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TI he CI ac I íamas P rint ________ Ä Sports WedNEsdAy, ApRil 18, 2001 Balance of offense and defense spark CCC Cougar softball defeats South Puget Sound, rips Grays Harbor DAISY BAIN Staff Writer MIKE POLLOCK I Clackamas Print Vanessa Holm lets loose with another fastball against Grays Harbor College on Friday, pitching CCC to a 15-0 win during game one of a doubleheader. The Cougars also won the second game of the afternoon 15-0. It was a good day for the Lady Cougars last Monday with two wins against South Puget Sound, bringing the team’s record to 7-3 in league and 9-5 overall. In game one, the Cougars shut out SPSCC 3-0. Vanessa Holm pitched a great game throwing seven strikeouts, allowing only five hits and zero walks. Leading hitters for the game were catcher Julia Driggers, hitting two of three with one RBI, infielder Nicole Staley, also hitting two of three and outfielder Cheristy Hargrave hitting two of three with one RBI. “ We had a pretty good balance offensively, defensively and pitch ing,” said Coach Paul Fiskum. In game two, freshman pitcher Casey Lapp threw an outstanding game allowing one run, throwing three strikeouts and allowing two walks. The team had 12 hits total from players Lindsey O’ Byrne, Tif fany Lepschat, Darcy Hertel, Lisa Hickman and Staley. Final score was 9-1. On Friday, the Cougars played Grays Harbor, winning both games by a score of 15-0. “We did great, we played really well and we didn’t play down to their level,” said Fiskum. According to Fiskum, the coaching staff tries to focus their attention on how well they are doing rather than if they win or lose. Winning is an added bonus. “Everybody did just what they were supposed to do all day,” said Fiskum. Holm pitched well allowing two hits, three strikeouts and no walks. Lepschat hit all four times at bat, bringing in three runs. Hargrave hit a triple with the bases loaded producing three RBI’S. After a brief rain delay, Lapp pitched four strikeouts and no walks. “We had excellent pitch ing,” said Fiskum. “Our offense was really, really balan'ced.” In game two, Staley contributed five RBI’s and hit two of four at bat. Hargrave was two for three and hit the first homerun of the season in the first inning. Murphy, Holliday set new school records Men's track first, women second at Mt. Hood Relays In the men’s 4x 100 and 4x400 re now rated twelfth in the world in lays, Clackamas set the fastest time women ’ s pole vault. in the NWAACC for this year. In Six-time All-American Rachel Staff Writer the sprint medley relay, Trevor Austin ran her fastest time this Clackamas track teams came up Dodge and Travis King both ran year in the hurdles, good enough big last Saturday at the Mt. Hood smart, taking first. for second place. Relays, taking second in the The women also did a great job Mary Murphy won the high women’s division and first in coming in second. jump and set a new school record, men’s. We ended up second, but we _ 5’8”, in the process. In the 4x100 Tim Morse did a great job in the had some pretty big marks,” said relay, Holliday, Austin, Murphy long jump and pole vault, qualify Track Coach Jack Kegg. Becky ing for the NWAACC Champion Holliday won the pole vault and ships in both events. broke her old national record by Clackamas won the men’s 4x800 one inch, to a new height of 13'7". relay for the third year in a row. This was the second highest Trevor Dodge ran a great anchor vault in the whole meet for women FRANKJORDAN leg of 1:53.08 to overtake the or men. The only person to vault NWAACC leader in 800M to pull higher than her was the winner of Sports Editor off the win for his team. the men’s pole vault. Holliday is The Clackamas baseball team only played two of the four games scheduled last week, splitting a doubleheader at Lane CC on Sat i; urday, losing the first game by a 11-6 score, but coming back be hind a strong pitching perfor \ ÀMkA ss <W'^ mance by Aaron Shanks in the second game, winning 3-1. The other two games on the schedule, a doubleheader with Mt. Hood >;■ P CC, were rained out. -JV K w I f In the first game, CCC led 3-0 through four innings, only to see Lane come back to tie the score in the fifth, helped by four errors if you want outstanding preparation for any career and over committed by the Cougar de ¿3 academic programs of study to choose front, then Warner fense. Pacific College is the community for you, Al Warner Pacific you will receive a great education and discover endless oppor Lane tallied five more runs in the tunities. Call or visit us on the world wide web today! sixth to add to their lead, and Clackamas couldn’t quite catch up. Brandon Gleich pitched a “pretty decent ballgame,” accord ing to Head Coach Robin Robinson. “We started the game like we have been all season. We start strong, but one mental lapse Admissions Office 503/517-1020 800/804-15.10 Fax 503/517-1352 takes us out of the game; then it is Web:http://www.wamerpacifte.edu e-mail: acimiss@warnerpacific.edu us trying to play catch-up.” 2219 SOUTHEAST 68'» AVENUE PORTLAND, OREGON 97215-4099 The second game started out much better for the Cougars. ELENA BORYSKA and Jazzmin Reece set the mark for the fastest time in the NWAACC this year. Their time of49.50 was also the fifth fastest time in CCC history. In the 4x400, they are sixth all-time in school history. They also lead the rest of the NWAACC by 15 seconds, proof that they are significantly better than the competition. As a team, these four won the 4x 100,4x200 and 4x400. With their first and second place finishes, the Cougars are looking very good right now. “That’s a good statement about our depth and our strength,” said Kegg. “We thought we had a good team and we’ve started to show it.” Shanks shines in win Baseball splits twinbill with Lane Don’ÏGoTo College JOIN A COMMUNITY Warner Pacific Sophomore Matt Cooksey got CCC on the board in the second, ripping a double to left, scoring two runs to put Clackamas in front. The game however, belonged to Shanks on the mound. “One of the better efforts we have had all sea son;” said Robinson. “He (Shanks) really had all of his stuff working for him; it really kept them off bal ance.” Jeff Locke, a freshman outfielder from Gladstone, was an offensive spark in the second game as well. He got the Cougars started in the second-inning rally with a base hit, eventually com ing around to score on Cooksey’s double. Locke scratched out a base hit in the sixth, sparking another CCC rally, later scoring the team’s third run. Robinson went with a different lineup in the second game, giving guys who haven’t played a lot a chance to show what they had. “I went with the starters in the first game, and depending on how we did was how we would look at the second. The starters did not play very well, so we approached the second game with giving some others a shot. As it turned out, the strategy worked. We played more focused and with more enthusiasm than we have seen in a while.” The Cougars, whose record stands at 5-10 on the season, go on the road to face Linfield Col lege in a doubleheader at 2 p.m. on Thursday. CCC then returns home to face Chemeketa CC on Saturday and Linn-Benton CC on Tuesday. Both doubleheaders begin at 1 p.m. on the Clackamas diamond.
