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WEÓNEsdAy, OcTobeR 25, 2000
Cougars down, but not out Cross Country has lull before championships
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PHOTO COURTESY OF DICK CLOUSER
Eryn Wagner helped lead the
Cougars both offensively and
defensively against Linn-
Benton Wednesday.
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JASON LINGEL______
Sports Editor
The Cougars lost to the un-de-
ct0 Mated Mt. Hood Saints in a game
fer lacking in communication and ser-
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The Saints beat the Cougars in
■¡u three straight matches Friday night
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o: great defensive effort off the net.
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Lack of communication between
■ ' the Cougar women allowed the
ieT Saints to come out and control the
’xl first game with tough services that
left the Cougars scrambling. The
Saints took the first game 15-2.
“The whole problem was serve
receive,” said Head Coach Kathy
Woods. “We just didn’t get our
feet there to pass the ball.”
The Cougars bit back in the sec
ond game jumping to an early 6-0
lead. The Saints rallied back and
caught the Cougars at eight all.
Communication began to break
down again, with the Cougars al
lowing the Saints to come back for
a 15-11 win.
The dispirited Cougars never re
gained momentum as they were
toppled in game 3 by the Saints 15-
5, sweeping the Cougars at home.
The Cougars’ loss to Linn-
Benton Wednesday and the sub
sequent loss to the Saints puts the
Cougar record at 5-5, knocking
them back to 4th place in the
Southern Region. Their current
record clinches a spot in the North
West Athletic Association of Com
munity Colleges (NWAACC) cham
pionships.
“We don’t have to win, we can
keep working on it with our goal
towards the NWACC,” com
mented Woods. “We have three
weeks to prepare for it, so no pres
sure in those three weeks.”
Eryn Wagner and Lisa Free led
the Cougars both offensively
and defensively against Linn-
Benton Wednesday. Wagner had
14 kills and 19 digs, while Free
had 12 kills, 20 digs and one ace.
Cristina Merril had a great offen
sive game against the Saints with
10 kills.
Misty Bernhardt’s outstanding
performance, filling in for Shelly
Brennan at the middle block po
sition, earned her the Clackamas
player of the week award.
JASON LINGEL
Sports Editor
It was just another day at the
races for the Cougars Cross
Country team this weekend as
the Women took second and
the Men took third at the
Bigfoot Open in Spokane, WA.
“By our standards, which
were set to be extremely high,
we had kind of a down week,”
claimed Head Coach Mike
Hickey of the men, even
though the they placed 2nd at
the community college level.
“We ran about 30 seconds off
of what we are capable of.”
The men placed 3rd out of 14
overall, being beaten only by
Eastern Oregon University and
Spokane Community College.
The Cougars beat out three
community colleges and nine
university level teams.
Hickey blaimed the down
week to a tough training sched
ule the two weeks prior.
“We trained hard the week
before and I felt that this would
happen,” said Hickey. “Some
times you have to sacrifice
middle of the season meets, or
even the beginning of the sea
son meets, for the late season
meets. You don’t always show
everything you have.”
The women had a good meet
beating out Clark on the
tiebreaker for second place.
Four Cougar runners finished
in the top ten and all seven run
ners finished before Clark’s top
five.
“We have a very deep
womens team, we just need a
couple of front runners to step
up,” said Hickey. “We know
we’re capable of doing it.”
Both teams are ranked second
in Northwest Athletic Associa
tion of Community Colleges
(NWAACC) standings accord
ing to Hickey. Both teams are
expected to have a big race in
this coming weekend’s South
ern Region Championship in
Gresham. Clark will more than
likely be the Cougars’ biggest
competitor at this weekend’s
race.
Female runner of the week
Tifany Winsor finished 8th in
community colleges and 2nd
for the Cougars. Male runner
of the week Brad Brolin fin-
ished first for the Cougars, 4th
at the community college level
and 14th over all. This was
Brolin’s first number one spot
for the Cougars.
The men also had strong fin
ishes by Allan Harrison and C.
J. Savage. The women had
strong finishes by Sarah Block,
the number one for the Cou
gars, and by Jennie Hardie and
Mandy Block. Sherry Brenton
is an up and coming runner, fin
ishing strong in what is only
her second race of the season
and demonstrating she will be
a key player in the up-coming
championships.
Athlete of the Week
BradBrolin
•Hometown: Corvallis, OR
•Year in school: Freshman
Brad Brolin
Clackamas as a walk-on (non
scholarship) athlete^ and has
excelled in a very competitive
environment. His mental
toughness, discipline, and
dedication to the sport have
been his greatest assets. Con
sistency is the key to his suc
cess. Brad is now on an ath
letic scholarship and is a key
component of the team and
championship dreams.
MIKE HICKEY / Clackamas Print
BradBrolin, #311
Athlete of the Week
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Tifany Winsor
•Hometown: Woodbum, OR
•Year in school: Sophomore
•Awards: Team Captain,
Academic All-American
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