Cougars hang on to play-off hopes
Decisive Clash with
Ducks this weekend
By Tracy M. Sumner
Of The Print
Nwamko Livi scored three
goals with Sean O’Brien and
Brian Gorsek each adding
single counters as the
Clackamas Community Col
lege Men’s soccer team routed
Lane Community College 5-1
here last Saturday in an
Oregon Inter-College Soccer
Association contest.
However, the news for
Cougar soccer wasn’t all good
last week. The team lost a key
game with Portland Communi
ty College here last Wednes
day. The loss was a 2-1 heart-
breaker which Coach Janos
Szanto felt should have been a
Cougar victory.
Szanto partially blamed
poor officiating for the loss.
Portland won the game on a
penalty kick after a very doubt
ful foul on the Cougar defense.
“It was a bad call,” Szanto
said. “Portland’s coach admit
ted even that they were lucky
to get away with that one. “It’s
very upsetting to me as well as
the players to lose on a penalty
kick,” he continued. “We com
pletely outplayed PCC; we just
couldn’t score.’.’
Szanto pointed to the play
of Sean O’Brien, who scored
his team’s only goal of the day,
as a key factor in keeping the
Cougars in the game. He also
pointed to something much
more than the officiating as a
factor in the loss.
“Sean played a hell of a
game,” Szanto said. “We
needed 11 others to play as
hard as Sean did. We’ve only
had eight or nine playing 100
percent. The others are arguing
with each other, arguing with
the other team and arguing
with the officials:”
“The best way to retaliate
(to a bad call, for instance) is to
score a goal, not arguing.”
The arguing by some led
to the playing time enjoyed,
and used to its fullest, by Livi, a
native of Nigeria who came to
the United States only 10 mon
ths ago. “We needed to make
some changes because it seem
ed everyone was not pulling for
the team,” Szanto explained.
The split last week leaves
the Cougars in third place in
league standings and in a must
situation for this weekend’s
match with the University of
Oregon. Anything less than a
tie by the Cougars leaves them
out of the upcoming league
play-offs.
Cougar Tales-- Coach
Szanto s appearance has
undergone some serious
change this week. Szanto no
longer sports the beard that has
been an identifying mark on
the Hungarian-born coach.
“1 told the guys that as
soon as we score four goals
that 1 would shave,” he ex
plained. The Cougars collected
on the offer last Saturday.
Volleyballers lose see-saw contest
By Brett Bigham
Of The Print
The Cougar Volleyballers
were defeated Monday in a five
game match against Judson
Baptist College. Cougar errors
and a tricky set shot by the
Crusaders helped to pull the
College netters into defeat.
' The Cougs quickly fell
behind 0-4 in the first game,
but two Judson errors gave the
team their first points. After an
ankle injury to Cougar Leah
Ruchonich the netters found
themselves behind 4-7. Teri
Larsen tipped a short ball into
the Crusaders vulnerable mid
court and recovered the serve
for Clackamas. After three
quick serves by Cougar Susie
Smith, the score was evened
out at seven and Judson called
a time out.
Another short tip into Jud
son’s court put the Cougars
ahead for the first time 12-11.
Cougar errors gave the
Crusaders their last point of the
game and the netters finished
them off 15-12.
The second game was a
different story. The Cougs
scratched out the first two
points only to fall behind 2-5.
More shots into the Crusaders
mid court put the netters up
7-5 and Judson called the first
time out of thé game.
After extended play and
five Cougar errors, the
Crusaders took the lead at
12-7. The Cougs were only
able to score three more points
before the Crusaders respond
ed and won 15-10.
The first two points of
game three were Judson’s but
Clackamas chalked up two of
their own to tie the match two
all.
Error in the Coug’s rota
tion gave the ball back to the
Crusaders but the Cougs
blasted thejr way to an 8-4
lead.
Cougar errors and good
net play by Judson evened the
score eight all and Cougar
Coach Loren Swivel called
time-out. The two teams divid
ed four more points but the
netters excellent play and ag
gressiveness gave the Cougs a
quick five points to win 15-10.
The women started game
four two points behind, but a
point trade off began and the
teams tied at two, five, and
because of a Clackamas error,
at ten. Swivel called another
time out and rotation error took
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from the Crusaders. After tie-
ing at 12, Judson crawled
away with three more to defeat
the Cougars 15-12.
The last and deciding
game of the match proved to
be the hardest of the five for the
Cougars. After extended play
the netters scored first on a
Judson error but quickly fell
behind 2-5. Solid serving by
Cougar Sue Frank helped
Clackamas fight its way to a
seven-all tie, but the cougs
gave three easy ones away on
errors. Mary Imper scored the
last point of the Cougar game
with a strong spike into the still
undefended Crusader center
court but the Cougs lost 9-15.