Sports
Netters fourth in tourney, record still 5-3
By Rob Conner
Of The Print
Kathy Woods figured she
would be coaching volleyball
this season. But it wasn’t until
late this summer that she knew
she would be coaching at
Clackamas Community Col
lege. So much for recruiting.
The former Linn-Benton
coach was able to bring two
players with her from Linn-
Benton, which bolstered this
year’s team to the grand total
of eight players, only three of
which are freshmen.
If* anything kills the
Cougars this season it will be
simply the fact that they are
undermanned. Woods is
definitely three to four players
short of being at total effec
tiveness. This fact became ap
parent at the Western Oregon
tournament last weekend.
Playing in their fourth
game of the day and against
the tournament favorite,
Woods saw her squad go flat
after an emotional first game
win, 15-11. The four-year
school wasted little time,
capitalizing on a meek 63 per
cent attack shown by the
Cougars enroute to a 2-15,
8-15 drubbing.
“It was too hard to come
back once we let up,” realized
the coach, “Mentally we took
a break.” Woods was pleased
with her team’s service recep-
Brenda Merkley # 13 and Les Kingsbury #18
tion at 84 percent. “We just
lost our aggressiveness,” she
stated.
Clackamas opened the
five team round-robbin tourna
ment with a 15-6, 12-15, 15-12
victory over Woods’ old
school, Linn-Benton. The
Cougars experienced an excep
tionally hot serving match,
converting 100 percent on
serves and scoring 14 aces.
Communication, or lack
of, posed the major problem in
the women’s second match, a
10-15, 9-15 loss at the hands of
Western Oregon. “We weren’t
able to set up (plays).” With a
receiving percentage of only 76
percent consequently the
throughout the tournament.”
Following the emotional
loss to tournament winner
SOSC, the Cougar squad fac
ed Willamette again to vie for
third and fourth. “They
(Willamette) came at us,”
Woods said of the first game
score 2-15. “They (Willa
mette) had nothing to lose and
everything to gain.”
The Oregon City team
was able to regroup in game
two as they posted a 15-10 vic
tory. It was not yet time to
celebrate, however, as any
hopes of a third place finish
quickly vanished with a 9-15
loss.
“The third game was
mental, mental endurance.
Cougar attack percentage
dropped.
In their third game of the
tournament Clackamas took
just 25 minutes to make haste
of Willamette 15-6, 15-3.
“We took charge from
the start,” Woods stated.
“We were very aggressive, our
attack percentage went up to
87 percent and our serve recep
tion was also 'up at 80
percent.”
In the Willamette victory,
Shari Kamrath picked up five
aces and was 21 of 21 in serv
ing. Woods sees serving as her
team’s strong point: “Our ser
ving was strong (against
Willamette) as it was
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Look for Phils, O’s in Series
Sports Editor
It’s that time of the year
again, the World Series is just
around the corner. It has been
said a thousand times already,
the Babe, Cracker Jacks,
tradition, etc, etc, so I’m not
going to say it again.
Alright, I’ll be the first
one to say I picked the Atlanta
Braves to go all the way this
year. In the words of the great
Bob Ucker, “so I lied.” No
seriously, everybody knows
that the Braves had a full five
game lead over the Dodgers
when third baseman Bob
Horner went down with the
broken wrist. Enough said.
Now we are left with the
dilemma of picking between
the Dodgers and the Phillies.
Oh brother, aren’t these teams
in it every year?
Actually these teams are
so evenly matched that as far
as I am concerned it’s a toss-
up. Both teams have identical
.249 team batting averages and
Wednesday October 5,1983
both teams are tops in the Na
tional league in pitching, the
Dodgers first with a 3.12 team
earned run average, and the
Phils close behind at 3.34.
Let’s face it, with neither
team possessing a true .300
hitter (Pedro Guerrero has the
highest average on either team
at .297) it’s going to be left up
to the pitching staffs.
The Phils have Steve
Carlton, the major leagues top
strikeout man at 275 and John
Denny, the National Leagues’
victory leader with 19.
However “Pappa” Lasorda
can counter with perhaps the
best overall rotation in
baseball, Welch, Pena, Reuss
and Valenzeula.
Two men can and will
make the difference in this Na
tional league show down. Pete
Rose at .245 and Joe Morgan
at .230 might not do it with
their bats but will do it with
their experience.
Hey, if Seattle isn’t in the
race, who really cares about
the American League cham
pionship series anyway?
Right?
And what’s a A.L. cham
pionship without Reggie
Jackson? The only guy that is
comparable to Reggie is Greg
Luzinski. And the only thing
the “Bull” can do better than
Jackson is eat more Reggie
candybars. He is hardly a Mr.
October or even a Mr.
September for that matter.
Both teams match up
pretty evenly in the pitching
column, each with identical
3.65 earned run averages. But
I have to believe that the Birds
have too much offense in the
Ripkins, Murrays and Fords.
Not to mention Ken Singleton.
There are just too many
ex-Mariners on the Chisox for
me. Don’t get me wrong, I’m a
Mariner fan but these guys
(Bannister, Cruz and Pac-
iorek) thought they were
too good to play in Seattle.
Heck, if they would have
stayed in Seattle who knows?
Well, I am yet again going
out on a limb with another
prediction. Philadelphia and
Baltimore. Care to put a pizza
on it Steve?
Thursday the Cougars
host Eastern Oregon at home
then Woods leads her squad
into the first of two regional
seeding tournaments featuring
Northern Idaho, Rick’s Col
lege and Treasure Valley Com
munity College. The tourna
ment will be Oct. 9-11 at
Treasure Valley in Ontario,
Oregon.
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On The Run
By Rob Conner
Our service percentage drop
ped to 87 percent and we were
getting tired,” Woods said.
A bright spot that Coach
Woods was pleased with was
the play of sophomore Kelly
Flanigan, who was one of six
selected to the all-tournament
team.
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