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October 30, 2002
The Clackamas Print
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Running for home
ROBB EGAN Clackamas Print
Cougar midfielder Helen Philpot (right) attempts to pass around Jennifer Cule (center)
to Tara Wood during practice. The Cougars take a 9-2-1 record into this week’s
home games against Southwestern Oregon CC, Tacoma CC and Lower Columbia CC.
Soccer faces critical week
en> Boryska
Sports Editor
During a two-week period that
included losing five players to injury,
the Cougar women’s soccer team
went 4-0 to take over second place in
the Southwestern Division of the
Northwest Athletic Association of
Community Colleges.
During the weekend of Oct. 18-
19, the Cougars played two games at
home and won both of them, helping
them move into their present position
in the division standings. The next
weekend, they took on and defeated
both Green River CC and Highline,
bettering their league record to 9-2-1.
The two games on Oct. 18 and 19
resulted in a lopsided 5-0 Friday vic
tory against Shoreline, as well as a 3-
2 nailbiter over Bellevue on
Saturday. Clackamas found them
selves with a shortage of available
players, due to injuries, against
Bellevue and this forced CCC to fin
ish the game without any substitute
players. Though Head Coach Tracy
Nelson wasn’t overly happy with her
team’s performance in those games,
she was satisfied with the results of
the two matches.
“We
actually
ended
the
(Bellevue) game with no subs,”
Nelson said. “But they battled
through, found a way to win the
game, and that’s all you can ask in
that situation.”
Of all the women injured at the
time, the only two who sat out last
weekend’s games were Richelie
Trute and Jamie Dodrill. Dodrill will
be ready for the upcoming games,
but Trute, who has a severely
sprained ankle, is out until at least the
end of this week. The games without
Dodrill and Trute were played on the
road against Green River, where the
Cougar women walked away with a
4-2 victory, and at Highline, which
ended with Clackamas on top, 6-1.
These games were a chance for
Nelson to put some women in situa
tions where they wouldn’t normally
play, as well as give the injured play
ers some much needed rest.
This week, alkof the top teams
will be pitted against each other,
making for some fierce battles.
The Cougars will be facing their
tough opponents in front of the
home crowd. Today, Clackamas
will take on Southwestern Oregon
CC; on Friday, they play Tacoma
and Saturday, they will play Lower
Columbia CC. These will not be easy
games for the Cougars, but with most
of their players back and ready to
play, they will be prepared.
“I’m not worried. I know when
this team’s on, they can beat any
body,” Nelson said. “Obviously
keeping people healthy and taking
one game at a time is the key this
week.
We’ll
get
through
Wednesday; and then we’ll worry
about Friday and then we’ll worry
about Saturday. And I think the
girls are going to be very motivat
ed because we haven’t beaten
SWOCC yet, we lost to Lower
Columbia and we tied Tacoma. So
I think the girls are going to want
to get those three games and get
the results.”
Kaoni McHone Contributed
Despite some strong performances from both the men’s
and women's cross country teams, neither team was able
to bring the Southern Region title home to Clackamas.
Sophomore Kari Rissmiller earned herself the
Southern Region women’s title. Rebekah Yancoskie
was the only other Cougar woman to place in the top
ten, finishing eighth. Despite these two performances,
Clackamas’ women’s team took the bottom spot, with
Clark College winning the team title.
On the men’s side, Eli Nevarez (pictured above) was the
highest Cougar placer with a third-place finish. Ira
LaFontaine was close on his heels, grabbing the fifth-place
spot, while Russ Pruden and Pat Searing took the sixth-
and seventh-place positions, respectively. The men took
second place behind men’s champion Mt. Hood CC.
The Cougars will get a week off before they head to
Vancouver, WA for the NWAACC Championships on Nov. 9.
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