The Clackamas Print
Wednesday, November 8,1995 "T
Sports
Volleyball ready to take shot at regional title
Andrew Beck
Staff Writer
The Clackamas Community
College Volleyball team survived
a tough week of competition de
spite the loss of a starter in its-
starting lineup.
Clackamas was without start
ing setter Katie Holdorf last week
due to illness. But, through this
adversity, they were able to re-'
main strong and continue to win
The Cougars are now within
grasp of the Northwest Athletic
Association of Community Col
leges (NWAACC) Southern Di
vision title. Mt. Hood CC, who is
currently one-half game behind
the Cougars for first place in the
NWAACC Southern Division,
must defeat Linn-Benton CC to
night in Gresham to tie Clacka
mas for first place. A tie would
force a one-match tiebreaker
match at Chemeketa CC in Sa
lem this Friday at 7 p.m. .
Should Mt. Hood lose tonight
or if the Cougars win Friday's
match, Clackamas would win the
Southern Division title and begin
NWAACC tournament play at
Mt. Hood CC on Friday, Nov. 16
at 11:30 a.m. against the winner
of the match between the West
Division's #2 team and the East's
#3. If Clackamas loses this Fri
day, they will play on Nov. 16 at
4:30 p.m. in Gresham against the
North Division's #3 team.
The Cougars played without
Holdorf at the Shoreline Cross
over in Seattle on Friday and Sat
urday, but still came away with
the consolation trophy.
“Stacy Iverson, Denise
Haselwood, and Jennifer Walters
filled in for Katie," said Clacka
mas Coach Kathie Woods.
Iverson, a freshman all-
around player and a Tualatin
High School graduate, was named
Cougar player of the week.
“Stacy Iverson was outstand
ing and gave us a real jump. She’s
developed into a really good
backup,” said Cougars' Assistant
Coach Brad Swayne. “She’s an
all-around player. We never
thought of her as just a setter.”
The Cougars continued their
success in Southern Division play
as Clackamas soundly defeated
Chemeketa CC in Salem on Nov.
1. The Cougars won the match in
straight sets, 15-12, 15-8 and 15-
9. Melanie Sharp led the team
with 19 kills. Casie Ireland served
three aces and Misti-Kae Filley
had 12 digs.
Clackamas started the Shore
line tournament successfully on
Friday, defeating Shoreline CC
and Everett CC. The Cougars beat
Shoreline 15-7,15-4, and Everett
15-7, 15-7.
The Cougars then fell out of
the championship bracket after
losing to Mt. Hood and Colum
bia Basin CC. Mt. Hood defeated
Clackamas 15-10, and 8-15,
while Columbia Basin got by the
Cougars, 15-12, 15-10.
Clackamas defeated Clark
CC in straight scores, 15-8, 15-8
and got by Shoreline CC, 15-9,
15-8, to win the Shoreline coriso-
lation trophy.
Sharp, a sophomore all-
around player, was selected to the
all-tournament team. Ireland had
15 aces for the tournament.
“The team is excited we’re
going to the NWAACC champi
onships as underdogs,” Ireland
said. “There is no doubt we are
going to Disneyland!”
photo by Lora Whargren
The Clackamas volleyball squad readies for a probable
tiebreaker match against Mt. Hood CC on Friday at
Chemeketa CC in Salem.
Cross country teams prepare for
big challenge at Northwest meet
Jesse Sowa
Sports Editor
The Clackamas Community
College cross country teams are
preparing for the final and big
gest meet of the year with confi
dence and a competitive spirit.
The Cougars have reached
their peak near the end of the sea
son and will test their strengths
at the Northwest Athletic Asso
ciation of Community Colleges
(NWAACC) Cross Country
Championships on Saturday at
Lane Community College in Eu
gene.
“I feel like we’ve peaked at
the right time,” said Clackamas
coach Mike Hodges. “Our athletes
are very competitive."
Clackamas had a good
stretch of preparation last week as
the teams worked hard to put in
their best performance at the
Northwest meet. “We had some
good results,” Hodges said.
Hodges believes that his
teams have a “sense of confi
dence” going into the most im
portant races of the year.
The Clackamas men’s team
will go into the meet as the
darkhorse behind favorite Clark
College. Clark narrowly defeated
the Cougars at the regional meet,
33-51, at Pier Park in Portland on
October 28. Clackamas hopes to
close the gap on Clark and defend
the Cougars’ Northwest title.
“We really want to see if we
can repeat as champions,” Hodges
said.
Clackamas will likely be
without their number-one runner,
Travis Armstrong, who is still out
of action due to a light case of
mononucleosis, or mono.
“Armstrong is doubtful, but other
than that, we’re in reasonably
good health,” Hodges said.
With Armstrong out, Ryan
Burck should once again lead the
Cougars, as he did at the regional
meet with a second-place finish.
Clackamas and Lane CC will
be among the teams challenging
for the team title.
In the women’s race, the
Cougars will also be in the race
for the team title, but will be chas
ing the favorite, Mt Hood CC,.
Lane CC and Clark will also be
in the running for a trophy.
“Our goal is to be in the top
three and bring home a trophy for
the ninth time in 10 years,”
Hodges said. Clackamas will try
to claim the co-ed trophy for the
seventh year in a row. The trophy
is given to the school with the best
overall performance at the meet.
The Cougars’ Jenny Newell
is still recovering from a stress
fracture in her foot, but will com
pete. Newell ran strong for
Clackamas at the regional meet,
finishing 13th overall.
Hodges believes that Clacka
mas should be well prepared for
the meet. The team made a trip
to Eugene in late September after
a meet in Salem to run at Lane
CC. Some of the team members
also travelled to Eugene on Sat
urday to run on the course after
Oregon state high school meet.
The meet begins on Saturday
at 11 a.m. with the women’s race,
followed by the men’s race at
11:45.
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