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_____7_ WedNEsdAy, ApRil 11, 2001 TN e CI ac I camas P rint Team playing well, but having trouble putting teams away FRANKJORDAN Sports Editor The Clackamas Cougar baseball team has suffered the late-inning blues lately, falling to 0-5 in the Southern Division standings. Last Thursday, the Cougars had division leader Chemeketa on the ropes in game one of a double header, leading 3-0 in the eighth inning? A combination of untimely pitching and shoddy defense led to a six-run outburst, which proved to be costly in Chemeketa’s 6-3 win. The Cougars' bad luck contin ued in the second game of the twinbill, with Clackamas being held to three hits in a 3-0 loss. “We played pretty well, but we carried over the bad momentum from the first game and we just never could put anything positive together once the second game started,” Head Coach Robin Robinson said. “Chemeketa has a very talented group of kids and when talented teams are on a roll many good things will happen with them; unfortunately, that was a bad thing for us.” The Cougars took on Linfield College on Saturday at Cougar Field, with Clackamas getting outplayed in a 7-2 loss. “Some of the same troubles that have been hitting us lately just came out against Linfield, although at a much earlier time,” Robinson said. “Our timing in batting just wasn’t there and Linfield took care of what they had to do to get the win.” “Our pitching has been solid, but not spectacular,” stated Robinson. “Just like the rest of our game, if we could hold our momentum through until the end of the game instead of it just leaving us in the late innings, we would be much better off than we have been.” Clackamas began a long homestand yesterday with a doubleheader against Mt. Hood. Results were not available at press time but a complete recap of those games will be in the next edition of the Print. “It’s going to be good for us to play some games at home for a change; we just haven’t had a lot of games, on our own turf as of yet,” said Robinson. All Cougar home games begin at 1p.m. MIKE POLLOCK / Clackamas Print Cougar infielder Jeff Mi ken (11) slides into second base with a run-producing double in the bottom of the second inning in Clackamas' game with Chemeketa CC last Thursday. The Cougars eventually lost the first game of the doubleheader 6-3. CCC also lost the second game by a score of 3-0. Cougar softball loses doubleheader to DAISY BAIN Staff Writer The Lady Cougars lost both ends of a doubleheader on Monday to Lower Columbia CC. LowerColum- bia is the defending champions this year and were expected to be a hard team to beat. “We didn’t have our best game, but wedidn’tplay bad,” said Head Coach Paul Fiskum. Their pitcher was conference MVP her freshman year. ‘We hit well against her. We only had one strikeout, and we hit a lot of line drives,” saidFiskum. Darcy Hertel hit two doubles dur ing the first game but was injured while covering home plate. She was taken to the hospital, and was declared O.K., but didn’t get to return for the second game. “It was tough losing her,” said Fis- kum. The Cougars lost the first game by a score of 7-2. Game two looked a little better for Clackamas. Holm pitched well and Cheristy Hargrave tied the game in the fifth inning, hitting a triple, which knocked in Tiffany Lepschat. Later, Melissa Borde hit a single bringing home Hargrave. Unfortunately that wasn’t enough. Lower Columbia got one more run to win the game 3-2. The Lady Cougars softball team started their pre-season in Arizona, leaving with a 2-2 record. The first game was against Chan dler-Gilbert Community College on Fri day March 23, where the Lady Cou gars won in 10 innings. Casey Lapp threw very well, toss ing 11 strikeouts, and Cathy Lawrence hit a single bringing in Erin Murphy with the winning run in the top of the 10th inning. In game two, Vanessa Holm pitched well with eight strikeouts. Nicole Staley and Melissa Borde were the leading hitters of the game with two hits apiece. CCC won game two by a score of 6-4. Also in Arizona, the softball team played against Scottsdale Community College. “We played horribly,” said Fiskum, referring to their 8-0 loss with seven errors made by the Cougars. Game two was better,but the Cougars suf fered a 3-2 loss. On March 30, the game against Mt. Hood Community College was moved to Clackamas. “We played really well,” said Fis kum. The Cougars took the win by a score of 6-4. ‘ Wereally hit the ball well,” saidFis- S kum. LeadingoffensivelywereCathy Lawrence, Darcy Hertel and Julia Driggers with two hits each. The Cou gars had 11 base hits altogether. ‘We showed what we’re really capable of,” saidFiskum. With four errors, the girls were down 6-3 entering the bottom of the seventh inning. “It was one of the more exciting in nings I’ve ever been around,” said Fis kum. The Cougars retaliated with five base hits, bringing home four runs. Julia Driggers had the winning base hit, which brought Darcy Hertel home, winning the game 7-6. The next game will be at home against Grays Harbor on April 13. Starting pitch is scheduled at 3p.m. Holliday sets U.S. junior college pole vault record Track returns from successful Stanford trip ELENA BORYSKA DO YOU WANT TO BE A WRITER? DISCOVER COURSES IN OUR ENGLISH LITERATURE AND WRITING PROGRAM. • Explore a multidisciplinary writing program with concentrated work in your area of interest. • Professional faculty with practical writing experience. •. Flexible scheduling options provide online, day, evening and weekend classes. ■ Small class size guarantees a high level learning experience. • Liberal transfer credit policy. Ranks in top her Scholarships, grants and loans available MARYLHURST UNIVERSITY Accredited by the Northwest Association of Schools end Colleges 17600 PACIFIC HIGHWAY (HWY. 43) MARYLHURST, OREGON - JUST 10 MINUTES SOUTH OF PORTLAND 503.699.6268 OR 800.634.9982, EXTENSION 6268 WWW.MARYLHURST.EDU STAFF WRITER On the road is where the Clacka mas track team has been lately. March 31 and April 1, the Cougars were in sunny California for the Stanford Invite. Mary Murphy, the current NWAACC leader in the high jump, was able to capture sixth place overall with her 5’ 7” jump. This is especially notable because most of the other jumpers were from Divi sion 1 schools. Murphy was the only junior college competitor to place in the top 20. In pole vaulting, Becky Holliday finished sixth, but her high point came a couple weeks prior. Holliday broke the national record for jun ior college pole vault and she now holds the record for highest jump. . Clackamas’ other woman athlete who did exceptionally well at Stanford was Krystal Schneider. Her 41’5” shot put was the second farthest throw in her life. Cory Loebl and Matt Solosabal were the leaders in the men’s com petition. Loebl broke Clackamas’ record in discus by throwing 100’ 2” at Stanford. Solosabal had an excellent run in the 5000, finishing at 15:28.94. This is a “great fresh man time,” according to Head Track Coach Jack Kegg. After the weekend in California and a short break, the teams went to Coos Bay for the Southern Re gion Preview. This was another very strong showing for Clackamas, who had four athletes finish in the top five in their events, and five number one finishes. Jonas Welsch placed third in the 400 and also made a qualifying mark for this year’s NWAACC Champi onships. Matt Tondreau, who competed in his first event of the year be cause of the conclusion of basket ball, won the high jump, with a jump of 6’2”. He also placed fifth in the triple jump. Rounding out the men’s perfor mances was Cory Loebl who out- threw the competition to win both the discus and shot put events. Whitney Bond, who won the high jump with a 5’2” finish, led the women. This was good enough for a top-10 performance in Clackamas’ school history. Bond is number three in the NWAACC for high jump, behind her teammate Mary Murphy. Becky Holliday won the 200, placed second in the 100 and in the long jump. With all of these accomplishments, Head Coach Jack Kegg is pleased with how the season is going. “We started well. We’re a little stronger this year,” said Kegg. “We have several conference leaders.”
