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10 MAy ®, 2002 ij TI he CI ac I camas P rint Gillaspie tosses perfect game as softball finishes regular season FRANK JORDAN News Editor The Clackamas softball team ended the Northwest Athletic Association of Community College’s (NWAACC) season on an up note, winning four out of six games to end the regular season with a 32-14 record and second place in the Southern Division of the NWAACC. “We are real happy and very excited about the NWAACC tour nament,” said Head Coach Paul Fiskum. “We have a good chance to do some great things.” The Cougars week began with a single game Monday against Southwestern Oregon CC, and Casey Lapp threw perhaps her best game of die season, allowing only two hits in a 1-0 shutout win. “Casey kept SWOCC off balance the whole game, mixing her pitch es really well,” said Fiskum. “We got a clutch RBI single from Nikki Staley in the bottom of the eighth inning, with Brea Makin scoring the winning run.” Tuesday, Clackamas faced S WOCC in a doubleheader on the Cougar diamond. Miranda Gillaspie threw the first perfect game by a Cougar pitcher in nine years, highlighting the Cougars’ first game 7-0 win. Gillaspie had nine strikeouts, while allowing no one to reach base the entire game. Erin Murphy supplied the offen sive punch, slamming two home runs and driving in three runs. The two home runs were not only the first two HR’s of the season for Murphy, but the first two dingers of her college career. Game two against Southwestern Oregon was ova* quickly, with the Cougars batting around for 10 runs in the first inning, enroute to a 14- 0 whipping. Makin was the hitting star, going 4-4 at the plate. Vanessa Holm scattered five hits, striking out four and allowing no walks in tossing the shutout. Thursday, Clackamas took on Chemeketa CC and with a skele ton lineup in place due to three starters being injured, CCC lost to the team from Salem by a score of 3-0. “Our trainers were concerned with the injuries to our three starters, so they ordered those girls held out, and it showed,” Fiskum said. “We had to play one of our pitchers in the outfield, the first time all season that she had to play out there, in order to field a lineup. And face a pitcher who was voted the Most Valuable Player in the conference last year. But we played well, and the girls played real hard. It was all you could ask of them.” Friday, CCC took on Centralia CC and pounded their opponent into submission, blasting Centralia in the first game of a twinbill 21-0. Erin Murphy hit two long home runs, including a grand slam, and drove in seven runs on the day. Lindsay Burke supplied some power of her own, hitting a home run, and everyone else in the line up had at least one hit during die game. Gillaspie continued her domi nance of late, tossing her second consecutive no-hitter and allowed only two walks, on “questionable calls by the home plate umpire,” according to Coach Fiskum. ‘Miranda is absolutely on fire as of late, and it came at the right time, with the tournament coming up” A fluke thing occurred in the sec ond game. Clackamas followed up their first game thrashing with a second game loss,B-2. “We hit every pitch on the button in that second game, unfortunately all of our hits found their gloves,” Fiskum said. “(Vanessa) Holm threw a terrific game, striking out 11, walking no one and allowing only five hits, but we committed an error which opened the door for them, and it cost us.” In the final regular season game, Clackamas took on their cross town rivals from Mt Hood CC, and the Cougar women took it to the Saints, beating them 8-0. Gillaspie capped off an outstanding sea son, throwing a one- hitter through five innings, then Holm pitched the final two innings, allowing two hits. Morgan Huffstetter, a first baseman from Canby, singled in the first and second innings, driving in three runs, while Burke had a two- RBI knock in the - fifth and Murphy came within a foot Photo by Tom Greenwood of hitting her fifth Casey Lapp threw a shutout against home run of the SWOCC on Monday, May 6, and helped week, driving in a run while going 2-4 her team walk away with a 1-0 victory. at the plate. ment will be held this Friday, “It was very important for us Saturday and Sunday at Delta to establish momentum going Park in north Portland. into the NWAACC tournament,’ Clackamas will have a first round said Fiskum. “We are hitting bye, then will play the winner of the ball real well, at the right the Edmonds CC-Blue Mountain time, and our pitchers have CC game at 2 p.m. on Friday. found their grooves. All of the To reach Frank Jordan e-mail pieces are in place for us to do ftnj68@hotmaU.com or drop by real well.” B-104. The NWAACC softball tourna 2002 Clackamas Softball Statistics- Name AVG. R H RBI Kelsey Bisbing .410 21 43 21 .372 16 35 22 Carla Lillis .364 14 24 9 Brea Makin .362 13 46 18 Lindsey Burke Brooke Comstock .357 29 47 24 Erin Murphy .349 29 44 30 Nikki Staley .336 22 42 17 Morgan Huffstette r .325 22 39 27 Miranda Gillaspie .267 12 16 12 Cougar Totals .321 2 34 402 212 If you're planning to transfer, check out Washington State University Vancouver. Pitching- Name Vanessa Holm Miranda Gillaspie Casey Lapp Cougar Totals ERA 1.15 1.72 2.32 1.68 W L 11 4 13 5 8 5 32 14 Conveniently located just 10 miles north of the Columbia River, WSU Vancouver offers 13 bachelor's and 7 master's degrees, small classes and opportunities to work with Ph.D. faculty on research. IP 116 105 87 309 In-state tuition opportunities exist for Oregon residents*. Final Standings of the 2002 season: SOUTH DIVISION LEAGUE SEASON Lower Columbia Clackamas Mt. Hood Chemeketa So. Puget Sound SW Oregon Centralia 29-0' 22-8 17-13 16-14 8-21 8-22 4-26 36-1 32-14 27-14 ,21-18 12-27 13-24 6-30 For more information... a Call the WSU Vancouver Office of Admissions — 360-546-9779 a Visit www.vancouver.wsu.edu a Visit campus - Off of 1-5 or 1-205 just 10 miles north of the Columbia River at 14204 NE Salmon Creek Avenue * Clackamas, Clatsop, Columbia, Multnomah and Washington county residents pay in-state tuition when enrolled in 1-8 credits. W ashington S tate U niversity ^V ancouver Ctas. face to Pace.
