Oregon and British Columbia participated, UVic was undefeated, winning three games and tying UBC in the top division. The team also played in the Pacific Northwest Women's Field Hockey Conference in Seattle and the Centennial Jamboree held in Vancouver over Easter weekend. In these competitions, the calibre of play was considerably higher and UVic was able to hold its own against the top teams of Alberta, B.C., and California - notably against the Alberta representative team, defeating them 3-2. In the Vancouver Island league, UVic placed third.