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Sports Netters win 5-4, despite doubles trouble By Rob Conner by winning six singles and sweeping all three doubles contests but simply ran out of matches. Outstanding play from Doubles play has been the the top of the order proved to Achilles heel of the Cougar at be all Dave Buckley needed to tack all season, and it was ex slip his men’s tennis team by a tremely vulnerable Monday. A stubborn Lewis and Clark club make-shift lineup did little to 5-4. combat the problem. The victory, coupled by a A knee injury to Mark 7-2 decision over Pacific Stevenson forced Buckley to University earlier in the week, pair two of his doubles teams lifted Clackamas’ record to with first-time combinations. 12-2. Kurt Clements moved up from Led by freshman Leo third doubles to play with Young, the Cougars Young at number one, and Bill dominated singles play captur Clayson paired with Jose ing all of the top five posi Naranjo at the third position. tions. The Pioneers retaliated Cougar duets dropped Of The Print Relay shatters mark Hoping to qualify a few members for the regional and national meets, the women’s track team hosted an array of Oregon teams at the Clackamas Invitational last weekend. Prior to the meet, Coach Marilyn Wynia confirmed that the meet would not be man datory for her team. One event Wynia hoped to qualify for nationals was the two-mile relay squad of Tami Flores, Vicki Anderson, Petra Johnson and Suzy Thompson. The quartet had not com peted in the event all season because Wynia said it is not a popular race in collegiate track even though it is a national event. The team’s perfor mance was pleasing for their first running. Running against members of the men’s track team, the crew set a new school record and qualified for the national meet with a time of 9:30.6. The Lady Cougs also got a strong performance from Sherry Yost in both the high and long jump. Yost captured both crowns with a 5-4 high jump and a 16-10 long jump. Along with being a part of the record-breaking two- mile relay, Anderson captured a first in the intermediate hurdles with a 1:05.7 running for the host team. In the javelin, the Cougs were represented well as Deb bie Koffel threw the spear 149-6 for first, and teammate Shari Hilton placed third with a 143-8 toss. The Lady Cougs will compete in the regional meet Friday and Saturday. The College will host the event. The meet starts at 1 p.m. Fri day and continues on Satur day. like flies all afternoon. The closest a Clackamas team got to a match victory was 4-6. The effort did not particularly please Buckley. “We work a lot in prac tice on doubles. It’s just apply ing what we do in practice in the matches, and they’re not doing it right now,” he said. The Cougar mentor also feels it is a lack of aggressive net play which has hurt his team. “Most of our guys, ex cept for Leo, aren’t serve-and- volley players, so they aren’t comfortable at the net. They keep the ball in play too much. Instead of hitting the ball right at the guy, they’ll hit it to the side and have the guy return it for a winner.” On the other hand, the singles play couldn’t have pleased Buckley more. The Cougars swept the top five matches without the aid of Stevenson at number two. Young turned back Lewis and Clark’s Frank Grote, the defending NAIA conference champ, in a tight three set match 7-5, 2-6, 7-5. Buckley feels the contest pitted the two top college players in the state. The match of the day was probably Steve Gorman’s upset, come-from-behind vic tory over Tim Matheson. Gor man dropped the first set 2-6 on the indoor surface at Lewis and Clark but rallied to steal the next two 7-6, 6-3. “He (Matheson) has beaten just about everybody (at the number-two position). He’s a good player, plus Gor man beat him on a fast sur face,” Buckley said. Another positive note in the middle of the lineup was Tom Herkamp’s victory at number three. The big Oregon City High product showed no signs of his recurring ankle in- | Steve Gorman jury as he walked the dog 6-1, 6-3. Kurt Clements and Bill Clayson each toppled their op ponents 6-4, 6-3 and 6-4, 6-7, 6-3 respectively. Buckley is pleased with where his team is at for the stretch run. “The. more we’re playing, the tougher we’re get ting. They are starting to win the closer matches. When you can go into the third set and win, ‘‘that’s the big difference,” he said. This afternoon the Cougars host the University of Oregon for play which begins at 3:00 p.m. Stevenson is scheduled to play his number- two singles which leaves Buckley confident. “It’s going to be close but we should beat them. It’s go ing to be how we do at four, five, and six and one of the doubles,” he said. I I I I 1 3^|cCC Cafeteria • • I Try our new I “Breakfast Bar” • I I Cereal (includes milk) only ....75* I Additional items from » I breakfast bar....$1.75 I • Self Service LONG JUMPING—Freshman Sherry Yost did double duty Saturday. Yost won the long jump at 16-10 and took top honors in the high jump with a 5-4 jump. photQS by Jod MUler Wednesday, May 2, 1984 I » 1 I I I I • I Cafeteria located in Community Center Building Page 7