Dodge, duck, dip and release stress
June 14, 2016
As the quarter draws to a close, many students are trying to find ways to beat the heat and unwind before finals. The DASB Senate had the solution in the form of the annual dodgeball tournament on June 3.
The gym was filled with participants and spectators alike, as teams battled against each other for first place. All of the teams were broken up into four separate groups with their own brackets.
The top two teams in each group would then advance to knockouts where the final teams would go at it and see who the winner is.
“DASB continued the annual dodgeball tournament because it was popular and well liked among students,” said DASB senator Victor Lim, “We didn’t expect the turnout to be so good.”
Lim also mentioned that this year the event was host to 21 teams, a vast improvement from the 12 that attended last year.
For some of the participants, the event meant not only representing their teams, clubs, and friends, but also a chance to show off their competitive spirit.
“Me and my team wanted to smash,” said Camron Perry, 21, psychology/nursing major, “We all like being a part of the community and this was just kind of a moment to flex on everybody and show them what we have.”
Not all participants felt the same way however, as others found the event to be a good way of relaxing and spending time with people before the impending doom of finals set in.
“It some of our members last year here so we were like let’s do it,” said John Matthew Baleva, 21, environmental science major. “Finals are coming up so dodgeball is a good way of venting and releasing some stress.”
At the end of the tournament, two teams came out with prizes, with “Africans” getting first place and “Takahashi” getting the runner up. The prizes were a $50 Amazon gift card for first place and a $35 Jamba Juice gift card for the runners up.