IVomen tie for title
I By Mark McNeary
I Print Sports Editor
picked us up when we really
needed it.”
I The Cougar
women’s
In Friday’s second game, a
I volleyball team swept four
total team effort resulted in an
[league matches at home this
easy victory as the Cougs
[weekend and wound up in a tie
mauled Umpqua Community
| with Lane Community College
[for first place. The tie means College 15-0, 15-9.
[Clackamas and Lane will both
“No one person stood out in
[advance to the state and that match, and that’s what I
[regionals as co-champions of like to see,” Rubright said. “We
[thier league.
played team ball and usually
[ On Friday the Cougars once when we do that we win.”
Southwestern Oregon
[again played havoc on the
skills of Central Oregon Com Community College and Linn-
munity
College,
who Benton invaded Cougar court
[Clackamas defeated twice but a Saturday, but with little luck.
Lek earlier, by winning once Clackamas had some trouble in
defeating SWOCC 15-6, 6-15
[more 15-5, 12-15 and 15-8.
| The first game of the match and 15-13, but Linn-Benton
[went easily with Nancy Perkins provided little competition as
they fell to the merciless
[supplying most of the punch.
[ “Nancy’s hitting and blocking Cougars 15-9, 15-2.
Lisa Laurent and Monica
[were the key in that game,”
(Coach Mary Rubright said. Reed, Clackamas’ two setters,
["She really went to the ball well played very aggressive and
Rubright noted this as the- key
[and that paced our attack.”
[ After a brief letdown in the versus SWOCC.
“These two girls don’t get a
[second game, Kelly Kosik did
[some hitting and blocking of lot of recognition but their play
[her own and in the process usually determines the out
[sparked the victory.
come of our matches,”
Rubright
said.
“Against
[ “Kelly was real aggressive in SWOCC their setting and
[that game,” Rubright said. hustle were the major fators in
[“She sparked the team and our success.”
Against Linn-Benton, the
Cougars simply showed their
superiority over the un
prepared visitors and Rubright
commented, once again, - on
the whole team’s performance.
“Linn-Benton didn’t apply
too much pressure but we did
play pretty well as a
whole.’’Rubriqht said.
The Cougars play a warm
up match against Linn-Benton
today at Linn-Benton, before
leaving tomorrow for Treasure
Valley and the state and
regional championships, slated
for Friday and Saturday.
“It’s hard to say how we’ll
do, because we don’t know
who we’ll face, but I would say
our biggest threat would have
to be Lane or Ricks Com
munity College,” Rubright
said. “I have no predictions so
we’re just going to wait and
see.”
Regardless of the outcome,
the Cougars have had a Con
siderable season with the
amount of new talent that had
to be broken-in, but anything
short of what Rubright feels is
the team’s potential, would be
a letdown.
"“All I can ask is that we do
our best,” Rubright said.
Photo by John Bosserman
Womens’ Volleyball team demonstrates winning form.
Reed playing for fun of it
“Some of the younger girls play as a team.” That will be up
I Fun. That’s what Monica
Reed is having a lot of this look to me for support,” said to the younger players, who
year. Reed, sophomore from Reed. “But, not all of them Reed feels must perform welkin
order for CCC to win.
¡Colton High School, is team do.”
“If we play like we can as a
captain of Clackamas’ women’s
Reed has no immediate
plans to attend a four year team,” said the tiny red head.
‘volleyball team.
I In a time when collegiate school after graduation from
athletics have become very CCC. “If someone offers me a
serious, Reed concentrates on scholarship, then I‘ll probably
enjoying herself, rather than take it,” she said. “But, I work
letting the pressure get her full-time and enjoy my job. So, By Mark McNeary
we‘11 just have to wait and see Print Sports Editor
I down.
E; “Ijust play for fun,” said the how things workout.”
The Cougar men’s cross
As evident by CCC's 12-2
19-year old setter. “I really en
country
team lost a chance at
joy it. Especially, when it is the record, Reed’s experience has national status Saturday, when
proved
vital
in
leading
the
only sport 1 can play.”
Lane Community College ran
Reed has limited mobility . Cougars to the top spot in the away from the pack , and cap
OCCAA
conference.
Recent
because of collapsed arches in
wins over Linn-Benton and tured both the state and
her feet.
Southwestern Oregon have regional titles. Clackamas
“I really can’t do much Tun prepped Clackamas for the finished third in the regionals
ing, and a lot of the other spor- regional tournament this but did not qualify for the trip to.
ts require that kind of weekend at Treasure Valley the nationals.
[movement.” she said.
Following Lane’s 33 points
Community College in On
I Reed, who has been playing tario. CCC needs a first place in the regional race was Nor
Idaho
with
98;
¡volleyball since her sophomore finish to win a spot in the thern
hear at Colton, is* the only national
tournament
in Clackamas 99; Ricks Com
munity College 105; Southern
returning player from last year’s Maryland.
[squad, She sets from the back
“I haven’t set many in- Idaho 106; Umpqua Com
Irow of the Cougars multiple of- dividual goals this year,” of- munity College 142; Central
I fense and her “take charge” fered Reed. “But, on the team Oregon 151; Linn-Benton
sort of attitude gives sortie of level, we really want to go to 178; Southwestern 293; and
Chemeketa 293.
jibe youngerr players the op nationals.”
The Cougars were not
portunity to turn to her during
Reed sees Clackamas win
pressure situations.
ning at regionals “only if we without some consolation,
however, as Dave Ellison and
Doug Oberst qualified for the
“We can be very, very good.”
Much of the teams success,
according to Reed, is due to
Mary Rubright, women’s head
coach .
“She’s one of the reasons I
decided to come back,” she
said. “Mary is a great coach.
She makes volleyball fun. ”
And, as long as volleyball is
fun to play, Monica Reed will
enjoy being a part ot it.
Pair gain national spots
I Interest invited
| The College faculty and staff
[is forming an intramural
[volleyball league on Tuesdays
[and.Thursdays from 11 a.m. to
[12:30 p.m.
[ This activity
is
co-
[ educational and teams will
[either be formed or persons
[ can form their own.
[ Anyone interested can con-
[ tact'Mary Rubright for further
I details, at 656-2631, ext. 294.
[Wednesday, Nov. 8,1978
respectively.
“Dave and Doug did an ex
ceptional job,” Coach Buck
Monroe said. “But overall I
think it was a poor team effort.”
Jario Correa, who ran for
Columbia, Africa, in the 1976
Olympics, finished first for
Southern Idaho while Dave
Magnes of Lane came in
second. But Monroe felt that if
some of his runners had per
formed up to potential, the
Cougs could have been in it.
“We figured on Mark Allen
and Dan Cobine finishing
higher,” Monroe said. “If they
had, it could have been dif
ferent. But they did what they
could.”
Mark Travis finished 23 and
was followed by Cougars
Cobine, 31 and Duke Hughes,
34 while Mark Allen and Keith
Self finished lower in the pack.
Monroe commented on
Travis’ and Hughes’ perfor-
“Mark and Duke did a real
good job and 1 was pleased, but
Mark Allen had one of his wor
st races and Dan (Cobine) had
a sore leg,” said Monroe. “It’s
just a shame.”
“I’m not satisfied with the
way we ran at all,” Monroe
said. “It was a bad effort. But
there were a lot of real fine
runners there and Lane just ran
way over their heads. With all
the pressure and talent, well,
you’ve really got to hand it to
them, Lane ran a great race.”
For the rest of the Cougar
team the season is over and all
they can do is wait until next
year, but for Ellison and Oberst
it’s on to the nationals and a
chance
at
nationwide
recognition.
“I wish them all the luck in
the world.” Monroe said, “and
I’ll help as much as I can. I’m
sure they’ll do well.”