On the strength of a six-point game, New West’s Josh Byrne was named Hofstra University’s men’s lacrosse GoHofstra.com student-athlete of the week.
The 21-year-old junior scored four times and set up two others to lead his squad past fifth-ranked North Carolina 10-5 in Byrne’s debut game as a member of the Pride.
He opened the game with two goals, then added back-to-back markers in the third quarter.
The 6-foot-3 attacker joined Hofstra after two seasons at nearby Nassau Community College, where he earned the 2015 National Junior College Athletic Association’s Attackman of the Year award.
top start for new west’s lee
New Westminster’s Vivian Lee began the golf season with a strong outing, topping the junior girls division at the Canadian Junior Golf Association’s preseason opener at Burnaby Mountain Golf Course last week.
In the under-19 division, Lee shot identical rounds of 79 to finish at 158, 14 over par. Her two-day total was seven strokes better than her nearest rival, Victoria Liu of Vancouver.
Burnaby’s Andy Leu collected the bantam boys (under-15) title with a two-round score of 157 (79, 78). In bantam girls play, Burnaby’s Emily Xu was just two shots off the pace set by winner Jennifer Gu of West Vancouver.
Xu registered rounds of 92 and 87 to finish 35-over par.
royals prepare for hosting
It’s going to be four days of hot serves and big spikes, as Douglas College plays host to the country’s best college men’s volleyball players next month.
The New West campus will serve as host to the Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association’s national men’s volleyball championships from March 9 to 12.
The Douglas College Royals will not only be playing on home court, they will be targeting a high ceiling after wrapping up the PacWest regular season tied for first place with Camosun at 20-4.
Led by veterans Carson Heppell, Matt Santema and George Thompson, Douglas would like nothing better than to improve on last year’s B.C. silver and head into the nationals as champions.
The provincials go this weekend at Abbotsford’s Columbia Bible College.
