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Sports TN e CI ac I camas P rint ______ i_ WEdNEsdAy, Appil 10, 2002 Softball defense stands strong DAISY BAIN A&E Editor Cougar women’s softball holds second place in the Northwest Athletic Associa tion of Community Colleges conference so far this season with an 8-2 record, losing only to Lower Columbia Community College, which is undefeated with eight wins. “We had two great days and one day in the middle that wasn’t so good,” said Coach Paul Fiskum. The women played a triple header for the first time in Cou gar history on Saturday, April 6. It was one of their best days yet, according to Fiskum. “We were very pleased,” said Fiskum. All three games were against Centralia Commu nity College, a team Fiskum said wasn’t as bad as the Cougars made them out to look, it was a complete shutout; The total score for all three games was 35-0. “We could do no wrong,” he said. All three pitchers gave an awesome performance allowing only five hits the entire day. “Our pitching is very strong. I don’t think anybody who has the three-deep quality of pitch ers that we have,” said Fiskum. “It was a great recovery from Friday’s games.” Friday was a tough day for Cougar softball. Lower Colum bia, defending league champi ons, took control, winning both games 2-0 and 5-1. “We lost a tough game,” said Fiskum. “She was able to shut us out, leaving nine runners on base in game one. We just couldn’t get the base hits when we needed it.” Game two really showed an example of losing focus at the plate, said Fiskum. Lower Co lumbia threw at a slower speed and the Cougars were swing ing at junk pitches. “We didn’t throw our best ei ther,” said Fiskum. “We talked at length about what we did wrong, and we are learning from our experience.” Tuesday, April 2, was a good day for the Cougars as well. Game one against Chemeketa Community College was a 4-0 victory for Clackamas. “We had a great pitching per formance by Vanessa (Holm),” said Fiskum. Holm allowed six singles and one walk, and threw six strikeouts for the shutout. In game two the women kept it going, said Fiskum. Miranda Gillaspie threw a one hit shut out, allowing only one walk and also throwing six strikeouts. “Our defense could be the key for us this year,” said Fiskum. “We also took care of them with our bats.” In the third inning, with two runs on base, Nikki Staley hit her first collegiate home run over the left-field fence, and the Cougars won 8-0. “It was a great day for the Cougars,” said Fiskum. During spring break, the la dies played in Arizona. A doubleheader against Pima Community College was a split: 8-0 for Pima and a 3-0 win for Clackamas. “The first game was horrible. We came out not ready to play,” said Fiskum. Clackamas had four errors. “We hit the ball hard and right at them,” Fiskum said. Another doubleheader was played against Chandler-Gil bert Community College, end ing with another split, an 8-4 loss and a 3-1 win. The Cougars played Mt. Hood for the league opener on Monday, March 29, leading the season off with a 5-4 victory. They went on to play South Puget Sound on March 30, win ning both games with a com bined game score of 12-1. Casey Lapp threw her best game of the year that day, ac cording to Fiskum. Lapp pitched five innings allowing two hits, one walk and threw seven strikeouts. To reach Daisy Bain e-mail Daisypower2@yahoo.com or drop by B-104. SALENA DE LA CRUZ / Clackamas Print ’ The Cougars played a tripleheader against Centralia at home on Saturday, April 6. It was the first tripleheader in Cougar history and the Cougars came out on top of all three games with a total of 35-0.
