Spring Break
A full day playing dodgeball
McKinney and Douglas Halls put on all day event
Eric Saxton/ Staff writer
Issue date: 3/7/05 Section: News
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This chant was used to start all dodgeball games during the all-campus dodgeball tournament Saturday afternoon at the Student Recreation Center.
McKinney Hall Council holds dodgeball games every Saturday and last Saturday they decided to team up with the Douglas Hall Council. Rahul Bhalla, Douglas Hall Council vice president, said he was pleased with the turnout of the dodgeball tournament, which was approximately 40 to 50 students.
"Douglas Hall Council usually has activities for students on Saturday afternoons such as video game tournaments, but we wanted to do something a little more active," Bhalla said. "It is a fun way to get some exercise on the weekend and meet some people from around the campus."
Five games were played in the three-hour tournament.
Games started out fast with people getting eliminated rapidly, but as the teams' numbers dwindled down, the intensity picked up. When the pace slowed down, more strategy was used toward the end of the game.
The two teams that were playing were mostly composed of Douglas Hall residents against McKinney Hall residents. If a player was not part of these residence halls but wanted to play, they were dispersed evenly on whichever team had fewer players.
The first game that was played started the excitement of the day with a thrilling comeback by team Douglas. Douglas was down five players to one, and Andy Kapolnek, a sophomore physical education major, was the lone player for Douglas who mounted the comeback and won the game.
"The best part of the day was the first game when I was alone, and came back to win against five others," Kapolnek said.
Participants in the dodgeball tournament were pleased with the way things went.
"It is a good way to meet people, and have fun at the same time," said William Cole, a freshman psychology major.
The tournament had many close calls, near catches and a very competitive environment.
"I have never played dodgeball before, but it was so much fun that I cannot wait until the next Saturday to play again," Bhalla said.
Dodgeball is played from 2 to 5 p.m. every Saturday in the Student Recreation Center, at court number five. All students are welcome to participate.
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