SPORTS
The Clackamas Print /fl
Wednesday, October 25,1995 "■
Volleyball clinches playoff spot for first time in a
decade with two league wins last week on the road
Andrew S. Beck
Staff Writer
photo by Josh Kehler
Clackamas volleyball players prepare for their next match
at Linn-Benton in Albany today.
Ten years is a long time to
some, but for the Clackamas
Community College Cougars Vol
leyball program it was the last
time it reached the Northwest
Athletic Association of Commu
nity Colleges (NWAACC) South
ern Region playoffs.
By defeating Lane CC,
Umpqua CC and Southwestern
Oregon CC (SWOCC) all on the
road, the Cougars have secured
an automatic birth in the South
ern Region playoffs. With a 9-1
league record, and a 37-4 overall
record, Clackamas has nailed
down first or second place in the
Southern Region. Regardless of
how the rest of the season goes,
the Cougars will be one of the top
three teams from the NWAACC
Southern Division that earn play
off berths.
“We"re ecstatiq," Clackamas
coach Kathie Woods said about
making the playoffs. "Clackamas
has always been a competitive
program, but people were really
pulling for us this year.
The Cougars started off their
ground-breaking week by beating
Lane CC in Albany in three
straight games, 15-12, 15-5 and
15-9.
On Friday, the Cougars had
a more difficult challenge in
Umpqua CC, when they played
without starting setter Misty-Kae
Filley. But, freshmen players
Misty Murray, Cathy Methvin,
and
sophomore
Denise
Haselwood capably filled in at
setter for Filley.
“I think we are doing awe
some," said Methvin. "I think we
played well considering the new
lineup."
The Cougars went on to win
the match in three straight set, 15-
10, 17-15 and 15-13. The kill
leaders in the Umpqua match
were Melanie Sharp with 28 and
Jennifer^Walters with 16.
Katie Holdorf lead the team
with 52 assists.
“We"re playing really well
right now, but we still need to
improve some,” said Cougars
Assistant Coach Brad Swayne.
The Cougars last and biggest
challenge of the week came Sat
urday at SWOCC in Coos Bay.
The Cougars won the first
two games, 16-14 and 15-9, but
SWOCC came back to win the
next two, 5-15 and 10-15. The
Cougars then narrowly took the
last game 15-13.
Sharp and Walters finished
the day with 32 and 21 kills, re
spectively, with each completing
thirty percent of their attempted
kills.
Sharp, an all-around utility
player, led the Cougars in digs
with 26.
The Cougars next three
games will be at Linn-Benton
Community College in Albany
today. Clackamas will play in the
Mt. Hood Halloween Classic on
October 27th and 28th, and at
home on November 1st against
Chemeketa. Both league matches
begin at 7 p.m.
Cross country teams aim for Northwest berths at regionals
Jesse Sowa
Sports Editor
The Clackamas Cross Coun
try teams are ready to accept the
challenge that will face them this
weekend in the biggest meet so
far this year.
The Cougars will be near full
strength when they travel to Pier
Park in Portland on Saturday to
compete in the Northwest Athletic
Association of Community Col
leges (NWAACC) Southern Re
gion Championships hosted by
Portland Community College.
Clackamas Cross Country
Coach Mike Hodges ran his team
hard last week in final prepara
tion for the races that will decide
which top two teams will compete
in the NWAACC Championships
on Nov. 11 at Lane Community
College in Eugene.
“We ran really hard and I was
pleased with the results,” Hodges
said of the teams’ work ethic over
the last few week. “They’re defi
nitely getting to where they want
to be.”
Hodges also mentioned that
the athletes are much more fit and
competitive than they have been
in previous weeks.
The men’s team will
compete
without
Travis
Armstrong, their previous num
ber one runner, who developed a
mild case of mononeucleosis, or
mono, before the Pacific Lutheran
meet in Tacoma two weeks ago.
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The Cougars will also face
Lane, a strong team that it has not
seen this year. Hodges said that
Lane is a team that could chal
lenge for the second berth with a
good performance.
The men will see the return
of Aaron Kooser, one of their
stronger runners earlier in the
year who was slowed by injury.
Kooser could be in Clackamas’
top five at the regional meet.
Without Armstrong, the
Clackamas men will have to do a
better job of packing themselves
together, which it struggled with
two weeks ago at the Pacific
Lutheran meet.
The women will be aiming
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Armstrong’s availability for a pos
sible showing in the NWAACC
Championship Meet is unknown.
The men are aiming for the
regional title, which Clark Col
lege is favored to win. Another
team that could be in the running
for an NWAACC berth is Mt.
Hood, which the Clackamas men
have beaten easily every time that
Armstrong has competed. With
Armstrong out, the gap will close
considerably and it could be a
close race.
Hodges said that he will not
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